NCP Virtual Machine Management

Question 1

What is AHV in Nutanix?

Accepted Answer

Acropolis Hypervisor

Answer

AHV stands for Acropolis Hypervisor, which is Nutanix's native, enterprise-grade hypervisor. It is based on KVM and is deeply integrated with the Nutanix software stack, providing a highly efficient and secure virtualization platform for running virtual machines directly on Nutanix nodes. AHV simplifies the infrastructure by eliminating the need for a separate hypervisor license.

Question 2

Which tool is used to manage VMs in Nutanix?

Accepted Answer

Prism

Answer

Prism (both Prism Element and Prism Central) is the primary management interface for Nutanix environments. It provides a unified console for creating, managing, monitoring, and operating virtual machines, regardless of the underlying hypervisor (AHV, ESXi, or Hyper-V). Administrators use Prism to configure VM resources, network settings, and storage policies.

Question 3

What is a virtual NIC used for in VM creation?

Accepted Answer

Provides network connectivity

Answer

A virtual NIC (vNIC) is a virtual network adapter assigned to a virtual machine. Its fundamental purpose is to provide network connectivity, enabling the VM to communicate with other virtual machines, physical servers, and external networks. Without a vNIC, a VM cannot participate in any network communications.

Question 4

Which feature helps clone VMs quickly?

Accepted Answer

VM Cloning

Answer

VM cloning is a feature that allows you to create an exact copy of an existing virtual machine quickly and efficiently. In Nutanix, this process is highly optimized due to the distributed file system's ability to leverage features like redirect-on-write, which avoids copying all data blocks. This makes cloning ideal for rapid deployment of multiple identical VMs.

Question 5

What resource must be allocated to a VM?

Accepted Answer

CPU, memory, storage

Answer

For a virtual machine to function correctly, it requires fundamental compute and storage resources. These essential resources include CPU (processing power), memory (RAM), and disk space (storage) for its operating system and applications. These resources are allocated from the underlying Nutanix cluster's pooled capacity.

(NCP) Certified Nutanix Professional Practice Test

(NCP) Certified Nutanix Professional Practice Test

NCP Virtual Machine Management