Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Infrastructure (NCP-MCI) Flashcards

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An administrator has a AHV cluster that is comprised with 4 nodes with the following configuration in each node.

  • CPU: 2 each, 2.4 GHz, 12 cores.
  • Memory: 256 GB
  • Disk: 6 each 1.92 SSD

A VM with 16 vCPUs and 96GB of RAM is being created on the cluster, How should the administrator configure the VM to assure optimal performance?

A. With 2 vNUMA nodes
B. With an affinity policy
C. With flash mode enabled
D. With Memory Over Commitment

A

With 2 vNUMA nodes

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An Administrator wants to receive an environment summary report when a host failure occurs.
Which action would address the administrators need?

A. Enable App Discovery
B. Create a playbook
C. Edit Report Schedule
D. Configure an Alert Policy

A

Configure an Alert Policy

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A recently configured cluster is leveraging NearSync with a recovery schedule of 15 Minutes. It is noticed that cluster is consistently transitioning in and out of NearSync. What action should be taken to potentially address this issue?

A. Change the NearSync Schedule to 30 minutes
B. Configure a secondary schedule in the same protection domain
C. Increase the network bandwidth
D. Add vCPU to the user VMs

A

Change the NearSync Schedule to 30 minutes

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After initial configuration and upgrade of NCC, the administrator notices critical alerts as shown in the exhibit.
Which two initial cluster configuration task were missed during the configuration process?

A. Password Policy change
B. Host password change
C. BIOS Password Change
D. CVM Password change

A
  • Host password change
  • CVM Password change
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An Administrator needs to enable inline deduplication for a pre-existing storage container. When trying to enable deduplication on the storage container, this feature is greyed OUT.
What is the reason for this behaviour?

A. Replication Factor 1 is configured on the storage container
B. The Cluster has hybrid storage and deduplication is supported only on all flash clusters
C. Capacity reservation is not enabled on the storage container
D. The Cluster has less than 5 nodes which is the minimum node count to enable deduplication

A

Replication Factor 1 is configured on the storage container

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An Administrator manages an AHV cluster that is dedicated to a dev/test environment. The administrator is receiving complaints from users that they are unable to create VMs on the clusters. After reviewing the clusters, the administrator finds that the memory resources are almost fully utilized, with many VMs overprovisioned on Memory. What option is the most efficient resolution to enable additional VMs to be created?

A. Upgrade the nodes with additional memory DIMMs
B. Enable Memory overcommit on the over provisioned VMs
C. Disable HA Reservation on the cluster
D. Enable Memory HA on the over provisioned VMs

A

Enable Memory overcommit on the over provisioned VMs

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An administrator recently added new SSDs to a Nutanix cluster and knows the firmware will be out of dat. Due to security constraints, the cluster does not have access to the internet.
Which two steps must be completed to update the firmware? (Choose Two)

A. Update the LCM source and URL to access the firmware bundle
B. Download a darksite bundle and deploy it on an internal webserver
C. Download the disk firmware from the OEMs website
D. Select upgrade software then upload the firmware bundle

A
  • Update the LCM source and URL to access the firmware bundle
  • Download a darksite bundle and deploy it on an internal webserver
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Which Scenario would benefit most from Erasure coding being enabled on a container?

A. Long Term storage of data which is written once and read frequently
B. WEB and API Servers
C. VDI use cases where a single VM is cloned 100s of times
D. High performance database where all data is relatively hot

A

Long Term storage of data which is written once and read frequently

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What is the minimum time a newly created deduplication storage policy takes to apply to the vms in the container?

A. 5 Minutes
B. 10 Minutes
C. 30 Minutes
D. 60 Minutes

A

30 Minutes

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An administrator was reviewing various AOS logs when it was noticed that the time of the logs were off by several hours.
Which initial step was missed during the post process cluster configuration?

A. Setting the cluster time zone via PE GUI
B. Setting the cluster time zone via CVM aCLI
C. Setting the cluster time zone via CVM nCLI
D. Setting the cluster time zone via PC GUI

A

Setting the cluster time zone via CVM nCLI

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An administrator is not able to log into PC using a new Active Directory user account, after logging with the local user, the administrator verified that directory services and role mapping settings are valid. What is the most likely cause of this issue?

A. PE authentication is not configured
B. Active directory functional level is wrong
C. User does not belong to the administrator group
D. Change password at next logon attribute is set

A

Change password at next logon attribute is set

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An administrator logs into Nutanix support portal and notices there is a new version of LCM framework available. In an effort to ensure LCM is providing the latest features, the administrator would like to upgrade LCM. How can the LCM framework be upgraded?

A. Upgrade AOS
B. Upload the latest LCM framework as an image in the image configuration in Prism
C. Perform an LCM inventory
D. Upload the latest LCM framework bundle via upgrade software in Prism

A

Perform an LCM inventory

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An administrator needs to limit the amount of storage pace that data stored in single container can consume. Which action should the administrator take?

A. Enable reservations for rebuild capacity
B. Set advertise capacity for the container
C. Thick provision the container
D. Store VM Snapshot in a different container

A

Set advertise capacity for the container

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What does Nutanix recommend when setting up the node networking?

A. Include NIC modules from different vendors in the same bond
B. Combine NIC modules from different vendors in the same bond
C. Include at least two physical interfaces in every bond
D. Combine 1 Gbe interfaces and 10 Gbe interfaces in the same bond

A

Include at least two physical interfaces in every bond

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An administrator needs to increase bandwidth available to the AHV host and to the CVM. How should the administrator complete this task?

A. Use manage_ovs command to update br0 to change the configuration to Active-Active
B. In Prism, create a VS1 interface and add any remaining uplinks
C. Use manage_ovs command to create br1 ad add any remaining uplinks
D. In Prism update VS0 to change the configuration to Active-Active

A

In Prism update VS0 to change the configuration to Active-Active

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An Administrator needs to update some images that were previously uploaded to their Nutanix Cluster, while logged into PE when trying to update the images, the update icon is not enabled. What could be the cause for this failure?

A. Images were imported into PC
B. The files were ISO but were uploaded as disk images hence cannot be used or edited
C. Images are corrupted and must be re-uploaded
D. RBAC is configured and administrator user does not have the right Privileges

A

Images were imported into PC

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Which component can be associated with a storage policy?

A. Catalog
B. Category
C. Subnet
D. VM

A

Category

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On a Nutanix Cluster, What does Network Segmentation refers to?

A. Isolating intra cluster traffic from guest VM traffic
B. Physically separating management traffic from Guest VM traffic
C. A distributed firewall for securing VM to VM traffic
D. Isolating management traffic from storage replication traffic

A

Isolating management traffic from storage replication traffic

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An administrator has created a Nutanix Managed Network, and assigned it a vlan ID of 512 Several VMs have been created and the administrator notices that the VMs can successfully communicate with other VMs on that vLAN, provided they are on the same host, but can not communicate with the VMs that resides on different hosts in the cluster. What is most likely the cause of this issue.

A. The vLAN was not created on the upstream switches
B. The administrator did not create the vLAN on all hosts
C. vLAN 512 is reserved vLAN ID and not usable for guest VMs
D. There is a firewall rule blocking vLAN 512 traffic

A

The vLAN was not created on the upstream switches

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After running a LCM inventory, it is noticed that there are a number of firmware and software updates available. The administrator would like to avoid any host reboots, but would like to apply some of the available updates. Which two updates can be done while avoiding a host reboot? (choose Two).

A. AOS
B. Data Drives
C. AHV
D. M.2 Drives

A
  • AOS
  • Data Drives
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Upon logging into PC, an administrator notices high cluster latency. How can the administrator analyze data with the least number of steps or actions?

A. Click the cluster name in cluster quick access widget
B. Take note of the cluster name and create a new analysis chart
C. Click on the chart in the widget to expand the data element
D. Modify data density in the main prism central dashboard

A

Click the cluster name in cluster quick access widget

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An administrator manages a cluster and notices several failed components shown in the exhibit. What two options does the administrator have to run all NCC checks manually? (Choose Two)

A. Running ncc health_checks run_all on the PC VM
B. Running ncc health_checks run_all on the cvm
C. Using the action drop-down menu in the health dashboard of PC
D. Using the action drop down menu in the health dash board of PE

A
  • Running ncc health_checks run_all on the cvm
  • Using the action drop down menu in the health dash board of PE
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An administrator needs to ensure logs, alerts and information is consistent across clusters that are located in the different countries. Which service needs to be configured?

A. DNS
B. NTP
C. SMTP
D. SNMP

A

SMTP

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During an AHV upgrade, an administrator finds that a critical VM was powered OFF rather than migrating to another host. Which scenario explains this behavior?

A. The VM OS hung during migration
B. No AHV, Host were able to be schedule
C. The VM was on the same host as the acropolis leader
D. The VM was marked as an agent VM

A

The VM was marked as an agent VM

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An administrator has been notified by a user that a Microsoft SQL server instance is not performing well. When reviewing the utilization metrics, the following concerns are noted:

  • Memory consumption has been above 95% for several months
  • Memory consumption has been spiked to 100% for the last five days
  • CPU usage is 45%
  • Storage latency is 2ms

When logging into Prism Central, how could the administrator quickly verify if this VM has performance bottlenecks.

A. Perform Entity Sync
B. Filter VM by efficiency
C. See capacity run away
D. Update capacity configuration

A

Filter VM by efficiency

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When configuring a syslog server in Prism central, what two pieces information are required? (choose Two)

A. HTTPS URL
B. IP address/PORT
C. Transport protocol
D. Encryption Secret

A
  • IP address/PORT
  • Transport protocol
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What is a requirement to enable flow networking?

A. Microservices infrastructure (CSMP) is enables
B. PC is using a three-node scale out deployment
C. Flow micro segmentation must be enabled
D. A dedicated virtual switch has been created for flow networking

A

Microservices infrastructure (CSMP) is enables

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Which inefficient VM Profile can be used to identify a VM that consumes too many resources and causes other VMs to starve?

A. Over-Provisioned VM
B. Bully VM
C. Constrained VM
D. Inactive VM

A

Bully VM

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An Administrator is tasked with configuring networking on an AHV cluster and need to optimize for maximum single VM throughput. Which bond mode should the administrator select?

A. Active-Active with MAC pinning
B. No Uplink Bond
C. Active-Active
D. Active-Backup

A

Active-Active

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An administrator is troubleshooting vDisk Performance issues in a Nutanix Cluster with hybrid disk. The VMs all have flash mode enabled but users are reporting disk latency. What could cause these performance issue?

A. The VMs vDisk are in multiple containers
B. Flash mode is disabled when a node fails
C. Data size for flash mode exceeds 25% of SSD capacity
D. Compression is disabled on the vDisk storage container

A

Data size for flash mode exceeds 25% of SSD capacity

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The Update source for LCM has been configured as shown in the exhibit, inventory is failing consistently. What is the likely cause of this issue.

A. PORT 443 blocked by firewall
B. The license assigned to the cluster is expired
C. The administrator does not have a valid portal account
D. PORT 80 is blocked by firewall

A

PORT 443 blocked by firewall

32
Q

An administrator needs to create a new Linux image and will need to do the following as pert of the VM deployment.

  • Set the OS hostname
  • Add custom Users
  • Add Keys
  • Run Custom scripts

What package need to be installed in the linux image to facilitate this automation?

A. NGT
B. Cloudinit
C. Sysprep
D. Kickstart

A

Cloudinit

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Which capability refers to the storage of VM data on the node where the VM is running and ensures that the read I/O does not have to traverse the network?

A. Intelligent Locality
B. Intelligent Tiering
C. Data Locality
D. Data Tiering

A

Data Locality

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Which two types of granular RBAC does Nutanix Provide for AHV hosts? (Choose wo)

A. Category Based
B. Disk Based
C. Cluster Based
D. Project Based

A
  • Category Based
  • Project Based
35
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An administrator needs to configure Prism to send encrypted messages to a set of recipients. Which Setting must be applied.

A. Use SMTP port 25
B. Configure Prism Central to use cluster lockdown
C. Install SSL certificate on Prism Central
D. Set SMTP security Mode to STARTTLS

A

Set SMTP security Mode to STARTTLS

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An administrator is trying to implement the solution that is shown in the exhibit, but has been unsuccessful. Based on the diagram, what is causing the issue?

A. Active containers in both sites
B. Network latency
C. A remote Witness VM
D. Unsupported hypervisor

A

Network latency

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An administrator asked to deploy VMs using specific image. The image has been configured with settings and applications that will be used by engineering to develop a new product by the company. The image is not available on the desired cluster, but it is available in other cluster associated with Prism central. Why isn’t image available.

A. The cluster should be removed from all categories
B. The Image placement policy was configured with soft enforcement
C. The cluster has not been added to the correct category
D. The Image bandwidth policy has prevented the image upload

A

The cluster has not been added to the correct category

38
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An administrator is adding a new node to a cluster. The node has been imaged to the same versions of AHV and AOS that the cluster running, configured with appropriate IP addresses, and br0-up has been configured the same the existing uplink bonds When attempting to add the node to the cluster with the Expand Cluster function in Prism , the cluster is unable to find the new node.
Based on the above output from the new node, what is most likely the cause of this issue?

A. The ports on the upstream switch are not configured for LACP
B. The existing and the expansion node are on different VLANs
C. There is a firewall blocking the discovery traffic from the tlu
D. LACP configuration must be completed after cluster expansion

A

The existing and the expansion node are on different VLANs

39
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An administrator performing validation testing of a newly deployed cluster. During this test administrator disconnects each LAN interface from each of the node while pinging the hypervisor and guest VMs. When the first interface disconnected, ping continues as expected to the hypervisor, but ping stop responding from the guest VM. Ping continue when the interface is reconnected. When the second interface is disconnected, ping continue to both hypervisor and guest VMs. What could be the cause of this error?

A. This is normal behaviour for LAN Failover
B. PortFast is not enabled on the switch ports
C. One of the network interfaces has a bad patch cable
D. Switch ports are configured with different vLANS

A

Switch ports are configured with different vLANS

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While installing windows 2019 on a new VM on an AHV cluster, an administrator notices there aren’t any drives listed for the install. What might be the problem be?

A. VirtIO drivers aren’t supported on this version of windows 2019
B. VirtIO drivers have not yet been installed and the disks are SCSI disks
C. VirtIO drivers must be installed on AHV for installation of windows
D. VirtIO drivers have not yet been installed and the disk are IDE disks

A

VirtIO drivers have not yet been installed and the disks are SCSI disks

41
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Under active backup bond type at least two uplink ports need to be selected per host. An administrator is attempting to create an additional virtual switch on a newly deployed AHV cluster. Using the two disconnected interfaces. The administrator is unable to select the disconnected interfaces when creating the virtual switch. What is the cause of the issue.

A. Interfaces must be connected to the network before they can be assigned
B. The disconnected interfaces are currently assigned to virtual switch0
C. Only one interface is available on the selected host
D. Interfaces must be assigned to virtual switch via the CLI.

A

Interfaces must be connected to the network before they can be assigned

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An administrator receives complaints of poor performance in a particular VM, Based on the VM performance metrics, what is the most likely cause of this behaviour.

A. The VM needs more vCPUs
B. SSD Tier is not big enough to serve workloads IOPS demand
C. The host CPU is severely overloaded
D. Oplog is full and connot serve IO request from this VM.

A

The host CPU is severely overloaded

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A newly hired Nutanix administrator was tasked by the CIO to create a single VM on a test network. The network administrator stated that a native vLAN was used on the Cisco TOR switches with the following parameters.

  • IP address : 172.16.1.2
  • Network Mask : 255.255.255.0
  • Gateway: 172.16.1.1
  • vLAN : 1

The same parameters were used to create network profile on Nutanix, but when the VM created, it had no L3 connectivity. What should administrator do to fix the issue?

A. Enable IPv6 on the VM
B. Nutanix removed support for native vLAN
C. Use DHCP as opposed to static IP
D. Change vLAN field from vLAN 1 to vLAN0

A

Change vLAN field from vLAN 1 to vLAN0

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An administrator is concerned about the amount of data that VM is reading and writing to the storage fabric. Which metric will provide the data?

A. VM storage controller IOPS
B. HOST disk IOPS
C. Host Hypervisor IO bandwidth
D. VM storage controller Bandwidth

A

VM storage controller IOPS

45
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Why has been an anomaly triggered?

A. Normal controller behaviour has increased
B. Observed values do not match predicted values
C. Controller reaches 2500 IOPS
D. Observed IOPS exceed normal values

A

Observed values do not match predicted values

46
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An administrator wants to expand the failure domain level of a cluster. What TWO options are available? (Choose Two).

A. Rack
B. Node
C. Data Center
D. Block

A
  • Rack
  • Block
47
Q

Which baseline is used to identify a zombie VM?

A. Memory usage is less than 1% and memory swap rate is equal to 0Kbps for past 21 days
B. Fewer than 30 IOPS and less than 1000 bytes per day of network traffic for the past 21 days
C. VM is powered OFF for the past 21 days
D. VM has no logins for the past 21 days

A

Fewer than 30 IOPS and less than 1000 bytes per day of network traffic for the past 21 days

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A User is complaining about slowness of a mission critical MSSQL server. The administrator logs into prism element to investigate the VM performance and observe what is shown in the diagram. Which action would best improve VM performance?

A. Add additional RAM to the user VM
B. Disable hyperthreading in the BIOS
C. Add additional RAM to the host on which the VM is running
D. Ensure the HOSTs CPUs are not excessively overcommitted

A

Ensure the HOSTs CPUs are not excessively overcommitted

49
Q

What Nutanix Feature provides effective caching optimization in VDI environments?

A. Shadow Clones
B. Remote Protection Group
C. Snap clones
D. Local Protection Group

A

Shadow Clones

50
Q

An administrator needs to provide access for a user to view real-time performance metrics for all cluster across the data center. Which Method accomplishes this with the least effort and ongoing maintenance?

A. Configure IDP authentication and assign the user to the cluster admin role in PC
B. Configure a local account and assign the new user to the viewer role in PC
C. Configure AD authentication and assign the user to the viewer role in PE
D. Configure AD authentication create a custom role, assign the user to the role and apply the role to all clusters and VMs

A

Configure a local account and assign the new user to the viewer role in PC

51
Q

An administrator has been asked to enable block awareness and increase the fault tolerance to FT3 on a Nutanix AHV cluster with the following configuration.

  • Four Blocks
  • One node per block

Will the administrator be able to accomplish the task?

A. NO-FT3 required a minimum of five nodes
B. NO- Fault Tolerance changes are not supported
C. Yes-FT3 required a minimum of three nodes
D. Yes-Block awareness requires a minimum of three Blocks

A

NO-FT3 required a minimum of five nodes

52
Q

An administrator is trying to put a node into maintenance mode but receives the message shown in the exhibit. What is the potential reason for this dialog?

A. Linux VM1 uses a vDisk stored in a RF1 DataStore
B. Linux VM1 uses a vDisk stored in a RF3 DataStore
C. Linux VM1 uses a vGPU
D. Linux VM1 usesa volume Group

A

Linux VM1 uses a vDisk stored in a RF1 DataStore

53
Q

Which AOS process determines if an I/O from a user VM will be written to oplog or to a extent store?

A. Zeus
B. Stargate
C. Cassandra
D. Curator

A

Stargate

54
Q

The administrator is creating a windows 10 VM that will be used for a virtual desktop template. After creating the VM and booting to the ISO the administrator is unable to install windows and receives the following error. We couldn’t find any drives. To get the storage driver, click load driver. What steps does the administrator need to take to install the OS?

A. Load the VirtIO Network Ethernet adapter
B. Load the VirtIO SCSI pass-through controller
C. Load the Nutanix VirtIO seral BUS driver
D. Load the Nutanix VirtIO Balloon Driver

A

Load the VirtIO SCSI pass-through controller

55
Q

A user running a computer aided design (CAD) application is complaining about slow response time within the VM, particularly when moving windows or rendering images. Which VM matric will guide the administrator toward diagnosing the problem.

A. GPU Usage
B. SWAP in Rate
C. Storage controller latency
D. Hypervisor Memory Usage (%)

A

Storage controller latency

56
Q

An administrator is setting up a Nutanix cluster and needs to configure the default vLAN. Which configuration should the administrator choose.

A. vLAN.0
B. vLAN.1
C. vLAN.2
D. vLAN.7

A

vLAN.0

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Q

An administrator wants to replace an old node with a node of newer generation in a 3-node cluster. The administrator has already chosen the appropriate node, but is unable to remove it from cluster. Why is remove HOST option is not shown in exhibit.

A. The node needs to be placed into maintenance Mode before
B. It is only possible to remove a host from a cluster using CLI
C. It is not possible to remove a node from a 3-node cluster
D. The host needs to be removed from the cluster using PC

A

The node needs to be placed into maintenance Mode before

58
Q

Why has an anomaly been triggered?

A. Because the blue band range increased over the last 2 days
B. Because the CPU usage crossed the blue band
C. Because the CPU usage dropped below 20%
D. Because the CPU usage reached 100%

A

Because the CPU usage crossed the blue band

59
Q

An administrator needs to configure a new subnet on an AHV cluster and wants to ensure that VMs will automatically be assigned an IP address at creation time. Which type of network does the administrator need to create?

A. DHCP Network
B. Dynamic Network
C. Managed network
D. Unmanaged Network

A

Managed network

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Q

After configuring modules for remote syslog server, the settings are as shown. The administrator notices that even though the level parameter is set to EMERGENCY, that all monitor logs are being sent. what is the cause of this issue?

A. A log level of EMERGENCY includes all monitor levels
B. Having the module name set to stargate send all monitor logs regardless of the levels
C. The true settings for include monitor logs send all monitor logs regardless of the level
D. A second rsyslog server is configured to send all monitor logs

A

The true settings for include monitor logs send all monitor logs regardless of the level

61
Q

In the event of a disk failure, which process will immediately and automatically scan Cassandra to find all data previously hosted on the failure disk, and all disk in that node?

A. Curator
B. Stargate
C. Genesis
D. Prism

A

Curator

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Q

After configuring active directory as the desired authentication service, an administrator is not able to login into prism central using a privileged account. Which configuration must be checked first?

A. Local user account
B. Cluster lockdown
C. Account Lock Status
D. Role Mapping

A

Role Mapping

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Q

After logging into Prism Element, an administrator press the letter A on the keyboard. what is the expected outcome of this input?

A. Analysis page will launch
B. API Explorer page will launch
C. Alerts Page will Launch
D. About Nutanix Page will Launch

A

Alerts Page will Launch

64
Q

An administrator has been tasked with increasing security on a Nutanix cluster by disabling password authentication when accessing the CVM and AHV host and instead moving to key-based SSH. What is the easiest way for the administrator to meet these needs?

A. Enable STIGs via command line on SSH to a CVM
B. Configure LDAP authentication through a secure server
C. Enable cluster lock Down and provide RSA key
D. Restrict access with User Management in Prism

A

Enable cluster lock Down and provide RSA key

65
Q

Which Nutanix Service controls ncli, the HTML5 UI, and REST APP?

A. Prism
B. Zookeper
C. Chronos
D. Cassandra

A

Prism

66
Q

An administrator has received reports of users being disconnected from remote desktop sessions to a specific VM. Which VM metric is most useful for ISOLATING the cause of the issue?

A. Virtual NIC receive packet drops
B. Swap-out rate
C. Hypervisor CPU ready time (%)
D. Storage controller bandwidth

A

Storage controller bandwidth

67
Q

An administrator recently had a node failed on a Nutanix AHV cluster. All of the VMs restarted on other nodes in the cluster. But they discovered that the VMs that make up a SQL cluster were running on the failed host. Administrator has been asked to take measures to prevent a SQL outage in the future. What affinity option will prevent SQL VMs from running on the same host?

A. Create affinity project
B. VM-VM Anti-affinity policy
C. Create affinity category
D. VM-Host affinity policy

A

VM-VM Anti-affinity policy

68
Q

Which two permission assignment task can be accomplished on Prism Element? (choose 2)

A. Grant a user permission to create VMs
B. Grant a user permission to create and delete snapshot on a guest VM
C. Grant a user permission to view details of all VMs on a specific cluster
D. Grant an active directory group permission to perform backup operations

A
  • Grant a user permission to view details of all VMs on a specific cluster
  • Grant an active directory group permission to perform backup operations
69
Q

An administrator is trying to create a custom alert policy for all VMs. Why is the alert warning if field is greyed out?

A. The Enable policy option is checked
B. The Alert Critical if threshold is set
C. The behavioral Anomaly threshold is set
D. The auto resolve alerts option is checked

A

The behavioral Anomaly threshold is set

70
Q

What is the recommended approach for a constrained VM?

A. Delete the VM
B. Increase the VM resources
C. Reboot the VM
D. Decrease the VM resources

A

Increase the VM resources

71
Q

An administrator is tasked with configuring networking on an AHV cluster and wants to minimize the throughput for the host with many small VMs while minimizing network switch configuration. Which bond mode should the administrator select?

A. Active-Active
B. Active-Backup
C. No uplink bond
D. Active Active with MAC pinning

A

Active-Backup

72
Q

An administrator wants to reduce the largest amount of alert emails received from PC. Which two settings should the administrator customize to meet the requirement? (Choose two)

A. Skip empty digest email
B. Every single Alert
C. Daily Digest
D. Email Recipients

A
  • Skip empty digest email
  • Email Recipients
73
Q

An administrator has been alerted that the database VM in the environment are not responsive. During the investigation the administrator discovered that the unresponsive VMs were migrated to different nodes in the cluster and have tasks In PC with the following name ADS: Remove resource contention. What caused these VM migration?

A. ADS detected that the host memory was running > 75% for 15 minutes
B. ADS detected that the host CPU was running > 85% for 10 minutes
C. ADS detected that the host networking was running > 85% for 10 minutes
D. ADS detected that the storage controller IOPs was running > 75% for 15 minutes

A

ADS detected that the host memory was running > 75% for 15 minutes

74
Q

Which Nutanix process stores and manages all of the cluster metadata in a distributed ring like manner?

A. Chronos
B. Zeus
C. Zookeeper
D. Cassandra

A

Cassandra