Nutanix announcedthat the Nutanix Certified Master – Multicloud Infrastructure (NCM-MCI) certification is updated to version 7.5, and the exam is now in the beta phase.
For those who don’t know, this is a hands-on exam in a real-lab environment and not a test.
As usual, a beta exam is free to the first 250 candidates with testing appointments offered from now through August 30, 2026. But! This time you must hold an active NCP or NCM certification.
Schedule your exam now and use the promo code NCMMCI75BETAFREE during checkout.
To prepare, you can check out my article based on version 6.10, because in most parts the exam should be the similar. However, the general advice remains: check the blueprint and practice things you don’t know in a lab.
Notice: After taking a beta exam, you won’t receive your results immediately. Results typically appear 1.5 or 2 months after the beta exam period concludes.
Release 13.1 of Veeam Data Platform brings many new features, greatly increased manageability of the product. In this post, I want to cover Veeam Infrastructure Appliance in a single-disk configuration with iSCSI-attached storage.
If you do not know what the Veeam Infrastructure Appliance is, you can read this post. If you are an active VIA user, you know that before version 13.1, we could only use locally attached disks for a hardened repository, but this changed in the latest release. Now we can connect remote storage, like FC or iSCSI based LUNs, to store backups.
Next, we will go through the configuration steps to connect an iSCSI-based LUN to a VIA hardened repository.
With release 9.1 of vCloud Foundation and vSphere Foundation a new component called the License Server was released.
The License server is a dedicated protected repository within your environment used to keep licensing data. For each VCF Operations instance, we need to use at least one License Server.
Right after updating my VCF Operations instance to version 9.1, I saw a banner with the message: “Your registration needs to be updated with a license server. Go to Licenses & Registration page to update the VCF Operations registration and access the available licenses”, which means we need to deploy and connect a new License Server. In this article, I will cover this process.
Each Veeam release is a massive set of new features and enhancements, and Veeam 13.1 is not an exception. For example, a “What’s New” document for Backup and Replication is 41 pages long.
I won’t share all new features and copy-paste all 60 pages of all documents, but I’ll share with you features I really like and will definitely use in the nearest future. Make sure to read the What’s New document; I bet you will find a lot of good stuff for your backup infrastructure.
It’s been a while since the last Nutanix release, and today Nutanix released new versions of the Nutanix Cloud Platform: AOS 7.6, AHV 11.2, and Prism Central 7.6. You will definitely love this release; just look at some of the release notes.
AOS 7.6 (Release notes): 1. Support for 307 TB Capacity in All-Flash NVMe systems; 2. Increased Maximum Capacity for Hybrid HCI Nodes up to 270TB; 3. Support for 1 node / 2 disks cluster fault tolerance. With 1N/2D, a cluster can tolerate the simultaneous failure of one node or two disks. In addition, support for a 1 Node and 1 Disk (1N&1D) cluster fault tolerance was enhanced too. Check this doc for more info; 4. Two-Node to Three-Node Cluster Expansion on AHV. We can expand a 2-node cluster to a three-node cluster just by adding a new node; 5. RHEL 9 Support. In this release the base OS of the CVM and PS is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9; 6. Secure Access. With the Secure Access option, you can control SSH access to the CVM and replace Bash access for the admin user with the NuService Menu. 7. Enhanced Controller VM (CVM) Security; 8. Automatic Upgrade to Autonomous NearSync; 9. Support for VMware vCenter Server 9.0 with ESXi 8.0; 10. A lot of updates for External Storage, including support for Dell PowerStore and Compute Clusters High Availability.
AHV 11.2 (Release notes): 1. Enhanced Memory Metrics for VM Monitoring. AHV introduces new memory metrics that separate actual guest memory consumption from ballooned memory; 2. Extended NIC Support for SR-IOV and Network Offload on NX Platforms; 3. BIOS UUID Preservation for Backup Chain Continuity; 4. External SSH Access to AHV Hosts Disabled by Default – SSH access (port 22) to AHV hosts is disabled by default and you access an AHV host over SSH through the Controller VM; 5. NVIDIA HGX Platform Support on AHV; 6. Cluster-Wide Host Console Access Control in AHV – You can deactivate or reactivate physical, serial, and virtual host console access for all hosts in a cluster.
Prism Centra 7.6 (Release notes). Includes a lot of new features; I will post a few of them: 1. Copy and Paste to VM Console – Finally!.Starting with AHV 11.2 and pc.7.6, you can copy text from your workstation and paste it into the AHV VM console; 2. Content Repository for centralized management and synchronization of VM images across multiple Prism Central instances; 3. Support for On-Demand Migration from Older to Newer AHV Versions. Supports one-way VM migration from a source cluster that runs an older AHV version to a destination cluster that runs a later AHV version; 4. Improved Local Upload for Images and OVAs – now we can resume interrupted uploads and verify files’ integrity and checksums; 5. Migration Tool for Protection Domain to Entity-Centric Nutanix Disaster Recovery; 6. A few changes related to the Nutanix Projects. Folks mentioned that it’s crucial to review those changes before updating. So make sure to check release notes and Project documentation first; 7. Many features related to data protection, security, and manageability.
As I wrote, this is just a small bunch of the new features. Please follow the release notes for all the products to check on the features, fixes, and known issues.
Also, don’t forget to follow the updated documentation. This will explain new features in detail.
The Nutanix Certified Professional – Multicloud exam has been updated to version 7.5, which means updating the prep guide to the latest document versions.
This guide describes the methodology I am using in preparing for certification exams, and it could be used for other Nutanix exams as well.
The Nutanix Certified Professional (NCP) is the second level in the Nutanix certification path. It requires solid theoretical and practical knowledge of Nutanix solutions. While it spans multiple tracks (MCI, CN, AI, BC, NS, US, MCA, DB, CI, and EUC), I recommend starting with the NCP-MCI, as Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure serves as the foundation for all other Nutanix products.
In this article, we will look at the main topics from the Nutanix Certified Professional – Multicloud Infrastructure (NCP-MCI) exam version 7.5, and I will also share materials that you can use to prepare yourself.
As you know, the Nutanix Certified Associate exam has been updated to version 7.5, which means updating the prep guide to the latest document versions.
This guide describes the methodology I am using in preparing for certification exams, and it could be used for other Nutanix exams as well.
Nutanix Certified Associate is the first step in the Nutanix certification track. This is an entry-level exam that tests knowledge of general Nutanix theory, basic cluster management skills, and an understanding of the Prism interface.
Below, I will share my experience of passing the Nutanix Certified Associate exam version 7.5 and also leave some tips for self-preparation.
Nutanix continues to update certifications to version 7.5 and announced an updated certification, Nutanix Certified Professional – Database Automation (NCP‑DB) 7.5.
This certification demonstrates your abilities to deploy, manage, and troubleshoot Nutanix Database Service (NDB), a Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) platform.
As usual, the beta exams are completely free for the first 250 participants; simply use the following discount during checkout: NCPDB75BETA. You can schedule this exam from Nutanix University – My Certifications section. Exam appointments offered from now through July 19, 2026.
Notice: After taking a beta exam, you won’t receive your results immediately. Results typically appear 1.5 or 2 months after the beta exam period concludes.
Nutanix announced an update of the starter certification, called Nutanix Certified Associate 7.5. For now this certification is in the beta state.
As usual, the beta exams are completely free for the first 250 participants; simply use the following discount during checkout: NCA75BETANEW. You can schedule this exam from Nutanix University. Exam appointments offered from now through June 14, 2026.
After scheduling, start with the exam Blueprint guide, next enroll in the Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Fundamentals(NHCF) course, and finish with the materials provided in the blueprint if needed. I use this strategy to prepare for all Nutanix exams, and usually it works.
Notice: After taking a beta exam, you won’t receive your results immediately. Results typically appear 1.5 or 2 months after the beta exam period concludes.
In this article, I will cover the process of deploying a minimal Kubernetes cluster, consisting of one Contro plane node and one Worker node using kubeadm tool. We will walk through a few steps: OS preparation, installing Container Runtime and necessary Kubernetes packages, forming a cluster and in addition, we will install Cilium as a Container Network Interface.
