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Nutanix NCP-DS Exam Questions
Nutanix Certified Professional - Data Services (Page 3 )

Updated On: 19-Apr-2026
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An administrator has mapped a Volume Group named VG1 to a VM. Due to changes in the
application running inside the VM, two additional volumes are required. At the time of creation, the VM was assigned to a Protection Domain named PD1.

Which two steps should the administrator take to add the additional volumes to the VM while
maintaining data protection? (Choose two)

  1. Add two additional Disks to VG1
  2. Add the new vDisks to the same Consistency Group
  3. Manually update PD1 to include the newly created Disks
  4. Map the new vDisks as volumes to the VM

Answer(s): A,C



A developer requires API access to a S3 destination for storage. The environment is currently
configured as:

· 4 node Nutanix cluster
· Both Files and Objects have been deployed
· Active Directory access has been configured for Files and Objects

How would an administrator grant Read-Write access for the developer?

  1. · Create a new Share/Export within Files supporting multi-protocol access.
    · Check the checkbox to Enable API Access
  2. Click + Add People under User Accounts within Objects and add the developer account
    · Click the checkbox to enable Kerberos Token Authentication
    · Create a new Bucket and add the user.
  3. Create a new Share/Export within Files supporting multi-protocol access.
    · The developer can utilize the REST API to write to the destination.
  4. Click + Add People under Access Keys within Objects and add the developer account.
    · Download the Access Key and provide it to the developer.
    · Create a new Bucket and add the user.

Answer(s): D



A company has two Files clusters for their workloads. Once cluster is running VDI workloads
and another one is running Big Data (large file ingestion) workloads. The administrator is
planning to optimize the workload performance on the cluster where the VDI workloads are
running.

The administrator needs to complete these requirements
· Determine the current workload type on the cluster.
· Optimize the file share for operations such as small overwrites into larger files

Which two actions should the administrator take to satisfy this requirement? (choose two)

  1. Set the share workload type to sequential
  2. Execute command afs share.edit share-name share_workload_type=default
  3. Set the share workload type to random
  4. Execute command afs share.io_size_distribution

Answer(s): A



What are the three main metrics monitored for each Files instance and per share?

  1. Concurrent Connections, Throughput and OP sizes
  2. Access time, IOPS and Throughput
  3. Bandwidth, Speed and IOPS
  4. Latency, Throughput and IOPS

Answer(s): C



A database application that is already leveraging Volumes with a single vDisk is experiencing
performance issues.

How should the administrator solve the problem without reconfiguring the Guest OS?

  1. Add more Volume Groups with one vDisk each.
  2. Enable Jumbo Frames at CVM level.
  3. Convert Volume Group to direct attach vDisk.
  4. Add more vDisks to the Volume Group

Answer(s): A



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