Nutanix Multicloud Automation (NCP-MCA) Certification Exam Syllabus

• Determine the logical steps in automating a process (e.g., put things in order of operation utilizing Self-Service library and pre-create and post-delete with Self-Service)
• Given a graphic, determine how to use Self-Service to complete the pre-provisioning steps

- Demonstrate an understanding of event-driven Playbooks

• Demonstrate an understanding of how to create a Playbook by setting trigger and defining actions
• Arrange playbook steps (using X-Play)
• Create a playbook that applies to multiple virtual infrastructure resources

- Define the components of X-Play

• Define Playbook’s action gallery and plays
• Identify alerts and manual triggers

- List how to implement categories for the appropriate use cases

• Describe how to create Categories
• Explain the effects of Categories
• Given a category and a blueprint, infer if a policy will be applied to a VM

- Identify the capabilities of Projects

• Describe how to create Projects
• Define how to assign RBAC in a Project
• Define how to create quotas
• Explain the definition of a project
• Define how to assign infrastructure to a project

• Given a scenario, determine the correct method to create a Self-Service blueprint
• Given a scenario, determine the correct method to create a substrate
• Given a scenario, determine the correct method to create a day two action
• Given a scenario, determine the correct method to create a task
• Given a scenario, determine the correct method to configure install/uninstall packages
• Determine which task type to use per script language/function
• Determine pre-requirements for Self-Service deployment
• Determine how to utilize Self-Service built-in macros within blueprints
• Determine how to set application infrastructure requirements related to automation optimization
• Determine if an application profile should be used in the Blueprint

- Demonstrate an Understanding of Self-service Managed Infrastructure and Applications

• Determine how to scale out and/or in
• Determine how to retire a managed application
• Determine how to manage an application
• Determine how to run a task

- Identify required configuration settings for a Self-Service deployment

• Describe how to configure providers
• Recall the requirements for setting up environments within Self-Service to deploy to various supported Accounts
• Define Marketplace capabilities
• Describe how to configure endpoints
• Describe how to create a library item

- Identify common Blueprint features

• Identify built-in macros, tasks, and action/task dependencies
• Identify blueprint features to include authentication credentials in a cloudinit and sysprep
• Recognize the syntax of a macro
• Identify application profiles

- Identify common Runbook features

• Identify task types
• Identify built-in macros, tasks, and task dependencies

- Describe the features and requirements of Self-Service

• Describe Self-Service requirements
• Define Self-Service use cases

- Identify common Governance features

• Describe an approval policy
• Describe a scheduler task

- Determine the causes of a Blueprint or Runbook deployment failure

• Determine how to use audit trails to identify a task that has failed
• Given an error message, explain the issue

- Describe where to find information to assist in validation

• Given an issue with Self-Service, locate troubleshooting data/collect the logs
• Given an issue with Playbooks, locate troubleshooting data/collect the logs

- Determine the correct method to validate required Playbook configurations

• Given a Playbook and symptom, explain an issue
• Given a scenario, determine how to correctly configure a Playbook

- Determine the causes of issues associated with automation

• Given a scenario/screenshot, interpret the issue
• Given a log, infer what type of issue may be present
• Determine how to optimize a workflow to align with best practices
• Given a scenario/image, explain how to triage/frame/predict an issue