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Nutanix NCP-MCA Exam Questions
- Topic 1: Demonstrate an understanding of how to correctly arrange Playbook steps using X-Plan/ Determine and apply the steps required to automate a given manual process
- Topic 2: Given a Category and a blueprint, infer is a policy will be applied to a VM/ Describe and Differentiate Automation Concepts and Principles
- Topic 3: Demonstrate an understanding of how to create a Playbook by setting a trigger and defining actions/ Demonstrate an understanding of how to create Categories
- Topic 4: Demonstrate an understanding of how to utilize Calm built-in macros within blueprints/ Determine how to use Calm to complete pre-provisioning step
- Topic 5: Create a blueprint to deploy infrastructure and applications using Calm/ Demonstrate an understanding of how to retire a managed application
- Topic 6: Demonstrate an understanding of prerequisites for Calm deployment/ Identify blueprint features to include authentication credentials in a cloudinit and sysprep
- Topic 7: Given a scenario, explain how to triage and narrow down the possible root causes of an issue/ Demonstrate an understanding of how to configure install/uninstall packages
- Topic 8: Recall the requirements for setting up environments within Calm to deploy to various supported Clouds/ Demonstrate an understanding of event-driven Playbooks
- Topic 9: Understand the typical causes of issues associated with automation/ Given an issue with Playbooks, locate troubleshooting data and collect the logs
- Topic 10: Demonstrate an understanding of Calm managed infrastructure and applications/ Demonstrate an understanding of how to create a Calm blueprint
- Topic 11: Explain how to optimize a workflow to align with best practices/ Apply typical configuration settings to a Calm deployment
- Topic 12: Understand the typical causes of a blueprint deployment failure/ Validate Blueprints, Playbooks, and Automation Settings
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An application deployment failed, and a correction was implemented.
What is the most optimal way to correct the failed deployment?
The most optimal way to correct the failed deployment is to retry the failed deployment. This option allows the administrator to resume the deployment from the point of failure, without having to redeploy the entire application or create a new runbook. Retrying the failed deployment also preserves the application state and configuration, and avoids creating duplicate resources or conflicts.
Redeploying the application is not the best option, because it requires the administrator to delete the existing application and launch a new one from scratch. This option wastes time and resources, and may result in data loss or inconsistency.
Creating a runbook to retry is also not the best option, because it requires the administrator to write a custom script or workflow to handle the retry logic. This option adds complexity and overhead to the automation process, and may not be compatible with the original blueprint or application.
Rewriting the blueprint to have error handling is a valid option, but it is not the most optimal one. This option requires the administrator to modify the blueprint code and add logic to handle different types of errors and exceptions. This option improves the robustness and reliability of the blueprint, but it does not correct the failed deployment itself. The administrator still has to redeploy the application or retry the failed deployment after rewriting the blueprint.
Nutanix Calm User Guide: Chapter 6: Managing Applications
An administrator needs to reduce the number of vCPUs in a VM on the following Sunday at1:00AM.
How can the administrator automate this task?
To automate the reduction of vCPUs in a VM on a specific schedule, the administrator should create a playbook triggered at a specified time. This playbook can be scheduled to run at 1:00 AM on the following Sunday and perform the task of reducing the number of vCPUs in the VM.
Nutanix documentation on Playbook Scheduling.
Nutanix Best Practices for Automating VM Tasks.
A developer is building a Blueprint that deploys a Redhat Enterprint Linux VM on vSphere. During the testing of the Blueprint to prepare it for users, it is discovered that the App deployment fails with the error.
What is the cause of this errors?
The error message indicates that customization of the guest operating system is not supported. This issue often arises because open-vm-tools is not installed or not running on the Redhat Enterprise Linux VM. open-vm-tools is necessary for vSphere to perform guest customization tasks, such as setting the hostname, IP configuration, and other initialization tasks.
Nutanix documentation on Guest Customization Requirements.
VMware documentation on Installing Open VM Tools.
A developer has created a variable type that should be used for all deployments. However, when an administrator is creating a blueprint, the variable is not available.
How can the developer resolve this issue?
To make a custom variable type available for all deployments, the developer should publish the variable type to the Marketplace. By publishing it to the Marketplace, the variable type becomes accessible to all administrators and users across different projects, ensuring consistency and reusability.
Nutanix Calm documentation on Publishing to Marketplace.
Nutanix Best Practices for Variable Management.
An administrator wants to create two database VMS using replicas and needs to access the same mount_path for hosting the backup files during the deployment on both VMs,
What should the administrator do on the Blueprint to achieve this requirement?
Runtime variables are used to pass information between different components of a Blueprint, such as VMs, services, tasks, and replicas. They can be defined in the Blueprint YAML file or in the UI. By setting the mount_path as a runtime variable, the administrator can ensure that both database VMs use the same value for the mount_path during the deployment. This way, the backup files can be hosted on the same location for both VMs.Reference:
[Nutanix University: NCP-MCA 6.5 Exam Prep - Runtime Variables], video 2: ''Runtime Variables''
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