Nutanix NCM-MCI-5.20 Exam
Nutanix Certified Master - Multicloud Infrastructure (NCM-MCI) 5.20 (Page 3 )

Updated On: 1-Feb-2026

A customer recently set up Async Replication between Site A and Site B. The customer wants to conduct a planned failover and clicks Activate on Site B.
The customer then runs the following command on Site A:
ncli pd deactivate_and destroy_vms name=<protection_domain_name>

What does this do to the customer environment?

  1. VMs get deleted from Site B. and the protection domain is now Active.
  2. VMs are powered off on Site A and must be manually powered on at Site
  3. VMs get deleted from Site A and the protection domain is no longer active.
  4. Customer must then manually power off VMs at Site A and power them on at Site B.

Answer(s): C


Reference:

https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Web-Console-Guide-Prism-v5_10:wc- protection-domain-failback-disaster.html



An administrator needs to forecast infrastructure requirements for a new program and its associated applications. Prior to the projected start of the new program, all existing applications will be decommissioned.
How should the administrator perform this task?

  1. Check the Disregard Existing Workloads radio button in the Runway scenario.
  2. Check the Disregard Existing Nodes radio button in the Runway scenario.
  3. Add up the recovered workloads and manually remove from the Runway configuration.
  4. Power down the workloads during a maintenance window and run the Capacity Runway.

Answer(s): A



A customer has a primary datacenter with 12 Nutanix blocks distributed across three racks. The customer wants to achieve the most resiliency possible. They also have a datacenter in a branch office that is 400 kilometers away from the primary datacenter.
Which two solutions should be used? (Choose two.)

  1. Time Stream to a remote site
  2. Async DR to a remote site
  3. Rack awareness
  4. Block awareness

Answer(s): B,C



An administrator inherits a new Nutanix environment and logs in to a CVM to check the network configuration. The configuration is as follows:


Which action should the administrator take to improve network performance?

  1. Configure VLAN tagging both on br0 and br1 and their physical interfaces.
  2. Add eth0 and eth1 to the br0-up bond
  3. Configure balance-sib or balance-tcp mode for br0-up if switch configuration allows
  4. Remove one 10 Gbs interface from br0-up to make sure all 10 Gbs can be used.

Answer(s): C



An administrator is concerned that Prism will be inaccessible if Active Directory is unable to process logins. Which method should the administrator use to access the cluster in the event of this type of outage?

  1. Manage the cluster by using the "nutanix" user on the Prism leader CVM
  2. Create and use an emergency local account on the cluster
  3. Deploy an Active Directory server locally on the cluster
  4. Manage the cluster remotely by downloading ncli to a remote workstation

Answer(s): B



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