A prospect wants to target Nutanix as infrastructure for running VMs built as part of their new Continuous Integration and Delivery (CICD) pipeline. Hundreds of builds will occur per day across their development organization.Which two items should the SE identify to begin sizing the Nutanix deployment? (Choose two.)

The configuration manager that the customer will use with the application builds

The configuration/specs of the VMs within each application build

The configuration manager that the customer will use with the application builds

The frequency and lifespan of each application build

The build manager that the company will use for the builds

The configuration/specs of the VMs within each application build

A customer needs to expand an existing cluster to accommodate workloads. The workloads require 5TB of storage capacity (1.2TB of working set data), 64GB of memory, and 10 physical CPU cores.Their current cluster is configured as follows:• 4x NX-3060-G5 nodes• Each node is configured with 2x E5-2620v4 processors (8 Cores each), 128GB RAM, 2x 960GB SSDs, and 4x 2TB HDDs• The cluster is configured as RF2 and is sized for N+1 availability• Each CVM is configured with 32GB of memoryTo maintain optimal metadata balance and data availability, which configuration should be recommended?

2x NX-3060-G5 - 2x E5-2620v4 processors, 128GB RAM, 2x 960GB SSDs, 4x 2TB HDDs

1x NX-6035C-G5 - 2x E5-2620v4 processors, 128GB RAM, 1x 1920GB SSDs, 5x 4TB HDDs

1x NX-3060-G5 - 2x E5-2620v4 processors, 128GB RAM, 2x 1920GB SSDs, 4x 2TB HDDs

3x NX-1065-G5 - 2x E5-2620v4 processors, 128GB RAM, 1x 1920GB SSDs, 2x 4TB HDDs

An administrator finds that home shares cannot be configured in a new Files 3.5 deployment.Why is this happening?

Multi-protocol access is not configured.

NFS default access is set to Read Only

Access Based Enumeration is not enabled.

The system is deployed as a single FSVM.

Multi-protocol access is not configured.

A VOI environment based on AHV Cluster is not performing well. The current environment is using only one bridge (BridgeO). An administrator need to verify if nodes are using all network card associated to BridgeO. Which two menus should be used to check the current configuration? (Choose two.)

Network Configuration item in Setting menu

An administrator needs to relocate an AHV cluster to a new datacenter during a maintenance windows. The cluster will use the same IPs in the new datacenter.Which two steps should be taken to prepare for this task? (Choose Two)

Stop all Nutanix Files clusters

Shut down all user VMs in the cluster

Stop all Nutanix Files clusters

Reconfigure IPMI for the new datacenter.

Relocate the linked LDAP server

Shut down all user VMs in the cluster

An administrator protected a DB VM running on a Nutanix cluster with NearSync Replication, which schedules to repeat every 15 minutes to a second site. The daily change rate is low. During nightly backup, the replication windows is missed due to write volume. Which two options describe the expected behaviour? (choose two)

NearSync stops working and fails over to the remote site.

The system continuously tries to get to the NearSync schedule.

The administrator needs to re-enable it manually

Protection Domain transitions back to hourly schedule.

NearSync stops working and fails over to the remote site.

The system continuously tries to get to the NearSync schedule.

A VDI environment based on AHV Cluster is not performing well. The current environment is using only one bridge (BridgeO). An administrator need to verify if nodes are using all network card associated to BridgeO. Which two menus should be used to check the current configuration? (Choose two.)

Network Configuration item in Setting menu

An administrator receive report that VDI desktop performance in an 8-node Nutanix VDI environment is poor. Opening applications takes between 1 and 2 minutes. When investigating the issue, the following conditions are found:• Cluster memory utilization: 80%• Cluster SSD utilization: 70%• Average VM CPU wait time: 11 %• CVM CPU utilization: 75%Which action should be taken to improve VDI performance?

Ad memory to the nodes in the cluster

Increase the amount of SSD storage in the cluster

Ad memory to the nodes in the cluster

Increase the number of vCPU cores allocated to the CVM

Add CPU resources to the cluster

An administrator is managing multiple Windows and Linux VMs connected to Nutanix Volumes. The Linux VMs are experiencing intermittent connectivity issue. The Windows VMs do not experience the same issue. Which option should the administrator use to resolve this issue?

Set the SCSI timeout value to 60

Utilize a separate subnet for the Linux VMs

Add additional disks to the Volume Group

Set the SCSI timeout value to 60

Refer to Exhibit: An administrator logs in to Prism and sees the status shown in the exhibit within the Hardware Diagram section.What should the administrator do?

Resolve all alerts and re-import the disks to make sure there is no service disruption.

Reseat all disk immediately. If this does not help, reseat the nodes.

Check status of applications running on the cluster and call support.

Resolve all alerts and re-import the disks to make sure there is no service disruption.

Restart all CVMs for the cluster to check, confirm health and repartition and add the disks.

An administrator needs to make sure an RF2 cluster can survive a complete rack failure without negatively effecting workload performance. The current cluster configuration consists of the following:• 30 nodes: distributed 10 nodes per rack across three 42U rack• Each nodes is configured with 40TB usable storage all flash (Cluster Total 1.2 PB Usable)• Current cluster utilization is 900TB storageWhich configuration changes should be made to make sure that the cluster meets the requirements?

Expanse the cluster by adding 9 nodes to a new 42U rack

Expanse the cluster by adding 3 additional nodes per rack, 9 nodes total.

Expanse the cluster by adding 2 additional nodes per rack, 6 nodes total.

Expanse the cluster by adding 9 nodes to a new 42U rack

Expanse the cluster by adding 8 nodes to a new 42U rack

An administrator knows that the disk in a cluster are out of date and a new firmware is available. For security reason, these cluster do not have access to the internet. Which two steps must be completed to update the firmware? (Choose two.)

Download the update firmware .tgz file from the Nutanix Portal.

Select Upgrade Software, then select disks and upload the updated firmware.

Download the update firmware .tgz file from the Nutanix Portal.

Download the dark site bundle and stage it on an internal webserver

Configure LCM with a URL to access the firmware bundle.

Select Upgrade Software, then select disks and upload the updated firmware.

An administrator is deploying several new application VMs to a Nutanix Cluster. The application is very transactional with a 28/72 random, read/write ratio. What should the administrator do?

Add a minimum of four SSDs to each node to ensure all write go to the SSDs.

Add one large SSD to each node and enable Flash Mode for the VMs.

Add a minimum of four virtual disks to each VM and aggregate them on guest OS level.

Add a minimum of four SSDs to each node to ensure all write go to the SSDs.

Add one large virtual disk to each VM and use it for all application data.

Which two capabilities does IPAM provide in a Nutanix networking configuration? (Choose two.)

Allows AHV to assign IP addresses automatically to VMs using DHCP

Configures a VLAN with an IP subnet and assigns a group of IP addresses

Allows proxy server settings to be set up for a defined network

Allows AHV to assign IP addresses automatically to VMs using DHCP

Configures a VLAN with an IP subnet and assigns a group of IP addresses

Configures firewall rules to prevent or allow certain TCP/IP traffic

An administrator needs to report on any alerts generated by a Nutanix cluster that affected the cluster's availability over the past 10 days.Which method should be used to locate these events?

On the Alerts dashboard, filter based on Impact Type and the desired Time Range.

On the Health dashboard, use the Log Collector to export data based on time stamp.

Export the cluster event log to a CSV on the Alerts dashboard.

On the Alerts dashboard, filter based on Impact Type and the desired Time Range.

Configure an Alert Policy to generate an email with the data on the Health dashboard.

CPU utilization climbs above 90% on several VMs. This causes performance degradation for a business-critical application.How can alerts be configured to notify the administrator before VM CPU utilization hits 90%?

On the Health dashboard, locate the VM CPU Check and lower the alert threshold below 90%.

On a CVM, use ncli to set the VM CPU Check threshold for the critical VMs to a value below 90%.

On the Health dashboard, locate the VM CPU Check and lower the alert threshold below 90%.

On a CVM, configure a cron job to run the VM CPU Check more frequently and email the result.

On the Alerts dashboard, ensure that the VM CPU usage alert is not set to auto-resolve.

A two-node ROBO cluster is configured with a witness VM. What happens when Node A goes down?

Node B sends a leadership request to the Witness VM and goes into single-node mode.

The- cluster becomes unavailable and goes into read-only mode.

All operations and services on the Node B are shut down and go into a waiting state.

The cluster is unaffected and no administrator intervention is required.

Node B sends a leadership request to the Witness VM and goes into single-node mode.

How will an HDD failure affect VMs with data on the failed device?

The VMs will remain operational on that host and continue to function normally with no noticeable impact

The VMs will crash, and will be restarted once the failed HDD has been replaced and the data has been restored.

A live migration will be initiated, moving the affected VMs to a host that contains the replica data.

The VMs will remain operational on that host and continue to function normally with no noticeable impact

An HA event will occur, causing the affected VMs to restart on a node that contains the replica data.

A guest VM should be able to tolerate simultaneous failure of two nodes or drives.What are the minimum requirements for the Nutanix cluster?

5 nodes with cluster RF 3 and container RF 3

3 nodes with cluster RF 3 and container RF 3

3 nodes with cluster RF 3 and container RF 2

5 nodes with cluster RF 2 and container RF 3

5 nodes with cluster RF 3 and container RF 3

An administrator has been alerted to a VM that has high I/O latency and wants to determine if there are any other factors, such as insufficient network or memory resources that correlate, as part of a troubleshooting process.Which type of chart should the administrator create to allow all relevant data to be easily exported to CSV for later analysis?

A VM metric chart for each of the relevant metrics

A VM entity chart with each of the relevant metrics.

A cluster metric chart for each of the relevant metrics

A cluster entity chart with each of the relevant metrics

A VM metric chart for each of the relevant metrics

How should an administrator correct an SSL error when connecting to a Nutanix cluster?

Create a new SSL certificate for the cluster signed by an AD certificate authority

Add the SSL certificate to the workstation’s trusted people store

Create a new self-signed certificate for the cluster with a 4096 bit key

Create a new SSL certificate for the cluster signed by an AD certificate authority

Add the SSL certificate to an AD group policy applied to all computer objects

Refer to Exhibit. An administrator increases the cluster RF to 3. The containers are not modified.What will the new values in the data resiliency dashboard be for FAILURES TOLERABLE for the Zookeeper and Extent Groups components?

Zookeeper = 1 and Extent Groups = 2

Zookeeper = 1 and Extent Groups = 1

Zookeeper = 2 and Extent Groups = 2

Zookeeper = 2 and Extent Groups = 1

Zookeeper = 1 and Extent Groups = 2

Which three configuration scenarios are valid for the deployment of Prism Central? (Choose three.)

Environments use Network Address Translation.

Environments do not have Internet access.

Environments use the 192.168.5.0/24 CVM management network.

Environments use Network Address Translation.

Prism Elements and Prism Central art in different subnets.

Environments do not have Internet access.

Prism Elements and Prism Central have proxy configured.

Environments use the 192.168.5.0/24 CVM management network.

An administrator needs to move a Nutanix host from one cluster to another.Which step should the administrator take after evacuating VMs from the host to be moved?

In Prism, highlight the host in the Hardware pane and select Remove Host

From the Task menu in Prism, select Cluster details, then un-check the host from the list

In Prism, highlight the host in the Hardware pane and select Remove Host

In Prism, highlight the host in the Hardware pane and select Remove from Metadata Ring

From the Task menu in Prism, select Licensing hen delete the host license.

An administrator is migrating ESXi VMs to a Nutanix AHV cluster. The VM data is available to the AHV system.Which process must the administrator complete below AHV VMs can be create?

Import the VM’s –flad.vmdk files using the Image Service

Import the VMs .vmx file using the Image Service

Rename the –flat.vmdk files for the VM based on the VM UUID

Import the VM’s –flad.vmdk files using the Image Service

Import the VM’s .nvram file using the Image Service

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A prospect is planning to refresh hundreds of remote locations. Each location has the following configuration:

• 2x HPE DL360 servers running vSphere, each using its own local storage

• 3-4 Windows VMs with no plans to expand

Scheduling the initial meeting to discuss the opportunity has been challenging as the prospect believes a Nutanix solution would be overpriced for their remote site needs.

What are two Nutanix capabilities the SE should highlight to address solution cost concerns? (Choose two.)

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