Nutanix Exam NCP-MCI-6.10 Topic 2 Question 2 Discussion

Protection Domains (PDs) in Nutanix ensure that entire applications and their associated data are protected during failover. However, Volume Groups (VGs) are not automatically included unless explicitly configured.

Option A (Select 'Auto protect related entities') is correct:

This setting ensures that associated Volume Groups, networks, and other dependencies are included in the Protection Domain automatically.

Without enabling this, only the VM itself would be protected, leading to missing application data upon failover.

Option B (Manually add Volume Groups to Protected Entities) is correct:

If 'Auto protect related entities' is not enabled, the administrator must manually add Volume Groups to the Protection Domain.

This ensures that both VMs and their attached Volume Groups are replicated and recovered together.

Option C (Place Volume Groups in a separate Protection Domain) is incorrect:

Separating Volume Groups into a different PD does not guarantee they failover together with VMs.

It is best practice to keep related VMs and Volume Groups in the same PD.

Option D (Use application-consistent snapshots) is incorrect:

While application-consistent snapshots improve data integrity, they do not fix missing Volume Groups in failover scenarios.

Nutanix Disaster Recovery Guide Protection Domain Configuration and Volume Groups

Nutanix KB Ensuring Volume Groups Are Included in Disaster Recovery Failovers