Nutanix Exam Nutanix AHV Virtualization & VM Management 2

Question 1

What is the primary purpose of installing Nutanix Guest Tools (NGT) inside a virtual machine?

Accepted Answer

To enable VSS-based application-consistent snapshots and self-service file restore within the guest

Answer

NGT enables in-guest capabilities including VSS-based application-consistent snapshots, self-service file restore (SSR), and enhanced live migration support.

Question 2

In Nutanix Prism Central, what is the primary function of 'Categories'?

Accepted Answer

To group VMs and entities for policy-based management and automation

Answer

Categories are key-value metadata pairs assigned to entities in Prism Central, enabling policy-based management for security, DR protection, and compliance automation.

Question 3

Which AHV operation creates a fully independent copy of a virtual machine that can be modified without affecting the original?

Accepted Answer

Clone

Answer

Cloning creates a fully independent VM with its own disk images, unlike snapshots which are point-in-time captures linked to the original VM's data.

Question 4

What does 'CPU overcommit' mean in the context of AHV virtualization?

Accepted Answer

Assigning more vCPUs across all VMs than there are physical CPU threads on the host

Answer

CPU overcommit assigns more total vCPUs across VMs than physical thread count, relying on the hypervisor scheduler to time-share physical cores among competing VMs.

Question 5

What is the Nutanix AHV built-in feature equivalent to VMware's Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) for automatic VM load balancing?

Accepted Answer

Acropolis Dynamic Scheduler (ADS)

Answer

The Acropolis Dynamic Scheduler (ADS) automatically balances VM workloads across cluster nodes based on CPU and memory utilization without manual administrator intervention.

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