Nutanix NCS-Core Practice Questions

Explanation: In a Nutanix environment managed by Prism Central, protecting workloads and SQL servers from a disaster involves creating a recovery policy. A recovery policy in Nutanix is a set of rules that define how data is protected and recovered in the event of a disaster1.
Creating a new recovery policy involves selecting the virtual machines (VMs) that need to be protected and specifying the hardware requirements for the recovery environment1.
This includes the compute and storage resources needed to run the protected VMs in the recovery site1.
Once the recovery policy is created, Nutanix’s built-in data protection and disaster recovery capabilities can ensure that the protected VMs can be quickly and efficiently recovered in the event of a disaster2. This includes capabilities such as efficient snapshot, cloning, and replication capabilities to provide a higher level of protection at a lower cost2.
Therefore, to meet the CEO’s request, the IT administrator should create a new Recovery policy by selecting the VM that needs to be protected and get hardware requirements.

Explanation:
To ensure that the Foundation Applet is up-to-date across all nodes, the best approach is to use the Foundation VM. The Foundation VM allows consultants to manage and upgrade Foundation on all nodes centrally. This method avoids the necessity of manual upgrades on each node individually, thus ensuring a more efficient and error-free process, aligning with Nutanix's best practices for scalability and management of infrastructure.
References:
The Nutanix Bible, the Nutanix University's NCS-Core 6.8 materials, and official Nutanix documentation on the Foundation VM.
To ensure the latest version of Foundation is used for imaging to support the latest hardware and software hypervisor configurations, the consultant should utilize the Foundation VM. This tool allows for upgrading the Foundation on all nodes simultaneously, ensuring consistency across the cluster. It streamlines the process by leveraging the existing Foundation infrastructure rather than requiring manual updates via a crash cart or the limited capabilities of the Foundation Applet for single node upgrades.

Explanation: After creating a cluster and connecting it to the customer's network, if the events dashboard in Prism is full of errors, a likely cause could be that the Cluster Virtual IP Address (VIP) was not properly set up. The VIP is crucial for accessing the Nutanix Prism interface and for the proper functioning of the cluster's management operations.

Explanation: In the scenario described, the configuration shown in the exhibit indicates that there is an "active-backup" bond mode. If a shut command is executed on the switchport that connects the node to the 5k1 switch (assuming it's the active link), the passive link should take over. This response ensures no loss of connectivity as the passive link becomes active in the absence of the primary (active) link.