Nutanix - Enterprise Cloud Platform Administration (ECA) - Lab Topology

1 : Getting Started with a Nutanix Cluster

Hands-on Labs

• Connecting to and exploring the Prism Web Console
• Adding data services IP, an NTP server, and a name server
• Configuring Active Directory authentication
• Exploring Prism Central
• Prism Central initial configuration

2 : Securing a Nutanix Cluster

Hands-on Labs

• Adding a local user
• Verifying a new user account

4: Managing Images

Hands-on Labs

• Uploading and importing images to Prism Central
• Configuring an image placement policy

5: Creating Virtual Machines

Hands-on Labs

• Creating Windows and Linux VMs
• Installing Windows and Linux operating systems
• Installing Nutanix Guest Tools on Windows and Linux

6: Managing Virtual Machines

Hands-on Labs

• Updating a VM • Creating a template and a clone
• Exporting a VM as an OVA • Creating and running a playbook
• Creating a storage policy

7. Protecting VMs and Their Data

Hands-on Labs

• Creating protection domains and local VM restore
• Creating containers for replication
• Configuring remote sites and creating protection domains
• Performing VM migration and migrating back to primary

8: Configuring and Managing Cluster Storage

Hands-on Labs

• Exploring the Storage dashboard
• Creating containers with and without compression
• Comparing data in a compressed vs uncompressed container
• Migrating vdisks between storage containers

9: Migrating Workloads with Nutanix Move

Hands-on Labs

• Preparing a VM for migration
• Deploying a Move VM
• Configuring Move and a migration plan

10: Monitoring Cluster Performance

Hands-on Labs

• Creating a Prism Central performance monitoring dashboard
• Creating charts to analyze metrics using Prism Central
• Creating and managing reports

11: Monitoring Cluster Health

Hands-on Labs

• Using Nutanix Cluster Check health checks
• Collecting logs for Support

12: Investigating and Remediating Performance Issues

Hands-on Labs

• Working with Alerts
• Exploring Events

13: Performing Cluster Maintenance

Hands-on Labs

• Verifying cluster health
• Putting a node into maintenance mode & removing it

14: Upgrading Licenses, Software, and Firmware

Hands-on Labs

• Use Life Cycle Manager to upgrade NCC