A Files administrator needs to generate a report listing the files matching those in the exhibit. What is the most efficient way to complete this task?

Nutanix File Analytics is the dedicated solution for providing deep insights, auditing, and reporting on data stored within Nutanix Files. It includes a robust reporting engine that allows administrators to generate custom reports based on a wide range of file metadata, such as file type, size, age, and owner. Using the reporting feature within File Analytics is the most direct and efficient method to create a filtered list of files as requested. The Files Console and Prism Central do not offer this level of granular, data-aware reporting.

B. Create a custom report in Prism Central. Prism Central's reporting focuses on infrastructure health, performance, and capacity metrics (VMs, hosts, clusters), not on granular file-level data within a file share.
C. Use Report Builder in Files Console. The Files Console (or Files Manager) is used for managing the file server cluster itself (e.g., creating shares, snapshots) and does not have a data-level report builder.
D. Create a custom report in Files Console. The Files Console lacks the functionality to analyze and generate custom reports based on the metadata of the files stored in the shares it manages.

1. Nutanix File Analytics Deployment and User Guide v4.1:

Section: Reports

Content: This section details the reporting capabilities of File Analytics. It states

"File Analytics allows you to generate reports about the file server data. You can generate reports on demand or schedule them to run at a specific time." It describes creating reports for Data Age

File Distribution

and other metrics

which aligns with the question's requirement.

2. Nutanix Unified Storage Administration Guide v6.8:

Section: File Analytics > File Analytics Features

Content: This section explicitly lists "Customizable reporting and alerting" as a key feature of File Analytics. It highlights the ability to "generate reports to get insights into your data

such as the data age

and file distribution by size." This confirms that File Analytics is the correct tool for the task.

3. Nutanix Prism Central Guide v2024.1:

Section: Reports Management

Content: The documentation on Prism Central reporting focuses on entities like VMs

clusters

hosts

and projects. There is no mention of capabilities to report on individual files within a Nutanix Files share

confirming that this is not the correct tool.