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Question #1

An administrator is using Volumes for its mission critical environments to support its highly transactional Oracle database. Users have reported that recent queries to the database are very slow and the response times have increased as the database has grown

The administrator noticed that the database server is built using a single large vDisk for the database and logs

How should the administrator resolve this issue?

  • A . Increase vDisk size for the mission-critical workload and enable flash-mode.
  • B . Use between four and eight vDisks for the mission-critical workload
  • C . Increase vDisk size for the mission-critical workload and enable VGLB
  • D . Increase the iSCSI MaxTransferlength of the clients.

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Correct Answer: C
Question #2

An administer is determining the most recent operation a user performed on the share cifs1

within the last 24 hours? How should the administrator complete this task in File Analytics?

  • A . In the Anomalies section, view the anomaly rule created for the user with an interval of 24 hours.
  • B . In the Audit Trails section, search for the cifs1 share and view the actions on the share over the past 24hour range
  • C . In the Audit Trails section, search for the user and view their last operations.
  • D . In the Anomalies section, select Users exceed an operation count threshold an input the 24hour range for share cifs1

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Correct Answer: D
Question #3

An administrator is upgrading Files and receives the following error File Server preupgrade check failed with cause (s) FileServer in HA state A FSVM was noted to be powered off and was successfully powered back on.

Which command result will now enable the administrator to successfully reattempt the upgrade?

  • A . nutanix@FSVM$ afs ha.minerva check_ha_state The state of the HA should display True
  • B . nutanix@FSVM$ afs ha.minerva check ha state The state of the HA should display false
  • C . nutanix@FSVM$ afs ha. Isv_check_ha_state The state of the HA should display False
  • D . nutanix@FSVM$ afs ha.fsVm check ha state The state of the HA should display True

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Correct Answer: B
Question #4

An administrator installed a new Log Analyzer which collects data from physical endpoints Data collected needs to be accessible and editable for three years after which the data must be deleted to optimize storage consumption.

Which setting should the administrator apply to meet these requirements?

  • A . Create a WORM enabled bucket with Lifecycle policy to expire the current objects after three years
  • B . Create a Storage Container with a Lifecycle policy to expire the current version after three Years
  • C . Create a bucket with a Lifecycle policy to expire the current objects after three years.
  • D . Create a Files share with a Lifecycle policy to win the Current files are three years

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Correct Answer: A
Question #5

Which two configuration items are mandatory for deploying a Files cluster? (Choose two.)

  • A . Configure two networks
  • B . Configure a DNS server
  • C . Configure an NTP server
  • D . Configure a AHV managed network

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Correct Answer: A,C
Question #6

An administrator has mapped a Volume Group named VG1 to a VM. Due to changes in the application running inside the VM, two additional volumes are required. At the time of creation, the VM was assigned to a Protection Domain named PD1.

Which two steps should the administrator take to add the additional volumes to the VM while maintaining data protection? (Choose two)

  • A . Add two additional Disks to VG1
  • B . Add the new vDisks to the same Consistency Group
  • C . Manually update PD1 to include the newly created Disks
  • D . Map the new vDisks as volumes to the VM

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Correct Answer: A,C
Question #7

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A developer requires API access to a S3 destination for storage.

The environment is currently configured as:

• 4 node Nutanix cluster

• Both Files and Objects have been deployed

• Active Directory access has been configured for Files and Objects.

How would an administrator grant Read-Write access for the developer?

A • Create a new Share/Export within Files supporting multi-protocol access.

• Check the checkbox to Enable API Access

B. Click + Add People under User Accounts within Objects and add the developer account

• Click the checkbox to enable Kerberos Token Authentication

• Create a new Bucket and add the user.

C. Create a new Share/Export within Files supporting multi-protocol access.

• The developer can utilize the REST API to write to the destination.

D. Click + Add People under Access Keys within Objects and add the developer account.

• Download the Access Key and provide it to the developer.

• Create a new Bucket and add the user.

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Correct Answer: D
Question #8

A company has two Files clusters for their workloads. Once cluster is running VDI workloads and another one is running Big Data (large file ingestion) workloads. The administrator is planning to optimize the workload performance on the cluster where the VDI workloads are running.

The administrator needs to complete these requirements:

• Determine the current workload type on the cluster.

• Optimize the file share for operations such as small overwrites into larger files

Which two actions should the administrator take to satisfy this requirement? (choose two)

  • A . Set the share workload type to sequential
  • B . Execute command afs share.edit share-name share_workload_type=default
  • C . Set the share workload type to random
  • D . Execute command afs share.io_size_distribution

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Correct Answer: A
Question #9

What are the three main metrics monitored for each Files instance and per share?

  • A . Concurrent Connections, Throughput and OP sizes
  • B . Access time, IOPS and Throughput
  • C . Bandwidth, Speed and IOPS
  • D . Latency, Throughput and IOPS

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Correct Answer: C
Question #10

A database application that is already leveraging Volumes with a single vDisk is experiencing performance issues.

How should the administrator solve the problem without reconfiguring the Guest OS?

  • A . Add more Volume Groups with one vDisk each.
  • B . Enable Jumbo Frames at CVM level.
  • C . Convert Volume Group to direct attach vDisk.
  • D . Add more vDisks to the Volume Group

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Correct Answer: A

Question #11

An administrator performed an upgrade to Prism Central. However, after reviewing the configuration, Objects is enabled but was not upgraded to the latest version. The Objects configuration is showing enabled for the environment and Prism Element has beenupdated on the cluster

How should the administrator resolve this issue?

  • A . Reapply the Prism Central upgrade
  • B . Restart Objects service and rerun the upgrade.
  • C . Upgrade NCC and rerun the upgrade
  • D . Perform LCM Inventory and apply updates

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Correct Answer: B
Question #12

An administrator has been informed of a new project, which requires expanding the capacity of the project team’s Volume Group without disrupting availability or affecting performance

Which steps should the administrator take to achieve this?

  • A . Clone the existing Volume Group to a larger instance and switch to the new Volume Group
  • B . Add new dishes to the Volume Group and wait for the Volume Group to auto-resize
  • C . Create a new larger Volume Group and migrate the files
  • D . Add new data to the Volume Group and expand the Volume Group online

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Correct Answer: B
Question #13

Refer to the exhibit.

An administrator reports that a Volume Group (VG) is no longer accessible on their server.

Upon attempting to reconnect, an error is displayed, as shown in the exhibit.

Which condition would cause this error?

  • A . The client is trying to access the wrong target.
  • B . MPIO is enabled for the volume group
  • C . Encryption is enabled for the container hosting the VG.
  • D . The wrong CHAP secret has been configured.

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Correct Answer: A
Question #14

A company decided to switch their existing windows file server to a new Files instance. After successfully deploying Files, an administrator now needs to plan to reduce the impact of any potential outage. As the source file server resides across the WAN from the destination file server over an unreliable network connection.

The administrator needs to ensure there is minimal impact to data already copied, should a network outage occur.

How should the administrator meet this requirement?

  • A . Use rsync in incremental Copy mode.
  • B . Check where the data copy failed and restart from that location
  • C . Use a method allowing files to be copied in restartable mode.
  • D . Use Microsoft DFS-R to replicate the files.

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Correct Answer: A
Question #15

The Compliance department would like the administrator to have the ability to revert documents to previous versions.

How should the administrator facilitate this request?

  • A . Configure protection snapshots on the File Server
  • B . Enable Self-Service Restore on the Share/Export
  • C . Configure Protection snapshots on the Share/Export
  • D . Enable Self-Service Restore on the File Server

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Correct Answer: A
Question #16

An administrator receive a warning message concerning file server hosted in a 3 node cluster . The Prism management console recommends optimizing Files resources

How should the administrator resolve this issue?

  • A . Scale out by adding a new FSVM in the duster
  • B . Apply the recommendation to rebalance
  • C . Scale up the FSVMs resources
  • D . Increase the CVM: CPU and RAM

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Correct Answer: A
Question #17

An administrator is notified by a user about a problem regarding a file within a Files share.

The file AIC.docx is being periodically deleted by another user. The administrator is asked to collect information about who is deleting this file.

How should the administrator collect the required information in File Analytics

  • A . Use File Operations on the dashboard for the docx
  • B . Use Audit Trails and search for fle Anc.doex
  • C . Configure Alert Notification for file and does
  • D . Configure Anomaly Rules for file ARC, docx

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Correct Answer: D
Question #18

A company has two clusters which run several Files instances on each, as well as a legacy 3-tier cluster analyzed using Files Analytics (FA).

How should this company implement Files Analytics?

  • A . Deploy two FA one per Nutanix cluster
  • B . Deploy as many FA as Files running instances
  • C . Install FA package on any VM running in the company’s environment
  • D . Install one FA on the legacy cluster to monitor Nutanix clusters

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Correct Answer: D
Question #19

An administrator is using Objects for the company’s DevOps department.

The administrator must ensure that the data meets regulatory compliance requirements for many critical sectors and still gives users the option to recover from accidental overwrite or unwanted modification of an object.

Which two components should the administrator enable to complete this task? (Choose two.)

  • A . Windows Previous Versions (WPS)
  • B . Self Service Restore (SSR)
  • C . Object versioning
  • D . Write-Once-Read-Many (WORM)

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Correct Answer: C
Question #20

An administrator would like to convert an existing Volume Group with an attached external Windows client to use Volumes

The administrator has taken these actions

• Disconnect any existing SCSI targets

• Remove targets from the Favorite Targets tab

• Remove targets from the Discovery tab

Which action must the administrator take next to complete this task?

  • A . Connect with MPIO to the ISCSI Data Services IP
  • B . Connect without MPIO to the Cluster Virtual IP
  • C . Connect without MPIO to the iSCSI Data Services IP
  • D . Connect with MPIO to the Cluster Virtual IP

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Correct Answer: C

Question #21

A company’s Marketing department requires the ability to recover files hosted in a Files share.

They also require the ability to restore files with a timeframe of 14 days.

Which two configurations are required to meet these requirements? (Choose Two)

  • A . Enable Self service restore at share level.
  • B . Install Nutanix Guest Tools on clients who need to perform Self service Restore.
  • C . Change the Protection domain settings to keep at least 14 days of snapshots.
  • D . Change Default settings in the protection configuration window

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Correct Answer: A
Question #22

An administrator needs to configure Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) in a Nutanix

environment using storage provided by the Nutanix cluster.

Which two prerequisites are required to accomplish this task? (Choose two.)

  • A . Configure a Data Services IP on the Nutanix cluster.
  • B . Record the IQNs or IPs of the WSFC virtual machines
  • C . Ensure the WSFC clients are on the same subnet as the Nutanix cluster
  • D . Verify that the WSFC clients have one-way CHAP configured

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Correct Answer: A,D
Question #23

Where can an administrator find the latency associated with a Files SMB Share?

  • A . FSVM performance
  • B . File Analytics Health
  • C . ncli > fs get-file-servers-usage
  • D . File Server Performance Tab

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Correct Answer: D
Question #24

The administrator is migrating users’ home directories from a legacy SAN to Files. The administrator wants to make sure that the users can only access their home directory, and that when a new employee logs in for the first time, a home directory is automatically created.

What should the administrator do to satisfy these requirements?

  • A . Create a Standard SMB share and edit folder permissions using the MMC plugin.
  • B . Create a Standard NFS share and set the default access to Read-only.
  • C . Create a Distributed NFS share and set the default access to No Access
  • D . Create a Distributed SMB share and edit folder permissions using the MMC plugin.

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Correct Answer: B
Question #25

An administrator is upgrading Files.

When running the pre upgrade check, the following message is generated:

FileServer in HA state

Which two steps should the administrator take to resolve this error message? (Choose two.)

  • A . Check if Stargate services are running.
  • B . Check for alerts for NVB being down.
  • C . Check if Zookeeper services are running
  • D . Verify FSVM is booted and not stuck

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Correct Answer: B
Question #26

An administrator wants to centralize the storage of CCTV data from all its branches in a remote datacenter.

To meet compliance standards, the requirements for this solution are as follows:

• Data must be kept for a minimum of 10 years

• Data must be accessible for use at any time

• Data must be secure

How should the administrator satisfy these requirements?

  • A . Create a Volume Group and mount to a server
    2) Configure a LifeCycle policy for a 10year retention
    3) Enable encryption on the vDisks
  • B . 1) Create an Objects bucket
    2) Configure WORM for a 10year retention
    3) Replace Objects’s self-signed certificate with a CA-signed certificate
  • C . 1) Create a Storage Container
    2) Configure WORM for a 10year retention3) Replace Prism Element’s self-signed certificate with a CA-signed certificate
  • D . Create a Files share
    2) Configure a Lifecycle policy for a 10 year retention
    3) Enable encryption on SMB protocol

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Correct Answer: A
Question #27

The marketing department has complained that they are unable to upload or modify MOV files on all marketing file shares in Files During troubleshooting, the administrator has found that all users are unable to upload MOV files to any share

What is preventing files from being uploaded?

  • A . Files administrator has added the MOV file extension to the Blocked File Types on the file server.
  • B . Files administrator has added the MOV file extension to the Blocked File Types on the marketing department share
  • C . Authentication on the share has been set None
  • D . Authentication on the share has been set to Kerberos (AD)

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Correct Answer: C
Question #28

An administrator is upgrading Objects when the following error message is shown type (UPGRADE):

code: 500, message: error in processing pod: application post failed: image update failed: unable to pull docker image 444585393164.dkr.ecr.uswest-2.amazonaws.com/nutanix-msp/Poseidon-zookeeper: buckets-1.0: err Max retries done: exit status 1 status_code: 500

How should the administrator resolve this error

  • A . Manually upload the docker image to the bucket and rerun the upgrade
  • B . Upgrade NCC and Objects service via LCM
  • C . Manually upgrade Objects Manager to the latest version
  • D . Perform Inventory then upgrade MSP and Objects Manager via LCM

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Correct Answer: D
Question #29

An administrator has deployed a new backup software suite and needs to meet the following requirements:

• Use S3-Compatible Storage

• Provide One-Year retention

• Protect from deletions or overwrites for one year.

• Meet regulatory requirements

Which setting should the administrator apply to a newly-created objects bucket to ensure the requirements are met?

  • A . Apply a bucket Lifecycle Policy with a one-year expiration
  • B . Configure the bucket WORM policy with a one-tear retention.
  • C . Apply an object versioning policy with one-year retention.
  • D . Configure a Lifecycle Policy to overwrite one-year old data in the bucket.

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Correct Answer: C
Question #30

An administrator needs to upgrade Files in a dark site environment without LCM,

Which set of actions should the administrator perform?

  • A . Setup a web server and point prism to it to fetch the bits and then click Upgrade.
  • B . Run any NCC checks related to Files and trigger an upgrade from Prism.
  • C . Download the metadata and binary bits from the portal, upload then to prism and click Upgrade.
  • D . Connect the cluster to the internet to perform the upgrade through prism.

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Correct Answer: C
C

Explanation:

https://support-portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Acropolis-UpgradeGuidev5_18:Acropolis-Upgrade-Guide-v5_18

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