Nutanix Certified Professional – Unified Storage (NCP-US) Flashcards
An administrator want to provide security against ransomware attacks in Files. The administrator wants to configure the environment to scan files for ransomware in real time and provide notification in the event of ransomware.
Which component should the administrator use to meet this requirement? Which component should the administrator use to meet this requirement?
A. File Analytics
B. Syslog Server
C. Files Console
D. Protection Domain
File Analytics
An organization currently has a Files cluster for their back-office data including all department shares. Most of the data is considered Caid Data and they are looking to migrate to free up space for future growth or newer data.
The organization has recently added an additional node with more storage. In addition, the organization is using the Public Cloud for other storage needs.
What will be the best way to achieve this requirement?
A. Migrate cold data from Files to tape storage.
B. Backup the data using a third - party software and replicate to the cloud.
C. Setup another cluster and replicate the data with Protection Domain.
D. Enable Smart Tiering in Files within the File Console.
Enable Smart Tiering in Files within the File Console.
An administrator has received an alert A130370 VgSyncRepContainerNotFound details of alert as follows.
A110370 VgSyncRepContainerNotFound Block Serial Number : 165MXXXXXXXXXXXXXX alert time : Thu Jan 19 2023 20:15:10 GMT - 0800 ( PST ) alert type : VgSyncRepContainer Not Found alert msg : A130370 : Failed to replicate the Volume Group : (volume_group_name) ‘ synchronously since ‘ (details)
cluster id : xxxxx alert body : No Alert Body Available
What is the cause of the alert that needs to be addressed to allow successful synchronous protection of the Volume Group?
A. The cerebro service is not running on all CVMs within the target cluster.
B. The container does not exist or is marked for removal on the source cluster.
C. The cerebro service is not running on all CVMs within the source cluster.
D. The container does not exist or is marked for removal on the target cluster.
The container does not exist or is marked for removal on the target cluster.
An administrator needs to protect a Files cluster with unique policies for different shares. How should the administrator meet this requirement?
A. Create a protection domain in the Data Protection view in Prism Element.
B. Configure data protection polices in File Server view in Prism Element.
C. Create a protection domain in the Data Protection view in Prism Central.
D. Configure data protection polices in the Files view in Prism Central.
Configure data protection polices in the Files view in Prism Central.
Deploying Files instances require which two minimum resources? (Choose two)
A. 12 GiB of memory per host
B. 8 vCPUs per host
C. 8 GiB of memory per host
D. 4 vCPUs per host
- 12 GiB of memory per host.
- 4 vCPUs per host
An administrator has performed an upgrade to Files. After upgrading, the file server cannot reach the given domain name with the specified DNS server list.
Which two steps should the administrator perform to resolve the connectivity issues with the domain controller servers? (Choose two)
A. Verify the DNS settings in Prism Element.
B. DNS entries for the given domain name.
C. Verify the DNS settings in Prism Central.
D. DNS server addresses of the domain controllers.
- DNS entries for the given domain name.
- DNS server addresses of the domain controllers.
Which configuration is required for an Objects deployment?
A. Configure Domain Controllers on both Prism Element and Prism Central.
B. Configure VPC on both Prism Element and Prism Central.
C. Configure NTP servers on both Prism Element and Prism Central.
D. Configure a dedicated storage container on Prism Element or Prism Central.
Configure NTP servers on both Prism Element and Prism Central.
A team of developers are working on a new processing application and requires a solution where they can upload the latest code for testing via API calls. Older iterations should be retained as newer code is developed and tested.
Which solution will work best for the development team?
A. Create an SMB Share with Files and enable Previous Version.
B. Create a bucket in Objects with Versioning enabled.
C. Create an NFS Share, mounted on a Linux Server with Files.
D. Provision a Volume Group and connect via iSCSI with MPIO.
Create a bucket in Objects with Versioning enabled.
An organization deployed Files in multiple sites, including different geographical locations across the globe. The organization has the following requirements to improves their data management lifecycle: Provide a centralized management solution. Automate archiving tier policies for compliance purposes. Protect the data against ransomware.
Which solution will satisfy the organization’s requirements?
A. Prism Central
B. Data Lens
C. Files Analytics
Prism Central
Which Nutanix Unified Storage capability allows for monitoring usage for all Files deployments globally?
A. File Analytics
B. Nutanix Cloud Manager
C. Files Manager
D. Data Lens
File Analytics
An administrator created a bucket for an upcoming project where internal users as well as an outside consultant will Object Browser. The administrator needs to provide both internal and consultant access to the same bucket.
The organization would like to prevent internal access to the consultant, based on their security policy.
Which two items are require to fulfill this requirement? (Choose two.)
A. Configure Directory Services under the Access Keys section.
B. Generate access keys based on directory and email - based users.
C. Install third - party software for bucket access to all users.
D. Generate access keys using third - party software.
- Configure Directory Services under the Access Keys section.
- Generate access keys based on directory and email - based users.
Which two prerequisites are needed when deploying Objects to a Nutanix cluster? (Choose two.)
A. Microsegmentation is enabled.
B. Data Services IP is configured on the PE.
C. DNS is configured on PE.
D. AHV IPAM is disabled on the VLAN used for Objects.
- Data Services IP is configured on the PE.
- DNS is configured on PE.
How many configured snapshots are supported for SSR in a file server?
A. 25
B. 50
C. 100
D. 200
100
An administrator has deployed a new Files cluster within a Windows environment. After some days, the Files environment is not able to synchronize users with the Active Directory server anymore. The administrator observes a large time difference between the Files environment and the Active Directory server that is responsible for the behavior.
How should the administrator prevent the Files environment and the AD Server from having such a time difference in future?
A. Use the same NTP Servers for the Files environment and the AD Server.
B. Use 0.pool.ntp.org as the NTP Server for the AD Server.
C. Use 0.pool.ntp.org as the NTP Server for the Files environment.
D. Connect to every FSVM and edit the time manually.
Use the same NTP Servers for the Files environment and the AD Server.
Which action is required to allow the deletion of file server audit data in Data Lens?
A. Enable the File Server.
B. Disable the File Server.
C. Update the data retention period.
D. Configure the audit trail target
Update the data retention period.
Which metric is utilized when sizing a Files deployment based on performance requirements?
A. Quantity of SMB shares
B. SMB concurrent connections
C. NFS concurrent connections
D. Quantity of NFS exports
SMB concurrent connections
An administrator is required to place all iSCSI traffic on an isolated network.
How can the administrator meet this requirement?
A. Create a new network interface on the CVMs via ncli.
B. Create a Volumes network in Prism Central.
C. Configure network segmentation for Volumes.
D. Configure the Data Services IP on an isolated network.
Configure network segmentation for Volumes.
An administrator is upgrading Files from version 3.7 to 4.1 in the highly secured environment, the pre - upgrade check fails with below error: FileServer preupgrade check failed with cause (s) Sub task poll timed out What initial troubleshooting step should the administrator take?
A. Examine the failed tasks on the FSVMs.
B. Check there is enough disk space on FSVMs.
C. Verify connectivity between the FSVMs.
D. Increase upgrades timeout from ecli.
Verify connectivity between the FSVMs.
An administrator has received an alert A160068 - AFSDuplicate IPDetected details of alert as follows
Block Serial Number: 165MXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX alert_time : Thu Jan 19 2023 23:14:10 GMT - 0800 ( PST ) alert_type : AFSDuplicateIPDetected alert_msg : A160068 : Duplicate IP address detected for a file server VMs for ( file_server_name ) . Error Message cluster_id : xxxxxxxx alert body: No Alert Body Available
Which error log should the administrator review to deterv the related Duplicate IP address involved?
A. tcpkill.log
B. minerva_cvm.log
C. solver.log
D. minerva_nvm.log
minerva_cvm.log
What is the binary image extension of File Analytics ?
A. JSON
B. QCOW2
C. ISO
D. VMDK
QCOW2
The administrator needs to review the following graphs, as displayed in the exhibit:
- Storage Used
- Open Connections
- Number of Files
- Top Shares by Current Capacity
- Top Shares by Current Connections
Where should the administrator complete this action?
A. Files Console Shares View
B. Files Console Data Management View
C. Files Console Monitoring View
D. Files Console Dashboard View
Files Console Dashboard View
An administrator is tasked with deploying a Microsoft Server Failover Cluster for a critical application that uses shared storage. The failover cluster instance will consist of VMs running on an AHV - hosted cluster and bare metal servers for maximum resiliency.
What should the administrator do to satisfy this requirement?
A. Create a Bucket with Objects.
B. Provision a Volume Group with Volumes.
C. Create an SMB Share with Files.
D. Provision a new Storage Container.
Provision a Volume Group with Volumes.
What is the primary criteria that should be considered for performance - sensitive application shares with sequential I/O?
A. IOPS
B. Connections
C. Block size
D. Throughput
Throughput
Which two steps are required for enabling Data Lens? (Choose two.)
A. In Prism, enable Pulse health monitoring.
B. Configure a MyNutanix account to access the Data Lens console.
C. Add File Services VM admin credentials to a MyNutanix account.
D. Configure the Data Services IP in Prism Central.
- In Prism, enable Pulse health monitoring.
- Configure a MyNutanix account to access the Data Lens console.
An administrator has received an alert A130358 - ConsistencyGroupWithStaleEnti ties details of alert as follows.
Which scenario is causing the alert and needs to be addressed to allow the entities to be protected ?
A. One or more VMs or Volume Groups belonging to the Consistency Group is part of multiple Recovery Plans configured with a Witness.
B. One or more VMs or Volume Groups belonging to the Consistency Group may have been deleted.
C. The logical timestamp for one or more of the Volume Groups is not consistent between dusters.
D. One or more VMs or Volume Groups belonging to the Consistency Group contains stale metadata.
One or more VMs or Volume Groups belonging to the Consistency Group may have been deleted
Which Data Lens feature maximizes the available file server space by moving cold data from the file server to an object store?
A. Backup
B. Versioning
C. Smart Tier
D. Smart DR
Smart Tier
An administrator is trying to create a Distributed Share, but the Use Distributed Share / Export type instead of Standard option is not present when creating the share.
What is most likely the cause for this?
A. The file server does not have the correct license.
B. The cluster only has three nodes.
C. The file server resides on a single node cluster.
D. The cluster is configured with hybrid storage.
The file server resides on a single node cluster.
An administrator is tasked with performing an upgrade to the latest Objects version.
What should the administrator do prior to upgrading Objects Manager?
A. Upgrade Lifecycle Manager
B. Upgrade MSP
C. Upgrade Objects service
D. Upgrade AOS
Upgrade MSP
Life Cycle Manager must have compatible versions of which two components before installing or upgrading Files? (Choose two)
A. Active Directory Services
B. Nutanix Cluster Check
C. File Server Module
D. Acropolis Operating System
- File Server Module
- Acropolis Operating System
An administrator has created a volume and needs to attach it to a Windows host via iSCSI. The Data Services IP has been configured in the MS ISCSI Initiator, but no targets are visible.
What is most likely the cause of this issue?
A. The host’s IP Address is not authorized to access the volume.
B. The CHAP password configured on the client is incorrect.
C. The CHAP Authentication has not been configured on the client.
D. The host’s IQN is not authorized to access the volume.
The host’s IQN is not authorized to access the volume.
Which ransomware prevention solution for Files is best when the list of malicious file signatures to block is greater than 300?
A. Third - party solution
B. Flow Security Central
C. Data Lens
D. File Analytics
Third - party solution
An administrator has been asked to confirm the ability of a physical Windows Server 2019 host to boot from storage on a Nutanix AOS cluster.
Which statement is true regarding this confirmation by the administrator?
A. Physical servers may boot from an object bucket from the data services IP and MPIO is required.
B. Physical servers may boot from a volume group from the data services IP and MPIO is not required.
C. Physical servers may boot from a volume group from the data services IP and MPIO is required.
D. Physical servers may boot from an object bucket from the data services IP and MPIO is not required.
Physical servers may boot from an object bucket from the data services IP and MPIO is not required.