Nutanix Certified Associate Practice Exam

Where should an administrator log in to set VM-VM anti affinity in an AHV cluster?

1. Prism Central

2. Prism Element

3. acli

4. ncli

The correct answer is: acli

To set VM-VM anti-affinity in an AHV cluster, the correct course of action is to use acli, which stands for Acropolis Command-Line Interface. This interface provides a command-line tool that allows administrators to manage various aspects of their Nutanix environments directly through command-line commands. VM-VM anti-affinity is a feature that ensures virtual machines (VMs) are not hosted on the same physical node. This is particularly important for applications that require high availability and redundancy, helping to ensure that if one node becomes unavailable, the other VM can continue to function on a different node. Using acli allows for precise control and scripting capabilities when configuring anti-affinity policies, which can be vital for more complex environments where automation and repeatability are key concerns. While options such as Prism Central and Prism Element provide a graphical interface for managing the cluster and can perform various administrative tasks, they do not offer the same direct command-line flexibility for configuring anti-affinity. Similarly, ncli (Nutanix Command-Line Interface) is also a powerful tool but primarily concerns the management of clusters and does not specialize in VM-VM affinity policies as acli does.