Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Fundamentals

• Customers and systems operators that want to learn fundamental AOS concepts and navigate Prism on AHV.
• Junior IT administrators and business leaders who manage Nutanix clusters in the datacenter and want a formal, hands-on, detailed introduction to Nutanix datacenter administration.

1: Introduction

• Describe course terminology, such as three-tier architecture, hyperconverged architecture, and public, private, and hybrid clouds.

2: Understanding AOS Concepts

• Describe self-healing architecture
• Describe replication factor
• Describe Nutanix multicloud solutions

3: Understanding Cluster Management Concepts

• Explain Prism Element features and benefits
• Explain Prism Central features and benefits
• Manage the Image Repository
• Upgrade the hypervisor and AOS on a cluster
• Describe Life Cycle Manager.

4: Understanding Storage Concepts

• Define a storage pool and storage container
• Identify components of AOS Distributed Storage
• Identify space-saving technologies

5: Managing VMs

• Create and manage virtual machines (VMs)
• Add a VM to a category
• Describe Acropolis Dynamic Scheduler (ADS)
• Describe data locality

6: Monitoring VMs and Cluster Health

• Use metrics to identify performance issues
• Measure VM performance using Nutanix tools:
  • Health dashboard
  • Analysis dashboard
  • Alerts dashboard
• Use the Support Portal and Insights

7: Understanding Data Protection Concepts

• Describe how to enable data protection on a VM
• Define a retention policy
• Define Nutanix Mine
• Identify the different types of replication targets