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Suzanne DeWittModerator

Updated Multicloud Automation & End-User Computing Training & Certifications

Updated Multicloud Automation & End-User Computing Training & CertificationsBlog

This post was updated on September 21, 2023[The NCP-MCA and NCP-EUC 6.10 beta program have reached capacity] Take your Nutanix expertise to the next level by deepening your skills in Cloud Management and End-User Computing (EUC). If you’ve already earned your NCP-MCI certification, now’s the perfect time to take the next step with two exciting Specialty Professional certification paths. Updated TrainingNutanix Multicloud Automation Administration (NMCAA)Master hybrid cloud automation with this hands-on course designed for IT professionals. Learn to orchestrate applications using Nutanix X-Play and Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) Self-Service. This course is available as a self-paced online course, or with a live instructor and hands-on labs. 👉 Learn more and enroll Nutanix End User Computing Administration (NEUCA) Step into the future of EUC. This course equips you to deploy and manage secure, scalable virtual desktop infrastructures using Citrix or Omnissa on Nutanix.👉 Learn more and en

VasifPathfinder

AHV Virtualization

Unable to retrieve VM OS information via Prism Central v3 API

Hi Colleagues,I am trying to collect operating system information for all virtual machines through the Nutanix Prism Central v3 API.I’m using the following API endpoints: POST /api/nutanix/v3/vms/list to retrieve VM UUIDs GET /api/nutanix/v3/vms/{uuid} to check detailed metadata per VM However, in all cases, the OS information fields (e.g. guest_tools.guest_os_version, guest_info.operating_system, runtime_os, etc.) are returning null or “Unknown”, even for VMs that have Nutanix Guest Tools (NGT) installed and are visible in the Prism UI with proper OS details.Steps I’ve taken: Verified that NGT is installed and running on the VMs. Queried both /vms/list and /vms/{uuid} API endpoints. Tried multiple fields including: .status.resources.guest_tools.guest_os_version .status.resources.guest_info.operating_system .status.resources.agented_info.guest_os_name .spec.resources.guest_os_id All these fields return null via API, but Prism UI shows correct OS information.

Suzanne DeWittModerator

Accelerate your Path to NCA Certification with a Limited Time Offer!

Accelerate your Path to NCA Certification with a Limited Time Free Offer!Blog

If you've been thinking about pursuing your Nutanix Certified Associate (NCA) certification but weren’t sure where to begin—now’s your chance!For a limited time, you can enroll in the NCA Accelerator Program and get:Access to the Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Fundamentals (NHCF) online course Limited-time access to the NCA Exam Prep online course (an $895 value) A free NCA exam voucher (a $99 value) A discussion forum to connect with peers and get answers from Nutanix certification expertsThis certification program is designed to boost your knowledge, build your confidence, and prepare you for success on the NCA exam. You will participate in this program with a cohort of IT professionals who have the same goal of passing the NCA certification! How It WorksTo unlock your free exam voucher, you must complete both online courses:Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Fundamentals (NHCF) NCA Exam PrepAlready completed the NHCF course? Great—you’re halfway there, but you still have to enroll to participate in this s

Suzanne DeWittModerator

Fast-Track Your Nutanix Certification with a 1-Day Course for Virtualization Professionals

Fast-Track Your Nutanix Certification with a 1-Day Course for Virtualization ProfessionalsBlog

New Course Available Spend 1 day to get ready to become Nutanix Certified Ideal for VMWare Certified Professionals ready to modernize their skills with Nutanix Leverage what you know to fast track to Nutanix Are you ready to dive into the Nutanix Cloud Platform solution and prepare yourself for the rapidly growing demands of enterprise infrastructure? If you are already skilled in managing virtual environments, now is the time to use that experience to join the Nutanix community of virtualization professionals. Your first step is with our new Nutanix QuickStart for Virtualization Professionals (NQVP) course. This course takes advantage of what you already know about virtualization and focuses your time and efforts on translating those capabilities to Nutanix solutions. This is a rapid-fire, real-world scenario-based course, preparing you to confidently sit for the Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Infrastructure (NCP-MCI) certification and start your journey t

Suzanne DeWittModerator

Certification Policy Update: Longer Validity, Greater Flexibility

Certification Policy Update: Longer Validity, Greater FlexibilityNews

Starting August 1, 2025, all Nutanix technical certifications—including NCA, all NCPs, and NCM—will move from a 2-year to a 3-year validation period. This update aligns the frequency of recertification with the current pace of change in the Nutanix Cloud Platform and reflects best practices observed across similar certification programs.All current technical certifications at version 6.5 or higher will be automatically extended to a 3-year validity period. Any technical certifications earned on or after August 1, 2025, will be valid for 3 years.The following certifications are affected by this policy change. Core Multicloud Infrastructure CertificationsAssociate Level: NCA 6.5, NCA 6.10, NCS-Core 6.8* Professional Level: NCP-MCI 6.5, NCP-MCI 6.10 Master Level: NCM-MCI 6.5, NCM-MCI 6.10 Specialty Professional-Level CertificationsUnified Storage: NCP-US 6.5, NCP-US 6.10 Database Service: NCP-DB 6.5, NCP-DB 6.10 Multicloud Automation: NCP-MCA 6.5 Cloud Integration: NCP-CI-AWS 6

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Step Into the Spotlight: Nutanix Technology Champion 2026 Applications Now Open

Step Into the Spotlight: Nutanix Technology Champion 2026 Applications Now OpenBlog

Every year, the Nutanix Technology Champions (NTC) program celebrates the most passionate, knowledgeable, and engaged members of our global community. These are the voices that spark conversations, share bold ideas, answer tough questions, and help shape the future of Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure.✨ And now, it’s your turn. Applications for the 2026 NTC program open!Whether you’ve been contributing for years or are just finding your voice, this is your chance to join a select group of experts who elevate each other—and the entire industry.What's the NTC Buzz All About?Picture this: You're not just a user, a blogger, or a tinkerer in the Nutanix ecosystem—you're a Champion. Our NTC squad is a powerhouse of passionate champions who geek out on everything from AHV wizardry to Prism's pixel-perfect dashboards. We're on a mission to amplify your voice in the Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure world, turning your bold ideas into industry-shaking content, convos, and connections. Last year

GetachewVoyager

Nutanix Certification

Is there any way to extend the NCP-MCA 6.10 Beta Exam after October 5?

HI EveryoneI have the NCP MCA exam scheduled for today at 1:30 PM. However, the exam center canceled it due to the holiday. I can’t take the exam via online proctoring or extend it beyond October 5. What should I do?

Mat_BNutanix Employee

Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)

NC2 on OVHcloud

Hi NEXT Community,We're excited to announce Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on OVHcloud!A Sovereign European Cloud OptionFor many of our customers, especially those in Europe, data sovereignty is a top priority. With this new offering, you can run your workloads in OVHcloud's European-owned and operated datacenters. This provides a clear path to ensuring your data and operations can remain under European jurisdiction, helping you address compliance requirements and avoid exposure to extraterritorial laws.Key Use Cases UnlockedBy extending your Nutanix environment to OVHcloud, you can treat the cloud as a seamless extension of your on-premises datacenters. This makes several key operations much simpler:Application Migration: Lift and shift applications and workloads to the cloud without the time, cost, and complexity of re-architecting or refactoring them. Disaster Recovery (DR): Easily build out a DR site in the cloud, using a predictable, cost-effective economic model that helps you avoi

Albert MendozaNutanix Employee

Top KB Articles for September 2025

Below are the top knowledge base articles for the month of September 2025.KB-8453 - Alert - A1044 - PathOffline KB-19524 - NCC check_ntp check errors with "Unable to read chrony/ntp config" KB-1540 - AOS Only - What to do when /home partition or /home/nutanix directory on a Controller VM (CVM) is full KB-1113 - HDD, SSD, and HBA troubleshooting KB-3827 - Alert - A130087 - Node Degraded KB-18070 - Acropolis service may be in restart loop with the CRITICAL message by memory_model_manager.py KB-5228 - NCC Health Check: pcvm_disk_usage_check KB-7503 - NX Hardware [Memory] - DIMM Error handling and replacement policy KB-8885 - Alert - A15039 - IPMI SEL UECC Check KB-4944 - Unregister cluster from Prism Central and cleanup (regular and force), FAQs KB-1558 - How to license your Nutanix Cluster - Nutanix License Manager Guide and additional resources KB-6945 - How Upgrades Work at Nutanix KB-8094 - NCC Health Check: disk_status_check KB-4519 - NCC Health Check: check_ntp KB-8130 - Prism admin

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Where to get NCA Exam Preparation

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Unable to retrieve VM OS information via Prism Central v3 API

Hi Colleagues,I am trying to collect operating system information for all virtual machines through the Nutanix Prism Central v3 API.I’m using the following API endpoints: POST /api/nutanix/v3/vms/list to retrieve VM UUIDs GET /api/nutanix/v3/vms/{uuid} to check detailed metadata per VM However, in all cases, the OS information fields (e.g. guest_tools.guest_os_version, guest_info.operating_system, runtime_os, etc.) are returning null or “Unknown”, even for VMs that have Nutanix Guest Tools (NGT) installed and are visible in the Prism UI with proper OS details.Steps I’ve taken: Verified that NGT is installed and running on the VMs. Queried both /vms/list and /vms/{uuid} API endpoints. Tried multiple fields including: .status.resources.guest_tools.guest_os_version .status.resources.guest_info.operating_system .status.resources.agented_info.guest_os_name .spec.resources.guest_os_id All these fields return null via API, but Prism UI shows correct OS information.

GetachewVoyager

Nutanix Certification

Is there any way to extend the NCP-MCA 6.10 Beta Exam after October 5?

HI EveryoneI have the NCP MCA exam scheduled for today at 1:30 PM. However, the exam center canceled it due to the holiday. I can’t take the exam via online proctoring or extend it beyond October 5. What should I do?

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Prism Central Backup and Restore fails in a Prism Central 3-node Cluster

Hi, I'm trying out the Prism Central backup and restore in a CE2.1 3-node cluster. The Prism Central version is 2024.2I am trying to use the prism central backup and restore in a 3-node cluster. CE version: 2.1 Prism Central VM version: 2024.2 Every time, the restoration operation fails at around 92% with different errors - “Encountered Exception in post_deployment step: Failed to enable micro services infrastructure on PC: Encountered error in cmsp sub task 'Performing CMSP prechecks': Prism Central is not compatible to enable Microservice Infrastructure:Domain name resolution for prism-central.cluster.local failed” or “timed out while waiting for Prism Central recovery”. Has anyone faced the same issue? How did you solve it?Also is Prism central backup and restore supported in a single-node cluster, or is it strictly for multi-node setups?I get different issue each time when I try to restore prism central like tarball extraction issue, post deployment failure and the above mention

ChrisVGAdventurer

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Community Edition: Operation failed: NoHostResources: No host is schedulable: 14

I am following this guide: https://www.jeroentielen.nl/installing-nutanix-community-edition-ce-on-vmware-esxi-vsphere/ I am getting this error message: Operation failed: NoHostResources: No host is schedulable: 14There is no insight in the entire system to say why the host is not schedulable.I have allocated 100GB Memory, 16 cpu cores and 2.5TB of storage To CE 2.1. All health checks are green.VM i’m trying to run is Linux based, 2GB memory 128GB storage without any networking.I’ve started and stopped the cluster. Entered and Exited Maintenance Mode. The system is a Dell R720 with E5 2667 V2 processors running ESXI 7.0U3o I am at a loss for why this system won’t run a basic linux VM. Any ideas would be appreciated.

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Nutanix BETA result delivery time

I just finish a nutanix NCP exam, what is the delivery date time or ETA for the result be delivered thanks for the help

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Deployment Nutanix AHV cluster

helloi have three cisco servers ucsc220M7N standalone serverscan i deployment Nutanix AHV cluster on this standalone nodes without UCSM or Intersight VM ??

mariakalendarovaAdventurer

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Hi everyone,I am creating a Multi VM Blueprint and I have a post-creation task. This task should be executed once per deployment, but since it is a post-VM-creation task, it is executed n times for n deployed machines from the blueprint.Do you have any ideas how to make the the task execute only once after the deployment of the application, and not multiple times for every VM?Thanks in advance!

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Migrating On-Prem Nutanix Cluster to NC2 on Azure with Same VM IPs

Hello everyone,I am new to Nutanix and I have an on-premises cluster with multiple VLANs configured in Prism Central. My VMs are currently placed inside these VLANs.I am planning to migrate everything to a new NC2 cluster on Azure, but I need to keep the same VM IP addresses.I have a few questions regarding this scenario: Is it possible to maintain the same VM IPs when migrating to NC2 on Azure? Are there any prerequisites on the on-premises Nutanix cluster to make this possible? What if the on-prem VLAN is also used by other physical servers outside of Nutanix? How would these physical servers communicate with VMs in NC2 on Azure? How can native Azure components or other third-party networks connected to my Azure environment reach the servers in this stretched network? For example, if I have some VMs on-prem, some on NC2, and some on other physical on-prem servers. Is this configuration intended as a temporary transition, or can it be permanent? Regarding traffic from a physi

Srinivasulu LVoyager

AHV Virtualization

How To enable nested virtualization on AHV with CE 2.1

We attempted the following approaches to enable nested virtualization, but it still did not work.Approach 1:a. Created the VM and enabled cpu_passthrough=true before powering it on.Observation: We were able to log in to Windows.b. Enabled the Hyper-V feature inside the VM and restarted.Observation: The system failed to log in and entered Recovery mode.Approach 2:a. Created the VM and enabled hardware_virtualization=true before powering it on.Observation: We were able to log in to Windows.b. Enabled the Hyper-V feature inside the VM and restarted.Observation: We could log in, but the nested virtualization feature was disabled.Please advise on how to enable nested virtualization in CE 2.1

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Need NX-1175s-G7 SSD, HDD and memory make and model numbers please

I am a newbie to Nutanix and after successfully installing CE 2.1 on generic PCs and would like to go beyond CE and want to get into the commercial product just to get acquainted in my home lab. Bought an used NX-1175s-G7 with only the original 240GB NVME stick on the motherboard but no SSDs and HDDs and memory. Installed on hand 64GB memory and tried with some drives but the installation is failing always at this point. If someone has the exact model, I appreciate if you give me the above requested make and model part numbers. There are the last few lines of the installer. Thanks."SystemInfo:0": { "family": null, "handle": 1, "length": 27, "location": null, "manufacturer": null, "product_name": null, "serial": null, "sku_number": null, "type": 1, "uuid": null, "version": null, "wake_up_type": { "__objclass__": null, "_name_":

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