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  1. Which Nutanix feature enables you to deploy VMs from pre-configured templates with standardized settings?

    Answer: VM Templates

    VM Templates in Nutanix allow administrators to create standardized VM configurations that can be rapidly deployed as new VMs.

  2. When cloning a VM in Nutanix, which storage optimization technique ensures clones share unchanged data blocks with the parent?

    Answer: Linked Clone / Redirect-on-Write

    Nutanix uses a redirect-on-write mechanism for VM clones, where clones share unchanged data blocks with the parent and only write new blocks when data changes.

  3. What is the recommended way to gracefully shut down a VM in Nutanix Prism to ensure data integrity?

    Answer: Issue a guest OS shutdown from within the VM

    Issuing a graceful shutdown from within the guest OS (or using Prism's 'Guest Shutdown' with NGT installed) ensures OS-level flushing and data integrity.

  4. Which Nutanix Guest Tools (NGT) capability enables in-guest consistent snapshots for applications like databases?

    Answer: Application-Consistent Snapshots

    NGT's application-consistent snapshot feature uses VSS on Windows to quiesce applications before snapshots, ensuring database and application consistency.

  5. In AHV, what determines which physical host a VM is initially placed on during power-on?

    Answer: AHV Scheduler (based on resource availability and affinity rules)

    The AHV Scheduler evaluates available CPU, memory, and defined affinity/anti-affinity rules to optimally place a VM when it is powered on.

  6. What is the maximum number of virtual NICs (vNICs) that can be attached to a single VM in AHV?

    Answer: 8

    AHV supports attaching up to 8 virtual NICs to a single VM, allowing for complex multi-network configurations.

  7. When a Nutanix node hosting running VMs fails, what mechanism automatically restarts those VMs on surviving nodes?

    Answer: High Availability (HA) Failover

    AHV High Availability automatically detects node failure and restarts affected VMs on remaining healthy nodes in the cluster.