Nutanix Certified Associate Practice Exam

What is a protection domain?

1. Active local storage container linked to a remote standby container.

2. A set of snapshots stored on a remote cluster of the source VM or volume group.

3. A set of snapshots stored on the same cluster as a VM or volume group.

4. A group of entities that are backed up locally.

The correct answer is: A group of entities that are backed up locally.

A protection domain is a critical concept in Nutanix architectures that relates to data protection and disaster recovery. It refers to a collection of virtual machines (VMs) and their associated workloads that are managed together for the purpose of backing them up or replicating them securely. By organizing VMs into protection domains, Nutanix allows for more efficient management of data protection policies and ensures that all entities within the domain can be backed up together, restoring them to the same state when needed. The correct answer emphasizes that a protection domain encapsulates a group of entities with a cohesive backup strategy. This means all items in the domain are subject to the same protection settings, making it easier to manage backups and restorations uniformly. In contrast, the other options do not accurately reflect the holistic nature of a protection domain. While one option mentions snapshots on a remote cluster and another focuses on local storage, neither captures the entire concept as it relates to managing a group of items together for streamlined protection.