Nutanix Exam NCP-MCI-6.10 Topic 4 Question 5 Discussion

Actual exam question for Nutanix's NCP-MCI-6.10 exam

Question #: 5
Topic #: 4

An administrator has configured AHV Metro Availability with Witness and is testing failover scenarios.

During testing, the administrator disconnects the primary and recovery clusters but Prism Central remains connected to the recovery site.

What are two expected system behaviors? (Choose two.)

AGuest VM I/O operations pause (freeze) until connectivity is restored.

BGuest VM I/O operations pause (freeze) until connectivity between Prism Central and the primary site is restored.

CGuest VMs failover automatically to the recovery cluster.

DGuest VMs continue to run on the primary cluster.

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Suggested Answer: A, C

When connectivity between Metro clusters is lost, Nutanix Metro Availability ensures data integrity using Witness for automatic failover.

Option A (Guest VM I/O operations pause until connectivity is restored) is correct:

Metro Availability enforces data consistency, so I/O operations pause until failover is confirmed.

Option C (Guest VMs failover automatically to the recovery cluster) is correct:

The Witness VM detects the failure and initiates an automatic failover to the secondary cluster.

Option B is incorrect:

Prism Central does not control VM failover in Metro Availability.

Option D is incorrect:

The primary cluster is unreachable, so VMs cannot continue running there.

Nutanix Metro Availability Guide How Witness Handles Failover Scenarios

Nutanix KB I/O Freezing and Failover Behavior in Metro Clusters

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Lou

2 months ago

I'm with Melda on this one. B and C make the most sense to me. Unless the admin has a teleportation device, I don't see how the VMs can keep running on the primary cluster.

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Rima

1 days ago

Yeah, it makes sense for the VMs to failover to the recovery cluster in this scenario.

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Kristeen

2 days ago

I agree, it seems like the most logical outcome.

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Artie

3 days ago

C) Guest VMs failover automatically to the recovery cluster.

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Hortencia

4 days ago

B) Guest VM I/O operations pause (freeze) until connectivity between Prism Central and the primary site is restored.

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Gearldine

5 days ago

So, it's safe to say that guest VM I/O operations would pause until connectivity is restored and the VMs would automatically failover to the recovery cluster.

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Nina

7 days ago

Exactly, it wouldn't make sense for the VMs to keep running on the primary cluster if there is no connectivity.

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Craig

8 days ago

Yeah, if the primary and recovery clusters are disconnected, it makes sense for the VMs to failover to the recovery cluster.

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Chantell

28 days ago

User B

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Rosann

1 months ago

User A

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Sheldon

1 months ago

I agree with you, B and C seem like the most logical options.

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Elfrieda

2 months ago

I believe option D is incorrect. VMs should not continue to run on the primary cluster if connectivity is lost.

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Jonell

2 months ago

I'm not sure about option C. I think VMs might not failover automatically unless configured to do so.

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Melda

2 months ago

Ha! Guess the admin forgot to bring their magic wand to restore connectivity. Jokes aside, I'd go with B and C.

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Truman

2 months ago

I agree with Alesia. Option B also makes sense because Prism Central needs to communicate with the primary site for VM operations.

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Edna

2 months ago

I'm not sure about D, since the question says the primary and recovery clusters are disconnected. I think A and C are the right answers.

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Vivienne

29 days ago

That makes sense. So D is not correct in this scenario.

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Sena

1 months ago

Yes, I agree. Guest VM I/O operations will pause and VMs will failover to the recovery cluster.

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Glory

2 months ago

I think A and C are the right answers.

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Alesia

3 months ago

I think option A is correct because VM I/O operations should pause when connectivity is lost.

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Fidelia

3 months ago

C and D seem like the correct answers. The VMs should fail over automatically to the recovery cluster, but they should also continue running on the primary cluster until connectivity is restored.

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Kristel

2 months ago

That makes sense. The VMs should switch over to the recovery cluster, but it's good that they keep running on the primary cluster too.

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Merlyn

2 months ago

D) Guest VMs continue to run on the primary cluster.

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Paris

2 months ago

C) Guest VMs failover automatically to the recovery cluster.

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