Nutanix Certified Professional - Database Automation (NCP-DB)

The Nutanix Certified Professional - Database Automation (NCP-DB) 6.5 certification measures your ability to deploy, administer, optimize, and troubleshoot database workloads using Nutanix Database Service (NDB).

Knowledge Objectives:

  • Section 1: Describe NDB Concepts
  • Section 2: Deploy and Configure an NDB Solution
  • Section 3: Monitor Alerts and Storage Usage Within an NDB Implementation
  • Section 4: Operate and Maintain an NDB Environment
  • Section 5: Protect NDB-managed Databases Using Time Machine
  • Section 6: Administer an NDB Environment

Prerequisites

Successful candidates have approximately 1-2 years of database management experience, while having at least 6 months of Nutanix Database Service or Nutanix Era experience. They are typically database administrators, Nutanix technical employees, Nutanix channel partners, Nutanix OEM vendors, and Nutanix customers who are capable of successfully provisioning, patching, protecting, and cloning NDB-managed databases. The successful candidate will most likely have taken training courses such as the Nutanix Database Management & Automation (NDMA) course.

Recommended training for this certification

Exams

Format

  • 75 multiple choice questions
  • Time Limit: 120 minutes
  • Language: English

Pricing

  • $199 USD per attempt

Passing Score The passing score for this exam is 3000, using a scaled scoring method. The scale is from 1000-6000. Scaled scores are calculated using a mathematical formula that considers a variety of factors, including the number and type of exam questions included in a specific version of the exam. Because this combination may vary in different versions of the same examination, scaled scores provide a fair score for everyone based on the version of the exam taken.

Recertification

Once you have passed the Nutanix Certified Professional– Database Automation 6.5 exam and achieved the NCP-DB 6certification, it will remain valid for two years. To maintain your certification status, you must either renew your existing certification, pass an equivalent NCP-level exam within another certification track, or pass the NCM-MCI exam