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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 handy chart to help make the decision a little easier.   This blog was written by Jill Liles, Marketing Director, Nutanix University 2021 Nutanix, Inc.  All rights reserved. Nutanix, the Nutanix logo and all Nutanix product, feature and service names mentioned herein are registered trademarks or trademarks of Nutanix, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be the trademarks of their respective holder(s). This post may contain links to external websites that are not part of Nutanix.com. Nutanix does not control these sites and dis

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?We’re glad you asked! You can either learn the skills needed to design, install, configure, and manage a VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) solution on Nutanix with the Nutanix VDI Certification Exam.ORLearn the skills and abilities to understand, identify, and qualify a use case for Frame, as well as create a path for successful deployment with the Nutanix Daas Certification Exam. A passing score in either exam will result in earning the NCP-

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 for Integrators along the way and also spent 8 years

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! Take our Training Courses! Getting Started | PrismIn this free online course, we will give you an introduction into the foundations of HCI and Prism that will give you the jump start you need to succeed! Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Fundamentals This course (available as instructor-led or online) introduces you to the products, capabilities, and technologies that serve as the foundation of Nutanix’s Hybrid Cloud solution.  Begin by exploring the history of this technology space, including different ty

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 Lessner - twitter.com/dlink7Angelo Luciani - twitter.com/AngeloLucianiNutanix Community - twitter.com/NutanixNationResourcesNutanix Community Blog - next.nutanix.comNutanix Customer XTribe - customerxtribe.influitive.comNutanix User Groups - next.nutanix.com/groupsIf you enjoy The Nutanix Community podcast, consider providing a rating and review in iTunes or your podcasting platform of choice. It helps people find the show easier and will help me make improvements in the series.Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes, Spotify or GoogleBe sure to register for our annual .NEXT user conference h

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!This post was authored by Jill Liles, Nutanix University Marketing Director️ 2021 Nutanix, Inc.  All rights reserved. Nutanix, the Nutanix logo and all Nutanix product, feature and service names mentioned herein are registered trademarks or trademarks of Nutanix, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be the trademarks of their respective holder(s). This post may contain links to external websites that are not part of Nutanix.com. Nutanix does not control these sites and disclaims all responsibility for the content or accuracy of any external site. Our

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 management controller  that helps you automate routine operations and tasks, and provides the ability to auto-remediate issues that may occur.Playbooks allow you to define a set of a

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 Director️ 2021 Nutanix, Inc.  All rights reserved. Nutanix, the Nutanix logo and all Nutanix product, feature and service names mentioned herein are registered trademarks or trademarks of Nutanix, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be the trademarks of th

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 background? I have been working in the IT industry for about 10 years now with experience working on the customer side before coming to Nuta

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 to view the infographic! 

While Nutanix has grown and matured, so has its customer base.  With much broader adoption comes a wide variety of legacy applications from complex infrastructures that benefit by migrating to the Nutanix AHV hypervisor.  Sureline Systems tackles the challenges of migration from these complex environments.What Makes Migration from Complex Environments Challenging?Complexity comes from a variety of factors that need to be handled correctly to avoid any negative impact on the migrated applications or cause needless delays.  A migration solution needs to migrate servers that are running on physical servers, hypervisors including VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, OpenStack, and other major cloud infrastructures. It must also support migration of both Microsoft Windows and Linux servers.But complexity is not just in the platform, it is also in the nuances of the version of the operating system that the application is running on, and how the data is stored on persistent disk on drives, volumes, and file

Enterprise IT organizations across industries are facing explosive data growth and are struggling to manage data within tight budgets. Nutanix and Komprise help enable companies to do more with less—Nutanix simplifies IT infrastructure and delivers cloud-like economics, and Komprise makes it easy to identify, migrate, and manage the right data on Nutanix. The result is greater efficiency, simpler management, and lower costs.Key use cases with Komprise and Nutanix covered in this post include:Analytics and Planning: In most enterprises, over 80% of data is cold and not accessed in over a year, yet it continues to consume expensive storage and backup resources. Komprise analyzes across your NAS and cloud data to identify the right data to move to Nutanix and the savings you can expect. File Data Migrations to Nutanix: Migrate file data up to 27 times faster with reliable MD5 checksums on every file. Manage hundreds of migrations with a single console. Transparent Data Archiving/Tiering f

We are excited to introduce our latest update to Nutanix Test Drive - AI Ops and Automation! This Test Drive allows you to quickly try out capacity planning, playbooks, application automation, and more!Nutanix Test Drive is a way for you to easily experience the Nutanix platform on your time through your web browser. From this landing page, you can explore different use cases without having to install any software or configure any hardware.AI Ops and AutomationStart exploring AI Ops and Automation on Nutanix by navigating to the AI Ops & Automation tab on the Nutanix Test Drive landing page.Once you are logged in, you will be presented with the Automate Operations menu.If you don’t see this menu for any reason, you can navigate to it from the main menu by clicking on Automate Operations -> IT Automation.Note: At any point during the guided tour, you can exit the tour by clicking the X in the top-right corner of the current window. You can return to the guided tour by clicking on

This post was authored by Bellisa Bui, Customer Marketing Intern for Nutanix University! Nutanix AOS Training Want to know more about Nutanix AOS Distributed Storage? 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 AOS. With our newest launch of AOS 5.19, there are new capabilities for hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) customers and now is the time to take advantage of these great resources so that you’re using AOS to its fullest potential! Take our Training Courses! Getting Started with AOSIn this free online course, we will give you an introduction into the foundations of hyperconverged infrastructure that will give you the jump start you need to succeed! Envisioning the Hybrid CloudIn this free online course, we will walk you through the story of computing itself, beginning with the mainframe and culminating in the hyperconvergence and cloud technologies of the present day

This week on the podcast Dwayne chats with Jarian Gibson . They discuss Nutanix Files with EUC, and Nutanix Files deployments. It’s a great technical talk where they really get into the details. Follow us on TwitterJarian Gibson  Dwayne Lessner  Angelo Luciani  Nutanix CommunityResourcesSimple, Flexible, Intelligent File Storage Nutanix Files Delivers End-User Computing Without Compromise Bursting 2,000 Citrix Desktops to AWS in Under 2 Hours with Nutanix Clusters Citrix Cloud on the Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Platform Delivers Choice, Simplicity and PerformanceIf you enjoy The Nutanix Community podcast, consider providing a rating and review in iTunes or your podcasting platform of choice. It helps people find the show easier and will help me make improvements in the series by seeing what you have to say.Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes, Spotify or GoogleBe sure to register for our annual .NEXT user conference happening September 20-23, 2021 online. It’s Cloud on your terms.

Being deeply customer focused means developing a deep understanding of your customers needs and challenges and then developing solutions that help. Nutanix has been focused on the customer since inception, it’s one of our core principles. And that goes for our storage products. That is why we are so pleased to have been recognized as a Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage.Gartner Peer Insights is a free peer review and rating platform designed for enterprise software and service decision makers. Nutanix Files and Nutanix Objects solutions were first included on the Gartner Peer Insights list as a discrete product in the summer of 2020 and within a very short time, received over 56 peer reviews with an average rating of 4.8 out of 5*, one of the highest in the distributed file systems and object storage space.As a result of our rapid and highly favorable customer feedback, we are one of only five companies to place in the top right quad

The year of 2020 it was filled with unexpected surprises, but we won’t surprise you any further! Instead, we are here to share with you a How-To Guide of the Top 10 Nutanix Frame Demos of 2020. We’ve wrapped it all up for you in a video and down below, so check it out! Look Back on the Top 10 Nutanix Frame Demos of 2020   Set Up 8 Frame Accounts in 4-Minutes (01:08) See multi-cloud deployment in action! Learn how fast and easy it is to deploy eight frame accounts in six different continents using Nutanix AHV, Azure, Amazon, and Google Infrastructure to support a global workforce. Leverage on-premise and public cloud resources for workload VM’s.  Frame Guest Agent (FGA) Auto-Update (04:41) This is a short, quick and easy demo to see the Frame Guest Agent auto-update update feature.   Learning About Frame Enterprise Profiles and Personal Disk (05:04) Configuration is easy as flip to switch! Using profile disk technology, each user profile is stored in a profile disk. No file shares requi

March 23rd marks the release of our latest education track which gives you yet another option when designing your personal education journey with Nutanix University.Introducing the End User Computing education track!Our new Nutanix End User Computing Administration (NEUCA) training course and accompanying Nutanix Certified Professional – End User Computing (NCP-EUC) certification make up the first part of the End User Computing track. Nutanix End User Computing Administration (NEUCA) Training Course Take the Nutanix End User Computing Administration course and learn the skills needed to design, install, configure, and manage a VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) solution on Nutanix. In addition, you’ll get an introduction to Nutanix Frame, covering the major tasks involved in configuring and managing a Frame environment, ranging from connecting infrastructure and identity systems to delivering applications and desktops to end users.Nutanix Certified Professional – End User Computing (

The Nutanix Move tool (formerly known as Xtract) is a cross-hypervisor mobility solution initially introduced to help customers migrate VMs onto the Nutanix platform with minimal downtime. Since the underlying infrastructures differ, a small amount of downtime is incurred during cutover from the source platform to the target.Since its introduction, Nutanix has enhanced the Move™ tool to support a variety of lift and shift migrations, including migrations to and from AWS® EC2 instances. The latest release of Nutanix Move 3.7, launched in January 2021, makes AWS migrations much simpler, with a smoother UI workflow, improved security, more reliable migration process, and increased performance. Nutanix Move BackgroundStarting with the Move 1.0 release, we had a framework that provided the foundation for workload migrations among Nutanix AHV and other hypervisors and cloud platforms.In 2018, the Move Engineering team added support for Amazon EC2 migrations. Nutanix Move leverages published

This post was written by Bellisa Bui, Customer Marketing Intern for Nutanix University AOS 5.19 is here! And with new features, means new possibilities. In AOS 5.19, we’ve added: Ability to migrate virtual disks for a VM from one storage container to another Live migrate the entire virtual machine that includes: All of its Vdisks  Specify individual Vdisks for a single VM  To make it easier for you, we’ve created a demo video that walks you through these new features for AOS 5.19. You can follow along to learn more about what AOS 5.19 has to offer! This demo will specifically show you a SQL 01 VM with two virtual disks that have been migrated to the DB storage, while the second disk is being moved from the SQL VM to another storage container.  Watch the video here: What's new for AOS 5.19 and then tell us below what your favorite new feature is.------------------------------------------------------Be sure to subscribe to our Nutanix University YouTube channel to stay updated

This post was authored by Sydney Araya, Sr. Customer Marketing Specialist, Education Services at Nutanix. A few weeks ago, we announced a new professional level certification, the Nutanix Certification Professional – Data Services (NCP-DS). The beta version of this certification exam has closed, and we would like to give a special thank you to everyone who participated in the beta!Starting today, you can now register for the live version of the exam with the first available date being March 30th. NCP-DS certification holders have proven their ability to deploy, configure, optimize, troubleshoot, and perform administrative tasks on the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud storage and data services Files, Objects, and Volumes technologies.So, if this aligns with your personal career path, you can go ahead register for your exam date now. While you’re waiting, we suggest using this time to prepare:1. Review the knowledge objectives in the exam blueprint guide2. Take our Nutanix Data Services Admini

Nutanix Files is a software defined, flexible, file storage service.  Since its early access release in 2016, Files has been focused on simplifying and consolidating network attached storage (NAS) for the enterprise and supporting use cases from end user computing through video surveillance and medical imaging.In parallel, Nutanix engineering has been executing on act two, evolving Files into an intelligent data management platform for the hybrid cloud.  One of the first steps in this second act was introducing File Analytics in 2019, a native and integrated software offering to help you audit user activity, detect anomalies, and derive deeper insights into your unstructured data.With the release of Nutanix Files 3.8 and File Analytics 3.0 we progress further into act two, delivering more flexible and efficient remote replication to help enable hybrid cloud disaster recovery.  We also extend File Analytics to include native ransomware intelligence, custom reporting capabilities, and da