1Y0-312 Advanced Provisioning and Image Management Practice Question
An administrator manages a Provisioning Services environment with a vDisk in Private Image mode used by a single target device for image maintenance. After completing updates, the administrator needs to make those updates available to the rest of the collection while still allowing the original maintenance device to receive further changes. Which action should the administrator take?
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap here is believing that changing the vDisk mode alone distributes updates, when promotion of the updated version is what actually makes it the production image.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Promote the updated vDisk to the production version and assign the maintenance device to a new private maintenance version.
In Provisioning Services, a maintenance device boots a private image to make changes, and once the updates are validated the administrator promotes that version so the rest of the collection boots the updated production image. Giving the maintenance device a separate private maintenance version keeps it writable for ongoing work while production devices consume the promoted read-only version.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Delete the existing vDisk version and create a new vDisk from the maintenance device's disk.
Why it's wrong here
Deleting the existing version removes the production image that other target devices depend on, which would break their boot process. Creating a new vDisk from the maintenance device does not preserve version history or the ability to roll back, and it discards the existing production version unnecessarily rather than promoting the updated one.
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Change the vDisk to Standard Image mode and set the maintenance device to boot from a private version of that vDisk.
Why it's wrong here
Switching the vDisk to Standard Image mode makes it read-only for all devices, but the maintenance device would then also boot from the standard image and lose the ability to retain its own changes. A private version is a separate maintenance mechanism, and this combination does not correctly preserve the maintenance device's ability to receive further updates.
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Promote the updated vDisk to the production version and assign the maintenance device to a new private maintenance version.
Why this is correct
Promoting the updated vDisk makes the new version the production image that all target devices in the collection boot from, distributing the updates. Assigning the maintenance device to its own private maintenance version keeps that device writable so the administrator can continue making and testing changes without affecting production devices, which satisfies both requirements.
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Set the vDisk to Cache on server mode and enable versioning so all devices share the maintenance device's changes.
Why it's wrong here
Cache on server mode controls where write cache is stored, not how image updates are distributed to other devices. Enabling versioning creates versions but does not automatically promote the maintenance changes to production or give the maintenance device a private writable version, so this action does not meet the stated requirements.
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