The Nutanix NCP-DB exam preparation guide is designed to provide candidates with necessary information about the Database Automation exam. It includes exam summary, sample questions, practice test, objectives and ways to interpret the exam objectives to enable candidates to assess the types of questions-answers that may be asked during the Nutanix Certified Professional - Database Automation (NCP-DB) exam.
It is recommended for all the candidates to refer the NCP-DB objectives and sample questions provided in this preparation guide. The Nutanix Database Automation certification is mainly targeted to the candidates who want to build their career in Professional Level domain and demonstrate their expertise. We suggest you to use practice exam listed in this cert guide to get used to with exam environment and identify the knowledge areas where you need more work prior to taking the actual Nutanix Certified Professional - Database Automation exam.
Nutanix NCP-DB Exam Summary:
Nutanix Database Automation Syllabus:
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Describe NDB Concepts |
- Define database and NDB terminology
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Identify NDB software compatibility
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Define Time Machine SLAs
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Define Data Access Management (DAM)
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Define provisioning profiles
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Define Copy Data Management (CDM)
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Define Greenfield and Brownfield Databases
- Describe NDB features and benefits
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Describe provisioning
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Describe patching
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Describe cloning
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Describe data protection
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Deploy and Configure an NDB Solution |
- Deploy an NDB Instance
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Download, import, and create an NDB instance
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Assign a static IP address to the NDB instance
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Log onto NDB and run the installation wizard
- Configure an NDB Instance
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Change NTP/DNS from the NDB server CLI
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Determine network firewall ports
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Configure network segmentation
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Change language settings
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Configure an SSL certificate
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Deploy NDB High Availability
- Configure NDB High Availability
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Configure High Availability
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Ensure service resiliency
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Discuss NDB Control Plane configuration and scalability
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Monitor Alerts and Storage Usage Within an NDB Implementation |
- Monitor alerts
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Monitor alerts
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Clear alerts
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Filter alerts by time range
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Configure SMTP
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Set policies
- Monitor and manage storage usage
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Identify database sources and clone sizes
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Monitor database storage efficiency
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Monitor snapshots
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Scale or extend storage for a database
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Operate and Maintain an NDB Environment |
- Apply procedural concepts to register database server VMs and databases
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Verify registration prerequisites
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Provide OS and database instance credentials
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Select an appropriate cluster
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Discover an instance
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Select one or more databases
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Provide credentials to connect to a database
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Manage logs with NDB versus third-party backup solutions
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Determine Time Machine policy settings related to registering database server VMs and databases
- Apply procedural concepts to provision databases
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Select a database engine
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Select a single instance or a cluster
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Create or select an appropriate profile
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Provide the name and size of a database
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Determine Time Machine policy settings related to provisioning databases
- Apply procedural concepts to test and publish database patches
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Create software profile versions
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Publish software profile versions
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Test patches according to vendor-specific processes
- Determine the correct method to apply Linux OS patches
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Apply patches immediately
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Schedule user patch implementation
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Create and associate a maintenance window
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Validate a patch repo configuration
- Upgrade databases
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Upgrade Oracle databases
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Identify which database engines support upgrades
- Given a scenario, troubleshoot NDB operations
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Analyze alerts
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Review operation logs
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Generate diagnostics bundles
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Analyze failed snapshots
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Analyze failed refresh clones
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Protect NDB-managed Databases Using Time Machine |
- Create, delete, and modify SLA retention policies
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Determine the number of snapshots
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Determine schedule retention policies
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Create custom SLAs
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Determine storage requirements based on a policy
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Manage SLAs for multiple clusters
- Given business requirements, perform a database clone
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Determine business requirements for clones
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Configure a refresh schedule
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Configure a removal schedule
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Authorize existing VMs
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Configure pre-create and post-create scripts
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Determine a target VM for cloning
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Clone from a remote cluster
- Apply procedural concepts to restore source databases
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Restore from a snapshot
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Restore to a point in time
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Restore from a remote cluster
- Refresh clones
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Manage refresh schedules
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Execute a manual refresh
- Apply policies to protect databases
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Apply an SLA
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Create a manual snapshot
- Apply procedural concepts to create Data Access Management (DAM) policies
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Create a DAM policy
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Apply a DAM policy
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Replicate additional snapshots for cluster removal
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Administer an NDB Environment |
- Manage NDB profiles
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Create a software profile
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Create a compute profile
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Create a network profile
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Create database parameters
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Create a Windows domain
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Manage the published, unpublished, and deprecated profile statuses
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Identify OOB software profiles
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Replicate a software profile to a remote cluster
- Perform NDB software upgrades
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Perform an update of an NDB instance
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Update a dark site-based NDB instance
- Apply procedural concepts to add Nutanix clusters to NDB
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Verify prerequisites to adding clusters to NDB
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Register a cluster with NDB
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Enable multi-cluster
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Configure affinity for database server VMs
- Manage networks in NDB
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Create an NDB-managed network
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Determine when to use an NDB-managed network
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Add a VLAN
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Configure network segmentation
- Manage access controls in NDB
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Understand access controls and roles
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Create custom roles
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Create users and groups
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Map users and groups
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Share entities
- Identify how to use NDB APIs and CLI
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Identify which tools are available
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Download NDB APIs
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Identify how to use the NDB CLI
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Identify how to use NDB APIs
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