Free NCP-MCA Questions for Nutanix NCP-MCA Exam [Apr-2024]
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NEW QUESTION # 30
Which two providers does Calm integrate natively with? (Choose two.)
- A. Alibaba
- B. AHV
- C. AWS
Answer: B,C
Explanation:
Calm integrates natively with AWS and AHV as providers. A provider is a cloud platform or infrastructure that hosts the application VMs or services. Calm supports various providers such as Nutanix, AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware, and Kubernetes. AWS and AHV are two of the most commonly used providers in Calm, as they offer scalability, flexibility, and cost-efficiency for deploying applications. References: Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Automation (NCP-MCA) Exam Blueprint Guide, page 11; Nutanix Calm User Guide, section 3.1.
NEW QUESTION # 31
An administrator creates a blueprint to deploy VMs to multiple clouds, so that business will remain functional in the event of a disaster.
What component describes this feature?
- A. Profile Actions
- B. Substrates
- C. Package
- D. Service
Answer: B
Explanation:
Substrates are the components of a blueprint that define the cloud resources and configurations for deploying VMs or applications. Substrates can be associated with different cloud accounts, such as AWS, Azure, GCP, or Nutanix, to enable multicloud deployments. By using substrates, an administrator can create a blueprint that can deploy VMs to multiple clouds, depending on the availability, cost, or performance requirements.
References:
* Nutanix Multicloud Automation Administration (NMCAA) course, Module 3: Blueprints, Lesson 3.2:
Substrates1
* Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Automation (NCP-MCA) Exam Blueprint Guide, Section
2.1: Create a blueprint to deploy infrastructure and applications using Nutanix Calm2
NEW QUESTION # 32
Which two groups of operations can a Prism Admin or Super Admin role perform? (Choose two.)
- A. Create, read, automate, or delete an action template in the action gallery
- B. Create, read, automate, delete, enable, and run playbooks
- C. Create, read, update, delete, enable, and run playbooks
- D. Create, read, update, or delete an action template in the action gallery
Answer: C,D
NEW QUESTION # 33
An administrator at a busy software development company is looking to roll out Calm for automation and estimates they will be creating 200 Projects, 500 Runbooks, 1500 Blueprints and automating the deployment of 7500 VMs for their development teams.
What size of Prism Central VM(s) is recommended to host the Calm environment?
- A. 3 nodes Small - 6vCPU and 30GB Memory per node.
- B. 3 nodes Large - 10vCPU and 52GB Memory per node.
- C. 1 node Large - 10vCPU and 52GB Memory per node.
- D. 1 node Small - 6vCPU and 30GB Memory per node.
Answer: B
NEW QUESTION # 34
Prism Central reporting indicates that there are multiple memory-constrained VMs in multiple clusters. The target VMs have Memory Hot Add enabled.
Using X-Play, in what order should the Playbook actions be added to ensure the VMs are properly remediated?
- A. Take a VM Snapshot, Power Off VM, VM Add Memory, Resolve Alert, Power on VM
- B. Take a VM Snapshot, VM add Memory, Resolve Alert
- C. VM add Memory, Take a VM Snapshot, Resolve Alert
- D. Power off VM, Take a VM Snapshot, VM add Memory, Resolve Alert
Answer: B
Explanation:
To ensure the VMs are properly remediated, the Playbook actions should be added in the following order:
Take a VM Snapshot, VM add Memory, Resolve Alert. This is because Memory Hot Add allows the administrator to increase the memory allocation of a running VM without powering it off. Taking a VM snapshot before adding memory provides a backup point in case of any issues. Resolving the alert after adding memory clears the notification and updates the status of the VM. Powering off the VM is not necessary and may cause downtime or disruption to the applications running on the VM. References: Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Automation (NCP-MCA) Exam Blueprint Guide, page 11; Nutanix Calm SaaS User Guide, section 4.2.3.
NEW QUESTION # 35
An administrator has been tasked with creating a multicloud, three-tier application using Calm. The application needs to consist of:
A MongoDB backend database
A NodeJS Javascript runtime environment
An NGINX webserver
The administrator has access to an AWS account, as well as a locally hosted Nutanix cluster. The three parts of the application should be fully redundant, and be able to tolerate either a cloud provider outage, or a local Nutanix cluster outage.
What is the most appropriate solution the administrator should choose in order to meet the requirements?
- A. Create a Calm blueprint with MongoDB, Node/S and NGINX VMs running on Nutanix, and a separate blueprint for MongoDB, NodeJS, and NGINX running in AWS on US-WEST-1 and US-EAST-1.
- B. Create a Calm blueprint with MongoDB, NodelS, and NGINX VMs running on Nutanix, then manually create three EC2 instances for MongoDB, NodeJS and NGINX in AWS running on US-WEST-1 and US-EAST-1.
- C. Create a Calm blueprint with MongoDB, NodelS, and NGINX VMs running on Nutanix, as well as MongoDB, NodeJS, and NGINX servers running in AWS on US-WEST-1 and US-EAST-1.
- D. Create a Calm blueprint with MongoDB, Node/S, and NGINX VMs running on Nutanix, as well as an NGINX server running in AWS on US-WEST-1 and US-EAST-1.
Answer: C
Explanation:
This solution meets the requirements of creating a multicloud, three-tier application using Calm. It ensures that each tier of the application has a redundant copy running on both Nutanix andAWS, and that the application can tolerate either a cloud provider outage or a local Nutanix cluster outage. The other options do not provide full redundancy for each tier, or require manual intervention to create the AWS instances. References: Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Automation (NCP-MCA) Exam Blueprint Guide, page 10; Nutanix Multicloud Automation Administration (NMCAA) Course, Module 5: Blueprints.
NEW QUESTION # 36
What should be done to scale out an existing Calm environment?
- A. Back up the data and create three Calm VMS from the Calm VM QCOW2 image.
- B. Beck up the data and create three Calm VMS from the Calm VM OVA template.
- C. Run cluster destroy on the VM that will be the master Calm VM.
- D. Create new prism Central Scale-Out VMS end enable Calm within the GUI,
Answer: B
Explanation:
According to the Nutanix Calm documentation1, to scale out an existing Calm environment, the administrator needs to back up the data and create three Calm VMs from the Calm VM OVA template. The administrator then needs to configure the Calm VMs as a cluster and restore the data from the backup. The other options are incorrect because they either do not use the correct image format, do not create a cluster of Calm VMs, or destroy the existing Calm VM. References:
* 1 Nutanix Calm User Guide: Scaling Out the Calm Cluster2
NEW QUESTION # 37
Which option is used to test or validate scripts before deployment?
- A. EScript
- B. Test Script
- C. PowerShell
- D. Shell
Answer: B
Explanation:
Test Script is a feature of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) Self-Service that allows users to test or validate scripts before deployment. Test Script enables users to run scripts on a VM without creating a blueprint or a runbook. Users can select a VM, choose a script type, enter the script content, and execute the script. The output of the script is displayed in the Test Script window. Test Script can be used to troubleshoot errors, verify functionality, or preview the results of a script before using it in a blueprint or a runbook. References: Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Automation (NCP-MCA) Exam Blueprint Guide, page 14, section 3.1. Nutanix Multicloud Automation Administration (NMCAA) course, module 3, lesson 4. Validate Your Nutanix Cloud Manager Self-Service Skills + Access Special Offer.
NEW QUESTION # 38
Refer to the exhibit.
What needs to be done in order to enable the developer to complete this requested task? (Choose two.)
- A. Add the Providers to the Project
- B. Upgrade Calm to version 3.2.x
- C. Enable Environment for AWS and Azure
- D. Create AWS and Azure Providers
Answer: A
NEW QUESTION # 39
An administrator creates a blueprint to deploy VMs to multiple clouds, so that business will remain functional in the event of a disaster.
What component describes this feature?
- A. Profile Actions
- B. Package
- C. Substrates
- D. Service
Answer: D
NEW QUESTION # 40
Refer to the exhibit.
An administrator created the Playbook shown in the exhibit to allow for manual reduction of vCPU count on any selected VM within their environment. During a test run of the play on one of the VMs running in development, the administrator ran into an error that the Playbook cannot be completed against the selected VM.
Here are the details of the affected VM:
VM Name: VM2
vCPU: 4
RAM: 8 GB
OS: Windows 2016
Hypervisor: AHV
What caused this Playbook to fail?
- A. Reduction of vCPU cannot be done on a VM with a running snapshot.
- B. This play cannot be executed against a VM on AHV.
- C. The play will cause the VM to go below the minimum vCPU.
- D. The VM needs to be powered off before vCPU can be reduced.
Answer: A
NEW QUESTION # 41
Where should an administrator check why a Playbook failed to grow the memory of a VM?
- A. Plays dashboard in Prism Element
- B. Plays dashboard in Prism Central
- C. VM Details in Prism Central
- D. VM Details in Prism Element
Answer: C
NEW QUESTION # 42
A company has a business-critical VM. The VM Utilization of CPU and memory differs from time to time, but can never be allowed to run out of resources. The administrator also wants to make sure that the VM is not over provisioned when not needed.
The administrator determines these requirements that have been validated and automated in a test environment should also apply for the production environment:
VCPU needs to be added when CPU Utilization been over 80% for 15 minutes.
Memory needs to be increased by 4 GB when utilization reaches 80%.
Return of over-allocated resources must not affect other business applications.
What can the administrator do with the least amount of effort to make sure the VM is always performant and returns resources when not required?
- A. Import the playbook and adjust the values
- B. Create a blueprint based on requirements
- C. Clone and adjust the system-created playbooks
- D. Create a task based on requirements
Answer: A
Explanation:
The easiest way to automate the VM utilization and resource allocation is to use a playbook that has been already tested and validated in a test environment. A playbook is a collection of actions that can be triggered by events or schedules to perform various tasks on the Nutanix platform. By importing the playbook from the test environment to the production environment, the administrator can save time and effort in creating anew playbook from scratch. The administrator only needs to adjust the values of the playbook parameters, such as the VM name, the CPU and memory thresholds, the VCPU and memory increments, and the notification settings, to match the production environment. The playbook can then be executed manually or automatically based on the desired frequency and conditions.
References:
* Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Automation (NCP-MCA) v6.5, Section 3 - Validate Blueprints, Runbooks, Playbooks, and Automation Settings, Objective 3.3 - Determine the correct
* method to validate required Playbook configurations
* Nutanix Multicloud Automation Administration (NMCAA), Module 4 - X-Play, Lesson 4.2 - Playbooks
* How to create and execute playbooks in Prism Central | Nutanix Community
NEW QUESTION # 43
A company is new to automation and has infrastructure they would like to automate with Calm to provide standardized automation. The company also wants to create a Hybrid Cloud environment with their existing infrastructure which includes AHV, Azure, AWS, and a small legacy vSphere environment.
In which two locations can Calm be deployed? (Choose two.)
- A. vSphere Essential Edition
- B. Nutanix AHV
- C. VMware ESXi
- D. Any Public Cloud
Answer: B,D
Explanation:
Nutanix Calm is a cloud-agnostic automation and orchestration solution that can be deployed on Nutanix AHV or any public cloud platform, such as AWS, Azure, or GCP. Calm can also manage applications across multiple cloud environments, including hybrid clouds. Calm cannot be deployed on vSphere Essential Edition or VMware ESXi, as these are not supported hypervisors for Calm. However, Calm can manage existing VMs on vSphere or ESXi clusters through the VMware provider. References:
* Nutanix Calm Configuration and Training1
* Nutanix Calm Admin and Operations Guide2
NEW QUESTION # 44
Refer to the exhibit.
What needs to be done in order to enable the developer to complete this requested task? (Choose two.)
- A. Add the Providers to the Project
- B. Upgrade Calm to version 3.2.x
- C. Enable Environment for AWS and Azure
- D. Create AWS and Azure Providers
Answer: A
NEW QUESTION # 45
An administrator has noticed an increasing number of inactive VMS being left powered on within the environment over the course of OS migrations, using Playbooks, which two Actions should the administrator use to start documenting which VMS are marked as inactive to take future Automated actions on? (Choose two.)
- A. Assign the VMS to an Inactive:VM Category as an Action.
- B. Send an Email with the Source Entity Name Parameter in the body.
- C. Trigger Playbook on Alert with the Inactive VM Alert Policy.
- D. Trigger Playbook on Powered Off VM for all applicable VMS.
Answer: A,C
Explanation:
The administrator should assign the VMs to an Inactive:VM category as an action and trigger a playbook on alert with the Inactive VM alert policy. By doing this, they can create a custom category to group and identify the inactive VMs and use a custom alert policy to trigger a playbook that can perform automated actions on them, such as powering them off, deleting them, or sending notifications. This is based on the general practices in managing VMs in a multicloud environment, as well as the specific features and requirements of Nutanix X-Play and Nutanix Calm. References:
* How to create custom categories | Prism central | Nutanix Community
* Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Automation (NCP-MCA) v6.5 Exam Blueprint Guide, Section 1: Describe and Differentiate Automation Concepts and Principles, Objective 1.4: List how to implement categories for the appropriate use cases
* Nutanix Multicloud Automation Administration (NMCAA) course, Module 3: Nutanix X-Play, Lesson
2: Nutanix X-Play Playbooks
* Nutanix Multicloud Automation Administration (NMCAA) course, Module 4: Nutanix Calm Governance, Lesson 2: Nutanix Calm Alerts
NEW QUESTION # 46
Refer to the exhibit.
Saving the Calm Blueprint gives the validation error for VMware Blueprints shown in the exhibit.
What could be the cause of the error?
- A. Number of Template NICs components should be equal to the number of Network Settings configured.
- B. Number of Template vCPU components should be equal to the number of pCPU configured.
- C. Number of Template VMXNET3 components should be equal to the number of Virtual e1000 adapters configured.
- D. Number of Template devices components should be equal to the number of Devices configured.
Answer: A
Explanation:
The error message in the exhibit indicates a mismatch between the number of network settings and the number of NICs on the VM. This is a common validation error when saving Calm Blueprints for VMware, where it is essential to ensure that these configurations match to avoid issues with VM deployment and operation1. References: 1: Nutanix NCP-MCA Certification Exam Sample Questions2
NEW QUESTION # 47
Refer to the exhibit.
A customer has decided to enable Calm Showback feature but started to receive an alert in Prism Central stating that Calm showback is not able to reach beam service.
Which two configuration items should the administrator check to ensure Calm can communicate with Beam? (Choose two.)
- A. Ensure Pulse is enabled
- B. Flow is enabled in the same Prism Central
- C. Prism Element is configured with Proxy settings
- D. DNS configuration in Prism Central
Answer: A,D
NEW QUESTION # 48
Refer to the exhibit.
A subset of Linux VMs are required to be gracefully shutdown each evening. A Playbook is created to shutdown the targeted VMs, however the error message shown in the exhibit is displayed when the Playbook is executed.
What is causing the error message?
- A. The SSH Service is not running on the VMs.
- B. The VM is missing Nutanix Guest Tools.
- C. The VM is already powered off.
- D. User executing the Playbook does not have Admin privileges.
Answer: A
Explanation:
According to the Nutanix Multicloud Automation Administration (NMCAA) course1, one of the prerequisites for using X-Play to automate tasks on VMs is to have SSH enabled and configured on the target VMs. This allows X-Play to connect to the VMs and execute commands or scripts remotely. If the SSH service is not running on the VMs, then X-Play will fail to connect and perform the actions, resulting in the error message shown in the exhibit. The other options are not likely to cause this error, as they are either unrelated to X-Play (A and B) or not required for X-Play to work . References: Nutanix Multicloud Automation Administration (NMCAA) course
NEW QUESTION # 49
An administrator has a vendor-provided script that must be run at 9 am every Saturday on a Linux application VM.
The administrator currently has a playbook that has a Time trigger and a VM SSH action to execute the script.
However, the administrator has received a request to have the output of the script emailed to the application team when it is executed.
What is the easiest way to satisfy this request?
- A. Add an Email action to the end of the existing playbook and use the {{action [index].response_body}} parameter in the Message field.
- B. Modify the script to include a function to format the output of the script and email the output to the desired address.
- C. Add an Email action to the end of the existing playbook and use the {{action[index] .stdout}} parameter in the Message field.
- D. Direct the output of the script to a file and use the Send Email with Payload action at the end of your existing playbook.
Answer: C
Explanation:
The easiest way to satisfy the request is to add an Email action to the end of the existing playbook and use the {{action[index] .stdout}} parameter in the Message field. This way, the administrator does not need to modify the script or create a file to store the output. The {{action[index] .stdout}} parameter will capture the standard output of the previous action, which is the VM SSH action that executes the script. The Email action will then send the output as the message body to the specified recipients. References: You can find more information about this topic in the following sources:
* Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Automation (NCP-MCA) Exam Blueprint Guide, Section 3 - Validate Blueprints, Runbooks, Playbooks, and Automation Settings, page 10
* Nutanix Multicloud Automation Administration (NMCAA), Module 4 - X-Play, Lesson 2 - Playbooks, page 4-11
NEW QUESTION # 50
What is the minimum number of actions required in the Branch Condition for X-Play?
- A. 0
- B. 1
- C. 2
- D. 3
Answer: A
Explanation:
A Branch Condition is a type of action in X-Play that allows you to create conditional logic based on the output of a previous action or a custom expression. A Branch Condition can have multiple branches, each with a different condition and a different set of actions to execute if the condition is met. The minimum number of actions required in a Branch Condition is two: one for the condition itself, and one for the action to perform if the condition is true. If the condition is false, the Branch Condition will skip to the next action in the Playbook. You can add more branches to a Branch Condition, but you cannot have less than two. References: Nutanix Calm: Playbooks - Read the Docs and Nutanix Calm: Branch Condition - Read the Docs.
NEW QUESTION # 51
Which two statements are true regarding the Nutanix public Github repository? (Choose two.)
- A. Nutanix publishes official vetted blueprints and tasks to Nutanix's public Github Calm repository.
- B. Nutanix provides a documented process to seed Github based scripts into the Calm Task Library.
- C. Nutanix provides documented processes to seed scripts from any source repository.
- D. Calm's public repository contains Nutanix-vetted custom scripts created and published by community members.
Answer: A,B
Explanation:
Nutanix provides a documented process to seed Github based scripts into the Calm Task Library, which allows users to import and use custom tasks from the Nutanix public Github repository or any other Github repository. This process is described in the Nutanix Calm DSL User Guide and the Nutanix Calm DSL Tutorial.
Nutanix also publishes official vetted blueprints and tasks to Nutanix's public Github Calm repository, which is located at https://github.com/nutanix/blueprints. These blueprints and tasks are created and maintained by Nutanix engineers and can be used as reference or templates for building Calm applications. Some examples of these blueprints and tasks are:
* Kubernetes Cluster: A blueprint that deploys a Kubernetes cluster on Nutanix AHV using Calm.
* MySQL HA: A blueprint that deploys a MySQL cluster with high availability on Nutanix AHV using Calm.
* Windows Server: A blueprint that deploys a Windows Server 2019 VM on Nutanix AHV using Calm.
* [Install Python]: A task that installs Python on a Linux VM using Calm.
Calm's public repository does not contain Nutanix-vetted custom scripts created and published by community members. These scripts are hosted in a separate repository called [Automation], which is a centralized repo for community driven Nutanix automation. These scripts are not officially supported or endorsed by Nutanix and may not be compatible with the latest versions of Calm or Nutanix products.
Nutanix does not provide documented processes to seed scripts from any source repository. Users can only import scripts from Github repositories using the Calm Task Library. Other source repositories are not supported by Calm.
References:
* Nutanix Calm DSL User Guide
* Nutanix Calm DSL Tutorial
* Nutanix Calm Blueprints
* Kubernetes Cluster
* MySQL HA
* Windows Server
* [Install Python]
* [Automation]
NEW QUESTION # 52
An administrator manages two Nutanix clusters: Cluster01 and Cluster02 and has needs to automate similar workload types using these images that are located on Cluster01:
ImageA
ImageB
ImageC
The administrator needs to deploy ImageA and ImageC within the Cluster02 environment.
How this can be achieved?
- A. Clone the images from the Cluster01 to Cluster02.
- B. Utilize Prism Central image placement policies.
- C. Configure a Protection Domain to replicate images.
- D. All images are available to all clusters managed by a single Prism Central.
Answer: B
NEW QUESTION # 53
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