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Welcome to the Nutanix community podcast this is where the community converges to stay informed, learn about our latest developments and get to know folks inside Nutanix.This week my co-host Dwayne Lessner chats with Luke Congdon from our product management team to talk about the recent Nutanix and Red Hat news. Follow us on TwitterDwayne Lessner Angelo Luciani Nutanix CommunityResourcesNutanix Community Blog Nut

Gone are the days when CIOs and IT leaders were happy if their IT infrastructure just worked as advertised. In today’s hybrid IT world, the workloads have become operationally distributed across on-prem, managed services, multiple public clouds, and edge sites. Hybrid IT inherently brings in additional complexity to deploy and manage. Disaster recovery planning becomes quintessential for the smooth operations of hybrid IT when faced with natural or man-made disasters.In the disaster recovery (DR) space, supporting options for different Recovery Point Objective (RPO: maximum amount of data a customer is willing to lose), Recovery Time Objective (RTO: acceptable time to restore operations when IT failure occurs) aligning to business needs is critical. And providing flexible options for protection workflows, DR failover runbooks, multi-site deployments, IP alignment post-recovery, etc., have all become table-stakes.Today’s CIOs and IT leaders expect their DR environments

UPDATE: EXTENDED THRU JAN 31, 2022! Take advantage of this limited-time offer on Nutanix University certification exams  At Nutanix University we’re now offering up to $150 off your next certification. Now through October 31, all certification exams will be 75% off. This limited-time offer is available for all Nutanix University certifications, including:  NCA NCP-MCI NCP-DS NCP-DB

Want to know more about Nutanix AHV virtualization? Have you been thinking about getting training and/or a certification but don’t know where to start? Look no further! Here is your one stop shop to all things AHV.  With AHV, virtualization is no longer a complex layer of the IT Nutanix offers a secure, enterprise-grade virtualization solution that streamlines operations. Want to learn how? Take advantage of these great resources so that you’re using AHV to its fullest potential! Take

Learn about our new Nutanix Calm training course and the steps to becoming a Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Automation Are you interested in expanding your knowledge and becoming certified in Nutanix Calm? Nutanix University is happy to announce a new addition to our education library, along with a limited time beta exam offer.  Our new Nutanix Multicloud Automation Administration (NMCAA) training course and the accompanying Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Automation (NCP-MCA)

Exciting news today, Red Hat and Nutanix Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver Open Hybrid Multicloud Solutions.I know many of you have been waiting for this and it’s finally here.Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source solutions, and Nutanix, a leader in hybrid multicloud computing, today announced a strategic partnership to enable a powerful solution for building, scaling and managing cloud-native applications on-premises and in hybrid clouds. The collaboration brings together industry-leading technologies, enabling installation, interoperability and management of Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat Enterprise Linux with Nutanix Cloud Platform, including Nutanix AOS and AHV.Here are some of the highlights:Red Hat OpenShift as the preferred choice for enterprise full stack Kubernetes on Nutanix Cloud Platform. Customers looking to run Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat OpenShift on hyperconverged infrastructure (H

The Nutanix Certified Expert (NCX) certification tests candidates on their ability to create and deliver Cloud-Smart solutions that leverage the Nutanix stack for Private Cloud and the best offerings from our Public Cloud partners for hybrid services. Every NCX is an expert in their field and has the proven ability to design enterprise-scale solutions that support business-critical applications with service level agreements specified by business stakeholders.  We caught up with new NCX, Akshay Poddar, to talk about his experience earning this expert-level certification and to get his advice for other professionals looking to earn their NCX.  Q. Can you tell us a little bit about your IT background?I have been working in the virtualization space for the past 10 years. And prior to my role here at Nutanix, I worked with an Indian based VDI tech company with a background in work from home technolo

Nutanix Prism HCI management software helps organizations intelligently manage infrastructure and applications with reduced effort. There are many features (part of the Pro and Ultimate tiers) in Prism that provide in-depth details and simplify operations, with intelligent operations (AIOps). For this post we will focus specifically on X-Play (Cross Play), the Nutanix low code automation for ITOps.The X-Play feature within Prism allows administrators to automate routine operational tasks, reducing the effort and time spent on tasks while increasing the quality of results. To provide this automation, X-Play lets you select actions and triggers from a provided catalog to construct a playbook. The playbook then executes the operations based on the logic that was constructed and can intelligently repeat the actions if required until the desired outcome is achieved.The following are a number of great examples of what is possible wh

With the introduction of Elasticsearch® 7.13, the Elasticsearch®’s feature of searchable snapshots is fully GA.  If you are running Elasticsearch® with Nutanix Objects, you now have the option of having cold nodes that have a single copy of a shard backed up by snapshots stored in an S3 bucket or frozen indexes where no data is stored on the actual data nodes, and they only access the snapshots when needed.This can greatly decrease the number of data nodes required as a single frozen node can handle 100TB of data. This is great news for organizations that keep data around long term, but still have occasional searches against this data. I also had an inquiry recently where a customer had to ingest 3TB a day but there were rarely any searches, and the data had to be kept for a year. This is another great use case as you can lifecycle the indexes from hot to frozen rather quickly and use very few data nodes.The new searchable snapshots feature gives you even more reasons

A new set of storage management innovations give HCI administrators even greater insight and control over how their data is being stored and protectedNutanix’s HCI platform simplifies and streamlines IT infrastructure with an advanced distributed systems architecture that automates much of the day-to-day administration required with traditional infrastructure. The foundation of HCI is a distributed storage system that automates data management to optimize for consistent high performance with unmatched resiliency.These innovative storage capabilities significantly reduce the amount of manual intervention required from storage administrators, while providing insights into system status and behavior is important for ensuring optimal system behavior, for capacity planning, and for heading off potential issues before they become a problem for end users.As more and more organizations depend on Nutanix HCI for storing and protecting data associated wit

 Introducing the latest Nutanix University certification: Nutanix Certified Professional - Database Automation (NCP-DB). Earning this certification validates your abilities to deploy, administer, optimize, and troubleshoot database workloads using Nutanix Era. The first exam appointments will begin September 1, but registration is open now. Once you’ve registered, get started preparing for the exam by taking the free online Nutanix Database Administration (NDBA) training course. You’ll learn important Nutanix Era terms and concepts, how to implement role-based access control (RBAC), and much more! Log in to your Nutanix University account and

Announcing  TWO Automation Contests between July 7, 2021 – July 30, 2021 with chances to win some great prizes! Does automation scare you? Well it shouldn’t! Automation will make you the department superhero, it turns out automation is EASY and simple to help you get your day to day tasks done quicker and more efficiently so you can focus on what is truly moving the business forward. It’s time to position yourself as a strategic business partner for other organizations in your company.You don’t have to be an automation expert, in fact, we hope you aren’t so we can teach you how to make sure you’re fully utilizing your Nutanix Cloud Platform. Don’t miss this opportunity to win prizes while simplifying the mundane tasks that keep you from mission-critical work.!Who: Any

This post was authored by Sydney Araya, Sr. Customer Marketing Specialist, Education Services Nutanix.Sometimes the most daunting part of deciding to earn a certification is figuring out how to prepare for the exam. Well, we’ve made it easy for you! Here are 7 study tips to help prepare you for success. So, what are you waiting for? Schedule that certification exam and give your career a boost!Do you have a favorite study tip that we missed? Share in the comments below! 7 Study Tips To Prepare For Your Nutanix Certification [Click this link to see the Infographic clearer]

Nutanix University offers 3 different training courses covering our core hybrid and enterprise cloud technologies:Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Fundamentals (NHCF) Enterprise Cloud Administration (ECA) Advanced Administration & Performance Management (AAPM) Knowing which one is right for you comes down to experience, time, and your individual learning style, so we put together a

Now you can choose your own path to earning your Nutanix Certified Professional - End User Computing (NCP-EUC) certification!That’s right the NCP-EUC certification now has two tracks you can choose from depending on your technology experience. You can prove your ability to successfully deploy, monitor, and administer end-user computing environments using Nutanix technologies by choosing from either the Nutanix Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) exam or the Nutanix Desktop as a Service (Daas) exam. But How Do I Know Which Track Is Right For Me?

The Nutanix Certified Expert (NCX) certification tests candidates on their ability to create and deliver Cloud-Smart solutions that leverage the Nutanix stack for Private Cloud and the best offerings from our Public Cloud partners for hybrid services.  Every NCX is an expert in their field and has the proven ability to design enterprise-scale solutions that support business-critical applications with service level agreements specified by business stakeholders.  Recently we caught up with one of our newest NCXs, Kyle Cherry, Senior Consultant at Nutanix, to talk about his experience earning this expert-level certification and to get his advice for other professionals looking to earn their NCX.  Q. Can you tell us a little bit about your IT background? I have been working in the technology industry for 22 years now. I got my start in help desk and have transitioned through almost every area/level in this industry. I have mostly worked

Want to know more about Nutanix Prism? Have you been thinking about getting training and/or a certification but don’t know where to start? Look no further! Here is your one stop shop to all things Prism.  With Prism, you can manage your global Nutanix HCI infrastructure from one console. Optimize virtualization and infrastructure management with predictive analytics and task automation. Want to learn how? Take advantage of these great resources so that you’re using Prism to its fullest potential! 

This week on the podcast Dwayne chats with Jasnoor Gill and Maynak Gupta. Jasnoor is Sr. Director, Product Management and Mayank is Director, Product Marketing. They discuss Calm SaaS, how it works, and how to get started. Blog: https://www.nutanix.com/blog/announcing-calm-saas-general-availabilityFollow us on TwitterJasnoor Gill - twitter.com/jasnoorgillMayank Gupta - twitter.com/MayankGDriveDwayne Less

Training comes in many forms, but online training is one of the most convenient and flexible around.Check out our latest infographic  for 10 ways Nutanix University’s free online training options can help you boost your career.  PS - Don’t forget about our free certification exam offer when you complete select online training courses by July 31, 2021!

The Nutanix® Test Drive for AIOps & Automation simulator  allows you to explore the Nutanix X-Play tool and configure playbooks to perform automated tasks based on alerts and events. This blog series will walk you through more playbook ideas and actions that can be performed on your Nutanix Test Drive or on your own Nutanix platform.If you haven’t signed up for Test Drive yet, navigate to the AIOps & Automation tab on the Nutanix Test Drive landing page. Test Drive gives you a hands-on experience with a real Nutanix cluster running in your web browser with no software or hardware required. Once you’re signed up, you can follow along to create this playbook in your Test Drive environment.Let’s get started!What is X-Play?X-Play is a simple low-code/no-code automation tool built into the Nutanix Prism

Brush up on your Nutanix skills this summer, and get certified too!For the next two months, anyone who completes one of the following FREE online courses will also receive a FREE Nutanix Certified Professional (NCP) certification exam voucher.Eligible courses:Enterprise Cloud Administration Nutanix Data Services Administration Nutanix End User Computing Administration Nutanix Database AdministrationThis is a great opportunity to build out your Nutanix skill set at no cost.For complete T&Cs visit here, or log in to your Nutanix University account via MyNutanix to get started. This post was authored by Jill Liles, Nutanix University Marketing Director

This post was authored by Sydney Araya, Sr. Customer Marketing Specialist, Education Services Nutanix. A Discussion with Igor Zecevic, Consulting Architect at Nutanix The Nutanix Certified Expert (NCX) certification tests candidates on their ability to create and deliver Cloud-Smart solutions that leverage the Nutanix stack for Private Cloud and the best offerings from our Public Cloud partners for hybrid services. Every NCX is an expert in their field and has the proven ability to design enterprise-scale solutions that support business-critical applications with service level agreements specified by business stakeholders. Recently we caught up with Igor Zecevic to talk about his experience earning his expert-level certification and to get his advice for other professionals looking to earn their NCX.   Q. Can you tell us a little bit about your IT

Have you been thinking about adding a Nutanix certification to your list of accomplishments? We’ve asked current certification holders and pulled together industry research to give you 6 great reasons why you should get Nutanix certified. Join the Nutanix certification community today! Are you in the process of getting certified? Comment below and let us know which certifications you’re preparing for.  Click here