Course Overview
TOPThis course teaches you the administrative skills needed to install, configure, manage, and upgrade three different Nutanix Unified Storage products:
Scheduled Classes
TOP| 10/27/25 - TDV - Virtual-Instructor Led - Virtual-Instructor Led | (click to enroll)
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| 11/10/25 - TDV - Virtual-Instructor Led - Virtual-Instructor Led | (click to enroll)
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What You'll Learn
TOPOutline
TOPManaging Directories and API Keys
- Managing the Object Store
- Managing a Bucket
- Monitoring Nutanix Objects
- Data Lens for Nutanix Objects
- Replication with Nutanix Objects
- Cloud Tiering
- Upgrading Nutanix Objects Using LCM
- Investigating Issues with Cluster Deployment, Read/Write, Upgrades, Cloud Tiering, and Replication
- Log Collection for Nutanix Objects
- Creating Buckets
- Adding Users and Generating Encrypted Keys
- Using the Objects Browser
- Object Versioning
- Sharing Buckets
- Managing Buckets with an S3 Application
- Objects Multi-Protocol
- Enabling Nutanix Objects and Creating an Object Store
- Understanding When to Use Nutanix Volumes
- Deploying Nutanix Volumes and Understanding iSCSI Target Redirection
- Configuring Nutanix Volumes
- Failover and Failback Processes
- Viewing Volume Group Metrics
- Storage Management
- Modifying a Volume Group
- Firewall Settings
- IQNs/Allowlists
- iSCSI Timeout Sessions
- Troubleshooting Volume Group Capacity
- Enabling iSCSI
- Configuring a Volume Group with CHAP Authentication
- Volume Group Metrics
- Adding a Disk to a Volume Group
- Configuring a Volume Group for Internal VM Access
- Growing a Disk in a Volume Group
- Removing iSCSI Volume Groups - External Access iSCSI
- Removing iSCSI Volume Groups - Internal Access iSCSI
- Introduction to Nutanix Files
- Architecting and Sizing Nutanix Files Environments
- Installing Nutanix Files
- The File Server Dashboard
- Configuring Nutanix Files
- Cloning File Servers, Encrypting Data, and Blocking Files
- Managing Nutanix Files
- Directory and User Management
- Working with Quotas
- Synchronizing Data Across Multiple Locations
- Using File Analytics
- Using Data Lens and Smart DR
- Optimizing File Servers
- Upgrading Nutanix Files
- Understanding the Nutanix Files High Availability Process
- Investigating Issues with Nutanix Files
- Creating and Mounting a Standard Share
- File Analytics Anomaly Rules
- Configuring Access to an NFS Share
- Files Multi-Protocol
- Managing File Share Permissions with MMC
- Upgrading Nutanix Files
- Deleting Nutanix Files
- Deploying File Analytics
- Installing a Nutanix File Server
- Creating a Distributed Share
- Exploring Nutanix Files
- File Analytics File System Scan
- Creating an NFS Share
- Exploring the Nutanix Files Console
- Introduction to Nutanix Objects
- Nutanix Objects Architecture
- Enabling Nutanix Objects
- Deploying and Configuring Nutanix Objects
- Configuring Bucket Policies
Prerequisites
TOPThis course requires basic system administration knowledge, acquired through training or hands-on experience.
- You should be familiar with iSCSI, SMB, NFS storage protocols, and S3 compatible storage; be able to create a VM through the Nutanix web console (Prism); and know how to run commands from the command line interface (CLI).
- An understanding of Nutanix core concepts and definitions.
- If you do not have these skills, we recommend taking the Enterprise Cloud Administration (ECA) class first.
Who Should Attend
TOPSystems operators evaluating file, block, and object storage using Nutanix Files, Nutanix Volumes, and Nutanix Objects.
- IT administrators and business leaders who manage Nutanix clusters and want a detailed deep dive into Nutanix storage administration.
- Anyone pursuing Nutanix Certified Professional Unified Storage (NCP-US) certification.
