Exam NCP-MCI-6.10 Topic 1 Question 71 Discussion
Actual exam question for Nutanix's NCP-MCI-6.10 exam
Question #: 71
Topic #: 1
Question #: 71
Topic #: 1
An administrator isprotecting an application and its datastored onVolume GroupsusingProtection Domains.
Duringfailover tests, allapplication VMs restore successfully, but theapplication data is completely missing.
How can the Protection Domain configuration be adjusted to avoid this issue in the future? (Choose two.)
Duringfailover tests, allapplication VMs restore successfully, but theapplication data is completely missing.
How can the Protection Domain configuration be adjusted to avoid this issue in the future? (Choose two.)
Suggested Answer: A,B Vote an answer
Protection Domains (PDs) in Nutanix ensure that entire applications and their associated data are protected during failover.However,Volume Groups (VGs) are not automatically includedunless explicitly configured.
* Option A (Select "Auto protect related entities") is correct:
* This setting ensures thatassociated Volume Groups, networks, and other dependencies are included in the Protection Domainautomatically.
* Without enabling this, only the VM itself would be protected, leading tomissing application data upon failover.
* Option B (Manually add Volume Groups to Protected Entities) is correct:
* If"Auto protect related entities" is not enabled, the administrator mustmanually add Volume Groups to the Protection Domain.
* This ensures that bothVMs and their attached Volume Groupsare replicated and recovered together.
* Option C (Place Volume Groups in a separate Protection Domain) is incorrect:
* Separating Volume Groups into a different PDdoes not guarantee they failover together with VMs.
* It is best practice tokeep related VMs and Volume Groups in the same PD.
* Option D (Use application-consistent snapshots) is incorrect:
* Whileapplication-consistent snapshots improve data integrity, theydo not fix missing Volume Groups in failover scenarios.
References:
* Nutanix Disaster Recovery Guide#Protection Domain Configuration and Volume Groups
* Nutanix KB#Ensuring Volume Groups Are Included in Disaster Recovery Failovers
* Option A (Select "Auto protect related entities") is correct:
* This setting ensures thatassociated Volume Groups, networks, and other dependencies are included in the Protection Domainautomatically.
* Without enabling this, only the VM itself would be protected, leading tomissing application data upon failover.
* Option B (Manually add Volume Groups to Protected Entities) is correct:
* If"Auto protect related entities" is not enabled, the administrator mustmanually add Volume Groups to the Protection Domain.
* This ensures that bothVMs and their attached Volume Groupsare replicated and recovered together.
* Option C (Place Volume Groups in a separate Protection Domain) is incorrect:
* Separating Volume Groups into a different PDdoes not guarantee they failover together with VMs.
* It is best practice tokeep related VMs and Volume Groups in the same PD.
* Option D (Use application-consistent snapshots) is incorrect:
* Whileapplication-consistent snapshots improve data integrity, theydo not fix missing Volume Groups in failover scenarios.
References:
* Nutanix Disaster Recovery Guide#Protection Domain Configuration and Volume Groups
* Nutanix KB#Ensuring Volume Groups Are Included in Disaster Recovery Failovers
by Aurora at Aug 28, 2026, 10:19 AM
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