Nutanix - Enterprise Cloud Platform Administration (ECA) - Lab Topology

1: Getting Started with a Nutanix cluster

Hands-on-Labs

• Connecting to and exploring Prism Element
• Adding data services IP, an NTP server, and a name server in Prism Element
• Connecting to, exploring and configuring Prism Central

2: Configuring Cluster Networking

Hands-on Labs

• Creating unmanaged and managed networks
• Exploring the AHV network configuration
• Viewing virtual switches from Prism Element

3: Managing Images

Hands-on Labs

• Uploading and importing images to Prism Central
• Configuring an image placement policy

4: Creating VMs

Hands-on Labs

• Creating Windows and Linux VMs
• Installing Windows and Linux operating systems
• Installing Nutanix Guest Tools on Windows and Linux
• Creating a project
• Exploring the Self-Service dashboard in Prism Central

5: Managing VMs

Hands-on Labs

• Updating a VM
• Assigning categories to a VM
• Creating a snapshot and restoring a VM
• Creating a template and a clone
• Exporting a VM as an Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) file
• Creating and running a playbook

6: Configuring and Managing Cluster Storage

Hands-on Labs

• Exploring the Storage dashboard
• Creating containers with and without compression
• Comparing data in a compressed vs uncompressed container
• Configuring volume groups
• Migrating vdisks between storage containers

7: Data Protection and Disaster Recovery

Hands-on Labs

• Backing up and restoring Prism Central
• Configuring Self-Service Restore
• Creating protection domains and local VM restore
• Creating containers for replication
• Configuring remote sites and creating protection domains
• Performing VM migration and migrating back to primary

8: Securing a Nutanix Cluster

Hands-on-Labs

• Exploring the Security dashboard
• Adding a local user
• Adding Active Directory authentication
• Configuring Role Mapping
• Verifying a new user account
• Cluster lockdown

9: Migrating Workloads with Nutanix Move

Hands-on Labs

• Preparing a VM for migration
• Deploying a Move VM
• Configuring Move and a migration plan

10: Monitoring Cluster Performance

Hands-on Labs

• Creating a Prism Central performance monitoring dashboard
• Creating charts to analyze metrics using Prism Central
• Creating and managing reports

11: Monitoring Cluster Health

Hands-on Labs

• Using Nutanix Cluster Check health checks
• Collecting logs for Support
• Verifying cluster health

12: Maintaining and Upgrading a Cluster

Hands-on Labs

• Using node maintenance mode
• Performing upgrades with LCM (with and without internet access)

13: Investigating and Remediating Performance Issues

Hands-on Labs

• Working with Alerts
• Exploring Events