Nutanix Advanced Administration and Performance Management

This Course is designed for experienced Senior Systems Administrators, Cloud Infrastructure Leads, and HCI Architects, it provides deep mastery of the Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP).

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Manage cluster security hardening, describe LCM DUO, and SIEM log forwarding.
• Configure and optimize AOS storage features for workload performance and resiliency.
• Tune VM compute resources using vNUMA, GPU acceleration, and Volume Group load balancing.
• Set up multi-tenant self-service projects with resource quotas and automated blueprints.
• Configure software-defined overlay networks, VPCs, and external gateways.
• Implement network security policies.
• Monitor cluster health, analyze metrics, collect log bundles, and troubleshoot issues.
• Configure synchronous disaster recovery.
• Live migrate running virtual machines across clusters and availability zones.

Module 1: Advanced Cluster Security

• Security Development Life Cycle (SecDL), STIGs, SCMA, and AIDE.
• Hardening procedures for AHV hosts, Controller VMs, and Prism Central.
• Centralized security governance with Nutanix Central and Security Central.
• LCM DUO dark site updates and RELP/SIEM syslog integration.

Module 2: Exploring Nutanix Storage Features

• AOS storage constructs, I/O data pathing, and AHV Turbo.
• Storage resiliency, Smart Rebuild, and Rebuild Capacity Reservation.
• Elastic storage and shared storage container configurations.
• External storage array integrations and snapshot workflows.
• Performance acceleration with SPDK Blockstore, RDMA, Flash Mode, and vDisk sharding.

Module 3: Optimizing VM Performance

• Sizing and scale-up/scale-out decisions for CVMs and Prism Central.
• vNUMA topology alignment and NVIDIA GPU/vGPU acceleration in AHV.
• Volume Group load balancing and vNIC multi-queue/RSS tuning.
• Prism Central capacity runway planning, inefficiency analysis, and rightsizing.
• Programmatic VM management via REST APIs, CLI tools, and PowerShell.

Module 4: Prism Self Service

• Self-service architecture, governance, and common use cases.
• Project creation, Active Directory/IDP user mapping, and custom RBAC roles.
• Infrastructure binding, Policy Engine setup, and resource quota enforcement.
• Blueprint creation, approval policies, and self-service catalog management.

Module 5: Optimizing Overlay Networks Using Flow Virtual Networking

• Flow Virtual Networking architecture and GENEVE overlay encapsulation.
• Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs), overlay subnets, and Transit VPCs.
• NAT and No-NAT external gateways with Layer 4 Virtual IP load balancing.
• IPsec VPN gateways, VTEP connections, and IP address management.

Module 6: Microsegmentation with Flow Network Security

• Flow Network Security Next-Gen architecture and category tagging.
• Application, Isolation, VDI, Quarantine and Shared Services security policies.
• Microsegmentation enablement and policy enforcement workflows.

Module 7: Advanced Cluster Diagnostics

• Analysis Dashboard metrics, custom charts, and anomaly detection.
• Alert policies, behavioral thresholds, and notification rules.
• Nutanix Cluster Check (NCC) execution and operational best practices.
• Log collection using logbay, v4 APIs, SDKs, and SIEM forwarding.
• Failure recovery workflows and Knowledge Base root-cause analysis.

Module 8: Advanced DR and Multicloud Resiliency

• Synchronous replication write paths and Witness arbitration.
• Protection Policies, Recovery Plans, and Volume Group sync.
• Flow overlay vs. physical underlay DR designs and network segmentation.
• Failure handling.
• Multicloud Snapshot Technology (MST).

Module 9: On-Demand Cross Cluster Live Migration

• OD-CCLM prerequisites, latency limits, and VM permission rules.
• Live migration workflows across VLAN subnets and VPC overlay subnets.
• Troubleshooting failures.

Participants should have experience administering Nutanix environments and a solid understanding of virtualization, networking, storage, and infrastructure management. Familiarity with Nutanix Prism, cluster administration, and day-to-day operational tasks is recommended.

Nutanix Certified Master - Multicloud Infrastructure (NCM-MCI)

- Official course book provided to participants

- Includes hands-on labs

- Comes with a free NCP-MCI exam voucher

Software

- AOS

- Prism Central