NA-CLTM case studies
NA-CLTM · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Nutanix Certified Associate (NCA) - Cloud Learning and Technology Management, often abbreviated NA-CLTM, is an entry-level credential for people who need to understand and operate the Nutanix Cloud Platform rather than architect it deeply. It suits data centre administrators moving off three-tier infrastructure, service desk and operations staff who touch Prism, pre-sales and delivery engineers who need shared vocabulary, and career-changers entering hybrid cloud operations. The NA-CLTM case studies are 5 cases and about 4,467 words.
1Rebuild Stall and RF Decision on a Full 8-Node Cluster
Acme Manufacturing runs an 8-node NX-3060 cluster on AOS 6.5 with RF2 and reports 62% logical capacity used. The cluster hosts 340 VMs, including a 90 TB cold archive workload with deduplication and compression enabled, plus a busy SQL tier.
853 words, about 4 min2AOS Upgrade with GPU Passthrough VMs Pinned to Two Hosts
Northwind Health runs a 5-node AHV cluster on AOS 6.7 with 210 VMs. Two nodes carry a 6:1 CPU overcommit ratio because of a dense virtual desktop pool.
899 words, about 4 min3Metro Availability Link Flap and Duplicate Active VMs
Globex operates two data centers, DC-A and DC-B, 4 ms RTT apart, in a stretched cluster with Metro Availability. The witness VM runs at a third site, DC-C.
870 words, about 4 min4Idempotent VM Provisioning Against Prism Central v3 APIs
Contoso's platform team uses a Python script against Prism Central v3 APIs to build 80 lab VMs every night. The script creates a VM, attaches a disk, powers it on, and tags it.
967 words, about 5 min5Least-Privilege RBAC and Encryption Across Three Business Units
Fabrikam has three business units sharing one Prism Central that manages four clusters. Finance, AD group FIN-OPS, must see only its 40 VMs and cannot delete them.
878 words, about 4 min