Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Fundamentals

Network and security operations center personnel who want to learn Nutanix fundamentals (Prism, AOS, AHV) virtualization and cloud-related concepts.

Specific job roles that will benefit from the NHCF course:

- Network Operations Center (NOC) operators
- Security Operations Center (SOC) operators
- Datacenter Operations (DCO) technician
- IT project managers
- IT staff new to Nutanix

Anyone seeking the Nutanix Certified Associated (NCA) certification.

After you complete this course you will be able to:

• Understand core concepts of three-tier and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) and the Nutanix platform
• Navigate and use Prism Central and Prism Element for cluster and resource management
• Configure and manage storage, networking, and images within a Nutanix environment
• Create, manage, and monitor virtual machines and related resources
• Implement basic data protection, backup, and disaster recovery strategies
• Monitor cluster performance, health, and alerts, and generate reports
• Manage licensing and perform system upgrades using Life Cycle Manager (LCM)

1: Introduction

• Understand three-tier and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) 
• Understand Nutanix Cloud Solution Packages 
• Get started with Prism Central and Prism Element
• Understand Nutanix Pulse 
• Understand when to use Prism Central and when to use Prism Element 
• Cluster setup fundamentals
• Understand cluster-level security settings

Hands-on Labs 1

• Accessing and exploring Prism Element and Prism Central 
• Deciding when to use Prism Central versus Prism Element                                  

2: Hardware and Storage Concepts 

• Understand nodes, blocks, and clusters 
• Understand types of physical storage
• Understand AOS Distributed Storage 
• Understand key storage concepts such as storage pools, storage containers, redundancy factor, replication factor, capacity reservation, cluster resiliency, and snapshots 
• Use different Prism Central dashboards to monitor cluster hardware and storage 

Hands-On Labs 2

• Exploring the hardware and storage containers dashboards 
• Creating a storage container 

3: Networking

• Understand AHV networking terminology and key concepts such as managed and unmanaged networks 
• Use Prism Central to monitor cluster networks 
• Use Prism Element to explore the Network Visualizer 

Hands-On Labs 3

• Viewing network configuration in Prism Central 
• Using the Network Visualizer 

4: Image Management 

• Understand the image service 
• Use Prism Central to monitor, upload, import, and manage images 

Hands-On Labs 4

• Exploring the images dashboard 
• Uploading and importing an image to Prism Central 
• Uploading an image using Prism Element 

5: VM Management 

• Use Prism Central to create and monitor VMs
• Perform basic VM management tasks such as updating, deleting, exporting, and cloning VMs; taking snapshots; and creating VM recovery points
• Understand categories and affinity policies

Hands-On Labs 5

• Exploring the VMs dashboard
• Creating VMs
• Creating a VM recovery point
• Cloning a VM
• Exporting a VM as an OVA file 

6: Backup and Disaster Recovery Fundamentals

• Understand data protection and data protection strategies
• Create snapshots and recovery points
• Use the Data Protection dashboard
• Create protection domains and remote sites
• Understand Nutanix Disaster Recovery terms and concepts

Hands-on Labs 6

• Creating protection domains and local VM restore
• Configuring remote sites
• Creating protection domains using remote sites
• Performing VM migration

7: Monitoring Cluster Performance and Health 

• Use Prism Central to create sessions, charts, and reports 
• Understand and explore alerts and events
• Configure alert emails 
• Collect logs 
• Use the Nutanix Support Portal to create a support case 

Hands-On Labs 7

• Adding built-in charts to the Analysis Dashboard 
• Creating a custom chart 
• Creating a new report 
• Viewing, downloading, and scheduling reports 
• Monitoring cluster health 
• Collecting logs 

8: Understanding Licensing and Performing Upgrades 

• Understand License Manager
• View license details in Prism and on the Nutanix Support & Insights Portal
• License a cluster
• Understand Life Cycle Manager (LCM) and the LCM workflow 
• Use the LCM dashboard in Prism Central and Prism Element 
• Use LCM to perform an inventory 

Hands-On Labs 8

• Exploring the LCM dashboard 
• Performing inventory at a Connected Site and at a Dark Site

• Basic knowledge of IT infrastructure and virtualization is recommended.

• Nutanix Certified Associate (NCA)

Software

- AOS
- Prism Central