Unlock the power of hybrid cloud infrastructure with Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Fundamentals, a foundational course designed to help IT professionals and decision-makers understand the core technologies behind the Nutanix Cloud Platform. This course is ideal for those new to Nutanix or hybrid cloud environments and looking to build a strong base for advanced certifications like NCP-MCI and NCA.
Whether you’re a systems administrator, cloud engineer, consultant, or IT leader, this course will provide the essential knowledge to modernize your data center and understand how Nutanix enables seamless application mobility, infrastructure scalability, and cloud-native services across on-prem and public clouds.
1: Introduction
hyperconverged architecture, and public, private, and hybrid clouds.
2: Understanding AOS Concepts
3: Understanding Cluster Management Concepts
4: Understanding Storage Concepts
5: Managing VMs
6: Monitoring VMs and Cluster Health
o Health dashboard
o Analysis dashboard
o Alerts dashboard
o Use the Support Portal and Insights
7: Understanding Data Protection Concepts
IT professionals beginning their journey with Nutanix
Cloud architects and solution engineers
IT managers evaluating hybrid cloud strategies
System administrators and consultants
Step into the world of enterprise cloud operations with the Nutanix Certified Professional – Multicloud Infrastructure (NCP-MCI) course. This hands-on, instructor-led training is designed for IT administrators, engineers, and professionals who want to gain deep technical knowledge and real-world skills in deploying, managing, and troubleshooting Nutanix Enterprise Cloud infrastructure.
This course prepares you for the NCP-MCI certification, which validates your ability to configure and manage Nutanix AOS (Acropolis Operating System), virtualization, storage, networking, and monitoring using Prism and command-line interfaces.
Whether you’re new to Nutanix or already managing HCI environments, this course will empower you to confidently run enterprise applications on Nutanix’s hyperconverged and hybrid cloud platform.
Section 1 – Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Concepts Objectives • Define and differentiate features and technologies present in Acropolis, Prism and Calm • Explain the relationship between nodes, blocks and clusters • Recognize the benefits of a Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure solution • Differentiate between physical and logical cluster components • Describe some of the primary AOS services running on the CVM
Demonstration of the Foundation process of the Nodes using the Foundation VM , Foundation App and Cli interfaces of three node and one node cluster . Starting the cluster , adding the new nodes , removing it and destroying the cluster
Section 2 – Managing a Nutanix Cluster Objectives • Identify methods for managing a Nutanix Enterprise Cloud • Identify how to download and configure tools and applications like Prism Central, Cmdlets, and REST API • Utilize Prism Element to configure and monitor a cluster • Describe, differentiate and utilize nCLI/aCLI to configure and monitor a cluster • Differentiate between Pulse and Alert technologies • Use the REST API Explorer to retrieve and/or make changes to a cluster
Section 3 – Securing a Nutanix Cluster Objectives • Describe how Nutanix provides cluster security • Explain security concepts such as two-factor authentication, key management and cluster lockdown • Explain Data-at-Rest Encryption (DARE) functionality • Configure user authentication • Install an SSL certificate
Section 4 – Networking Objectives • Differentiate AHV managed and unmanaged networks • Describe AHV networking components and configuration settings • Explain and implement network segmentation • Explain how to separate 1GbE and 10GbE interfaces • Identify the default AHV network configuration • Explain IP Address Management (IPAM) • Define and differentiate AHV Bond Modes • Create a Backplane Network • Create a User VM Network • Given a scenario, configure the appropriate AHV Bond Mode
Detailed discussion on Nutanix OVS Switching concepts , Adding a new bridge , Configuring load balancing
Section 5 – VM Creation and Management Objectives • Explain Live Migration • Describe VM High Availability functionality • Describe VM Data Path Redundancy • Perform guest customization on a Virtual Machine • Perform a Self-Service Restore of a VM • Use the Image Service to deploy a VM
NGT Concepts , Guest VM creation best practices , Virtio management , Disk formats comparision , AHV specific advantages of the VM creation , cloning the VM , sysprep method of template
Section 6 – Health Monitoring and Alerts Objectives • Identify dashboards and monitoring tools that can be used to resolve cluster issues • Utilize the Health dashboard and its major components • Configure Alert e-mail settings for a cluster • Utilize methods for configuring and monitoring health dashboards and alerts to resolve a given scenario
Section 7 – Distributed Storage Fabric Objectives • Identify methods for creating a Storage Container • Determine what capacity optimization method(s) should be used based on a given workload •
Describe and differentiate technologies used in conjunction with a Distributed Storage Fabric, including snapshots, clones, high availability and disaster recovery • Configure Deduplication, Compression, and Erasure Coding on Nutanix containers • Given a workload, determine how to best optimize storage capacity and explain how the various Nutanix Capacity Optimization features work.
Section 8 – AHV Workload Migration Objectives • Describe the steps needed to perform an ESXi to AHV workload migration from preparation through completion • Migrate a VM from an ESXi cluster to an AHV cluster
Manual and Automated methods of VM migration comparison , Nutanix Move Demonstration. Discussion on advantages and disadvantages of both methods
Section 9 – Acropolis Services Objectives • Define and differentiate Acropolis Block Services (ABS) and Acropolis File Services (AFS) • Configure Acropolis Block Services (ABS) • Configure Acropolis File Services (AFS) • Determine and implement storage services based on a given workload
Section 10 – Data Resiliency Objectives • Describe the concept of the Redundancy Factor and related requirements • Explain how availability impacts components and VMs within a Nutanix Cluster • Identify Data Resiliency requirements and policies related to a Nutanix Cluster • Describe and differentiate component, service, and CVM failover processes such as Disk Failure, CVM Failure, and Node Failure
Section 11 – Data Protection Objectives • Describe and differentiate Nutanix data protection technologies such as NearSync, Cloud Connect, and Protection Domains • Explain failover and failback processes • Create and modify a Protection Domain • Configure a Remote Site
Section 12 – Prism Central Objectives • Identify Prism Central requirements • Describe and differentiate Prism Element and Prism Central • Identify methods for viewing information about VMs, clusters, hosts, disks, containers, and storage containers • Deploy a Prism Central VM • Register/Unregister a Nutanix Cluster with Prism Central • Create and configure a custom dashboard • Configure a custom report
Section 13 – Cluster Maintenance Objectives • Describe available methods and resources for cluster maintenance • Perform one or more Nutanix Cluster Checks • Install NCC • Configure an HTTP Proxy
Section 14 – Lifecycle Operations Objectives • Describe processes and procedures for license management, including AOS and Prism licenses • Given a scenario, recognize processes to start, stop, and expand a cluster • Install, upgrade and reclaim licenses • Start a node and shut down a node in a Nutanix Cluster • Eject a node from a Nutanix Cluster
In addition to all the session mentioned , an industry level discussion on the merits and demerits of AHV is discussed in a vendor agnostic way to give the client a clear picture on whether it make sense for a specific customer to migrate his workload to Nutanix .
Take your Nutanix administration skills to the next level with the Nutanix Advanced Administration & Performance Management (AAPM) course. Designed for experienced IT professionals, this advanced-level training dives deep into the architecture, operations, and optimization of the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud platform.
AAPM focuses on advanced cluster administration, data resiliency, high availability, tuning, and performance troubleshooting. You will explore how to efficiently monitor, fine-tune, and secure your Nutanix infrastructure to ensure optimal performance for mission-critical applications across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
Ideal for those who have already completed the NCP-MCI certification or have equivalent hands-on experience with Nutanix, this course prepares you to tackle complex infrastructure challenges with confidence.
Course Outline
1: Exploring Nutanix Storage Features
• Understanding Nutanix AOS Services and AOS Storage Services
• Exploring Storage Components
• AOS Storage Data Pathing
Hands-on Labs
o Creating a Storage Container
o Updating Reported Capacity
2: Creating a Highly Available, Performant, and Resilient Storage Layer
• Creating Highly Available, Resilient Infrastructure
• Storage Optimization and Data Efficiency
• Optimizing and Planning for New Workloads
• Storage Best Practices for Application Workloads
Hands-on Labs
o Observing Nutanix Cloning Efficiency
o Reserving Rebuild Capacity in AHV
o Observing the Rebuild Process
o Disabling Rebuild Capacity Reservation
o Creating a Storage Container with Deduplication Enabled
o Reviewing Deduplication Savings
o Enabling Replication Factor 1 and Creating a Storage Container
3: Optimizing Physical and Virtual Networks in AOS
• Optimizing Physical & Virtual Networks
• Best Practices
Hands-on Labs
o Managing Virtual Switches and Uplinks
o Viewing Virtual Switches from Prism Element
o Configuring CVM Network Segmentation
o Configuring QoS Traffic Marking
4: Optimizing Overlay Networks Using Flow Networking
• Optimizing Physical & Virtual Networks
• Implementing Flow Networking
• Implementing VPCs
• Overlay Network Use Cases
Hands-on Labs
o Enabling Flow Networking
o Creating an External Subnet
o Creating a VPC
o Creating VMs using the Overlay Subnets
o Configuring Local and Remote Gateways
o Establishing a VPN Connection
o Verifying VPN Connectivity
5: Optimizing VM Performance
• Sizing the CVM & Prism Central
• Alternate Methods of Provisioning User VMs
• Working with GPUs in AHV
• Improving VM Storage and Network Performance
Hands-on Labs
o Creating VMs with the REST API
o Configuring VirtIO Multi-Queue
o Configuring Volumes Block Storage
6: Analyzing Nutanix Cluster Security Options
• Nutanix Security Technologies
• User Authentication and Permissions
• Hardening AHV and the CVM
• Using Flow Network Security & Flow Security Central
• Data Encryption with Nutanix
• Managing Log Files
Hands-on Labs
o Configuring Cluster Lockdown
o Replacing Default SSL Certificates
o Configuring Syslog Integration
o Managing User Permissions
7: Microsegmentation with Flow Network Security
• Flow Policy Constructs
• Security Policy Models and Types
• Enabling Microsegmentation
• Creating and Applying Policies
Hands-on Labs
o Enabling Flow Microsegmentation
o Creating Categories
o Creating VMs and Assigning Categories
o Configuring Isolation and Application Security Policies
8: Microsegmentation with Flow Network Security
• Evaluating Cluster Health
Network Packet Capture and Inspection
• Acropolis Service Failures
• Ensuring Efficient Physical Resource Consumption with Machine Learning
• Application Monitoring and Discovery
• Monitoring Performance
Hands-on Labs
o Creating a Prism Central Performance Monitoring Dashboard
o Creating Charts to Analyze Metrics Using Prism Central
o Creating Charts to Analyze Entities Using Prism Element
9: Business Continuity
• Assessing Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
• High Availability and Data Protection
• Third Party Backup Integrations
• Best Practices
Hands-on Labs
o Configuring Self Service Restore
10: Implementing Disaster Recovery
• Replicating Data with AOS
• Disaster Recovery Orchestration
• Disaster Recovery with Protection Domains
• Getting Started with Nutanix Leap
• Protecting Against Ransomware
Hands-on Labs
o Enabling Nutanix Leap
o Configuring an Availability Zone
o Configuring a Protection Policy
o Creating Production and Test VLANs
o Preparing VMs for Nutanix Leap
o Configuring a Recovery Plan
o Performing Test and Planned Failover
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