Nutanix Certified Associate Practice Exam

In a Nutanix environment, how should you address situations where VM images must be restricted to one specific cluster?

1. Use soft enforcement on the image placement policy.

2. Allow all clusters to access the images for flexibility.

3. Implement hard enforcement on the image placement policy.

4. Configure flexible roles across clusters for image access.

The correct answer is: Implement hard enforcement on the image placement policy.

Implementing hard enforcement on the image placement policy is the most effective approach to ensure that VM images are restricted to a specific cluster in a Nutanix environment. Hard enforcement means that the system strictly adheres to the policy set for image placement, which prevents any VM from being deployed with the designated image outside of the specified cluster. This approach ensures compliance with organizational or regulatory requirements by maintaining tighter control over image access and usage. When hard enforcement is applied, administrators can have peace of mind knowing that only designated clusters can utilize certain images, thus enhancing security and governance over VM deployments. This is particularly important in cases where images might contain sensitive or proprietary configurations that should not be exposed to multiple environments. Alternatives, such as allowing all clusters access or using soft enforcement, do not provide the same level of control and risk management. Soft enforcement may lead to scenarios where images could be accessed inadvertently or inappropriately by other clusters, while flexible role configurations do not guarantee adherence to access restrictions based on cluster-specific requirements.