VCP-VVF Deploy Configure And Operate Vvf Practice Question
An administrator is monitoring resource performance in vSphere Foundation 9.0 using vCenter Performance Charts. Which metric type reflects the memory actively being used by a virtual machine, accounting for memory reclamation techniques like ballooning?
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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Active memory
Active memory represents the amount of memory that a virtual machine is actively using, distinguishing it from granted or consumed memory which may include idle cached pages.
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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Overhead memory
Why it's wrong here
Overhead memory is memory consumed by the hypervisor itself to run the virtual machine container.
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Ballooned memory
Why it's wrong here
Ballooned memory refers specifically to memory reclaimed by the hypervisor balloon driver.
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Consumable memory
Why it's wrong here
Consumed memory includes overhead and unshared page allocations.
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Active memory
Why this is correct
Active memory indicates the actual working set of memory being utilized by the guest OS workload.
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