What does Replication Factor 2 (RF2) refer to?
- A . Number of blocks that can be lost without impact
- B . Number of nodes that can be lost without impact
- C . Number of disks that can be lost in the cluster
- D . Number of copies of data written in the cluster
D
Explanation:
Replication Factor 2 (RF2) refers to the number of copies of data written in the cluster. When RF2 is enabled, the Nutanix Distributed File System (NDFS) will create two copies of the data, resulting in higher levels of data durability and availability.
Reference: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Advanced-Administration-v5_7:aa-ndfs-rf2-c.html
Which directory should the LCM Framework Bundle be extracted to on a dark site web server in order to update the LCM Framework?
- A . release
- B . upgrade
- C . software
- D . install
A
Explanation:
When updating the LCM Framework on a dark site web server, the LCM Framework Bundle should be extracted to the "release" directory. This directory is specifically designated for holding the updated LCM Framework files, and the update process will look for the files in this location. Extracting the bundle to a different directory, such as "upgrade", "software" or "install" would not be sufficient as the LCM Framework update process may not be able to find the files.
Reference: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=LCM-Guide-v2_11:lc-updating-the-lcm-framework_lc-updating-the-lcm-framework.html
Refer to the exhibit.
An administrator notices that the Data Resiliency Statue of some components has been reduced to 0. making it impossible to support a node failure in the cluster.
What type of failure is most likely the cause of this issue?
- A . Block
- B . Disk
- C . CVM
- D . Nods
Which product or feature is most suitable for deploying a Microsoft SQL cluster in a Nutanix environment?
- A . Volumes
- B . Objects
- C . NFS shares
- D . Files
A
Explanation:
For deploying a Microsoft SQL Server cluster in a Nutanix environment, Nutanix Volumes are often the most suitable product. This is because Nutanix Volumes provide a high-performance, scalable, and distributed iSCSI block storage solution that is ideal for enterprise applications such as Microsoft SQL Server.
Nutanix Volumes support features like snapshots, clones, and asynchronous data protection, and they integrate directly with Nutanix’s native data path for high I/O performance. It also provides advanced features like Quality of Service (QoS) controls.
Which feature in Pulse helps secure a customer’s private information?
- A . Security Central
- B . Cluster Lockdown
- C . Data-at-rest Encryption
- D . Data Obfuscation
D
Explanation:
Data Obfuscation is a feature in Pulse that helps secure a customer’s private information by obfuscating the data before it is sent to Nutanix. This ensures that any data sent to Nutanix is not visible to anyone other than the customer, and helps protect sensitive data from unauthorized access or malicious actors.
Reference: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Platform-Administrator-Guide-v5_7:pag-pulse-c.html
What is Nutanix’s scale-out storage technology that makes its hyperconverged platform possible?
- A . Distributed File Services
- B . Distributed Storage Fabric
- C . HDD/SDD Storage Tiers
- D . Hot swappable NVMe/SSD
B
Explanation:
Nutanix’s scale-out storage technology, the Distributed Storage Fabric, makes its hyperconverged platform possible. It provides a single, unified layer of storage to multiple nodes in a cluster, allowing data to be stored, accessed, and processed in a distributed, fault-tolerant manner.
Reference: https://www.nutanix.com/what-is-nutanix/distributed-storage-fabric/
Upon logging into Prism Element an administrator sees a red heart, as shown in the exhibit.
Which dashboard in Prism will best help the administrator to isolate the cause of the red heart?
- A . Health
- B . Tasks
- C . Analysis
- D . Hardware
A
Explanation:
The Health dashboard in Prism Element provides an overview of the cluster’s health, including alerts and notifications that can help the administrator identify and address any issues. The red heart icon is an indicator that there is an issue with the cluster, and the Health dashboard can be used to investigate the cause of the issue.
Reference: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Prism-Admin-Guide-v5_6:pr-dashboard-overview-c.html
Which LCM feature simplifies upgrades on clusters without Internet access?
- A . One-Click Upgrade
- B . NCC
- C . Direct Upload
- D . FTP
C
Explanation:
Direct Upload is a LCM feature that simplifies upgrades on clusters without Internet access. It allows users to upload the desired version of the software to the cluster using a USB drive or other portable storage device, and then install it without the need to access the Internet.
Reference: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Platform-Administrator-Guide-v5_7:pag-lcm-direct-upload-c.html
An administrator wants to evaluate the overall health of the Nutanix cluster.
What should be the first step?
- A . Run NCC
- B . Run Log Collector
- C . Run Xi Beam
- D . Run LCM
A customer is running a three-node Nutanix cluster.
Which data optimization feature cannot be enabled in this scenario?
- A . Post Compression
- B . Map-reduce dedup
- C . Erasure Coding
- D . Inline Compression
An administrator needs to do a manual VM in-place restore of a mission-critical VM.
Which Prism Central option should the administrator use to satisfy this task?
- A . Snapshot
- B . Clone
- C . Backup
- D . Recovery Point
D
Explanation:
A manual VM in-place restore can be performed using the Recovery Point option in Prism Central. This option enables an administrator to restore a VM to a previous state without needing to create a new VM.
Reference: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Prism-Admin-Guide-v5_6:pr-vms-backup-restore-c.html
How should an administrator enable the recycle bin on a nutanix cluster?
- A . Select the Enable Recycle Bin checkbox on the storage Overview page
- B . select Retain Deleted VMs for 8h in the cluster Details Page of the cluster setting
- C . Select the enable recycle bin checkbox in the configure CVM page of the cluster setting
- D . Select Retain Deleted VMs for 24h in the cluster details page of the cluster setting
D
Explanation:
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Within a Nutanix cluster an administrator is getting frequent failure alerts of the Cassandra and Stargate services for one of the nodes.
What action will be taken by the cluster?
- A . Put host in Maintenance Mode
- B . Redirect I/O path to another CVM
- C . Remove the host from cluster
- D . Reboot Guest VMs to another hosts
B
Explanation:
The Nutanix distributed storage fabric (DSF) includes resiliency features designed to handle component failures such as disk, node, or block failures. Cassandra and Stargate are two critical services for data management in a Nutanix cluster. If these services fail on a node, DSF will automatically redirect the I/O path to another CVM (Controller Virtual Machine) to ensure no disruption to the running workloads and maintain the cluster’s stability and availability. This process is part of Nutanix’s self-healing mechanism.
Which address allows external connections to Nutanix storage presented by the Volumes feature?
- A . Prism Central IP
- B . Prism Central IP
- C . Data Services IP
- D . IPMI IP
C
Explanation:
The Data Services IP address is the address that allows external connections to Nutanix storage presented by the Volumes feature. This address is used to access the storage from external sources and is used for replication and external snapshotting.
Reference: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Prism-Admin-Guide-v5_6:pr-storage-storage-networks-c.html
An administrator has been tasked with delivering a report on all nutanix Field Advisors (FAs) Affecting each of the clusters.
What is the most efficient way to collect this data?
- A . Request an environmental audit from the Nutanix Support
- B . Use Prism to run NCC and Check for information on FAs
- C . Review the discoveries information on the support Portal
- D . Review Field Advisories published on the Support Portal
An administrator needs to upgrade AOS in a vSphere-based NutaniSJve-node cluster with no automatic live migration. VMs have neither affinity nor anti-affinity rules configured.
What will happen to VMs during the AOS upgrade?
- A . VMs will be rebooted on other hosts.
- B . VMs will continue to run on the same host.
- C . Upgrade fails because host can’t go in maintenance mode.
- D . AOS automatically live migrate VMs to other hosts.
C
Explanation:
In a vSphere-based Nutanix cluster, if there’s no automatic live migration configured and VMs have neither affinity nor anti-affinity rules, the AOS (Acropolis Operating System) upgrade process would require hosts to enter maintenance mode.
However, if a host cannot live migrate VMs to another host (due to the lack of automatic live migration), and there are still running VMs, the host cannot enter maintenance mode and therefore the upgrade process would fail.
An organization runs several core business applications on a Nutanix cluster. System stability and support are critical for these applications, which has an annual maintenance window.
How can the administrator assure that these requirements are met?
- A . Purchase Mission Critical support.
- B . Purchase Ultimate licensing.
- C . Adhere to the STS release cycle.
- D . Adhere to the LTS release cycle.
Assuming Sufficient Storage Capacity, how long are entities kept in the prism recycle bin?
- A . 8 hours
- B . 24 hours
- C . 1 week
- D . 1 month
An application owner had reported that an AHV-based critical application VM is performing very slowly. After initial diagnostics, it has been observed that the CPU utilization is significantly higher than normal.
What two actions should the administrator take on this VM without shutting it down? (Choose two.)
- A . Increase number of vCPU in Prism Element
- B . Configure additional cores in acli
- C . Ensure CPU hot-add is supported by the Guest
- D . Use PrismElement to increase the number of cores
Where can an administrator configure role-based access control (RBAC)?
- A . Self-Service Restore
- B . Prism Element
- C . Foundation
- D . Prism Central
D
Explanation:
Role-based access control (RBAC) allows administrators to configure access control for different users and groups in the Nutanix cluster. This feature is available through Prism Central, where administrators can configure roles and permissions for different users and groups.
Reference: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Platform-Administrator-Guide-v5_7:pag-user-role-c.html
Which Windows technology does AHV support to prevent authentication theft?
- A . Endpoint Manager
- B . Azure AD Multi-Factor
- C . Windwos Defender Credential Guard
- D . Active Directory federation Services
A customer requires the ability to block all network traffic between their VDI VMs and their application VMs running on their Nutanix AHV clusters.
What Nutanix product would meet this requirement?
- A . Beam
- B . Calm
- C . Era
- D . Flow
An administrator notices that a VM is slow and unresponsive. The administrator wants to compare performance to other VMs on cluster.
Which chart type is best suited to display multiple VM performance metrics for diagnosis?
- A . Dashboard Chart
- B . Entity Chart
- C . Analysis Chart
- D . Metric Chart
An Administrator has created a Volume Group for a specific VM on an AHV Cluster.
What is the next step required to user vDisk in the VM?
- A . Attach the Volume Group to the VM
- B . Configure CHAP Authentication
- C . Reboot the VMD. Bring the disk Online
What is required to successfully live migrate a VM Between two AHV clusters?
- A . Stretch L2 networks across the primary and recovery sites
- B . Configure a Protection domain with synchronous replication
- C . Install and Configure the witness VM on a third Site.
- D . Both clusters must be managed by the same prism central
D
Explanation:
For successful live migration of a VM between two AHV clusters, both clusters must be managed by the same Prism Central. This is because Prism Central is responsible for managing and coordinating activities across clusters in the Nutanix environment, including activities like live migration.
What resource should be used to ensure a successful upgrade of the hypervisors and AOS within a vSphere-based Nutanix cluster?
- A . Upgrade Paths
- B . Field Advisories
- C . Compatibility and Interoperability Matrix
- D . Hardware Replacement Documentation
C
Explanation:
The Compatibility and Interoperability Matrix (CIM) is the resource that should be used to ensure a successful upgrade of the hypervisors and AOS within a vSphere-based Nutanix cluster. The CIM provides information about the compatibility and interoperability of the different components of the Nutanix cluster, including the hypervisors, AOS, and other related components.
Reference: https://www.nutanix.com/support/compatibility-matrix/
Which two advanced features requires you to install Nutanix Guest Tools (NGT)? (Choose two.)
- A . Disaster Recovery of a VM between AHV and ESXi Hypervisors
- B . Live Migration of a VM between AHV & other Hypervisors
- C . File recovery from a third-party backup
- D . Self-service file-level recovery from VM snapshots
An administrator has defined a security policy that needs to be applied to dozens of VMs.
What is the most efficient way the administrator can perform this?
- A . Within the policy, select all the VMs it should be applied to.
- B . Apply a category to the VMs. and associate the category with the policy.
- C . Apply the same label to all the VMs, then bind the policy to the label.
- D . Use a script to apply the policy to the defined VMs.
B
Explanation:
The most efficient way for an administrator to apply a security policy to dozens of VMs in a Nutanix environment would be to use the category feature. By applying a category to the VMs and associating that category with the policy, the administrator can efficiently apply the policy to all VMs under that category in one action.
Which Nutanix Product Provide S3-Compatible Storage ?
- A . Volumes
- B . Files
- C . Objects
- D . Mine
What is the purpose of Discoveries within the Nutanix Support Portal?
- A . To identify clusters that are affected by known issues.
- B . To provide an audit trail of cluster logins.
- C . To identify VMs that require OS updates or patching.
- D . To provide forecasting of cluster resource utilization.
A
Explanation:
Discoveries within the Nutanix Support Portal are used to identify clusters that are affected by known issues. This can help Nutanix Support quickly identify and address any potential problems that may be caused by a specific issue.
Reference: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Support-Portal-User-Guide-v2_0:sp-discoveries-c.html
Refer to the exhibit.
A team member has built a CentOS VM image for use as a template. An administrator deploys a new VM using the CentOS image as the 05 drive. No other drives are presented to the VM.
Following the deployment, the administrator attempts to boot the VM, but is unsuccessful.
What could be causing this issue?
- A . The VMS Boot Priority must reference disk first before CD-ROW
- B . The VM’s Disk (scsi.O) setting must be set to make this disk bootable
- C . No Volume Groups have been created for the VM
- D . The CentOS VM image was built with UEF:
An Administrator needs to provide users access to prism Central Projects.
What Source of user accounts must the administrator Use?
- A . Local Users
- B . Open LDAP
- C . Active Directory
- D . SAML2 Provider
An administrator is deploying a virtual firewall on each node in an AHV cluster and wants each VM to maintain affinity to its host.
How can an administrator achieve this goal most efficiently?
- A . Create VM Protection Policies
- B . Set the VM labels as firewalls
- C . Create VM Annotations
- D . Set the VMs as Agent VMs
D
Explanation:
To ensure that each VM maintains affinity to its host, the administrator can set the VMs as Agent VMs. In Nutanix AHV, Agent VMs are typically infrastructure VMs that are bound to a specific host and do not migrate during maintenance mode or failover scenarios.
From Prism Central, how can an administrator access a cluster?
- A . Use the VM Summary view.
- B . Use the cluster quick access from the main dashboard widget.
- C . Use the cluster quick access from the Settings page.
- D . Use the Cluster Summary view.
B
Explanation:
From Prism Central’s main dashboard page, an administrator can access any cluster by clicking the cluster quick access link. This will open the cluster summary page, which contains detailed information about the cluster, including the nodes, virtual machines, and applications running on the cluster.
Reference: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Platform-Administrator-Guide-v5_7:pag-prism-central-cluster-access-c.html
When should Pulse be disabled?
- A . When the cluster is connected to the Internet with less than 1GbE.
- B . When the cluster is deployed in 3 dark-site.
- C . Before any cluster maintenance activities requiring node reboots.
- D . Only under the guidance of Nutanix Support.
D
Explanation:
Pulse should only be disabled under the guidance of Nutanix Support and not for any other reason. Pulse is a feature of the Nutanix cluster that enables the cluster to report back health and performance data to Nutanix for troubleshooting and performance optimization purposes. Disabling Pulse without the guidance of Nutanix Support is not recommended, as it could lead to potential issues with the cluster.
Reference: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Platform-Administrator-Guide-v5_7:pag-pulse-c.html
What data is stored as a file on storage devices owned by a CVM?
- A . Storage Pool
- B . vDisk
- C . Extent Group
- D . Container
B
Explanation:
In Nutanix, a virtual disk (vDisk) is a file that is stored on storage devices owned by a CVM (Controller Virtual Machine). A vDisk is a virtual representation of a physical disk and it is used to store the data of a virtual machine. Each virtual machine has one or more vDisks associated with it, and these vDisks can be stored on different types of storage media, such as solid-state drives (SSDs) and hard disk drives (HDDs). The vDisks are stored in a container that is managed by the CVM, and it is the basic building block for storing virtual machine data on the Nutanix cluster. Storage Pool, Extent Group, and Container are all related concepts but different entities in Nutanix. A storage pool is a collection of physical storage devices that are used to store virtual machine data. An extent group is a collection of storage extents that are used to store virtual machine data. A container is a logical grouping of virtual machines, virtual disks, and other objects in Nutanix.
Reference: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Web-Console-Guide-Prism-v5_11:wc-storage-containers-overview_wc-storage-containers-overview.html
When a VM generates I/O, which Nutanix component is serving the storage request?
- A . Hypervisor
- B . Prism
- C . HDD disks
- D . CVM
What is the biggest benefit of the Redfish Protocol and LCM?
- A . HBA and NIC card update twice as quickly
- B . AOS and AHV update twice as quickly
- C . BMC and BIOS update twice as quickly
- D . SSD and HDD update twice as quickly
C
Explanation:
The Redfish Protocol and Lifecycle Manager (LCM) provide the biggest benefit of allowing BMC and BIOS updates to be done twice as quickly as before. This is because Redfish and LCM allow for updates to be done in parallel, rather than serially, which reduces the amount of time it takes for an update to be completed.
Reference: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Platform-Administrator-Guide-v5_7:pag-redfish-lcm-c.html
An administrator needs to expand a Nutanix cluster that is tagging the network traffic at the CVM and AHV level. However, the administrator doesn’t remember the configured VLAN ID.
Which command can the administrator run to find the correct VLAN ID from the CVM?
- A . ifconfig
- B . manage-ovs
- C . acli
- D . ovs-vscl
Which IP address can be used to directly access Prism Element?
- A . Foundation VM IP address
- B . IP address of any CVM in the cluster
- C . IP address of any Prism Central VM
- D . AHV host br0 IP address
B
Explanation:
Prism Element is the management interface for Nutanix clusters and it can be accessed through the IP address of any CVM (Controller Virtual Machine) in the cluster. The CVM is a virtual machine that runs on each Nutanix node and is responsible for managing the storage and compute resources of the node. Each CVM has a unique IP address, and any of these IP addresses can be used to directly access Prism Element. Accessing Prism Element through the IP address of a CVM allows the administrator to manage the cluster, including configuring storage, creating and managing virtual machines, and monitoring the health of the cluster.
It’s important to note that Prism Central is a separate application and it doesn’t have the same functions as Prism Element, it’s mainly used for multi-cluster management.
You can find more information on this topic in the Nutanix Administrator Guide, which is available on the Nutanix support website
https://portal.nutanix.com/#/page/docs/details?targetId=Admin-Guide-Prism-v5_24:Admin-Guide-Prism-v5_24
A company’s security team has requested that all IT resources be hardened.
What should an administrator do to increase the security of the Nutanix environment?
- A . Enable Cluster Lockdown
- B . Enable Prism Central KMS
- C . Enable Flow
- D . Enable STIG
Which Prism Central feature can map images to target clusters using categories?
- A . Image Replication Policies
- B . Image Placement Policies
- C . Protection Domain Policies
- D . Storage Policies
B
Explanation:
In Prism Central, Image Placement Policies can be used to map images to target clusters using categories. An Image Placement Policy is a set of rules that determine where an image should be placed on the Nutanix cluster. These rules are based on categories, such as the image’s OS type, the target cluster’s hardware type, and other factors. By creating image placement policies, you can ensure that images are placed on the appropriate clusters, and that they are compatible with the hardware and software requirements of those clusters.
For example, you could create a placement policy that specifies that all Windows images should be placed on a specific cluster, and that all Linux images should be placed on another cluster. You can also set image replication policies on image placement policies, to ensure that images are replicated to multiple clusters for disaster recovery purposes.
An administrator needs to upgrade AOS for an air gapped cluster by using Prism Element.
Which two actions allow the administrator to perform the upgrade? Choose Two
- A . Extract the AOS binaries to the CVM
- B . Manually Upload Binaries to a local http server
- C . Manually Upload AOS binaries and metadata
- D . Use the LCM dark site Option Providing AOS Binaries
Which feature enables Image Placement Policies to be mapped to target clusters?
- A . YAML
- B . Labels
- C . JSON
- D . Categories
D
Explanation:
In Nutanix, you can use categories to apply image placement policies to target clusters. A category is a user-defined attribute that you can assign to entities in your Nutanix environment. You can then use these categories to control various policies, including image placement.
Which Component Allows you to pair sites for disaster Recovery Policy Creation Using Nutanix Leap?
- A . Availability Zones
- B . Protection Domains
- C . Recovery Plans
- D . Protection Policies
An Administrator has recieved the following critical alert:
Node 192.168.148.172 is marked to be detached from metadata the administrator has opened a case with Nutanix and the support engineer has requested more information about the error.
Which two action should the administrator take in the health check dashboard to collect the requested information? Choose two
- A . Open A remote support tunnel
- B . Run Logbay
- C . Create an entity chart
- D . Run Nutanix cluster check
An Administrator Wants a VM to Communicate with two Separate VLANs.
What steps should the administrator complete?
- A . Add a single NIC to the VM and Configure it for both VLANs
- B . Add two NICs to the VM and Configure one for each VLAN
- C . Turn on IPAM for autoconfiguration of VLANs
- D . Configure a security Policy to assign VLANs to the VM
Which Nutanix data efficiency mechanism replaces a traditional Replication Factor for suitable data?
- A . Compression
- B . Deduplication
- C . Erasure Coding
- D . Intelligent Cloning
C
Explanation:
Erasure coding is a data efficiency mechanism in Nutanix that replaces the traditional replication factor for suitable data. Erasure coding uses a technique known as "forward error correction" to spread data across multiple drives in a cluster, such that if some drives fail, the data can still be reconstructed. This allows for a much higher storage density and a more efficient use of disk space as compared to traditional replication, where multiple copies of the same data are stored across multiple drives. Deduplication and Compression are also data efficiency mechanisms in Nutanix which help to reduce the storage overhead by eliminating the redundant data. Intelligent Cloning is a Nutanix feature which helps to create multiple instant, space-efficient clones of a VM.
Reference: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Data-Services-Guide-v2_11:ds-erasure-coding-overview_ds-erasure-coding-overview.html
Which option allows administrators to specify groups of VMs and assign them to a destination for Disaster Recovery using Leap?
- A . Security Policies
- B . Protection Policies
- C . Recovery Plans
- D . Availability Zones
Refer to the exhibit.
An administrator needs to upgrade a VM to 10 virtual processors.
Which action should the administrator take to complete this task?
- A . Power-off the VM and add one vCPU
- B . Update the VM adding two vCPUs
- C . Update the VM adding two cores
- D . Power-off the VM and add one core