AZ-802 Manage Virtual Machines Practice Question
You need to track the average CPU and memory usage for a specific virtual machine over a period of 30 days to assist with capacity planning. Which Hyper-V feature should you enable and use to collect this data?
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
Resource metering is a powerful tool for monitoring VM resource consumption over time. It allows administrators to gather data on CPU, memory, disk, and network usage, which is essential for internal chargeback models or infrastructure scaling. Knowing how to enable and query this data via PowerShell is a key administrative task.
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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Performance Monitor
Why it's wrong here
Performance Monitor is excellent for real-time tracking and creating detailed logs, but it is a general-purpose Windows tool. While it can monitor Hyper-V counters, it does not provide the simplified, per-VM historical aggregation that is specifically built into the Hyper-V resource metering feature for long-term capacity planning and reporting.
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Azure Monitor
Why it's wrong here
Azure Monitor is a cloud-based solution that can collect data from on-premises servers using agents. While powerful, it requires an Azure subscription and network connectivity to the cloud. For a local, built-in solution on a Windows Server host, Hyper-V resource metering provides a more direct and immediate way to track VM metrics.
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Resource Metering
Why it's wrong here
Resource Metering is a built-in Hyper-V feature enabled via PowerShell that collects resource usage data for a virtual machine. It tracks metrics such as average CPU use, average memory use, and total network traffic, allowing administrators to query the cumulative data at any time for reporting or capacity management.
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Task Manager
Why it's wrong here
Task Manager provides a snapshot of current resource utilization but lacks the ability to aggregate data over long periods or store historical metrics for analysis. It is useful for immediate troubleshooting of a slow system but is entirely insufficient for a 30-day capacity planning study involving specific virtual machine workloads.
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