CV0-004 Operations and Support Practice Question
A cloud administrator needs to view the console output of a VM that failed to boot. Which feature should they use to access the boot logs?
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Console output / serial console
Cloud providers offer console output or serial console access to view boot logs. Screenshots are also available but console output is the direct log. CloudWatch Logs might capture logs if the OS sends them, but for boot issues, console output is the native method.
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CloudWatch Logs agent
Why it's wrong here
The agent runs after the OS boots, so it may not capture early boot issues.
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Console output / serial console
Why this is correct
Console output provides the boot log from the virtual machine.
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VM screenshot
Why it's wrong here
A screenshot shows the display but not detailed boot logs.
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System log from the hypervisor
Why it's wrong here
This is not a standard feature; console output is the term used.
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