Nutanix NCM-MCI-5.20 Exam
Nutanix Certified Master - Multicloud Infrastructure (NCM-MCI) 5.20 (Page 4 )

Updated On: 1-Feb-2026

A customer has NearSync configured. When the administrator tries to restore a snapshot from 3 minutes ago, it is not available. The snapshots are happening at 15-minute intervals instead of at the 5-minute configured interval. When the protection domain was initially set up, the snapshots were happening at the expected 5-minute interval.
What should the customer do to enable the snapshots to happen at the expected interval?

  1. Utilize Metro Availability to meet this requirement
  2. Change the protection domain to use Async DR
  3. Fix a connectivity issue because the protection domain reverted to Async
  4. Configure the protection domain to take snapshots on 15-minute intervals

Answer(s): C



An administrator deploys Exchange on a Nutanix cluster. The administrator creates two containers with RF2 configuration:
•One container for Exchange
•One container for the other VMs

The Exchange VM is experiencing I/O performance issues.
Which changes to Storage Optimization should be used on the Exchange container to enhance I/O performance?

  1. No data reduction
  2. Post process Deduplication only
  3. Inline compression and EC-X
  4. Inline compression and Deduplication

Answer(s): A



While creating an image placement policy on the organizations AOS 5.15-based Nutanix cluster, the administrator wants to ensure there are no restrictions on using the selected images on clusters outside of the identified set. What type of Policy Enforcement must the administrator choose?

  1. Soft
  2. Internal
  3. Hard
  4. External

Answer(s): A

Explanation:



An alert about RX errors on eth2 on a node is reported in the cluster. The administrator logs in to the CVM in question, checks the ping_* files in the data/logs/syststats folder, and notices intermittent ping loss.

The node in question has the following network configuration:


Which action should be used to troubleshoot without disrupting the VMs running on this node?

  1. Replace the cable from eth2 to the switch
  2. Remove eth3 from br0-up and monitor for new alerts
  3. Check the port on the switch side for any errors
  4. Enable balance-s1b on br0-up and monitor if a problem persists

Answer(s): C



An administrator protected a DB VM running on a Nutanix cluster with NearSync Replication, which schedules to repeat every 15 minutes □ to a second site. The daily change rate is low. During nightly backups, the replication window is missed due to write volume. Which two options describe the expected behavior? (Choose two.)

  1. NearSync stops working and fails over to the remote site.
  2. Protection Domain transitions back to the hourly schedule.
  3. The Administrator needs to re-enable it manually.
  4. The system continuously tries to get to the NearSync schedule.

Answer(s): A,D



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