Questions for the NCP-EUC were updated on : Dec 01 ,2025
An administrator has been provided additional business requirements for the newly formed business
continuity plan. Objectives include the following:
• Seamless failover
• Retaining IPs
• Failover to a DRaas
Which Nutanix provided platform which the administrator choose?
D
Explanation:
A cloud-based DR service that allows customers to protect their Nutanix workloads in a Nutanix-
owned cloud platform
. Xi Leap eliminates the need for multiple products and provides end-to-end
security, automation, and SLA compliance
.
A company wants their Nutanix VDI environment to have these characteristics:
• 3000 non-persistent desktops
• 500 RDSH-based VMS
• 100 AppStacks
How many storage containers should an administrator create to satisfy these requirements?
B
Explanation:
Nutanix offers a solution that delivers virtual apps and desktops in one click. Nutanix supports both
persistent and non-persistent VDI deployments, as well as RDSH-based VMs and AppStacks.
Storage containers are logical units that group vDisks and apply storage policies such as replication
factor, encryption, compression, deduplication and erasure coding3
.
Nutanix recommends using
compression and deduplication to reduce storage usage and avoid duplicate data4
.
An administrator needs to apply changes via Active Directory Group Policies for an environment
using Office365 in Cache Exchanged mode on VMware Horizon.
Which profile management toolset will provide the most effective solution?
A
Explanation:
VMware Horizon is a solution that delivers Windows and Linux virtual desktops and published
applications to end users from centralized servers.
One of the best practices for delivering Microsoft Office 365 in VMware Horizon is to disable Cached
Exchange Mode for Outlook3
. This can improve performance and reduce storage requirements.
There are different profile management toolsets that can be used with Office 365 and VMware
Horizon. One of them is Horizon Persona Management
, which is a feature that synchronizes user
profiles with a remote repository and provides a personalized desktop experience.
Another option is FSLogix Profile Management
, which is a Microsoft solution that enhances Office
365 performance in non-persistent VDI environments by redirecting user profiles to virtual disks.
https://techzone.vmware.com/resource/best-practices-delivering-microsoft-office-365-vmware-
horizon
A company is using Citrix for virtual desktops on Nutanix with AHV. The studio has 10,000 users who
will be connecting to this infrastructure and have deployed a dedicated Files cluster for holding the
user home shares.
Since this is a dedicated cluster with dual Intel 6242 28 GHz 16 Core processors and 192GB of RAM,
what should be done for the FSVM and
CVM configuration to allow for optimal performance?
D
Explanation:
https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/solutions/details?targetId=TN-2041-Nutanix-Files:file-server-virtual-machines.html
https://next.nutanix.com/files-storage-71/command-line-access-to-nutanix-file-server-vm-fsvm-via-
ssh-nutanix-files-33420
The file server VM (FSVM) is a virtual machine that runs on Nutanix Files and provides file services
such as SMB shares and NFS exports. The FSVM is based on CentOS and incorporates all the security
and hardening that goes into the Nutanix Controller VM (CVM)
. The CVM is a virtual machine that
runs on each node of a Nutanix cluster and provides storage management, data protection, cluster
coordination, and other services
.
The FSVMs have some default configuration settings that can be changed depending on your
workload requirements. For example, you can change the number of vCPUs, RAM, network
interfaces, or disk size of an FSVM
. However, you should not change these settings without
consulting Nutanix Support first.
One of the factors that affects the performance of an FSVM is its memory allocation. The more
memory an FSVM has, the more cache it can use for file operations. This can improve the throughput
and latency of file serving workloads
. Therefore, increasing the FSVM RAM to 96GB can help
optimize its performance for a large number of users.
An administrator is migrating Citrix back-end infrastructure to Citrix Cloud.
What three pieces of information are needed to connect Prism to Citrix Cloud?
B
Explanation:
https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-workspace/integrate.html
The Prism Citrix Cloud integration feature allows you to configure the Citrix Cloud settings in Prism
Central and connect your Nutanix cluster as a resource location in Citrix Cloud4
. This enables you to
use Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service to deliver applications and desktops to your end users.
To use this feature, you need to meet some prerequisites, such as:
The Prism Central version must be 2020.11 or later.
The AOS version must be 5.15 LTSR or later.
The hypervisor must be AHV or ESXi.
You must have a valid Citrix Cloud account with access to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service
.
One of the steps for configuring the Prism Citrix Cloud integration is to establish the connection to
Citrix Cloud. To do this, you need to provide three pieces of information:
Customer ID: This is a unique identifier for your Citrix Cloud account that can be found in your profile
settings2
.
Client ID: This is a unique identifier for an API client that can access your Citrix Cloud account.
You
can create an API client in your identity and access management settings2
.
Secret Key: This is a secret string that authenticates the API client. You can generate a secret key
when you create an API client
.
An administrator has created a Prism Central Playbook Action named Virtual Desktop Add CPU to
add 2 vCPU to virtual desktop when an alert is triggered after the virtual desktop's CPU usage has
exceeded 80%. Initially the Playbook Action works as expected, however over time it seems it is no
longer being triggered.
What is causing this issue?
A
Explanation:
https://next.nutanix.com/community-blog-154/new-x-play-actions-in-prism-central-2021-7-40005
The Prism Central Playbook Action is a tool that allows you to automate tasks based on triggers, such
as events, alerts, or webhooks. You can define a series of actions (called a playbook) that perform
operations on your infrastructure, such as adding or reducing resources on a VM
.
To use the Playbook Action for VMs, you need to meet some prerequisites, such as:
The Prism Central version must be 2020.11 or later.
The AOS version must be 5.15 LTSR or later.
The hypervisor must be AHV or ESXi.
The VMs must have Nutanix Guest Tools (NGT) installed and enabled
.
One of the possible reasons why the Playbook Action is no longer being triggered is that the virtual
desktop CPU Usage alerts were not cleared. According to the Prism Central guide
, “If an alert has
been triggered once and has not been cleared yet, then it will not trigger any action again until it has
been cleared”. Therefore, if the CPU Usage alert remains active for a virtual desktop, it will prevent
the Playbook Action from adding more vCPUs to it.
A company is planning to implement Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on Nutanix clusters running
AHV.
The initial implementation will be sized for 1000 virtual desktops with Windows 1 1, Microsoft Office
2021 and Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps installed.
What is the correct prerequisite to implement a successful installation of the Nutanix AHV MCS Plug-
in?
C
Explanation:
The Nutanix AHV MCS Plug-in is a tool that enables Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Delivery
Controllers (also called Brokers) to create and manage Citrix-provisioned VMs in a Nutanix AHV
infrastructure environment. The plug-in is based on the Citrix-defined plug-in framework
.
To install the Nutanix AHV MCS Plug-in, you need to meet some prerequisites, such as:
The Delivery Controller version must be 7.15 LTSR CU3 or later.
The Delivery Controller must be able to communicate with Prism Element (PE) using HTTPS port
9440.
The Delivery Controller must have PowerShell 5.1 or later installed.
The user running the installer must have administrator privileges on the Delivery Controller
.
https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/solutions/details?targetId=RA-2020-Citrix-Virtual-Apps-
and-Desktops-AMD-MCS-Windows-10:RA-2020-Citrix-Virtual-Apps-and-Desktops-AMD-MCS-
Windows-10
How should the administrator best organize gold images in a non-persistent Citrix MCS environment?
B
Explanation:
https://www.nutanix.com/support-services/training-certification/certifications/certification-details-
nutanix-certified-professional-ncp-euc-v6
https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-daas/install-configure/machine-catalogs-create.html
A gold image is a master image that contains the operating system, drivers, patches, and
configurations for a virtual desktop. A non-persistent Citrix MCS environment is one where virtual
desktops are created from a gold image and discarded after each user session.
Citrix Machine Creation Services (MCS) is a tool that uses a gold image to create and manage virtual
machines for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environments. MCS can create different types of
machines, such as pooled random, static assigned, or dedicated
.
One of the challenges of using MCS is managing multiple gold images for different user groups or
application needs. Updating multiple gold images can be time-consuming and error-
prone. Therefore, it is recommended to use a single base image without any applications and
leverage another tool such as Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) to deliver
applications dynamically to the cloned virtual desktops
.
This approach can simplify image management, reduce storage consumption, improve performance,
and enhance user experience. SCCM can also provide additional features such as patch management,
compliance enforcement, inventory reporting, etc.
An administrator would like to apply a group of base settings to Citrix-based VDI users at each logon.
which user profile type would best fit the scenario?
C
Explanation:
A mandatory profile is a type of roaming profile that is read-only and does not save any changes
made by users during their sessions. A mandatory profile can be applied to a group of users who
share a common desktop environment and do not need to customize their settings or preferences.
A mandatory profile can ensure that a group of base settings are applied to Citrix-based VDI users at
each logon, regardless of any changes they make during their sessions. A mandatory profile can also
improve performance, security, and consistency of the VDI environment.
To use a mandatory profile with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, you need to create a template
profile on a reference machine, rename its NTUSER.DAT file to NTUSER.MAN, and copy it to a
network share.
Then you need to configure Profile Management policies or Active Directory settings
to point to the network share location for your users2
.
What are two types Of Frame environment delivery models? (Choose two.)
C, D
Explanation:
Frame is a cloud-native desktop-as-a-service platform that allows you to deliver virtual desktops and
applications from any cloud. Frame supports multiple public clouds, such as AWS, Azure, GCP, and
Alibaba Cloud
. You can bring your own public cloud account and use Frame to provision and
manage your virtual desktops on demand.
Frame also supports Nutanix private cloud model running AHV, which is a native hypervisor for
Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform.
You can use Frame to deliver virtual desktops and applications
from your own data center using Nutanix AHV clusters3
. You can benefit from the simplicity,
scalability, and performance of Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure.
What should the administrator use when creating a Windows 10 gold image using Calm for Citrix
MCS persistent desktops?
C
Explanation:
A snapshot is a point-in-time copy of a virtual machine that can be used as a template for creating
new machines. A Citrix optimized Windows 10 image is a Windows 10 image that has been
configured with best practices and optimizations for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops.
Using a snapshot of a Citrix optimized Windows 10 image can ensure that the persistent desktops
have consistent performance, security, and user experience. It can also simplify the image
management process by allowing you to update the snapshot with new patches or applications using
Calm.
Calm is a tool that automates application lifecycle management across different environments. Calm
can integrate with Citrix MCS to create, update, and delete virtual machines based on blueprints that
define the configuration and dependencies of an application.
https://www.nutanix.com/support-services/training-certification/certifications/certification-details-
nutanix-certified-professional-ncp-euc-v6
An administrator has been given a new support role for a group of 1000 users, which are all running
Windows 10 Linked Clone virtual desktops,
The administrator learns quickly that the environment has been undersized with constant complaints
from the user community around running out of storage. The administrator further discovers that the
environment is memory constrained.
Which feature should the administrator enable to help relieve the capacity issue?
D
Explanation:
Deduplication is a process that eliminates duplicate data blocks and reduces the amount of storage
space required for virtual desktops. Deduplication can be enabled at both cluster level and container
level on Nutanix.
Deduplication can also work with VCAI (View Composer Array Integration), which is a feature that
uses Nutanix native NFS snapshot technology to clone VMs
. VCAI can improve performance and
reduce storage consumption for linked-clone desktop pools.
Another feature that can help with capacity issue is Shadow Clones, which is a distributed caching
mechanism that allows multiple VMs to read from a single vDisk copy stored locally on each node
.
Shadow Clones can reduce network traffic and improve boot times for virtual desktops.
https://www.nutanix.com/support-services/training-certification/certifications/certification-details-
nutanix-certified-professional-ncp-euc-v6
An organization recently deployed an Active-passive VDI solution across multiple sites within their
Nutanix platforms. The Organization is now on phase two of the project, which requires them to
consolidate all user profile and home data, since each location will have its own standalone Microsoft
File Server.
Which solution will provide a more easily-managed environment for profile and Home Share data
that includes High Availability and a unified single namespace?
D
Explanation:
Nutanix Files is a software-defined, scale-out file storage solution that provides a repository for
unstructured data, such as home directories, user profiles, departmental shares, application logs,
backups, and archives1
.
Nutanix Files also provides high availability and a unified single namespace
for easy management2
.
An administrator is supporting two Nutanix Io-node AHV clusters (Cluster01 and Cluster02) dedicated
for VDI workloads. The administrator has started receiving complaints regarding the performance of
several full clone virtual desktops within Cluster01, upon review of both clusters, below are the
discovered utilization metrics:
Cluster01 utilizations:
• Cluster CPU:85%
• Cluster Memory: 94%
• storage:50%
Cluster02 utilizations:
• Cluster CPU:30%
• Cluster Memory:35%
• storage:40%
Datacenter policy requires 20% resource overhead.
Which action should the administrator take to resolve this issue?
D
Explanation:
administrator can take to resolve the issue of performance for several full clone virtual desktops
within Cluster01 by migrating them to Cluster02.
a recovery plan is a set of steps that defines how to recover guest VMs from a disaster.
A recovery
plan can be used to migrate VMs between Nutanix clusters at the same or different availability
zones1
.
Users are being prompted to restart their non-persistent desktops in the middle of the day.
which setting in the gold image would cause this to occur?
C
Explanation:
non-persistent VDI machines are deleted when they are rebooted, logged off, or shut
down. Therefore, Windows Update policy should be configured to prevent automatic updates that
may trigger a restart on these machines
.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint/onboarding-and-
servicing-non-persistent-vdi-machines-with/ba-p/1360721