James, an infrastructure engineer, has created a virtual machine with 8 virtual CPUs. However, when he attempts to power it on to install a guest operating system, he is unable to do so. Select two possible causes for this.
A)James does not have the permission to create multi-CPU virtual machines.
B)The ESX host does not have 8 logical CPU's
C)The ESX host is licensed with the Enterprise license.
D)The virtual machine's operating system does not support 8 CPUs.

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James is unable to power on the virtual machine for two reasons; the ESX host does not have 8 logical CPUs, and the host is licensed for the Enterprise feature set, and this only supports 4 virtual CPUs. In order for James to power the machine on he would have to move it to a host with at least 8 logical cores and use the Enterprise Plus license.

James, an Infrastructure Engineer, Has Created a Virtual Machine with 8