Nutanix Certified Professional (NCP) — Question 113

A VM in a 12-node Nutanix cluster is hosting an application that has specific physical GPU requirements. Only three nodes in the cluster meet this requirement.
The administrator wants to allow a general workload to be distributed across all nodes in the cluster and must make sure that the node hosting the VM meets its requirements.
How should the administrator perform this task?

Answer options

• A. Configure anti-affinity rules between the application VM and the other VMs running on the cluster.
• B. Over-provision the application VM with additional virtual GPUs.
• C. Create a separate three-node cluster using the nodes that meet the requirement.
• D. Configure VM-Host affinity for the nodes that meet the application's GPU requirement.

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct approach is to configure VM-Host affinity for the nodes that meet the application's GPU requirements, which ensures that the VM is scheduled on one of those nodes. Anti-affinity rules would prevent the application VM from running with other VMs, but not guarantee the correct node. Over-provisioning virtual GPUs does not address the physical GPU requirements. Creating a separate cluster would limit the VM's availability and does not utilize the rest of the nodes effectively.