Forty days ago, an administrator provisioned a Virtual Machine (vm-01) in preparation for a new project. The project has now been delayed due to budgetary constraints. As part of the monthly service management checks, a second administrator executes the reclaim action on all idle virtual machines and vm-01 is listed. The second administrator accidentally reclaims all idle virtual machines including vm-01.
What action can the administrator complete to prevent this scenario from happening again?
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To prevent virtual machines like vm-01 from being reclaimed too early, the administrator can increase the default value of the Exclude VM provisioned in the last x days setting. This ensures that newly provisioned VMs, like vm-01, will be excluded from the reclamation process for a longer period (e.g., 30, 60, or more days), preventing accidental reclamation of VMs that are still in use or under consideration for future projects. This action directly addresses the issue of accidentally reclaiming recently provisioned virtual machines.
