Nutanix Updated NCP-MCA Exam Questions and Answers by amalia

To run a blueprint deployment and tasks in a different Prism Central instance than the one running Self-Service (formerly Calm), the administrator should add the remote Prism Central instance as an account. This configuration allows Self-Service to interact with multiple Prism Central instances, enabling the management and deployment of blueprints across different environments.

References:

Nutanix documentation on Managing Accounts in Calm.

Nutanix Best Practices for Multi-Cluster Management.

To reduce the CPU and RAM memory allocation on a VM using playbooks, the VM must be powered off. This is because the operation of reducing CPU and memory allocation cannot be performed on a running VM without causing instability or potential crashes.

References:

Nutanix documentation on VM Management.

Nutanix Best Practices for Resource Allocation.

When a task fails in a Multi VM Blueprint deployment within Nutanix Calm due to an issue such as a typographical error, and the error has been corrected, the administrator has options to handle the situation without needing to start the entire process from scratch.

According to Nutanix Calm documentation, the appropriate action after fixing the error is to choose the "Retry task" option. This allows the deployment process to continue from the point of failure, saving time and resources as opposed to deleting and relaunching the entire application or moving the blueprint to another project.

References:

Nutanix Calm Administration Guide

Nutanix Calm Troubleshooting and Best Practices

The error message "A specified logon session does not exist. It may already have been terminated" is often caused by the lack of CredSSP (Credential Security Support Provider) being enabled on the Windows Operating System. CredSSP is necessary for certain remote operations, including executing PowerShell scripts remotely.

References:

Microsoft documentation on Enabling CredSSP.

Nutanix documentation on Troubleshooting PowerShell Scripts.