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109
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90 minutes
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USD 165
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- Exam Code
- NCP-BC
- Full Name
- Nutanix Certified Professional - Business Continuity v7.5
- Issuing Body
- Nutanix
- Question Format (Our Bank)
- Multiple Choice
- Delivery
- Pearson VUE online or test center
- Eligibility
- Candidates should have approximately 2-3 years of holistic IT infrastructure experience, 1-2 years of experience with the Nutanix environment, and 6-12 months of Nutanix DR experience.
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An administrator performs these steps while configuring Nutanix Disaster Recovery:
Create VMs on Site A in a container named SalesA
Create a new container on Site B named SalesB
Create new Protection Policy name Async
Place all the new Sales VMs in the Protection Policy named Async
Set a schedule to begin taking hourly snapshots immediately
After performing the steps, replications begin without any errors. After two hours, the administrator checks on the progress on the remote site and finds that the SalesB container is showing 0 bytes.
What went wrong?
Correct Answer:
B
Explanation
Test failover needs to use an isolated network to prevent test VMs from interfering with production workloads. When you bring up test VMs on the recovery site, they must not have network access to production systems or conflict with production traffic. An isolated or separate network segment ensures the test environment remains completely segregated from live operations while still allowing you to validate the recovery process.
What is the expected outcome that the administrator must manage?
Correct Answer:
D
Explanation
The VM logs showing I/O timeout errors during replication, combined with the snapshot creation failure point, suggest the replication schedule is conflicting with other I/O intensive operations. Misconfigured or overlapping schedules cause the source cluster to be under heavy load exactly when replication snapshots need to be created. The network and storage are both healthy, and AOS versions match, so the problem is timing based rather than capacity or compatibility related.
An administrator protects workloads between two ESXi clusters using asynchronous (async) replication.
After failover, VMs power on successfully but are placed in the default folder and resource pool instead of their original vSphere folders.
Why did this occur?
Correct Answer:
C
Explanation
If Prism Central on Cluster A is lost during a disaster, you cannot access protection policies or recovery plans from the destroyed site. The first action is to restore Prism Central from backup onto Cluster B, the surviving cluster. Once Prism Central is restored there, you regain access to your protection policies and recovery plans, which allows you to proceed with executing the disaster recovery plan for the affected workloads.
A Protection Policy is configured with a Nearsync replication schedule (15-minute RPO). An administrator observes that the system has temporarily transitioned to an hourly replication schedule.
Which scenario would cause this automatic transition from Nearsync to Asynchronous (hourly) replication?
Correct Answer:
C
Explanation
When replication suddenly stops after a recent network change involving firewall rules and segmentation, the first step is to determine if segmentation was enabled while replication was actively running. If segmentation was applied to a running replication stream, it would have blocked traffic immediately, causing the out of sync condition. Verifying the timing of this change helps isolate whether network configuration is the culprit before investigating storage or other infrastructure issues. This is a logical troubleshooting sequence that addresses the most recent change.
An administrator is tasked with verifying the cluster's disaster recovery capability. The administrator needs to validate the capability without impacting the production VMs on the Source cluster and ensure that the destination cluster can bring up all the protected VMs.
How can the administrator perform a failover?
Correct Answer:
C
Explanation
With a one hour RPO and roll-up retention over five days, the system creates hourly snapshots initially. After five days, older hourly snapshots consolidate into daily snapshots to save space. On day six, all hourly recovery points from days one through four have been rolled up into daily snapshots. Only the hourly snapshots from day five remain as individual hourly points. Since day five is now older than 24 hours, the most recent 24 hour period contains only the hourly snapshots from day six, which provides all 24 hourly recovery points for the last day.
An administrator has recently completed the initial configuration of Nutanix Disaster Recovery for a production environment. Protection Policies and Recovery Plans have been configured and validated by the senior infrastructure team.
The administrator has confirmed that the expected categories are correctly associated with both the Protection Policies and Recovery Plans. During a scheduled test failover, the administrator notices that several VMs are missing from the recovery.
The administrator reviews the environment and notes the following:
The Protection Summary tab does not show any warnings or errors
No replication tasks are currently ongoing
The missing VMs were all deployed within the last two weeks as part of a new application rollout
The missing VMs are running on the same cluster as other VMs that recovered successfully during the test failover
The application team followed the standard VM deployment checklist but did not coordinate with the infrastructure team during provisioning
Given this information, what is the most likely cause of the missing VMs?
Correct Answer:
C
Explanation
Protection policies using category based selection only replicate VMs that already have the required category applied. The new VMs were likely provisioned without this category tag by a different team that was unfamiliar with the protection policy requirements. Since existing VMs replicate successfully and there are no actual replication failures reported, the issue is not technical but rather a configuration mismatch where the new VMs simply do not match the category filter criteria.
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Domain 1: Interpret and Configure Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BCDR) Requirements
Determine prerequisites for BCDR schedule configurations including RPO selection, replication types (async, nearsync, synchronous, metro), resource requirements (CVM CPU/memory, SSD size, node storage), and system maximums (VMs per category, VMs per protection policy). Configure security hardening including network segmentation and approval policies for DR snapshots.
Sample questions from this domain above:
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Domain 2: Test Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BCDR) Solutions
Execute planned and unplanned failover with failback for async, nearsync, and synchronous replication. Perform test failover without impacting running workloads and validate recovery plans by checking key validation points. Identify logs for connectivity stability, open ports between sites, bandwidth throttling configuration, and native tools for connectivity assessment.
Sample questions from this domain above:
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Domain 3: Perform Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BCDR) Tasks
Execute self-service restore (SSR) in Windows and Linux environments and perform operations like cloning from recovery points or reverting snapshots. Decide between migrate and activate tasks for protection domains and execute planned or unplanned recovery plan options. Perform post-failover cleanup and migrate from legacy domains to protection policies.
Domain 4: Troubleshoot Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BCDR) Failures
Diagnose replication bandwidth issues and VM connectivity problems post-failover by addressing network mapping, IP retention, and NGT installation. Identify causes of replication failures from networking, storage, or permission issues and troubleshoot third-party backup configuration and storage bloat problems.
Sample questions from this domain above:
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FAQ
NCP-BC Exam FAQ
Common questions about the exam itself
What prerequisites and experience does Nutanix expect for candidates taking NCP-BC?
NCP-BC candidates should have approximately 2 to 3 years of holistic IT infrastructure experience, 1 to 2 years working with Nutanix environments, and 6 to 12 months of hands-on Nutanix DR experience. Typical candidates are systems administrators, backup administrators, architects, platform engineers, or network administrators responsible for business continuity and disaster recovery solutions.
How does NCP-BC relate to other Nutanix certifications in the Business Continuity track?
NCP-BC is a core certification in the Nutanix Business Continuity track, validating practical ability to manage BCDR solutions. It typically follows foundational certifications like the Nutanix Certified Associate (NCA) and provides stepping stone preparation for advanced master-level certifications that may require this certification as a prerequisite.
What is the exam format and what should candidates expect on test day?
The NCP-BC exam is scenario-based with questions spanning planning, configuration, operations, and troubleshooting. Candidates are tested on real-world BCDR responsibilities across four major domains covering interpretation, configuration, testing, execution, and troubleshooting of disaster recovery solutions within the Nutanix portfolio.
Is the Nutanix Business Continuity Administration (NBCA) course recommended before taking NCP-BC?
Yes, completing the Nutanix Business Continuity Administration (NBCA) course is strongly recommended to prepare for the exam and build practical, job-ready experience. The course aligns closely with NCP-BC exam objectives and helps candidates understand real-world BCDR scenarios.
What topics should candidates prioritize when preparing for NCP-BC?
Focus on disaster recovery configuration and planning including RPO selection, replication types (async, nearsync, synchronous, metro), and network segmentation. Spend significant time on failover and failback operations, recovery plan configuration, self-service restore procedures, and troubleshooting replication and connectivity issues, which form the bulk of the exam.
How difficult is the NCP-BC exam compared to Nutanix associate-level certifications?
NCP-BC is substantially more advanced than associate-level exams. The exam is time-intensive and requires strong analytical skills, especially with scenario-based questions that demand detailed knowledge of BCDR configuration and troubleshooting. It targets experienced infrastructure professionals rather than beginners.
What job roles does the NCP-BC certification prepare candidates for?
The certification prepares candidates for roles such as systems administrator, backup administrator, architect, platform engineer, database administrator, or network engineer focused on business continuity and disaster recovery. It is especially valuable for professionals working in hybrid cloud and mission-critical IT infrastructures requiring resilient, highly available architectures.
What do candidates need to know about recovery plan testing and validation for the exam?
Candidates must understand how to test recovery plans without impacting running workloads, recognize validation checkpoints, and know when to execute planned versus unplanned failovers for different replication types. The exam assesses ability to validate plans, check connectivity and logging, and ensure correct configuration parameters.
How should candidates approach troubleshooting questions on the NCP-BC exam?
Candidates should develop systematic troubleshooting approaches for replication failures (examining networking, storage, and permissions), VM connectivity issues post-failover (checking network mapping and NGT installation), and third-party backup failures. Understanding where to look and which tools to use is more important than memorizing specific error codes.
What is the difference between migrate and activate tasks for protection domains, and when should each be used?
The migrate task moves workloads to a remote site during a disaster, while the activate task brings recovery site resources online. The exam tests ability to decide which task to execute in different outage scenarios and recognize which tasks are automatically generated when executing either operation.
