Identify methods for managing a Nutanix Enterprise Cloud
Interfaces HTML5 UI, REST API, CLI, PowerShell CMDlets, etc. Management Policy definition and compliance, service design and status, analytics and monitoring
Tag: Prism Element
Differentiate between physical and logical cluster components
Cassandra Distributed metadata store, based on heavily modified Apache Cassandra Stores/manages all metadata in ring-like manner Metadata describes where and how data is stored on a filesystem Let’s system know which node/disk and in what form the data resides Runs on every node in the cluster Accessed via Medusa RF used to maintain availability/redundancy Upon…
Define and differentiate features and technologies present in Acropolis, Prism and Calm
Acropolis Acropolis is a distributed multi-resource manager, orchestration platform and data plane. It is broken down into the following three main components: Distributed Storage Fabric (DSF) This is at the core and birth of the Nutanix platform and expands upon the Nutanix Distributed Filesystem (NDFS). NDFS has now evolved from a distributed system pooling storage…
Unofficial Nutanix NCP Study Guide
I have always been a fan of leveraging community resources when studying for certification exams. The VCAP study guides here, and here were invaluable when I was studying for those exams. When I began preparing for the Nutanix NCP, I was a little bummed out when I couldn’t find any community resources like these. I…
Eject a node from a Nutanix Cluster
Hardware components (nodes and disks) can be removed from a cluster or reconfigured in other ways when conditions warrant it. Note: If the Data-at-Rest Encryption is enabled then before removing a drive or node from a cluster, test the certificates again by clicking Test all nodes and ensure that testing is successful and the status is Verified. In…
Start a node and shut down a node in a Nutanix Cluster
Start Node VMware Using the vSphere client, take the ESXi hosts out of maintenance mode Power On the CVM SSH into the CVM, and issue the following command: ncli cluster status | grep -A 15 cvm_ip_addr Validate that the datastores, are available and connected to all hosts within the cluster Stop Node VMware GUI Using…
Given a scenario, recognize processes to start, stop, and expand a cluster
Start Cluster Using the vSphere client, take the ESXi hosts out of maintenance mode Power on the CVM’s within the cluster SSH into one of the CVM’s, and issue the following command: cluster start Once completed, it will report back showing that all services are running on all the CVM’s within the cluster Validate that…
Install, upgrade and reclaim licenses
Install Generate a cluster summary file in the Prism web console. Open Licensing from the gear icon in the Prism web console for the connected cluster. Click Manage Licenses in the dialog box, then click Generate to create and download a cluster summary file. The cluster summary file is saved to your browser’s download directory…