In VMware ESXi, when expanding a virtual disk, which of the follwing should not exist?

In VMware ESXi, when expanding a virtual disk, which of the follwing should not exist?

• A new virtual machine
• Backup
• Snapshots
• Available space 

 

EXPLANATION

The Prerequisites for expanding a virtual disk are:

■ Power off the virtual machine.

■ Verify that the virtual disk is not mapped or mounted. You cannot expand a virtual disk while it is mapped or mounted.

■ Verify that the virtual machine has no snapshots.

■ Verify that the virtual machine is not a linked clone or the parent of a linked clone.

SOURCE

https://pubs.vmware.com/workstation-9/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.ws.using.doc%2FGUID-73BEB4E6-A1B9-41F4-BA37-364C4B067AA8.html