NHCF: Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Fundamentals

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.
• Learn 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, including storage pools, storage containers, redundancy factor, replication factor, capacity reservation, cluster resiliency, and snapshots.
• Use 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.
• Understand 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

• Use Prism Central to create and monitor virtual machines.
• Perform VM management tasks such as updating, deleting, exporting, and cloning VMs.
• Take snapshots and create VM recovery points.
• Understand categories and affinity policies.

Hands-On Labs

• Exploring the VMs dashboard.
• Creating virtual machines.
• 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 concepts and terminology.

Hands-On Labs

• Creating protection domains and performing local VM restores.
• 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 email notifications.
• Collect logs.
• Use the Nutanix Support Portal to create support cases.

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 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 inventory tasks.

Hands-On Labs

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