Nutanix Certified Master – Multicloud Infrastructure (NCM-MCI) — Question 49

An administrator receives an error indicating that the CVMs in the cluster are not syncing to any NTP servers. An investigation of the issue finds:
✑ The NTP servers are configured in Prism
✑ The time on all CVMs is the same
✑ Both the CVMs and AHV hosts are configured for the UTC time zone
Which two steps can be taken to troubleshoot this issue? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. Confirm that the NTP servers are reachable from the CVMs.
• B. Restart genesis on all CVMs.
• C. On a CVM. run the command a Hash ntpq -pn.
• D. Restart the chronos service on all CVMs.

Correct answer: A, C

Explanation

Option A is correct because ensuring that the CVMs can reach the NTP servers is crucial for synchronization. Option C is also correct as running the command a Hash ntpq -pn helps verify the status of the NTP servers from the CVMs. Options B and D are not effective troubleshooting steps for this specific NTP synchronization issue.