Nutanix Certified Associate Practice Exam

What is a common reason for the message indicating "10 or more cluster services restarts within 15 minutes" during disk firmware updates?

1. A drive has been ejected

2. A node has been rebooted

3. A drive has been reformatted

4. A node has been rebalanced

The correct answer is: A node has been rebooted

The message indicating "10 or more cluster services restarts within 15 minutes" often occurs during disk firmware updates because a node has been rebooted. When firmware updates are applied to the disks, the node may need to restart to complete the update process. This can lead to a situation where multiple services within the cluster experience restarts as they react to the node's reboot. In a Nutanix environment, nodes are integral to the cluster's operation, and if one node goes down or reboots, it can cause the cluster to initiate various services that need to restart in order to maintain functionality and integrity across the system. The frequency of these restarts can trigger alerts, signaling that the system is experiencing an unusual load due to the updates being applied. This scenario emphasizes the importance of managing firmware updates carefully and understanding how they impact the operations of not just individual nodes, but the entire cluster as well.