What is the result of this situation?

vSAN requires that the virtual machines deployed on the vSAN datastores are assigned at least one storage policy, but the administrator did not explicitly assign a storage policy when provisioning the new VM.

What is the result of this situation?
A . The VM provisioning will fail.
B. The vSphere Web Client will choose the last vSAN Storage Policy used.
C. The VM objects will be protected based on the vSAN Default Storage Policy configurations.
D. No data protection will be applied to the VM objects.

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Answer: C

Explanation:

When a virtual machine is deployed on a vSAN datastore, it must be assigned at least one storage policy. If the administrator did not explicitly assign a storage policy when provisioning the new VM, vSAN will apply the vSAN Default Storage Policy to the virtual machine. The vSAN Default Storage Policy is a pre-configured storage policy that is automatically applied to virtual machines when no other storage policy is assigned.

According to VMware’s official guide, "If a storage policy is not explicitly assigned to a virtual machine when it is provisioned, the virtual machine objects will be protected based on the vSAN Default Storage Policy configurations." This means that the vSAN Default Storage Policy will apply to the VM objects even if the administrator did not explicitly assign a storage policy when provisioning the new VM.