Nutanix Unified Storage Administration

Service Description

Description This course teaches you the administrative skills needed to install, configure, manage, and upgrade three different Nutanix unified storage products: Nutanix Volumes - Learn how Nutanix Volumes provides block storage for your VMs or physical hosts using the iSCSI protocol, with the same simplicity as virtualized workloads, consolidating infrastructure into a single unified platform. Nutanix Files - Set up and manage Nutanix Files, a software-defined, scale-out file storage solution that provides Server Message Block (SMB) and Network File System (NFS) file services to clients. Nutanix Objects - Learn how easy it is to spin up Nutanix Objects in a few simple steps, and build a simple, secure, and scale-out stack. Audience Systems operators evaluating file, block, and object storage using Nutanix Files, Nutanix Volumes, and Nutanix Objects. IT administrators and business leaders who manage Nutanix clusters and want a detailed deep dive into Nutanix storage administration. Anyone pursuing Nutanix Certified Professional – Unified Storage (NCP-US) certification. Pre-Requisites This course requires basic system administration knowledge, acquired through training or hands-on experience. You should be familiar with iSCSI, SMB, NFS storage protocols, and S3 compatible storage; be able to create a VM through the Nutanix web console (Prism); and know how to run commands from the command line interface (CLI). An understanding of Nutanix core concepts and definitions, which can be found here. If you do not have these skills, we recommend taking the Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Fundamentals (NHCF) class first.