Nutanix Certified Professional - Unified Storage (NCP-US) v6.5

Explanation: Nutanix Volumes allows physical servers to boot from a volume group that is exposed as an iSCSI target from the data services IP. To ensure high availability and load balancing, multipath I/O (MPIO) is required on the physical server. Object buckets cannot be used for booting physical servers 1.
References:
Nutanix Volumes Administration Guide1

Explanation: The Files feature that the administrator should enable to ensure the sessions will auto- reconnect in such events is Durable File Handles. Durable File Handles is a feature that allows SMB clients to reconnect to a file server after a temporary network disruption or a client sleep state without losing the handle to the open file. Durable File Handles can improve the user experience and reduce the risk of data loss or corruption. Durable File Handles can be enabled for each share in the Files Console.
References:
Nutanix Files Administration Guide, page 76
Nutanix Files Solution Guide, page 10

Explanation: Smart Tiering is a feature that allows Files to tier data across different storage tiers based on the file size and access frequency. Smart Tiering supports files with a minimum size of 64 KiB and a maximum size of 5 TiB2.
References:
Nutanix Files Administration Guide2

Explanation: The Files Console view in Prism Central is the primary interface for deploying and managing
Files clusters. Administrators can use the Files Console to create a new instance of Files by providing the required information, such as cluster name, network configuration, storage capacity, and license key.
References:
Nutanix Files Administration Guide

Explanation: Smart DR is a feature that allows share-level replication between active file server instances for disaster recovery. To configure Smart DR, one of the prerequisites is to open TCP port 7515 on all client network IPs (uni-directionally on the source and recovery file servers). This port is used for communication between the FSVMs and the replication engine.
References:
Nutanix Files Administration Guide, page 79
Nutanix Files Solution Guide, page 9

Explanation: A distributed share is a type of SMB share or NFS export that distributes the hosting of top- level directories across multiple FSVMs, which improves load balancing and performance. A distributed share cannot be created on a single-node cluster, because there is only one FSVM available. A distributed share requires at least two nodes in the cluster to distribute the directories. Therefore, the task of creating a distributed share on a single-node cluster will fail.
References:
Nutanix Files Administration Guide, page
33
Nutanix Files Solution Guide, page 8

Explanation: The service that the administrator should investigate for this issue is Minerva-nvm. Minerva- nvm is a service that runs on each CVM and provides communication between Prism Central and Files services. Minerva-nvm also monitors the health of Files services and reports any failures or alerts to Prism Central. If Minerva-nvm is down on any CVM, it can affect the availability and functionality of Files services
on that cluster.
References:
Nutanix Files Administration Guide, page 23
Nutanix Files Troubleshooting
Guide

Explanation: The Files Console Dashboard View provides an overview of the Files cluster performance and usage, including the following graphs: Storage Used: Shows the total storage used by the Files cluster, including data, metadata, and snapshots.
Open Connections: Shows the number of active SMB and NFS connections to the Files cluster.
Number of Files: Shows the number of files stored in the Files cluster, excluding snapshots.
Top Shares by Current Capacity: Shows the top five shares by current capacity usage in the Files cluster.
Top Shares by Current Connections: Shows the top five shares by current connection count in the Files cluster 2.
References:
Nutanix Files Administration Guide2

Explanation: Nutanix File Analytics is a feature that provides insights into the usage and activity of file data stored on Nutanix Files. File Analytics consists of a File Analytics VM (FAVM) that runs on a Nutanix cluster and communicates with the File Server VMs (FSVMs) that host the file shares. The FAVM collects metadata and statistics from the FSVMs and displays them in a graphical user interface (GUI). The FAVM must be deployed on the same network as the FSVMs, which is the Client-side network. This network is used for communication between File Analytics and FSVMs, as well as for accessing the File Analytics UI from a web browser. The Client-side network must have DHCP enabled and must be routable from the external hosts that access the file shares and File Analytics UI.
References:
Nutanix Files Administration Guide, page 93
Nutanix File Analytics Deployment Guide

Explanation: The solution that meets the company's requirements for their file storage needs is Files. Files is a feature that allows users to create and manage file server instances (FSIs) on a Nutanix cluster. FSIs can provide SMB and NFS access to file shares and exports for different types of clients. Files supports these requirements: Distributed File System: Files uses a distributed file system that spans across multiple FSVMs (File Server VMs), which improves scalability, performance, and availability.
Active Directory integrated: Files can integrate with Active Directory for authentication and authorization of SMB clients and multiprotocol NFS clients. Scale out architecture: Files can scale out by adding more FSVMs to an existing FSI or creating new FSIs on the same or different clusters.
References:
Nutanix Files Administration Guide, page 27
Nutanix Files Solution Guide, page 6