Advanced Administration & Performance Management (AAPM)

Description

If you're ready to move beyond standard administration and master high-performance, enterprise-grade hybrid multicloud environments, this advanced course is for you. Designed for experienced Senior Systems Administrators, Cloud Infrastructure Leads, and HCI Architects, it provides deep mastery of the Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP).

Becoming an expert Nutanix administrator means shifting from routine management to administering automated, highly available infrastructures. As enterprise demands for high-performance workloads grow, mastering storage tuning, software-defined networking, microsegmentation, and disaster recovery qualifies you for senior roles such as Senior HCI Specialist, Cloud Operations Architect, and AI Infrastructure Lead.

To position you for success, this course equips you to:

• Improve the security posture of AHV, CVMs, and Prism Central, run LCM DUO dark site updates, and use syslog.
• Optimize AOS data paths, SPDK Blockstore, vDisk sharding, and understand external storage connections.
• Scale Prism Central, configure vNUMA, deploy vGPU acceleration, and load-balance Volume Groups.
• Govern multi-tenancy with Prism Self Service projects, resource quotas, and automated blueprints.
• Build software-defined overlay networks using Flow Virtual Networking.
• Enforce zero-trust microsegmentation using Flow Network Security policies.
• Diagnose performance anomalies, run NCC checks, gather logbay logs, and analyze root causes.
• Configure zero-RPO synchronous DR, Witness arbitration, stretched L2 subnets, and Multicloud Snapshot Technology.
• Perform non-disruptive Cross-Cluster Live Migration (OD-CCLM) across clusters and availability zones.

Course Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Manage cluster security hardening, describe LCM DUO, and SIEM log forwarding.
• Configure and optimize AOS storage features for workload performance and resiliency.
• Tune VM compute resources using vNUMA, GPU acceleration, and Volume Group load balancing.
• Set up multi-tenant self-service projects with resource quotas and automated blueprints.
• Configure software-defined overlay networks, VPCs, and external gateways.
• Implement network security policies.
• Monitor cluster health, analyze metrics, collect log bundles, and troubleshoot issues.
• Configure synchronous disaster recovery.
• Live migrate running virtual machines across clusters and availability zones.

Course Outline

• Module 1: Advanced Cluster Security
  • Security Development Life Cycle (SecDL), STIGs, SCMA, and AIDE.
  • Hardening procedures for AHV hosts, Controller VMs, and Prism Central.
  • Centralized security governance with Nutanix Central and Security Central.
  • LCM DUO dark site updates and RELP/SIEM syslog integration.
• Module 2: Exploring Nutanix Storage Features
  • AOS storage constructs, I/O data pathing, and AHV Turbo.
  • Storage resiliency, Smart Rebuild, and Rebuild Capacity Reservation.
  • Elastic storage and shared storage container configurations.
  • External storage array integrations and snapshot workflows.
  • Performance acceleration with SPDK Blockstore, RDMA, Flash Mode, and vDisk sharding.
• Module 3: Optimizing VM Performance
  • Sizing and scale-up/scale-out decisions for CVMs and Prism Central.
  • vNUMA topology alignment and NVIDIA GPU/vGPU acceleration in AHV.
  • Volume Group load balancing and vNIC multi-queue/RSS tuning.
  • Prism Central capacity runway planning, inefficiency analysis, and rightsizing.
  • Programmatic VM management via REST APIs, CLI tools, and PowerShell.
• Module 4: Prism Self Service
  • Self-service architecture, governance, and common use cases.
  • Project creation, Active Directory/IDP user mapping, and custom RBAC roles.
  • Infrastructure binding, Policy Engine setup, and resource quota enforcement.
  • Blueprint creation, approval policies, and self-service catalog management.
• Module 5: Optimizing Overlay Networks Using Flow Virtual Networking
  • Flow Virtual Networking architecture and GENEVE overlay encapsulation.
  • Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs), overlay subnets, and Transit VPCs.
  • NAT and No-NAT external gateways with Layer 4 Virtual IP load balancing.
  • IPsec VPN gateways, VTEP connections, and IP address management.
• Module 6: Microsegmentation with Flow Network Security
  • Flow Network Security Next-Gen architecture and category tagging.
  • Application, Isolation, VDI, Quarantine and Shared Services security policies.
  • Microsegmentation enablement and policy enforcement workflows.
• Module 7: Advanced Cluster Diagnostics
  • Analysis Dashboard metrics, custom charts, and anomaly detection.
  • Alert policies, behavioral thresholds, and notification rules.
  • Nutanix Cluster Check (NCC) execution and operational best practices.
  • Log collection using logbay, v4 APIs, SDKs, and SIEM forwarding.
  • Failure recovery workflows and Knowledge Base root-cause analysis.
• Module 8: Advanced DR and Multicloud Resiliency
  • Synchronous replication write paths and Witness arbitration.
  • Protection Policies, Recovery Plans, and Volume Group sync.
  • Flow overlay vs. physical underlay DR designs and network segmentation.
  • Failure handling.
  • Multicloud Snapshot Technology (MST).
• Module 9: On-Demand Cross Cluster Live Migration
  • OD-CCLM prerequisites, latency limits, and VM permission rules.
  • Live migration workflows across VLAN subnets and VPC overlay subnets.
  • Troubleshooting failures.

Terms and Conditions

• Customer must purchase training seats in advance of scheduling course dates.
• Customer may not cancel purchased training seats and all amounts paid are non-refundable.
• Customer may reschedule courses with no less than 15 business days written notice to Nutanix. Rescheduling fees may apply.
• Customer may substitute a student with no less than 5 business days written notice to Nutanix. Rescheduling fees do not apply to substitutions.
• Training seats must be consumed within 12 months of purchase. Failure to utilize the training seats within the 12 months of purchase shall result in forfeiture of all fees paid for such seats. Extensions may be available on a case by case basis.
• Most of our Authorized Training Partners (ATPs) have a 10-business-day cancellation and/or reschedule policy. If customer cancels or reschedules within those 10 business days, fees may apply up to the full price of the seat.
• Nutanix reserves the right to cancel any scheduled course due to minimum enrollment not being achieved, instructor illness, or other events outside of its control.
• Cancellation notices will be sent to enrolled students by email with rescheduling information and alternative training options.