An administrator is creating a Linux VM and must decide which is the correct timezone...

The correct answer isB. UTC.

When creating Linux VMs in a Nutanix environment (or in any enterprise-grade production environment), it isbest practice to use UTC(Coordinated Universal Time) as the system timezone. This ensures:

Consistencyacross distributed systems

Accurate log correlation

Avoidance of issues with daylight saving time (DST)

Simplifiedcentralized monitoring and troubleshooting

Clarifications:

A (Eastern)andD (Central)are region-specific and may introduce time skew across systems.

C (Local)is ambiguous and depends on the underlying hardware or hypervisor setting, which can lead to inconsistent behavior.

Official Reference:

Linux Admin Best Practices

Nutanix Best Practices Guide – VM Provisioning Section

Excerpt: “For consistency across environments, it is recommended to configure all Linux virtual machines to use UTC timezone, particularly in clustered and distributed applications.”