Describe processes and procedures for license management, including AOS and Prism licenses

The Portal Connection feature simplifies license management by integrating the licensing workflow into a single interface in the Prism web console. Once you enable this feature, you can perform most licensing tasks from Prism without needing to explicitly log on to the Nutanix Support Portal. It is disabled by default. Nutanix Xtreme Computing Platform Licenses…

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Configure an HTTP Proxy

If the customer site cannot send traffic to a Nutanix service center directly, an HTTP proxy is required. 

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Install NCC

Upgrading NCC by Uploading Binary and Metadata Files Installing NCC from an Installer File Installs the Nutanix Cluster Check (NCC) health script to test for potential issues and cluster health. Download the installation file to any controller VM in the cluster and copy the installation file to the /home/nutanix directory. Check the MD5 value of the file….

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Perform one or more Nutanix Cluster Checks

A set of health checks are run regularly that provide a range of clusters health indicators. You can specify which checks to run and configure the schedulable checks and other parameters for each health check. The cluster health checks cover a range of entities including AOS, hypervisor, and hardware components. A set of checks are…

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Register/Unregister a Nutanix Cluster with Prism Central

Prerequisites If you have never logged into Prism Central as the user admin, you need to log in and change the password before attempting to register a cluster with Prism Central. Do not enable client authentication in combination with ECDSA certificates on a registered cluster since it causes interference when communicating with Prism Central. Port 9440…

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Describe and differentiate Prism Element and Prism Central

Prism Central (PC) Multi-cluster manager responsible for managing multiple Acropolis Clusters to provide a single, centralized management interface.  Prism Central is an optional software appliance (VM) which can be deployed in addition to the Acropolis Cluster (can run on it). 1-to-many cluster manager Recommended for larger sites (more than one cluster/multiple sites) Prism Element (PE)…

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