Nutanix Certified Associate (NCA) — Question 16

An administrator receives an alert that a node has failed within a Nutanix AHV-based 10-node cluster. Before the failure, the cluster CPU and memory utilization was around 50%.
What actions will the cluster automatically take?

Answer options

• A. VMs will be unavailable until the affected host is fully functional.
• B. VMs will migrate to other nodes in the cluster with no user impact.
• C. The cluster will enter read-only mode and the VMs will be powered down to preserve data.
• D. All HA-protected VMs will be automatically restarted on other nodes in the cluster.

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D because Nutanix's high availability (HA) feature ensures that protected VMs are automatically restarted on other nodes if a host fails. Option A is incorrect as VMs should be restarted, not left unavailable. Option B is misleading since it does not specify HA, and VMs are not just migrated but restarted. Option C is wrong because the cluster does not enter read-only mode during a node failure.