Nutanix Multicloud Automation Administration (NMCAA)

In this course, you will explore a number of subjects including:

-How to perform codeless task automation using X-Play and its actions gallery, plays, and playbooks
-What Nutanix Calm is, how to install and configure it, and how to use the Marketplace to launch blueprints and runbooks
-How to create single- and multi-VM blueprints, and how to publish them to the Marketplace for consumption
-How to manage an application
-How to identify issues with Nutanix Calm and X-Play

Audience Profile

IT administrators who manage Nutanix clusters and want a detailed deep dive into multicloud automation using Nutanix Calm
Anyone pursuing the Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Automation (NCP-MCA) certification

Prerequisites

This advanced course requires you to possess a basic Nutanix system administration skill set which includes:

Familiarity with traditional virtualization storage architectures
Hands-on experience with the Prism and Command-line interfaces
An understanding of Nutanix core concepts and definitions, which can be found here
These skills can be acquired by attending one of our basic admin courses (Enterprise Cloud Administration), or through on-the-job experience working on a Nutanix system for at least 6 months.

Outline

Course Outline
Course Outline and Hands-on Labs

1: IT Operations Automation Using X-Play
IT automation with Nutanix
Task automation using X-Play
Hands-on Labs
Prism Element and Prism Central Setup
Creating a Manually Triggered Playbook
Creating an Alert Triggered Playbook
2: Application Automation Using Nutanix Calm
Introduction to Nutanix Calm
Nutanix Calm Deployment Models
Installing and Configuring Nutanix Calm
Working with the Calm Marketplace
Nutanix Calm Plug-ins
Hands-on Labs
Enabling Calm
Creating a Calm Project
3: Working with Blueprints and Runbooks
Introduction to Calm Blueprints
Creating a Single-VM Blueprint
Creating a Multi-VM Blueprint
Publishing and Launching a Blueprint
Using the Marketplace Manager
Managing Applications
Working with Endpoints and Runbooks
Hands-on Labs: Single VM Blueprints
Creating a Single VM Blueprint
Downloading and Launching a Blueprint
Publishing a Single VM Blueprint to the Marketplace
Launching a Blueprint from the Marketplace
Unpublishing and Deleting a Blueprint
Importing a Blueprint
Hands-on Labs: Multi VM Blueprints and Runbooks
Creating a Multi-VM Blueprint
Creating Services
Adding Dependencies
Configuring Day 2 Operations
Launching the Full LAMP Stack
Configuring Endpoints
Configuring and Executing a Runbook
4: Advanced Calm Actions and Blueprint Management
Macros
Scripts
The Library
Categories
5: Identifying Issues with Calm and X-Play
Identifying Causes of Deployment Failure
Validating Playbook Configurations
Log Collection
Hands-on Labs
Import a Problem Blueprint
Troubleshoot a Problem Blueprint