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ZenturaTrailblazer
posted in Installation & Configuration

Daylight Savings - The RIGHT way

Hi all - we have HUGE problems in Denmark with setting the correct Daylight savings in AHV A clock / time settings apprently not just an option in AHV.. We found that we neede to set this in Windows guests to get the clock correct - otherwise it was 2 hours wrong reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetControlTimeZoneInformation" /v RealTimeIsUniversal /d 1 /t REG_DWORD /f Now when we have shifted to winter time CET instead of CEST and we shutdown the VM's the clock is 1 hour wrong!! What is the 100% correct way to handle time on AHV? I have never had issues on VMware, HyperV or Xen with this basic stuff.. :-( If anyone could lead me to a KB or something about this issue?

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Jon
Nutanix Employee
7 years ago
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hienleOutrider
asked in Installation & Configuration

Acropolis File Services Setup error and confusion

Hello Nutanix I am currently in progress of deployment of Acropolis File Services (AFS) Everything has been going well until the "Can't contact LDAP Server" error occured I have given it a check by viewing some configuration on NVM and found out that although on Prism, they have been assigned with 2 IPs but actually running with only 1 IP when checked via console by ifconfig command (eth0 only) Let me make it clearer via the "topology" below: CVMs connecting to NVMs by Subnet A IPs Clients, AD and DNS servers should be connected to NVMs by Subnet B IPs Recently, those NVMs are running with only 1 Subnet A IP although on Prism, I saw they have already assign with both Subnets?! My block is running with AOS 4.7.2. I have also given some seaches around and seen that both Internal and External networks could be the same as described in this video?! [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-z11wVhBxA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-z11wVhBxA[/url] Thank you in advanced

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Jon
Nutanix Employee
7 years ago
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Farhad978Adventurer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Cannot install freshly AOS

Hello. i Have a 4 nodes Lenovo HX3320. When i want to install AOS it fails. Foundation 4.6AOS 5.15.4 I updated bmc firmware and reset it. But it didnt work.Can you help me with this problemhere is the log 2020-12-10 12:38:39,191Z DEBUG Setting state of <ImagingStepValidation(<NodeConfig(192.168.1.22) @e2d0>) @e5f0> from PENDING to RUNNING2020-12-10 12:38:39,197Z INFO Running <ImagingStepValidation(<NodeConfig(192.168.1.22) @e2d0>) @e5f0>2020-12-10 12:41:01,398Z DEBUG Cache HIT: key(<function common_validations at 0x03D71230>_()_{'global_config': <foundation.config_manager.GlobalConfig object at 0x054D0E90>})2020-12-10 12:41:01,405Z DEBUG Setting state of <ImagingStepValidation(<NodeConfig(192.168.1.22) @e2d0>) @e5f0> from RUNNING to FINISHED2020-12-10 12:41:01,410Z INFO Completed <ImagingStepValidation(<NodeConfig(192.168.1.22) @e2d0>) @e5f0>2020-12-10 12:41:01,415Z DEBUG Setting state of <GetNosVersion(<NodeConfig(192.1

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jonas.hogman
3 years ago
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nivlevTrailblazer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Fatal : Running CVM installer, starting host installer" when trying to image node

Hi AllWhen I try to install AOS 6.5.2 I get the following errors.  IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/nutanix/factory_config.json' 2023-03-07 13:19:54,652Z CRITICAL svm_rescue:926 No suitable SVM boot disk found. 2023-03-07 13:19:54,652Z INFO svm_rescue:114 exec_cmd: sync; sync; sync 2023-03-07 13:19:54,658Z INFO svm_rescue:114 exec_cmd: umount -R /mnt/disk 2023-03-07 13:19:54,663Z INFO svm_rescue:114 exec_cmd: umount -R /mnt/data] 2023-03-07 13:19:52,159Z INFO Imaging thread 'svm' failed with reason [None] 2023-03-07 13:19:52,164Z CRITICAL Imaging thread 'svm' failed with reason [None] 2023-03-07 13:19:52,200Z ERROR Exception in running <InstallHypervisorKVM(<NodeConfig(172.16.150.9) @b5d0>) @ee10> Traceback (most recent call last): File "foundation/imaging_step.py", line 161, in _run File "foundation/imaging_step_hypervisor.py", line 47, in run File "foundation/imaging_step.py", line 353, in wait_for_event StandardError: Received "fatal" in waiting for ev

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1 year ago
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KYFongAdventurer
posted in Installation & Configuration

DELL XC 630-10 NOS installation issue.

Hi I would like to know where to download NOS phoenix for DELL XC ? I manage to install hypervisor ESXi but unable to find download for NOS phoenix for DELL XC? Is there a specific ? Kindy advise. Compatible NOS?

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hatchda
7 years ago
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MarkJVoyager
posted in Installation & Configuration

Change all CVM/IPMI passwords

Hello I don't know if this will be useful for anyone but I came up with a few command lines to change the default passwords for the CVM and IPMI users and create a new user to mimic the dell DRAC's user #change IPMI passwordfor i in `hostips`; do ssh root@$i 'for id in `/ipmitool user list |grep 'ADMIN '|cut -d" " -f1`;do echo $id;/ipmitool user set password $id ;done' ; donefor i in `ncli host list | grep -E 'ID ' | cut -d":" -f4`; do ncli host edit id=$i ipmi-password=; done #create root user on all nodes ipmi to keep consitant with Dell Dracfor i in `hostips`; do ssh root@$i '/ipmitool user set name 3 root;/ipmitool user set password 3 ; /ipmitool user priv 3 4;/ipmitool channel setaccess 1 3 privilege=4;/ipmitool user enable 3' ; done # change esxi passwordfor i in `hostips`;do echo "--$i--";ssh root@$i 'echo -e "" | passwd';done #change cvm passwordfor i in `svmips`;do echo "--$i--";ssh nutanix@$i 'echo -e "" | sudo passwd nutanix';done

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cfrancke
6 years ago
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Pauli LehtonenAdventurer
asked in Installation & Configuration

How to migrate from RHV to AHV

We have Red Hat Virtualization from where we are going to migrate to Nutanix AHV. Virtual machines in RHV are LVM, not disks, because we are using fibre channel. How can we migrate virtual machines from RHV to AHV?

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2 years ago
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CTITrailblazer
asked in Installation & Configuration

HyperV 2012 R2 Migration to AHV

Hi, We have a Windows 2012R2 HyperV host with about 8 Windows 2008R2 VMs. These VMs are Gen1 using .vhdx as the file system. I'm currently running Ntnx 4.7.4 and was wondering the following: [list=1] [*]Does the image service import .vhdx files or do I need to use qemu-image ? [*]If I use something like Starwind V2V converter, it supports QCOW2 and RAW, is there a preferred Ntnx format ? (Image inserted below) [*]Does the SMB version on the CVM have unique specifications ? I was trying to use Storagecraft Shadowprotect Recovery options (Linux based) but it would see the UNC?[/list]Thanks in Advance, G [list=1] [*][img]https://d1qy7qyune0vt1.cloudfront.net/nutanix-us/attachment/2506iD6764FB6092E7F6F.png[/img][/list]

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5 years ago
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bereketsolomonAdventurer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Foundation Fatal Error

Hello FriendsHow are you? Currently i am trying to foundation A Nutanix 3 node environment but after the foundation process begins it will halt at “waiting for the installer to boot” stage with “fatal” error warning i don’t know what is causing the error can anyone tell me something.I have attached screenshots of errors and process. 

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JeroenTielen
28 days ago
Eric-The_Viking
Eric-The_VikingTrendsetter
asked in Installation & Configuration

Prism Network view anomaly?

Hi All I have something odd in my Network view in Prism - I have 3 switches ( 1 switch is a 2 switch stack) but the view shows 5 switches, 2 classified as None. The None entries have the ip addresses of one of the single recognised switches and the stack which is already identified. The other odd thing is that the Nones have ports that I would expect to see in the identified switches. Can anyone tell me how to correct this? [img]https://d1qy7qyune0vt1.cloudfront.net/nutanix-us/attachment/51660407-9d82-4b54-92a0-efb302086840.png[/img]

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Alona
Nutanix Employee
3 years ago
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admancomVoyager
asked in Installation & Configuration

Nutanix AHV pass

Hello, after new install single-node cluster, i dont change pass for root user. # passwd root bash: passwd: command not found what am I doing wrong?

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AntonioG
Nutanix Employee
4 years ago
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tburris48Trailblazer
posted in Installation & Configuration

AOS 5.10.3.1

Has anyone upgraded to AOS 5.10.3.1 yet? Have you experienced any issues? We are trying to determine if we should upgrade to AOS 5.10.2 or AOS 5.10.3.1...any feedback would be appreciated.

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5 years ago
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vedehtAdventurer
posted in Installation & Configuration

Cluster Init Page on Mac OS X

Anyone get the cluster_init page to work to setup a new block from their mac. I have done 4 or 5 installs and I never can get the page to come up. What am I doing wrong? How do I detect the IPv6 nodes online?

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christie
Nutanix Employee
10 years ago
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sdk404Adventurer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Cannot launch PE from PC after upgrade to 5.20.3.5 LTS?

We’ve noticed that after updating clusters to AOS 5.20.3.5 LTS, we’re unable to launch those clusters from PC. PE seems to still be fine. Anyone run into this?

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2 years ago
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vivekdsTrailblazer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Nutanix snapshot expiration

How to change expiry of nutanix snapshot?

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5 years ago
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Dominik.SiedlakAdventurer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Dark site sever: uprading hypervisors & AOS

Dear Team,I had setup Dark Site web server (IIS) and uploaded unpacked LCM Dark Site Bundle and the firmware bundle (HPE). After performing LCM inventory LCM has been updated to the required version and “firmware” section is showing available new FW pack (SPP). Is any option to upload to the Dark Site server ESXi update file with metadata file or only one way to update it is to upload hypervisor metadata and binary file directly to to the Prism Elements?Software section is empty:   Same question about AOS and File Server… Regards,Dominik

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1 year ago
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StefanTAdventurer
posted in Installation & Configuration

Design NTNX site

Hello, We are in the process of moving our VMWare site to Nutanix. With 3 locations i would like some design tips to setup the NTNX sites/cluster(s). I am very new to nutanix. Situation: 3 fysical sites, 2 sites with 4 NTNX hosts and 1 site with 3 NTNX hosts. Every site dedicated fiber connection. The 2 "4 hosts sites" are for production, the 3 hosts site will be otap and/or extra hosts for production. How to design the NTNX cluster(s) with minimal risk of loosing data and the most redundancy. If someone needs more info please let me know grtz

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shuguet
9 years ago
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vivekdsTrailblazer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Foundation 3.4 download

Where can download foundation 3.4 ? Thanks in advance

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7 years ago
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JayMackAdventurer
asked in Installation & Configuration

ESXi 6.7 U3 Assessment

Hey everyone, I am required to upgrade from ESX 6.7 U1 to U2 to resolve a bug that prevents me from going back more than 8-10mins to look at VM performance, however, Nutanix has only just now tested U3.  My question is: Has anyone migrated to U3 yet and if so how has it been so far? 

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Nutanix Employee
4 years ago
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vivekdsTrailblazer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Additional IP to cluster

Hi, Is it possible to assign additional IP to nutanix cluster? Scenario is as follows: 1. Having network class A with 10.x.x.x which is used for CVM, hypervisor communication during configuration. 2. Cluster virtual IP is also from 10.x.x.x range. 3. Added additional IP range of 172.x.x.x to CVM, Hypervisor. 4. Is it possible to add additional IP range IP of range 172.x.x.x to cluster virtual IP? Thanks

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Jon
Nutanix Employee
7 years ago
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jvanderzeeVoyager
asked in Installation & Configuration

After AOS Update Health Page Error (java.lang.NullPointerException)

I completed an AOS upgrade from 5.5.2.2 to 5.10.8 on two different clusters.  On one cluster I have the health page showing a warning symbol (no data) and the message: “An error has occurred. Show me why” When I role over “Show me why” I see the message “java.lang.NullPointerException”.  I have a ticket open with Nutanix but haven’t received any solutions that have worked yet. Appreciate help if someone knows how to resolve.

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Nutanix Employee
4 years ago
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DenisKAdventurer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Detected older AHV Version

I'm running 3 node cluster, based on 5.10 version (2019-02-11) There are some alerts for each node: [list] [*]Detected Incompatible AHV Version [*]Detected older AHV Version [/list]I've checked the Settings-Upgrade menu - there it nothing available to upgrade for AHV and AOS.

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4 years ago
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ahmedkhalilAdventurer
posted in Installation & Configuration

Cluster doesn't start unable to reach node where genesisi is starting

Dears, i have below situation happened to my nutanix block my college changged hostname of all ESXi servers and then try to change CVM IPs without stopping cluster after that he rebooted CVM but cluster is not started with error message unable to reach node where genesis is started i have check genesis service in all node and it's running correclty and all nodes are reachable suing hosts in /etc/hosts file and all of them in same lan how can i get original hostname of esxi and does change of it's hostname cause this issue and also hos i resolve this issue thanks in advance

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Jon
Nutanix Employee
8 years ago
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AnthonyLombardiAdventurer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Nutanix SQL Shared Storage - Help setting up IPs/Targets

I’m working on building a SQL Cluster on Nutanix using shared storage. Having issues on some of the steps in the ‘Creating a Windows Guest VM Failover Cluster’ walkthrough. (https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details/?targetId=Advanced-Admin-AOS-v510:vmm-failover-cluster-create-t.html)   Have (not real values, used for example): SQL01A - 10.100.1.20 SQL01B - 10.100.1.21 Cluster Virtual IP - 10.100.1.10 iSCSI Data Services IP - Not set (blank) SQL01VGroup - Target IQN Prefix here   Status/Completed: I’ve already created a volume group with a few disks for testing. I have NOT attached it to the VMs yet. I’ve enabled MPIO on each of the 2 servers I’ve enabled iSCSI Devices in the Multipaths tab   Where I’m stuck is the next portion on the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator/Target Portal IP portion. The guide is not very clear on what I should be doing.    From the Guide: From the Server Manager, add and enable the Multipath I/O feature in Tools > MPIO. Add support for iSCSI devices by ch

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aluciani
3 years ago
srslol
srslolAdventurer
asked in Installation & Configuration

OVS Networking - Unable to bridge eth0-4 for other networks - Error

What's my goal? Right. I have 3 networks that cannot talk to each other for "reasons". Mostly because we have a test system that utilizes the same IP addresses (ORACLE Reasons) and we test & demo software in Prod, Demo, & Test networks. I just did a foundation on my system because I did an upgrade and the networking customization I had to do with OVS changed and wouldn't work anymore. Now that I'm working on a new install, I'm having trouble configuring the network and getting issues I didn't have before. I've created and recreated several times using different varieties of below commands and still same outcome. Some commands below are from various tries, but same result. [b]Error when powering on VM with virtual NIC[/b] Operation failed: InternalException: kNetworkError: OVS error (10.1.16.103 create_local_port): Error not a valid bridge: br1 [b]Host A - ovs show[/b] [root@HOSTA ~]# ovs-vsctl show 48fd5ca1-d898-425e-9b11-484eaceaba94 Bridge "br0"

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A
5 years ago

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