Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Fundamentals (NHCF)

Module 1: Introduction

• Understand three-tier and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI)
• Understand Nutanix Cloud Solution Packages
• Get started with Prism Central and Prism Element
• Understand Nutanix Pulse
• Understand when to use Prism Central and when to use Prism Element
• Cluster setup fundamentals
• Understand cluster-level security settings
  Hands-on Labs
• Accessing and exploring Prism Element and Prism Central
• Deciding when to use Prism Central versus Prism Element

Module 2: Hardware and Storage Concepts

• Understand nodes, blocks, and clusters
• Understand types of physical storage
• Understand AOS Distributed Storage
• Understand key storage concepts such as storage pools, storage containers, redundancy factor, replication factor, capacity reservation, cluster resiliency, and snapshots
• Use different Prism Central dashboards to monitor cluster hardware and storage
  Hands-On Labs
• Exploring the hardware and storage containers dashboards
• Creating a storage container

Module 3: Networking

• Understand AHV networking terminology and key concepts such as managed and unmanaged networks
• Use Prism Central to monitor cluster networks
• Use Prism Element to explore the Network Visualizer
  Hands-On Labs
• Viewing network configuration in Prism Central
• Using the Network Visualizer

Module 4: Image Management

• Understand the image service
• Use Prism Central to monitor, upload, import, and manage images
  Hands-On Labs
• Exploring the images dashboard
• Uploading and importing an image to Prism Central
• Uploading an image using Prism Element

Module 5: VM Management

• Use Prism Central to create and monitor VMs
• Perform basic VM management tasks such as updating, deleting, exporting, and cloning VMs; taking snapshots; and creating VM recovery points
• Understand categories and affinity policies
  Hands-On Labs
• Exploring the VMs dashboard
• Creating VMs
• Creating a VM recovery point
• Cloning a VM
• Exporting a VM as an OVA file

Module 6: Backup and Disaster Recovery Fundamentals

• Understand data protection and data protection strategies
• Create snapshots and recovery points
• Use the Data Protection dashboard
• Create protection domains and remote sites
• Understand Nutanix Disaster Recovery terms and concepts
  Hands-on Labs
• Creating protection domains and local VM restore
• Configuring remote sites
• Creating protection domains using remote sites
• Performing VM migration

Module 7: Monitoring Cluster Performance and Health

• Use Prism Central to create sessions, charts, and reports
• Understand and explore alerts and events
• Configure alert emails
• Collect logs
• Use the Nutanix Support Portal to create a support case
  Hands-On Labs
• Adding built-in charts to the Analysis Dashboard
• Creating a custom chart
• Creating a new report
• Viewing, downloading, and scheduling reports
• Monitoring cluster health
• Collecting logs

Module 8: Understanding Licensing and Performing Upgrades

• Understand License Manager
• View license details in Prism and on the Nutanix Support & Insights Portal
• License a cluster
• Understand Life Cycle Manager (LCM) and the LCM workflow
• Use the LCM dashboard in Prism Central and Prism Element
• Use LCM to perform an inventory
  Hands-On Labs
• Exploring the LCM dashboard
• Performing inventory at a Connected Site and at a Dark Site