I see that many people are interested in taking the Nutanix Certified Associate 6.10 exam, so I decided to revamp my previous guide based on version 6.5.
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 6.10 and also leave some tips for self-preparation.
New major versions of Nutanix AOS and AHV were released with a lot of new features. In addition to those major releases, a new version of Prism Central pc.2024.3 was also released.
AOS 7.0:
Cloud KMS support;
Optionally Disable CPU Hotplug on VMs – Check the documentation, and why it can be important;
Optionally Disable the SCSI Controller on VMs;
NVMe Software Serviceability;
One Node and One Disk (1N&1D) Cluster Fault Tolerance – I recommend to read more about this feature in the documentation;
Increased Maximum Supported Memory on AHV Hosts up to 8TB – By the way, you can find configuration maximums here;
Support for Flow Network Security Next-Gen with vLAN Policy Scope in Nutanix Disaster Recovery;
Cloud KMS Support;
Revamped Tasks Dashboard;
Centralized Password Management for AHV System Accounts;
Metro Availability with Nutanix Witness Service out of the Prism Central Instance: Automated Recovery of VMs and Volume Groups on Cluster Failure Across Prism Central Instances;
Multicloud Snapshot Technology (MST) DR with Zero Compute Deployment;
Node Maintenance Mode Management from Prism Central;
Protection and Recovery Scale Improvements for Nutanix Disaster Recovery;
Support for Flow Network Security Next-Gen in Nutanix Disaster Recovery ;(Clusters Registered to the Same Prism Central Instance)
You may have noticed that I didn’t mention the release type, STS or LTS. This is because the release model since AOS 7.0 has been changed and is now called the Unified ‘NCI Release Model’.
And this is not just a naming change, I recommend reading more here.
With the beginning of AOS 7.0, the new support cycle for release is 15 months of maintenance from GA, followed by 9 months of Support and we can expect two Unified releases per year.
Please note, that AOS 6.8 (eSTS) and AOS 6.10 (LTS) are under the Legacy Release Model and the End of Maintenance (EOM) and End of Support Life (EOSL) for AOS 6.10.x and pc.2024.2.x have been extended to align with the new NCI Release Model.
About a month ago I wrote about two new Nutanix exams: Nutanix Certified Associate 6.10 (NCA 6.10). Blueprint guide; Nutanix Certified Professional – Multicloud Infrastructure (NCP-MCI 6.10). Blueprint guide.
Both exams are based on the recently released 6.10 LTS version of AOS.
Today both exams go live and are available to schedule with appointments starting December 10.
The good news is that you can take both exams for free, just register until December 13.
Use those discounts during checkout: NCA 6.10 Discount Code: NXFRNCA24 NCP-MCI 6.10 Discount Code: NXFRNCP24
Two new beta exams are available for scheduling: Nutanix Certified Associate 6.10 (NCA 6.10) Beta exam. Blueprint guide; Nutanix Certified Professional – Multicloud Infrastructure (NCP-MCI 6.10) Beta exam. Blueprint guide.
Both exams are based on the recently released 6.10 LTS version of AOS.
If you don’t know, Nutanix offers beta exams for free, and the first 250 participants can take the exam at no charge! Just use those discounts during checkout: NCA 6.10 Beta Exam Discount Code: NCA610BETA NCP-MCI 6.10 Beta Exam Discount Code: NCPMCI610BETA
The main difference between a beta exam and a regular one is that the beta exam is larger. It includes more questions and you need more time to complete it. The time limit for NCA 6.10 beta is 120 minutes and for NCP-MCI 6.10 beta is 180 minutes.
The deadline is November 3, and this is the last day to test.
Also, one thing to mention, is that you will not get your results immediately! Usually, it can take two or even three months after the deadline, so be patient.
Categories (in other systems they can be called labels or tags) are used to group entities based on a key-value pairing. For example, we can group a set of VMs and mark them as production environments and apply some policies, while another part of VMs will be marked as tests with a different type of policy applied.
With the release of Veeam Backup 12.2 and the added Prism Central integration, VBR is now aware of Prism Central Categories and can back up all VMs under the specified category in a backup job.
In this article, we will look at how to create a category in Prism Central, how to attach it to the VM, and, sure, how to use VBR with categories.
With the release of 12.2, Veeam introduced a new long-awaited feature: Nutanix Prism Central integration, which simplifies the management of large Nutanix clusters, managed by Prism Central instance.
In this article, we will look at how to connect the VBR Server to the Prism Central Instance and perform backup and recovery tasks.
Sometimes deploying Prism Central using an Internet connection is not an option, or a specific version may not be available. In this case, we can download PC deployment files from the Support Portal and deploy it using the Prism Central 1-click deploy from Prism Element method.
In this article, we will look at how to deploy a PC using an offline bundle.
The Kubeconfig file contains information needed to connect to the Kubernetes cluster. In this article, we will look at how to get a Kubeconfig file to connect to the NKE-deployed Kubernetes clusters.
Advanced Kubernetes Management is a feature of the NKE that provides extra visibility for Kubernetes clusters in the Prism Central interface. It allows you to get information about deployed resources in clusters in a pretty simple manner.
In this article, we will look at how to enable and use the Advanced Kubernetes Management feature.
