NCP-EUC Exam Dumps - Nutanix Certified Professional - End User Computing (NCP-EUC) 6.10 Exam

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According to the Prism Central User Guide (Analysis and Planning):

Analysis Sessions: Prism Central includes a feature called "Analysis" (or Performance Analysis). It allows administrators to create "Sessions" which are essentially saved workspaces.

Workflow: An administrator can select a specific metric (like Storage Controller IOPS), click "Add to Analysis," and save it to a new or existing session. This allows them to "quickly review... at a later date" by simply opening the saved Analysis Session, which retrieves the data dynamically, rather than relying on static exports or reports.

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According to the Prism Central Admin Guide regarding Security and User Management:

RBAC Definition: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) is the specific feature designed to map users and groups (such as an Active Directory "Department" group) to specific sets of permissions (Roles).

Application: An administrator can define a role (e.g., "HR Admin") with specific privileges and assign it to the "HR Department" AD group. This ensures that permissions are granted granularly based on the department, fulfilling the security requirement efficiently.

Why not others:

Network Segmentation controls traffic flow (who can talk to whom), not administrative permissions.

Cluster Lockdown disables password authentication for SSH, which is a hardening step, not a permission management strategy.

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According to Citrix Cloud and Nutanix DR best practices:

High Availability Requirement: Citrix strongly recommends and practically enforces a requirement of at least two (2) Cloud Connectors per Resource Location (RL).

Reasoning: Cloud Connectors are "evergreen" components that update automatically from the cloud. During an update, a connector may reboot. If only one connector exists (Option A), the Resource Location would go offline, severing connectivity for the DR site.

Production vs. DR: A Disaster Recovery (DR) site is treated as a production Resource Location because it must be ready to accept user connections instantly during a failover. Therefore, the minimum N+1 redundancy rule applies, requiring 2 connectors.

 Nutanix recommends using separate containers for persistent and non-persistent VMS. For persistent VMS, enable compression and deduplication. For non-persistent VMS, enable compression only1

According to Nutanix documentation, it is recommended to use multiple containers, with each container representing an individual performance workload. This allows for better performance isolation and easier management. For example, one container could be used for VDI workloads, while another container could be used for general-purpose workloads.

As for compression and deduplication, it is recommended to enable them for all VMs. Compression reduces the amount of storage space required and increases the performance of the system, while deduplication reduces the amount of duplicate data stored on the system. Erasure coding can also be used as an alternative to replication for data protection.

Nutanix storage best practices dictate that Encrypted Data should be stored in a container with compression disabled.

Data that is encrypted at the guest VM level or application level (before reaching the Nutanix storage controller) appears as random, high-entropy data. Compression algorithms (like LZ4) rely on finding repeated patterns in data to reduce its size. Because encrypted data has no discernible patterns, the compression algorithm will consume CPU cycles without achieving any storage savings (and potentially increasing latency).

While VM Templates and ISOs are often already compressed, they are not strictly required to have compression disabled in the same critical manner as Encrypted Data. VDI User Profiles often benefit significantly from compression.

To change the account lockout behavior from the default (which is typically a temporary 15-minute lockout) to a permanent lockout required for high-security environments, the administrator must enable the DoD (Department of Defense) configuration compliance.

This is managed through the Security Configuration Management Automation (SCMA) framework, often found within the "Cluster Hardening" or "Security Dashboard" settings (sometimes referenced as "Additional Settings" in exam contexts). Applying the DoD STIG (Security Technical Implementation Guide) policy modifies the underlying Linux PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) configuration (pam_faillock) to enforce strict rules, including permanently locking user accounts after a specific number of failed attempts until an administrator manually unlocks them. "Cluster Lockdown" (Option A) refers to disabling password authentication entirely in favor of SSH keys, which does not fit the requirement of locking accounts after incorrect login attempts.1

Here are the 100% verified answers for Questions 12, 13, 14, and 15, derived from Nutanix End User Computing architectural best practices.

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According to the Nutanix Files Guide regarding Data Replication and VDI solutions:

VDI Sync Functionality: VDI Sync is the specific feature designed to replicate VDI user profiles and data across file servers in different locations (active-active). It ensures that user profile data (like FSLogix or UPM containers) is synchronized in near real-time, allowing users to roam between sites and access their data locally at either location.

Smart DR distinction: Smart DR (Option C) is primarily a Disaster Recovery solution (Active-Standby) used for share-level replication and failover in the event of an outage. It is not designed for the active-active, bi-directional roaming of user profiles required by the question.

Use Case: For a distributed VDI environment where a user might log in to Site A today and Site B tomorrow and needs their profile immediately available and writable in both, VDI Sync is the mandatory component.