Nutanix Certified Associate Practice Exam

What is an advantage of managing images in Prism Central?

1. Your image is automatically copied to the Prism Element cluster when you create a VM.

2. The image only resides in Prism Central.

3. It removes all of the images from Prism Element clusters and manages the image in Prism Central.

4. You must clone a VM from the image you imported.

The correct answer is: Your image is automatically copied to the Prism Element cluster when you create a VM.

Managing images in Prism Central offers a significant advantage in that it streamlines the process of handling virtual machine images across various Prism Element clusters. When you create a VM in Prism Central, the corresponding image is automatically copied to the relevant Prism Element cluster. This capability allows for a more efficient deployment of VMs since the images are readily available for use across the different clusters under management, ensuring faster provisioning and a unified approach to resource management. This process enhances operational efficiency and reduces the manual overhead typically associated with managing images across multiple clusters. Keeping images centrally managed allows administrators to maintain a single source of truth for images, making updates and version control simpler and more effective. Other options do not accurately depict the advantages of managing images in this environment. For instance, having the image reside solely in Prism Central could lead to manageability challenges and would not provide the same level of accessibility as when the images are distributed across clusters. The option discussing the removal of images from Prism Element clusters misinterprets how imaging works in this context, as the focus is on central management rather than elimination of local copies. Finally, while cloning a VM from an image is a function that can happen, managing images in Prism Central does not necessitate this step, as the automatic image copying