NCP-DB

About this course

Target exam: Nutanix Certified Professional - Database Automation (NCP-DB) 6.10

Software under test:

• AOS & Prism 6.10
• Nutanix Database Service (NDB) 2.6

Exam facts:

• 75 multiple-choice / multiple-response questions
• 120 minutes
• passing score 3000 (scaled 1000-6000)
• English only
• $200 USD
• delivered by remote proctoring or at a test center
• valid 3 years

Delivered in 4 lots (one per blueprint Section). Each lot is a full course chapter set plus its share of the 300-question practice bank - all in English, grounded in the official Nutanix NDB 2.6 reference corpus. The hierarchy is 1:1 and auditable: 4 sections - 18 objectives - 18 chapters, where Chapter N = Objective X.Y.

How this course is built

Each chapter maps to exactly one blueprint objective, and every subsection follows the same frame, so it doubles as a study guide and a revision checklist:

1. Why it matters - the exam relevance of the subsection.
2. How it works - the concept explained version-accurately to AOS/Prism 6.10 and NDB 2.6.
3. Exam pitfalls - the traps and confusions the exam likes to test.
4. Key facts - a condensed revision box.
5. Source - the exact NDB 2.6 documents the subsection is grounded in.

Every factual block cites its source document, read from the live Nutanix Support Portal rather than from memory. Numeric facts (ports, SLA retention, Time Machine limits, HA tolerances) are pinned to the docs. Any point that could not be confirmed against the corpus is flagged with a warning marker rather than invented.

Preparation course

72 sections across 4 parts.

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Part I - Deploy and Configure an NDB Solution

• 1.1.1 What NDB is and where it installs
• 1.1.2 Download, import, and run the installation wizard
• 1.1.3 Assign a static IP to the NDB VM by using the console
• 1.1.4 The "Welcome to NDB" wizard
• 1.1.5 Control-plane configuration and scalability

• 1.2.1 Network ports, protocols, and segmentation
• 1.2.2 Connect to the management UI
• 1.2.3 Basic configuration: language, SSL, NTP/DNS, SMTP

• 1.3.1 HA overview and what it guarantees
• 1.3.2 HA topology and components
• 1.3.3 Enabling HA and its constraints
• 1.3.4 Service resiliency and failure tolerance
• 1.3.5 Multi-cluster and cluster registration in the HA context
• Exam must-knows - Section 1

Part II - Monitor Alerts and Storage Usage

• 2.1.1 Alert policies and their defaults
• 2.1.2 Monitor, filter, and resolve (clear) alerts
• 2.1.3 Alert retention
• 2.1.4 Email notifications for alerts

• 2.2.1 Source vs clone size and copy-data management
• 2.2.2 Monitor database storage efficiency
• 2.2.3 Monitor number and size of snapshots
• 2.2.4 Scale or extend storage for a database
• Exam must-knows - Section 2

Part III - Operate and Maintain an NDB Environment

• 3.1.1 Prerequisites and the prerequisites scripts
• 3.1.2 Registration prerequisite checks
• 3.1.3 The registration workflow
• 3.1.4 Log management: NDB vs third-party backup (SQL Server)

• 3.2.1 Provisioning workflow and supported engines
• 3.2.2 Single instance vs HA instance
• 3.2.3 Profiles and sizing
• 3.2.4 Configure Time Machine at provisioning
• 3.2.5 Oracle provisioning limitations (high-value)

• 3.3.1 One-click patching: OS vs database software modes
• 3.3.2 Software profile versions and upgrade types
• 3.3.3 Maintenance windows

• 3.4.1 Analyze alerts
• 3.4.2 Review and interpret operation logs
• 3.4.3 Generate a diagnostics bundle

• 3.5.1 Clone concepts
• 3.5.2 Create clones and their options
• 3.5.3 Refresh clones
• 3.5.4 Authorize database server VMs

• 3.6.1 Restore from a snapshot
• 3.6.2 Restore to a point in time
• 3.6.3 Restore from a remote cluster and Objects

• 3.7.1 Time Machine requirements
• 3.7.2 SLAs and the built-in SLA table
• 3.7.3 Snapshot retention and promotion
• 3.7.4 Data Access Management (DAM) policies
• 3.7.5 Protect databases
• Exam must-knows - Section 3

Part IV - Administer an NDB Environment

• 4.1.1 Profile types
• 4.1.2 Software profiles
• 4.1.3 Compute, Network, Database Parameter, and Windows Domain profiles
• 4.1.4 Profile status, OOB identification, and replication

• 4.2.1 Upgrade methods
• 4.2.2 HA upgrade sequence
• 4.2.3 Failure behavior and rollback

• 4.3.1 Prerequisites
• 4.3.2 Register the cluster and enable multi-cluster
• 4.3.3 Configure storage containers

• 4.4.1 When to use an NDB-managed network
• 4.4.2 Create an NDB-managed network and add a VLAN
• 4.4.3 Add IP addresses to a static VLAN

• 4.5.1 The RBAC model
• 4.5.2 Built-in roles
• 4.5.3 Active Directory integration
• 4.5.4 Custom roles, users/groups, mapping, and sharing

• 4.6.1 Selecting the right tool
• 4.6.2 The API Equivalent button
• 4.6.3 CLI and REST API
• Exam must-knows - Section 4

Training

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