Practice Free NCP-MCI-6.10 Exam Online Questions
An administrator is experiencing performance issues within a VM and believes that more vCPU should be added to the specific VM. The cluster as a whole appears to be performing well.
Which two metrics should be analyzed to determine if adding more vCPUs is warranted? (Choose two.)
- A . VM CPU Usage
- B . VM CPU Ready Time
- C . Host Memory Swap Out Rate
- D . Host CPU usage
Which prerequisite should be met before any LCM updates are performed?
- A . Update AOS
- B . Update Foundation
- C . Update AHV
- D . Update BIOS
An administrator needs to ensure that a VM is powered on before the rest of the VMs when starting a host.
Which configuration option allows this behavior?
- A . Recovery Plan
- B . Host Affinity
- C . High Availability
- D . Agent VM
D
Explanation:
High Availability (HA) in Nutanix provides priority-based VM restart capabilities to ensure that certain
VMs are powered on before others in the event of a host reboot or failure.
Option C (High Availability) is correct:
Nutanix HA policies allow administrators to prioritize VM startup order to ensure that critical services (such as database VMs or management VMs) are available before others.
Option A (Recovery Plan) is incorrect:
Recovery Plans are used in Disaster Recovery (DR) scenarios and do not control boot order during normal host restarts.
Option B (Host Affinity) is incorrect:
Host Affinity is used to keep a VM pinned to a specific host, but it does not control boot sequencing.
Option D (Agent VM) is incorrect:
Agent VMs (such as Witness VMs) are specialized virtual machines used for Metro Availability, not general boot priority settings.
Reference: Nutanix Prism Element Guide → Configuring HA Reservation and VM Priority Nutanix Bible → High Availability (HA) and VM Failover
Nutanix KB → VM Restart Priority in High Availability Configurations
A user created a report in the Intelligent Operations Analysis Dashboard but forgot to download it. However, after logging back into Prism Central, the administrator finds that the report is no longer available.
What is the most likely cause?
- A . A user with Cluster Viewer role deleted the report.
- B . The user-generated report was archived.
- C . Reports are automatically deleted after 24 hours.
- D . The report is stored in the cluster’s Prism Element.
C
Explanation:
In Nutanix Prism Central, user-generated reports in Intelligent Operations are stored for a limited time and then deleted automatically.
Option C (Reports are automatically deleted after 24 hours) is correct:
Reports do not persist indefinitely unless they are scheduled reports.
One-time reports expire after 24 hours.
Option A (Cluster Viewer deleted the report) is incorrect:
Cluster Viewer does not have permissions to delete reports.
Option B (Report was archived) is incorrect:
Nutanix does not automatically archive reports.
Option D (Report stored in Prism Element) is incorrect:
Reports are generated and stored only in Prism Central, not Prism Element.
Reference: Nutanix Prism Central Guide → Intelligent Operations & Report Retention Policies Nutanix KB → Why Reports in Prism Central Are Not Persisting
An administrator needs to optimize a VM’s storage by leveraging compression features. The VM’s vDisks are currently stored in a default storage container with no optimizations enabled.
How should the administrator proceed?
- A . Migrate vDisks to the Production storage container.
- B . Recreate the VM in the Production storage container and copy data.
- C . Migrate the VM to the Production storage container.
- D . Recreate the vDisk in the Production storage container and copy data.
A
Explanation:
Moving vDisks to a storage container with compression enabled ensures better data efficiency without downtime.
Option A (Migrate vDisks) is correct:
vDisk migration is non-disruptive and allows compression settings to be applied dynamically.
Option B (Recreate the VM) is incorrect:
Rebuilding the VM is unnecessary and would cause downtime.
Option C (Migrate the VM) is incorrect:
VM migration does not guarantee that only vDisks move, and it may disrupt performance.
Option D (Recreate vDisk) is incorrect:
This method is manual and time-consuming, while Nutanix provides an automated approach.
Reference: Nutanix Storage Optimization Guide → Enabling Compression on Existing vDisks Nutanix KB → Migrate vDisks Between Storage Containers for Optimization
Due to application requirements, an administrator needs to modify an AHV VM in order to support a large number of distinct, concurrent connections.
The VM has the following configuration:
• VCPUs: 4
• RAM: 20 GB
Operating System: Microsoft Windows Server 2022
Which modification can the administrator make to improve network performance for network I/O-intensive applications running on this VM?
- A . Enabling RSS Virtio-Net Multi-Queue
- B . Adding more VCPUs
- C . Adding more RAM
- D . Enabling AHV Turbo Technology
An administrator has been tasked with justifying why Nutanix Disaster Recovery was chosen for a multi-tier application spanning multiple business units.
What is the most efficient way to organize and manage the workloads?
- A . Utilize a VM naming schema that allows sorting
- B . Utilize Categories to organize VMs in Recovery Plans
- C . Utilize a 1:10 ratio of Recovery Plan to VMs
- D . Utilize RESTful APIs to script creation of Recovery Plans
B
Explanation:
Nutanix Categories allow administrators to group related VMs, making Disaster Recovery (DR) planning easier.
Option B (Utilize Categories to organize VMs in Recovery Plans) is correct:
Categories help group VMs based on application tiers (e.g., database, middleware, web servers).
This ensures orderly failover while maintaining application dependencies.
Option A (Naming schema) is incorrect:
Naming conventions help, but they do not provide functional organization in recovery plans.
Option C (1:10 Recovery Plan to VMs) is incorrect:
The ratio depends on business requirements, not a fixed number.
Option D (RESTful APIs) is incorrect:
Automation is useful, but it does not replace proper VM grouping via categories.
Reference: Nutanix Disaster Recovery Guide → Using Categories for DR Management Nutanix KB → Organizing VMs for Disaster Recovery Planning
A cluster has an RF3 storage container with many VMs. Before the cluster runs out of space, the administrator has created a new RF2 storage container and would like to live migrate the vDisks.
Which check should be done before performing vDisk migration?
- A . Validate network latency is below 5 milliseconds.
- B . Remove VMs from Protection Domains or Protection Policies.
- C . Verify Multichannel Support is enabled.
- D . Ensure storage optimization options match between storage containers
A new employee has inherited a partially configured Disaster Recovery (DR) schema. Source workloads have been identified and Nutanix Guest Tools has been installed.
There are two Protection Polices in place, one with an asynchronous schedule with a 1-hour RPO and a second policy utilizing synchronous replication. All of these workloads need to be recovered at a DR location and this will be orchestrated by Prism Central Recovery Plans.
What is the best way to setup this recovery orchestration?
- A . Identify the workload startup order and create Recovery Plans corresponding to the startup order.
- B . Setup a Recovery Plan for the asynchronous replication and convert the synchronous replication to a Protection Domain.
- C . Setup two Recovery Plans, one for the asynchronous replication and one for the synchronous replication.
- D . Setup a single Recovery Plan utilizing stages of recovery delays as needed.
An administrator is configuring a replication schedule on multiple remote locations deployed using a single-node cluster. The goal is to achieve the lowest possible RPO (Recovery Point Objective).
How should the administrator configure the replication schedule?
- A . Configure NearSync replication.
- B . Configure a schedule for 16 minutes up to 59 minutes.
- C . Configure Async replication.
- D . Configure a schedule for 1 minute up to 15 minutes.
C
Explanation:
Nutanix NearSync replication provides the lowest RPO (as low as 1 minute) and is the best option for minimizing data loss in DR scenarios.
Option D (Configure a schedule for 1 minute up to 15 minutes) is correct:
NearSync allows an RPO as low as 1 minute, providing near-continuous data protection.
This is ideal for mission-critical applications where minimal data loss is required.
Option A (Configure NearSync) is incorrect:
While NearSync is the best choice, just enabling it is not enough―the schedule must be set to 1-15 minutes.
Option B (16 to 59 minutes) is incorrect:
NearSync operates within a 1-15 minute range. If set above 15 minutes, it defaults to Async replication.
Option C (Async replication) is incorrect:
Async replication typically has an RPO of 1 hour or more, which does not meet the lowest RPO requirement.
Reference: Nutanix Protection Policies Guide → NearSync vs. Async Replication Nutanix Bible → RPO and RTO in Disaster Recovery
Nutanix KB → Configuring NearSync Replication for Single-Node Clusters