Course Overview
The Advanced Nutanix course is designed for experienced administrators who want to design, optimize, secure, and scale Nutanix environments in enterprise and multicloud deployments. This course goes beyond day-to-day administration and focuses on advanced architecture, performance tuning, automation, disaster recovery, and multicloud integration.
Learners gain deep hands-on expertise in Prism Central, AHV advanced features, storage optimization, network virtualization, security, and automation, preparing them for complex production environments and advanced Nutanix certifications.
Course Content
Module 1: Advanced Nutanix Architecture & Design
Cluster sizing and capacity planning
High availability and fault tolerance design
Stretch clusters and metro availability
Performance design considerations
Module 2: Advanced Prism Central Management
Prism Central architecture and deployment
Centralized monitoring and analytics
Capacity forecasting and trend analysis
Custom dashboards and reports
Module 3: Advanced AHV Administration
Live migration and workload balancing
Advanced VM networking
VM performance optimization
GPU and high-performance workloads
Module 4: Storage Performance & Optimization
Advanced storage policies
Erasure coding, deduplication, and compression tuning
I/O optimization and latency analysis
Storage troubleshooting techniques
Module 5: Network Virtualization & Security
Advanced VLAN and IPAM configuration
Microsegmentation concepts
Integration with third-party networking
Secure network design
Module 6: Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
Advanced protection domains
Leap workflows and runbooks
Metro DR and replication strategies
DR testing and automation
Module 7: Automation & API Integration
Nutanix Calm overview
Blueprint design and orchestration
REST APIs and automation scripting
Infrastructure as Code concepts
Module 8: Multicloud & Hybrid Cloud with Nutanix
Nutanix Cloud Platform overview
Nutanix on AWS / Azure / GCP
Cloud migration strategies
Workload mobility and cost optimization
Module 9: Security, Governance & Compliance
Advanced RBAC and identity integration
Encryption and key management
Security monitoring and audits
Compliance and policy enforcement
Module 10: Troubleshooting, Upgrades & Lifecycle Management
Deep-dive troubleshooting methodology
Log analysis and diagnostics
LCM best practices
Upgrade and rollback strategies
Module 11: Real-World Case Studies & Capstone
Enterprise deployment scenarios
Performance tuning case studies
DR and multicloud use cases
Capstone project and presentation
