Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Automation V6.5 NCP-MCA Exam Practice Test

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Question 1

An administrator at a busy software development company is looking to roll out Calm for automation and estimates they will be creating 200 Projects, 500 Runbooks, 1500 Blueprints and automating the deployment of 7500 VMs for their development teams.

What size of Prism Central VM(s) is recommended to host the Calm environment?



Question 2

An administrator is providing users with access to the company's LOB applications through a VDI solution. The administrator received information that the company are going to hire 200 new employees who will be using these applications.

The environment is monitored by a third-party tool that notifies the administrator when the VDI solution is about to run out of capacity. This gives the administrator time to create additional resources and add them to the VDI solution.

What should the administrator use when creating a playbook to automate this?



Answer : C

The administrator should use a trigger based on an event when creating a playbook to automate the scaling of the VDI solution. An event trigger is a type of trigger that executes a playbook when a specific event occurs in the Nutanix environment or in a third-party system. An event trigger can be configured to listen to events from various sources, such as Prism alerts, Calm actions, or external webhooks. In this scenario, the administrator can use an event trigger to listen to the webhook from the third-party monitoring tool and execute a playbook that creates additional resources and adds them to the VDI solution.

A trigger based on a REST API is not the best option, because it requires the administrator to manually invoke the playbook using an API call. This is not as efficient or reliable as using an event trigger that automatically executes the playbook when the capacity threshold is reached.

A trigger based on an email is also not the best option, because it requires the administrator to configure an email server and a mailbox to receive the notification from the third-party tool. This adds complexity and overhead to the automation process and may not be as secure or timely as using an event trigger.

A trigger based on an alert is a valid option, but it depends on the availability and compatibility of the Prism alert system with the third-party tool. If the third-party tool can send alerts to Prism, then the administrator can use an alert trigger to execute the playbook. However, if the third-party tool does not integrate with Prism, then the administrator cannot use an alert trigger and has to use an event trigger instead.


Nutanix Calm User Guide: Chapter 8: X-Play

Nutanix Calm DSL User Guide: Chapter 5: Playbooks

Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Automation (NCP-MCA) Exam Blueprint Guide: Section 1: Describe and Differentiate Automation Concepts and Principles

Question 3

Where would a Calm Developer find logging related to blueprint package failures?



Question 4
Question 5

Which action should an administrator use to request a static IP address from an IPAM solution?



Answer : B

When integrating with an IP Address Management (IPAM) solution within Nutanix Calm, an administrator would use a 'Pre-create' task to request a static IP address. This task is performed before the actual creation of the VM, ensuring that the IP address is allocated and can be assigned during the VM's creation process. Profiles (A) are used to define deployment environments, Guest Customization (C) is used for configuring the OS settings, and Create (D) is typically the task for provisioning the actual VM, not for requesting an IP.


Question 6

What is one prerequisite for deploying Self-Service (formerly Calm)?



Answer : C

One prerequisite for deploying Self-Service (formerly Calm) is that a unique Virtual IP address (VIP) must be configured in the Prism web console cluster that is running on Prism Central. This VIP is necessary for high availability and to ensure that Self-Service can be accessed reliably.


Nutanix Calm documentation on Deployment Requirements.

Nutanix Best Practices for Configuring VIP.

Question 7

An application team wants faster releases and starts an initiative to automate the entire database and application deployments.

The current manual process involves:

Creating virtual machines to host the databases and applications

Allocate right amount of storage for the database and applications

Deploy database software and create database

Schedule backup and recovery process for the database

Deploy applications

How can application releases be repeatedly deployed in the least amount of time?



Answer : D

The best way to automate the entire database and application deployments is to use a combination of Nutanix Calm and Nutanix Era. Nutanix Calm is a multicloud automation platform that allows you to create blueprints to deploy and manage infrastructure and applications across different cloud environments. Nutanix Era is a database management platform that allows you to provision, clone, patch, refresh, and restore databases in a simplified and automated way. By creating a Calm blueprint that deploys applications and calls Era APIs to automate database deployments, you can achieve faster and consistent releases, as well as reduce the manual effort and complexity involved in the process. You can also leverage the features of Calm and Era, such as self-service, governance, showback, backup, and recovery, to enhance the efficiency and security of your deployments.Reference:

https://www.nutanix.com/support-services/training-certification/certifications/certification-details-nutanix-certified-professional-multicloud-automation-v6-5

https://www.nutanix.com/content/dam/nutanix/resources/support/ds-ncp-mca.pdf


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