Nutanix Platform Professional (NPP) Exam

Nutanix Administration on NOS 4.0 (NPP4)

I. Exam Overview
The Nutanix Platform Professional (NPP) Exam is an online exam for evaluating IT
professionals working with the Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform.

II. Audience
Nutanix professionals who install, configure, monitor, manage, and troubleshoot the
Nutanix Cluster.

III. Exam Preparation

Attending the Nutanix Administration Course (4.x) is recommended, but not required,
prior to attempting this exam. Students have three options for this training:
1. NPP Update Training: IT professionals who hold an NPP3 certification and
have recent experience administering a Nutanix cluster should take NPP Update
training available in the New Courses section of this portal.
2. Nutanix Administration Course: Self-Paced Online: IT professionals with
limited experience with Nutanix, or who need a more complete refresher of their
skills should take the self-paced online administration course available in the New
Courses section of this portal.
3. Nutanix Administration Course: Instructor-led Training: IT professionals
who are unfamiliar with Nutanix, or prefer to ask questions from an experienced
IT trainer during a 2-day, live course, should register for an instructor-led training
class, offered by Nutanix training centers around the globe. See
http://www.nutanix.com/schedules/education/ for a list of upcoming classes.

IV. Exam Details

The exam consists of 50 multiple choice and true/false questions.

You will be allowed up to two hours to complete the exam.
A minimum of 80% is required to pass the exam.
You are allowed three (3) attempts at passing the exam. If you do not successfully
complete the exam after three attempts, you will need to contact the Nutanix
Education team (education@nutanix.com) to discuss test alternatives.

V. Key Topics to Review

Review the following course topics to improve your chances of successfully completing
the exam:
Understanding Storage Management
Nutanix Command Center (Prism)
Nutanix Cluster configuration
Native backup and recovery configuration
Nutanix cluster troubleshooting

Failure scenario analysis

VI. Key Study Documents

Nutanix Administration Course (NOS 4.X)

o Self-Paced Online
o Instructor-led Training
NPP Update Training (NOS 4.0) designed for NPP3 certified professionals who
plan to update their certification for NOS 4.0
Nutanix Technical Publications (http://portal.nutanix.com)
o Nutanix Command Reference Guide
o Nutanix Setup Guide
o Nutanix Web Console Guide

VII. Exam Security

Nutanix reserves the right to invalidate a candidate exam if the candidate violates exam
security polices. This includes copying and redistribution of exam items and taking an
exam using a false identity.