Nutanix Migration Interview Guide
1. What an Architect Should Ask the Customer Before Migration
(Questionnaire)
General Environment Assessment
• What is your current virtualization platform (VMware, Hyper-V, Physical, etc.)?
• What is the total number of VMs, physical servers, and storage systems?
• Are there any mission-critical workloads requiring high availability (HA)?
• What are your uptime requirements? Can we schedule downtime for migration?
• Do you have any licensing constraints for OS, hypervisors, or software?
Storage & Data Considerations
• What storage architecture are you using (SAN, NAS, vSAN, DAS)?
• How much total storage capacity is used and available?
• What are your performance requirements (IOPS, latency, throughput)?
• Are there encryption or compliance requirements (HIPAA, GDPR, PCI-DSS)?
2. Nutanix Migration Interview Questions & Answers
General Nutanix Migration Questions
Q: How do you approach migration planning for a large-scale Nutanix migration?
A:
- Assess existing infrastructure (Compute, Storage, Network, Workloads)
- Identify business-critical applications
- Choose the right migration strategy (Lift & Shift, Replatforming, etc.)
- Select migration tools (Nutanix Move, rsync, VMware HCX, manual export/import)
- Perform a pilot migration
- Validate post-migration performance & fine-tune