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Task 12
The application team is reporting performance degradation for a business-critical application that runs processes all day on Saturdays.
The team is requesting monitoring or processor, memory and storage utilization for the three VMs that make up the database cluster for the application: ORA01, ORA02 and ORA03.
The report should contain tables for the following:
At the cluster level, only for the current cluster:
The maximum percentage of CPU used
At the VM level, including any future VM with the prefix ORA:
The maximum time taken to process I/O Read requests
The Maximum percentage of time a VM waits to use physical CPU, out of the local CPU time allotted to the VM.
The report should run on Sundays at 12:00 AM for the previous 24 hours. The report should be emailed to [email protected] when competed.
Create a report named Weekends that meets these requirements
Note: You must name the report Weekends to receive any credit. Any other objects needed can be named as you see fit. SMTP is not configured.

See the Explanation for step by step solution.
Explanation:
To create a report named Weekends that meets the requirements, you can follow these steps:
Log in to Prism Central and click on Entities on the left menu.
Select Virtual Machines from the drop-down menu and click on Create Report.
Enter Weekends as the report name and a description if required. Click Next.
Under the Custom Views section, select Data Table. Click Next.
Under the Entity Type option, select Cluster. Click Next.
Under the Custom Columns option, add the following variable: CPU Usage (%). Click Next.
Under the Aggregation option for CPU Usage (%), select Max. Click Next.
Under the Filter option, select Current Cluster from the drop-down menu. Click Next.
Click on Add to add this custom view to your report. Click Next.
Under the Custom Views section, select Data Table again. Click Next.
Under the Entity Type option, select VM. Click Next.
Under the Custom Columns option, add the following variables: Name, I/O Read Latency (ms), VM Ready Time (%). Click Next.
Under the Aggregation option for I/O Read Latency (ms) and VM Ready Time (%), select Max. Click Next.
Under the Filter option, enter ORA* in the Name field. This will include any future VM with the prefix ORA.
Click Next.
Click on Add to add this custom view to your report. Click Next.
Under the Report Settings option, select Weekly from the Schedule drop-down menu and choose Sunday as the day of week. Enter 12:00 AM as the time of day. Enter [email protected] as the Email Recipient.
Select CSV as the Report Output Format. Click Next.
Review the report details and click Finish.

Task 14
An administrator has been asked to configure a storage for a distributed application which uses large data sets across multiple worker VMs.
The worker VMs must run on every node. Data resilience is provided at the application level and low cost per GB is a Key Requirement.
Configure the storage on the cluster to meet these requirements. Any new object created should include the phrase Distributed_App in the name.

See the Explanation for step by step solution.
Explanation:
To configure the storage on the cluster for the distributed application, you can follow these steps:
Log in to Prism Element of cluster A using the credentials provided.
Go to Storage > Storage Pools and click on Create Storage Pool.
Enter a name for the new storage pool, such as Distributed_App_Storage_Pool, and select the disks to include in the pool. You can choose any combination of SSDs and HDDs, but for low cost per GB, you may prefer to use more HDDs than SSDs.
Click Save to create the storage pool.
Go to Storage > Containers and click on Create Container.
Enter a name for the new container, such as Distributed_App_Container, and select the storage pool that you just created, Distributed_App_Storage_Pool, as the source.
Under Advanced Settings, enable Erasure Coding and Compression to reduce the storage footprint of the data.
You can also disable Replication Factor since data resilience is provided at the application level. These settings will help you achieve low cost per GB for the container.
Click Save to create the container.
Go to Storage > Datastores and click on Create Datastore.
Enter a name for the new datastore, such as Distributed_App_Datastore, and select NFS as the datastore type.
Select the container that you just created, Distributed_App_Container, as the source.
Click Save to create the datastore.
The datastore will be automatically mounted on all nodes in the cluster. You can verify this by going to Storage > Datastores and clicking on Distributed_App_Datastore. You should see all nodes listed under Hosts.
You can now create or migrate your worker VMs to this datastore and run them on any node in the cluster.
The datastore will provide low cost per GB and high performance for your distributed application.

The Infosec team has requested that all operational tasks performed within Cluster 1 be properly logged to include the top 4 severity levels and pushed to their syslog system using highest reliability possible for analysis. This is to include any Virtual Machine changes only.
The Infosec team has also requested that monitor logs for the given RSyslog Server Module be included for now. No extra logs should be included.
No other clusters should connect to this syslog server.
Syslog configuration:
* Syslog Name: Corp_Syslog
* Syslog IP: 34.142.155.231
* Port: TCP/514
Ensure only Cluster 1 is configured to meet these requirements.

See the Explanation below for detailed answer.
Explanation:
Here is the step-by-step solution to configure syslog for Cluster 1.
1. Access Cluster 1 Prism Element
Since the requirement is to only configure Cluster 1 and not other clusters, this task must be performed in the Prism Element (PE) interface for Cluster 1.
* From the main Prism Central dashboard, navigate to Hardware > Clusters.
* Find Cluster 1 in the list and click its name. This will open the specific Prism Element login page for that cluster.
* Log in to Cluster 1's Prism Element interface.
2. Add the Syslog Server
* In the Cluster 1 PE interface, click the gear icon (Settings) in the top-right corner.
* From the left-hand menu, select Syslog.
* In the "Remote Syslog Server" section, click the + Add Syslog Server button.
* Fill in the server details as required:
* Name: Corp_Syslog
* IP Address: 34.142.155.231
* Port: 514
* Protocol: TCP (This provides the highest reliability, as requested).
* Click Save.
3. Configure Log Modules and Severities
Now, we must specify which logs to send to the new server.
* On the same Syslog settings page, find the "Syslog Configuration" section and click the Configure button (or Modify if a default is present).
* A dialog box "Select Modules and Levels" will appear.
* Uncheck all modules to ensure no extra logs are sent.
* Check the box for the RSyslog Server Module (or rsyslog_forwarder).
* For this module, check the boxes for the severities: Critical, Warning, and Info.
* Check the box for the ApiServer module.
* This module logs all operational tasks and audit trails, which includes all Virtual Machine changes.
* For this module, check the boxes for the top severity levels: Critical, Warning, and Info.
* Ensure no other modules (like Stargate, Cerebro, Zookeeper, etc.) are checked.
* Click Save.
Cluster 1 is now configured to send its audit logs (including VM changes) and its own syslog monitoring logs to the Corp_Syslog server via TCP, fulfilling all security requirements.
Topic 2, Performance Based Questions Set 2
Environment
You have been provisioned a dedicated environment for your assessment which includes the following:
Workstation
* windows Server 2019
* All software/tools/etc to perform the required tasks
* Nutanix Documentation and whitepapers can be found in desktop\files\Documentation
* Note that the workstation is the system you are currently togged into Nutanix Cluster
* There are three clusters provided. The connection information for the relevant cluster will be displayed to the high of the question Please make sure you are working on the correct cluster for each item Please ignore any licensing violations
* Cluster A is a 3-node cluster with Prism Central 2022.6 where most questions will be performed
* Cluster B is a one-node cluster and has one syslog item and one security item to perform
* Cluster D is a one-node duster with Prism Central 5.17 and has a security policy item to perform Important Notes
* If the text is too small and hard to read, or you cannot see an of the GUI. you can increase/decrease the zoom of the browser with CTRL + ,and CTRL + (the plus and minus keys) You will be given 3 hours to complete the scenarios for Nutanix NCMMCI Once you click the start button below, you will be provided with:
- A Windows desktop A browser page with the scenarios and credentials (Desktop\instructions) Notes for this exam delivery:
The browser can be scaled lo Improve visibility and fit all the content on the screen.
- Copy and paste hot-keys will not work Use your mouse for copy and paste.
- The Notes and Feedback tabs for each scenario are to leave notes for yourself or feedback for
- Make sure you are performing tasks on the correct components.
- Changing security or network settings on the wrong component may result in a falling grade.
- Do not change credentials on an component unless you are instructed to.
- All necessary documentation is contained in the Desktop\Files\Documentation directory

Task 3
An administrator needs to create a report named VMs_Power_State that lists the VMs in the cluster and their basic details including the power state for the last month.
No other entities should be included in the report.
The report should run monthly and should send an email to [email protected] when it runs.
Generate an instance of the report named VMs_Power_State as a CSV and save the zip file as Desktop\Files\VMs_Power_state.zip Note: Make sure the report and zip file are named correctly. The SMTP server will not be configured.

See the Explanation for step by step solution.
Explanation:
To create a report named VMs_Power_State that lists the VMs in the cluster and their basic details including the power state for the last month, you can follow these steps:
Log in to Prism Central and click on Entities on the left menu.
Select Virtual Machines from the drop-down menu and click on Create Report.
Enter VMs_Power_State as the report name and a description if required. Click Next.
Under the Custom Views section, select Data Table. Click Next.
Under the Entity Type option, select VM. Click Next.
Under the Custom Columns option, add the following variables: Name, Cluster Name, vCPUs, Memory, Power State. Click Next.
Under the Time Period option, select Last Month. Click Next.
Under the Report Settings option, select Monthly from the Schedule drop-down menu. Enter [email protected] as the Email Recipient. Select CSV as the Report Output Format. Click Next.
Review the report details and click Finish.
To generate an instance of the report named VMs_Power_State as a CSV and save the zip file as Desktop\Files\VMs_Power_state.zip, you can follow these steps:
Log in to Prism Central and click on Operations on the left menu.
Select Reports from the drop-down menu and find the VMs_Power_State report from the list. Click on Run Now.
Wait for the report to be generated and click on Download Report. Save the file as Desktop\Files\VMs_Power_state.zip.
1.Open the Report section on Prism Central (Operations > Reports)
2.Click on the New Report button to start the creation of your custom report
3.Under the Custom Views section, select Data Table
4.Provide a title to your custom report, as well as a description if required.
5.Under the Entity Type option, select VM
6.This report can include all as well as a selection of the VMs
7.Click on the Custom Columns option and add the below variables:
a.Name - Name of the listed Virtual Machine
b.vCPUs - A combination of the vCores and vCPU's assigned to the Virtual Machine c.Memory - Amount of memory assigned to the Virtual Machine d.Disk Capacity - The total amount of assigned virtual disk capacity e.Disk Usage - The total used virtual disk capacity f.Snapshot Usage - The total amount of capacity used by snapshots (Excluding Protection Domain snapshots)
8.Under the Aggregation option for Memory and Disk Usage accept the default Average option

9.Click on the Add button to add this custom selection to your report
10.Next click on the Save and Run Now button on the bottom right of the screen
11.Provide the relevant details on this screen for your custom report:
12.You can leave the Time Period For Report variable at the default of Last 24 Hours
13.Specify a report output of preference (PDF or CSV) and if required Additional Recipients for this report to be mailed to. The report can also simply be downloaded after this creation and initial run if required
14.Below is an example of this report in a CSV format: