NCP-EUC Exam Dumps - Nutanix Certified Professional (NCP) Questions and Answers

Prism Central Image Service allows you to upload and manage images through Prism Central by using the v3 API. You can also choose where your images will be available across different clusters123

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To meet the specific requirements:

Windows Desktop OS Requirement: This eliminates Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH), which typically relies on Windows Server operating systems to host multiple sessions. The requirement explicitly calls for Desktop OS (e.g., Windows 10/11).

Minimize Resources & Shift Work: Dedicated options (Physical PCs or Persistent Full Clones) are inefficient for shift workers because the resources remain assigned to a specific user even when they are off-shift (16 hours a day).

Pooled Non-persistent desktops are the correct solution. They allow a single VM to be used by a contractor in Shift 1, reset, and then used by a different contractor in Shift 2. This "concurrency-based" model significantly reduces the storage and compute footprint compared to 1:1 dedicated assignments, perfectly fitting the "follow-the-sun" 24-hour coverage model while satisfying the Desktop OS requirement.

According to the certification details1, one of the objectives is to “Configure and manage security features such as role-based access control (RBAC), SSL certificates, encryption at rest, and data protection.”

This answer seems to align with the security team’s feedback and the objective of managing security features using Nutanix technologies.

According to the "Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on Nutanix" best practices guide, the recommended storage container configuration depends on the provisioning method. For Citrix MCS (Machine Creation Services) Non-persistent workloads, the following settings are explicitly recommended in the Nutanix storage table:

Compression: Enabled (Inline compression is recommended for all workloads to improve capacity and performance).

Deduplication: Disabled (For non-persistent MCS, the write-heavy differencing disks are deleted upon reboot, making post-process capacity deduplication ineffective. While performance deduplication can help with reads, Nutanix Shadow Clones automatically handle caching of the base image on AHV, rendering deduplication largely redundant and an unnecessary overhead for this specific use case).

Erasure Coding: Disabled (Erasure coding is not suitable for the random write patterns and "hot" data associated with active VDI desktops; it is designed for cold, archive data).

Therefore, the correct configuration is Compression Enabled, Deduplication Disabled, and Erasure Coding Disabled.

Here are the 100% verified answers and detailed explanations based on the latest Nutanix End User Computing and Best Practices documentation.

https://www.nutanix.com/support-services/training-certification/certifications/certification-details-nutanix-certified-professional-ncp-euc-v6

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-daas/install-configure/machine-catalogs-create.html

A gold image is a master image that contains the operating system, drivers, patches, and configurations for a virtual desktop. A non-persistent Citrix MCS environment is one where virtual desktops are created from a gold image and discarded after each user session.

Citrix Machine Creation Services (MCS) is a tool that uses a gold image to create and manage virtual machines for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environments. MCS can create different types of machines, such as pooled random, static assigned, or dedicated2.

One of the challenges of using MCS is managing multiple gold images for different user groups or application needs. Updating multiple gold images can be time-consuming and error-prone. Therefore, it is recommended to use a single base image without any applications and leverage another tool such as Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) to deliver applications dynamically to the cloned virtual desktops3.

This approach can simplify image management, reduce storage consumption, improve performance, and enhance user experience. SCCM can also provide additional features such as patch management, compliance enforcement, inventory reporting, etc.3

In Nutanix AHV networking, the default bond mode for a virtual switch is Active-Backup. In this mode, all traffic flows through a single active physical uplink, while other uplinks remain in standby mode to be used only in the event of a failure. This explains the observation that "only one of the physical NICs... is carrying VM traffic."

To utilize multiple physical uplinks simultaneously and balance the traffic, the administrator must change the bond mode to an Active-Active configuration. In AHV, this is achieved by configuring the bond mode to Balance-SLB (Source Load Balancing) or Balance-TCP (LACP). These modes distribute VM traffic across all available physical interfaces in the bond, thereby balancing the load.

In the terminology of Flow Network Security Next-Gen (FNS NG), the components are defined as follows:

Security Policy Model: Defined as "A schema of policies for specifying and enforcing a desired behavior.4 A Policy Model will have one or more policies."5 This model provides the framework (such as Application, Isolation, or Quarantine) within which specific policies are created.

Security Policy: Defined as a "collection of security rules and assets [entities, endpoints, categories, applications, etc.] on which the rules have to be enforced together."6

Therefore, the function that acts as the overarching schema and contains "one or more policies" is the Security Policy Model.7

VMware Horizon is a solution that delivers Windows and Linux virtual desktops and published applications to end users from centralized servers.

One of the best practices for delivering Microsoft Office 365 in VMware Horizon is to disable Cached Exchange Mode for Outlook3. This can improve performance and reduce storage requirements.

There are different profile management toolsets that can be used with Office 365 and VMware Horizon. One of them is Horizon Persona Management4, which is a feature that synchronizes user profiles with a remote repository and provides a personalized desktop experience.

Another option is FSLogix Profile Management5, which is a Microsoft solution that enhances Office 365 performance in non-persistent VDI environments by redirecting user profiles to virtual disks.

https://techzone.vmware.com/resource/best-practices-delivering-microsoft-office-365-vmware-horizon

Nutanix Prism defines alert severity levels as follows:

Critical: An issue that requires immediate attention; the system or service is likely down or data is at risk.

Warning: An actionable issue has been detected. The system is currently functioning, but user intervention is required to prevent the issue from escalating. As the prompt states, "a more serious issue may develop if this is not resolved soon."

Info: System events that are for tracking purposes only (e.g., power on/off).

Therefore, the scenario describes a Warning level alert.

gpumodeswitch is a command-line tool that is used to switch supported NVIDIA GPUs between compute and graphics mode. Compute mode allows multiple VMs to share a GPU for CUDA workloads. Graphics mode allows a single VM to use a GPU for graphics workloads12.