Nutanix provides the fastest path to a hybrid environment.
In the current era of digital innovation, many organizations require a hybrid environment that encompasses both on-premises private clouds and public clouds to operate their applications and data effectively. However, expanding from a private to a public cloud can present various challenges, such as managing complex networking, re-architecting applications, and juggling multiple infrastructure tools for different clouds, as well as security concerns. Therefore, there is a significant need for a single platform that can span private, distributed, and public clouds, allowing operators to manage traditional and modern applications using a consistent cloud platform.
Nutanix provides the fastest and most efficient path to a hybrid environment. Discover how Nutanix delivers the industry’s first hybrid and multicloud platform, providing the flexibility, simplicity, and cost-efficiency required to operate applications in private or multiple public clouds.
Overview
The Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Fundamentals course is for those who are new to Nutanix and want a feature-focused introduction to AOS Storage, Nutanix’s scale-out storage technology, and Prism, Nutanix’s multicloud management interface.
This course is designed for those who are new to Nutanix and want a feature-focused introduction to AOS Storage, our scale-out storage technology, and Prism, our multicloud management interface.
In Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Fundamentals (NHCF), you’ll dive into Nutanix centralized management capabilities, with an emphasis on quickly getting hands-on with the Nutanix platform. This introductory course starts by discussing key Nutanix products and cluster-related concepts.
Using the Prism Central and Prism Element unified control plane, you will learn how to monitor cluster health and performance, manage software versions, create and manage VMs, and perform basic management tasks on hardware, storage, and networks.
Skills Covered
- History of clouds
- Nutanix essential products
- Nutanix solutions for business challenges
- Fundamental operations of Nutanix Hybrid Cloud
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites required to attend this course.
Target Audience
- Â 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:
o Network Operations Center (NOC) operators
o Security Operations Center (SOC) operators
o Data Center Operations (DCO) Technician
o IT project managers
o IT staff new to Nutanix - Anyone seeking the Nutanix Certified Associated (NCA) certification.
Module 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
- Accessing and Exploring Prism Element and Prism Central
- Deciding when to use Prism Central versus Prism Element
Module 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
- Exploring the hardware and storage containers dashboards
- Creating a storage container
Module 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
- Viewing network configuration in Prism Central
- Using the Network Visualizer
Module 4: Image management
- Understand the image service
- Use Prism Central to monitor, upload, import, and manage images
Hands-On Labs
- Exploring the images dashboard
- Uploading and importing an image to Prism Central
- Uploading an image using Prism Element
Module 5: VM Management
- 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
- Exploring the VMs dashboard
- Creating VMs
- Creating a VM recovery point
- Cloning a VM
- Exporting a VM as an OVA file
Module 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
- Creating protection domains and local VM restore
- Configuring remote sites
- Creating protection domains using remote sites
- Performing VM migration
Module 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
- 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
Module 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
- Exploring the LCM dashboard
- Performing inventory at a Connected Site and at a Dark Site
Dates & Locations
July 13, 2026 - July 14, 2026
July 13, 2026 - July 14, 2026
August 26, 2026 - August 27, 2026
August 26, 2026 - August 27, 2026
September 14, 2026 - September 15, 2026
September 14, 2026 - September 15, 2026
October 1, 2026 - October 2, 2026
October 1, 2026 - October 2, 2026
November 16, 2026 - November 17, 2026
November 16, 2026 - November 17, 2026
December 7, 2026 - December 8, 2026
December 7, 2026 - December 8, 2026
Exam & Certification
Nutanix Certified Associate (NCA).
The Nutanix Certified Associate (NCA) certification validates your skills and abilities to navigate the Prism UI, extrapolate information from the UI, and know how to use the UI for basic operational tasks.
Successful candidates have approximately 6-12 months of holistic IT infrastructure experience as well as 3-6 months of Nutanix virtualization experience. They are typically a systems administrator, junior engineer or IT operator and should be able to navigate and identify components within the Prism UI; perform life cycle management tasks of VMs and clusters; and monitor and report on performance, events, and alerts.
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