An administrator deletes a large amount of data from a Volume Group presented to a Linux VM. The administrator notices that the deleted data has not been reclaimed as usable storage.
What action should be taken to reclaim the storage capacity?
An administrator deletes a large amount of data from a Volume Group presented to a Linux VM. The administrator notices that the deleted data has not been reclaimed as usable storage.
What action should be taken to reclaim the storage capacity?
To reclaim the storage capacity, you need to enable the UNMAP operation on the Linux VM and then run a defragmentation process. This allows the operating system to inform the storage system about the blocks that are no longer in use so they can be reclaimed effectively.
Answer is 'C' - Enable UNMAP
If the guest doesn't send UNMAP commands, freed space isn't made available for other guests and doesn't display as available in Prism. https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/solutions/details?targetId=BP-2049-Nutanix-Volumes:scsi-unmap.html