Q16. TASK 1
A newly created Windows VM “SQL02” is experiencing poor storage performance when compared to
“SQL01” running within the same cluster, on the same storage container.
The cluster is in a healthy state.
Create a new session named Monitor SQL02 with meaningful metrics. Right click on the session page and click Select All then paste this into Notepad and save it as Task 1.txt on the desktop.
Also, save the analysis as a report named MonitorSQL02 and send the report as a PDF on a daily basis to [email protected]. Reports should not be retained. If any new objects need to be created, use monitovm2 in the name.
Finally, correct the issue within “SQL02”.
Notes:
* Do not power on the VMs.
* While you will be creating a session, you will need to examine the VM configurations to determine the issue.
* Do not delete the VM to resolve the issue, any other destructive change is acceptable.

Q17. The Database team is reporting performance degradation for a business-critical application on Saturdays.
The team is requesting monitoring of processor, memory and storage utilization for the cluster for the application: SQL01, SQL02.
The report should contain views for the following:
* At the cluster level, only for the Cluster 1: The maximum percentage of CPU used
* At the VM level, including any future VM with the prefix SQL: The maximum time taken, maximum percentage of time a VM waits to use the physical CPU, out of the total CPU The report should run on Sundays at 12:00 AM for the previous 7 days. The report should show when completed.
Create a report named SQL_Batch_Saturday that meets these requirements.
Generate an instance of the report named SQL_Batch_Saturday as a CSV and save the file.
Note: You must name the report SQL_Batch_Saturday to receive any credit. Any other name will not be accepted. SMTP is not configured.

Q18. The DB team is requesting an SQL database instance and has requested it be configured for best performance.
This VM has been migrated from a 3 tier solution into Nutanix.
The database VM hosts 4 databases, each set to a 20 GB limit. Logs are expected to not grow beyond 20 GB and should be limited to within 25% to avoid runaway processes. Do not configure more storage than is needed.
The VM that has been migrated is identified as sql3532. Once the VM has been properly reconfigured, the DBA team will reconfigure the OS and database.
The VM should be configured as per KB-3532.
While this VM is being tested, make sure it is the first VM to power up in the event the node it is on goes down.
To maximize performance, ensure as much of the VM as possible will be kept on SSD drives.
Note: The VM does not need to be powered on. The VM should remain on the default container and should not be configured with a volume group. No network is required at this time.

Q19. Task 8
An administrator has environment that will soon be upgraded to 6.5. In the meantime, they need to implement log and apply a security policy named Staging_Production, such that not VM in the Staging Environment can communicate with any VM in the production Environment, Configure the environment to satisfy this requirement.
Note: All other configurations not indicated must be left at their default values.

Q20. Use Prism Element for this question.
The Application team has a 3 tier application (App Server, Web Server, and Database Server) that is mission critical and requires as close to 0 RPO and RTO as possible with their current license level.
The organization has 2 clusters, with one cluster (Cluster 1) being production and the other cluster (Cluster 2) being remote/DR. Cluster 2 should be able to fail back to Cluster 1.
The connectivity between the two sites is >5ms and replication traffic should not use more than 10Mbps of bandwidth. The Application team requests a plan that includes the ability to go back 2 days locally, and 2 days remotely.
The team also requests that all 3 VMs be treated as a single group and backed up collectively in a snapshot.
The three VMs are:
* Web-Prod
* App-Prod
* DB-Prod
Use Task3 as part of the name for any objects created for this task.
Note: VMs do NOT need to be powered on. You will need to use the 172.30.0.x IP addresses when configuring DR.

Q21. Task 3
An administrator needs to create a report named VMs_Power_State that lists the VMs in the cluster and their basic details including the power state for the last month.
No other entities should be included in the report.
The report should run monthly and should send an email to [email protected] when it runs.
Generate an instance of the report named VMs_Power_State as a CSV and save the zip file as DesktopFilesVMs_Power_state.zip Note: Make sure the report and zip file are named correctly. The SMTP server will not be configured.

Q22. Task 9
The application team has requested several mission-critical VMs to be configured for disaster recovery. The remote site (when added) will not be managed by Prism Central. As such, this solution should be built using the Web Console.
Disaster Recovery requirements per VM:
Mkt01
RPO: 2 hours
Retention: 5 snapshots
Fin01
RPO: 15 minutes
Retention: 7 days
Dev01
RPO: 1 day
Retention: 2 snapshots
Configure a DR solution that meets the stated requirements.
Any objects created in this item must start with the name of the VM being protected.
Note: the remote site will be added later

Q23. Task 7
An administrator has been informed that a new workload requires a logically segmented network to meet security requirements.
Network configuration:
VLAN: 667
Network: 192.168.0.0
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
DNS server: 34.82.231.220
Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1
Domain: cyberdyne.net
IP Pool: 192.168.9.100-200
DHCP Server IP: 192.168.0.2
Configure the cluster to meet the requirements for the new workload if new objects are required, start the name with 667.

Q24. Due to new security requirements, an administrator has been tasked with updating the security settings for user accounts within Prism Element on Cluster 1.
An SSL Certificate Signing Request with Subject Alternative Name should be generated for submission to the security team’s Certificate Authority with the following details:
countryName = US
stateOrProvinceName = North Carolina
localityName = Durham
organizationName = ACME
organizationalUnitName = Infrastructure
commonName = prism_element.ACME.org
emailAddress = [email protected]
Alternate names = cvm1.ACME.org, cvm2.ACME.org, cvm3.ACME.org
Encryption: RSA 2048, sha256
When the Certificate Signing Request is generated, place a copy of both the .cnf file and the .csr file on the desktop named ‘prism_element_acme.cnf’ and ‘prism_element_acme.csr’ Save a copy of the command(s) used for this scenario to a new file on the desktop named “Task 5.txt”.
Note: You must copy and paste the command(s) and output from SSH to the “Task 5.txt” file to achieve all points available.

Q25. The security team has provided some new security requirements for cluster level security on Cluster 2.
Security requirements:
* Update the password for the root user on the Cluster 2 node to match the admin user password.
Note: The 192.168.x.x network is not available. To access a node use the host IP (172.30.0.x) from the CVM.
* Output the cluster-wide configuration of the SCMA policy to desktopoutput.txt before changes are made.
* Enable the Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment (AIDE) to run on a weekly basis for the hypervisor and cvms for Cluster 2.
* Enable high-strength password policies for the hypervisor and cluster.
* Ensure CVMs require SSH keys for login instead of passwords. (SSH keys are located in the desktopFilesSSH folder.) Ensure the cluster meets these requirements. Do not reboot any cluster components.
Note: Please ensure you are modifying the correct components.

Q26. Task 1
An administrator needs to configure storage for a Citrix-based Virtual Desktop infrastructure.
Two VDI pools will be created
Non-persistent pool names MCS_Pool for tasks users using MCS Microsoft Windows 10 virtual Delivery Agents (VDAs) Persistent pool named Persist_Pool with full-clone Microsoft Windows 10 VDAs for power users
20 GiB capacity must be guaranteed at the storage container level for all power user VDAs The power user container should not be able to use more than 100 GiB Storage capacity should be optimized for each desktop pool.
Configure the storage to meet these requirements. Any new object created should include the name of the pool (s) (MCS and/or Persist) that will use the object.
Do not include the pool name if the object will not be used by that pool.
Any additional licenses required by the solution will be added later.

Q27. Task 10
An administrator will be deploying Flow Networking and needs to validate that the environment, specifically switch vs1, is appropriately configured. Only VPC traffic should be carried by the switch.
Four versions each of two possible commands have been placed in DesktopFilesNetworkflow.txt. Remove the hash mark (#) from the front of correct First command and correct Second command and save the file.
Only one hash mark should be removed from each section. Do not delete or copy lines, do not add additional lines. Any changes other than removing two hash marks (#) will result in no credit.
Also, SSH directly to any AHV node (not a CVM) in the cluster and from the command line display an overview of the Open vSwitch configuration. Copy and paste this to a new text file named DesktopFilesNetworkAHVswitch.txt.
Note: You will not be able to use the 192.168.5.0 network in this environment.
First command
#net.update_vpc_traffic_config virtual_switch=vs0
net.update_vpc_traffic_config virtual_switch=vs1
#net.update_vpc_east_west_traffic_config virtual_switch=vs0
#net.update_vpc_east_west_traffic_config virtual_switch=vs1
Second command
#net.update_vpc_east_west_traffic_config permit_all_traffic=true
net.update_vpc_east_west_traffic_config permit_vpc_traffic=true
#net.update_vpc_east_west_traffic_config permit_all_traffic=false
#net.update_vpc_east_west_traffic_config permit_vpc_traffic=false

Q28. Task 12
The application team is reporting performance degradation for a business-critical application that runs processes all day on Saturdays.
The team is requesting monitoring or processor, memory and storage utilization for the three VMs that make up the database cluster for the application: ORA01, ORA02 and ORA03.
The report should contain tables for the following:
At the cluster level, only for the current cluster:
The maximum percentage of CPU used
At the VM level, including any future VM with the prefix ORA:
The maximum time taken to process I/O Read requests
The Maximum percentage of time a VM waits to use physical CPU, out of the local CPU time allotted to the VM.
The report should run on Sundays at 12:00 AM for the previous 24 hours. The report should be emailed to [email protected] when competed.
Create a report named Weekends that meets these requirements
Note: You must name the report Weekends to receive any credit. Any other objects needed can be named as you see fit. SMTP is not configured.