Nutanix Database Management & Automation (NDMA)

Description

If you're ready to move beyond manual database administration and start steering the automation of a modern, hybrid multicloud database environment, you've come to the right place. This course is designed specifically for Database Platform Engineers who want to master the intricacies of the Nutanix Database Service (NDB).

Advancing in your career involves moving from reactive, time-consuming tasks to proactive lifecycle orchestration. Modern engineering teams are the architects of highly efficient database environments, ensuring that developers and business units have seamless, automated access to database engines without the traditional operational overhead.

The career landscape for professionals with advanced database automation skills is rapidly expanding. By mastering NDB, you position yourself to effectively manage, scale, and secure business-critical database engines across both private and public clouds.To help you position yourself for success, this course will equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to:

• Deploy and secure NDB environments, configuring virtual networks, SSL certificates, and RBAC access. 
• Manage database profiles, customizing software, compute, network, and operational parameter settings.
• Provision, register, and patch database server VMs and engine instances automatically. • Orchestrate advanced topologies, including High Availability (HA), Multicluster, Nutanix Objects, and NC2 (AWS/Azure) deployments. 
• Automate database protection and point-in-time recovery using Time Machine, snapshots, SLAs, and database clones. 
• Troubleshoot system health via operations dashboards, alerts, and diagnostics bundles.

Course  Objectives

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

• Provision and register databases and database server VMs. 
• Create, manage, and customize new NDB profiles. 
• Protect, clone, and recover databases using Time Machine and snapshots. 
• Patch operating systems and database engines seamlessly. 
• Manage advanced topologies including High Availability, Multicluster, 
• Nutanix Objects, and NC2 environments. 
• Troubleshoot NDB and database health.

Course Outline

• Module 1: Introduction 
  • NDB Overview 
  • Key Concepts 
  • Use Cases 
• Module 2: Deploying NDB 
  • Logging into NDB for the First Time 
  • Configuring an NDB Instance 
  • Exploring the NDB Interface 
• Module 3: Securing NDB 
  • Configuring an SSL Certificate 
  • RBAC in NDB 
  • User Account Management 
  • Configuring Local and Active Directory Users 
  • Creating and Assigning Custom Roles 
• Module 4: Managing Profiles in NDB 
  • Understanding NDB Profiles and Reviewing Built-in Profiles 
  • Creating Custom Profiles for SQL Server (Software, Compute, 
  • Network, Database Parameters, Windows Domain) 
• Module 5: Provisioning and Registering Databases in NDB 
  • Provisioning vs. Registering Databases 
  • Provisioning a New SQL Server Instance 
  • Registering an Existing SQL Server Instance 
• Module 6: NDB High Availability 
  • Introduction to HA 
  • Three-Cluster NDB HA Topology 
  • Enabling HA 
  • HA Service Resiliency 
• Module 7: NDB Multicluster 
  • Understanding NDB Multicluster 
  • Enabling NDB Multicluster 
  • Provisioning a HA SQL Server Database 
• Module 8: NDB and Nutanix Objects 
  • Registering and Provisioning a Nutanix Object Store with NDB 
  • Enabling Certificate Verification for a Nutanix Object Store 
  • Provisioning and Registering Databases That Use Objects 
• Module 9: NDB on NC2 
  • NDB with Flow Virtual Networking 
  • NDB in NC2 - Azure (Deployment and Database Provisioning) 
  • NDB in NC2 - AWS (Deployment and Database Provisioning) 
• Module 10: Time Machine and Point-in-Time Recovery 
  • Understanding Time Machine and Creating SLAs 
  • Cloning Databases and Refreshing Clones (Manually and via Schedule) 
  • Creating, Replicating, and Restoring a Database from a Snapshot 
• Module 11: Patching Databases 
  • Understanding Patching Operations in NDB 
  • Patching a SQL Server Database 
  • Configuring Automatic Patching 
• Module 12: Troubleshooting NDB 
  • Working with Alerts and the Operations Page 
  • Generating and Downloading a Diagnostics Bundle 
  • Common NDB Issues and Resolutions

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.