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NCA-5.15 · Question #72

What is required to schedule VM snapshots?

The correct answer is D. Protection Domain. In Nutanix Prism Element, a Protection Domain is the construct that enables scheduled VM snapshots and replication to remote sites. You add VMs to a Protection Domain, define Consistency Groups, configure snapshot schedules (local and/or remote), and set retention policies…

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Question

What is required to schedule VM snapshots?

Options

  • ACategories
  • BConsistency Group
  • CVolume Group
  • DProtection Domain

How the community answered

(18 responses)
  • B
    6% (1)
  • C
    6% (1)
  • D
    89% (16)

Explanation

In Nutanix Prism Element, a Protection Domain is the construct that enables scheduled VM snapshots and replication to remote sites. You add VMs to a Protection Domain, define Consistency Groups, configure snapshot schedules (local and/or remote), and set retention policies - all within the Protection Domain workflow.

  • Categories (A) are used for policy-based management in Prism Central (e.g., for NGT policies or backups via Leap/PC-based protection), not for basic snapshot scheduling in Prism Element.
  • Consistency Group (B) is a sub-component within a Protection Domain that groups VMs for crash-consistent snapshots - it cannot exist independently without a Protection Domain.
  • Volume Group (C) is a storage construct for presenting iSCSI LUNs to hosts or VMs, unrelated to snapshot scheduling.

Topics

#Nutanix Snapshots#Protection Domain#Data Protection#VM Snapshots

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