Data Analysis & Reporting Flashcards

Which Nutanix Prism Central feature allows administrators to create custom dashboards with widgets showing real-time cluster metrics?

Answer: Prism Central Dashboards

Prism Central Dashboards let administrators build custom views with metric widgets for real-time monitoring across clusters.

In Nutanix Prism, what does the 'Controller VM (CVM) CPU Usage' metric primarily indicate?

Answer: Storage I/O processing overhead on the CVM

CVM CPU usage reflects the overhead of processing storage I/O, data protection, and distributed storage fabric operations.

An administrator notices that Prism's storage capacity report shows 'Effective Capacity' is significantly lower than 'Raw Capacity'. What is the most likely explanation?

Answer: Erasure coding and replication factor overhead reduce usable space

Replication factor (RF2/RF3) and erasure coding consume raw capacity for redundancy, reducing effective usable storage.

Which report in Nutanix Prism Central provides a breakdown of VM resource consumption grouped by Nutanix category tags?

Answer: Chargeback/Showback Report

The Chargeback/Showback report in Prism Central groups resource consumption by category tags, enabling cost allocation per team or project.

What is the purpose of the 'Runway' metric shown in Nutanix Prism's capacity planning?

Answer: Predicts how many days until a resource reaches capacity

Runway is a forward-looking metric that estimates the number of days before a resource (CPU, memory, or storage) is fully consumed at current growth trends.

In Nutanix cluster analysis, what does a high 'I/O Latency' value on a specific datastore typically indicate?

Answer: Storage contention or insufficient CVM resources for the workload

High I/O latency on a Nutanix datastore typically signals that CVMs are under-resourced or that the storage workload exceeds the cluster's capacity.

Which Nutanix tool allows administrators to schedule automated report generation and email delivery on a recurring basis?

Answer: Prism Central Report Scheduling

Prism Central's Report Scheduling feature lets admins configure reports to run automatically on daily, weekly, or monthly intervals and send via email.