AOS – The Core Awakens
Prism Strikes Back
The Clone (VM) Wars
Return of the Storage Nerds
The Phantom Discovery Phase
100

What does AOS stand for in the Nutanix universe?

What is Acropolis Operating System?

100

Which UI is used to manage a single cluster?

What is Prism Element?

100

What is it called when you duplicate an existing VM

What is cloning?

100

What are Nutanix storage containers made of?

What is vDisks and metadata?

100

What’s the first step in any SE opportunity?

What is Discovery?

200

Which component in AOS handles storage I/O?

What is the Controller VM (CVM)?

200

What interface do you use to manage multiple clusters centrally?

What is Prism Central?

200

What tool allows you to automate VM operations?

What are Prism Playbooks?

200

What does RF stand for?

What is Replication Factor?

200

Name one tool used to collect environment data.

What is RVTools / Live Optics / Collector?

300

What kind of storage is created automatically when a container is made?

What is a vDisk?

300

What does LCM stand for and where is it used?

What is Life Cycle Manager, used in Prism Central?

300

What is the purpose of a VM template?

What is to rapidly deploy standardized VMs?

300

What optimization technique reduces redundant data blocks?

What is deduplication?

300

What’s the acronym for Nutanix’s SE methodology?

What is DADD (Discover, Analyze, Design, Defend)?

400

What is the minimum number of nodes required for an RF2 Nutanix cluster?

What is 3?

400

What is the difference between Alerts and Events in Prism?

Alerts = anomalies/issues; Events = informational/logging

400

What must be installed on VMs to enable Prism metrics and automation?

What is Nutanix Guest Tools (NGT)?

400

What technology enables Nutanix to store fewer copies using parity bits?

What is Erasure Coding?

400

What should you always align your solution to during Discovery?

What is the customer's business objective?

500

What is the difference between RF2 and RF3 in terms of fault tolerance?

RF3 allows for 2 node failures; RF2 allows 1

500

Where does the Prism management interface actually run within a Nutanix cluster?

What is inside the Controller VM (CVM) on each node?

500

Which Prism feature allows you to snapshot a VM before updates?

What is the Snapshot feature?

500

Which feature ensures local access to data by a VM?

What is Data Locality?

500

What does the “Analyze” step include?

What is reviewing data collected, identifying anomalies, confirming goals?

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