Nutanix Certified Master - Multicloud Infrastructure (NCM-MCI) Sample Questions:

1. Task 6
An administrator needs to assess performance gains provided by AHV Turbo at the guest level.
To perform the test the administrator created a Windows 10 VM named Turbo with the following configuration.
1 vCPU
8 GB RAM
SATA Controller
40 GB vDisk
The stress test application is multi-threaded capable, but the performance is not as expected with AHV Turbo enabled. Configure the VM to better leverage AHV Turbo.
Note: Do not power on the VM. Configure or prepare the VM for configuration as best you can without powering it on.

2. Use Prism Element for this question.
The Application team has a 3 tier application (App Server, Web Server, and Database Server) that is mission critical and requires as close to 0 RPO and RTO as possible with their current license level.
The organization has 2 clusters, with one cluster (Cluster 1) being production and the other cluster (Cluster 2) being remote/DR. Cluster 2 should be able to fail back to Cluster 1.
The connectivity between the two sites is >5ms and replication traffic should not use more than 10Mbps of bandwidth. The Application team requests a plan that includes the ability to go back 2 days locally, and 2 days remotely.
The team also requests that all 3 VMs be treated as a single group and backed up collectively in a snapshot.
The three VMs are:
* Web-Prod
* App-Prod
* DB-Prod
Use Task3 as part of the name for any objects created for this task.
Note: VMs do NOT need to be powered on. You will need to use the 172.30.0.x IP addresses when configuring DR.

3. Due to new security requirements, an administrator has been tasked with updating the security settings for user accounts within Prism Element on Cluster 1.
An SSL Certificate Signing Request with Subject Alternative Name should be generated for submission to the security team's Certificate Authority with the following details:
countryName = US
stateOrProvinceName = North Carolina
localityName = Durham
organizationName = ACME
organizationalUnitName = Infrastructure
commonName = prism_element.ACME.org
emailAddress = [email protected]
Alternate names = cvm1.ACME.org, cvm2.ACME.org, cvm3.ACME.org
Encryption: RSA 2048, sha256
When the Certificate Signing Request is generated, place a copy of both the .cnf file and the .csr file on the desktop named 'prism_element_acme.cnf' and 'prism_element_acme.csr' Save a copy of the command(s) used for this scenario to a new file on the desktop named "Task 5.txt".
Note: You must copy and paste the command(s) and output from SSH to the "Task 5.txt" file to achieve all points available.

4. Task 2
Part1
An administrator logs into Prism Element and sees an alert stating the following:
Cluster services down on Controller VM (35.197.75.196)
Correct this issue in the least disruptive manner.
Part2
In a separate request, the security team has noticed a newly created cluster is reporting.
CVM [35.197.75.196] is using the default password.
They have provided some new security requirements for cluster level security.
Security requirements:
Update the default password for the root user on the node to match the admin user password: Note: 192.168.x.
x is not available. To access a node use the Host IP (172.30.0.x) from a CVM or the supplied external IP address.
Update the default password for the nutanix user on the CVM to match the admin user password.
Resolve the alert that is being reported.
Output the cluster-wide configuration of the SCMA policy to Desktop\Files\output.txt before changes are made.
Enable the Advance intrusion Detection Environment (AIDE) to run on a weekly basis for the cluster.
Enable high-strength password policies for the cluster.
Ensure CVMs require SSH keys for login instead of passwords. (SSH keys are located in the Desktop\Files\SSH folder).
Ensure the clusters meets these requirements. Do not reboot any cluster components.

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