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Nutanix Foundation Failure - "fatal: Running CVM Installer, Starting host installer"

Hello everyone. We are deploying Nutanix for the first time using foundation v5.7 with 4node XC-660 servers and Dell S5224-ON top of rack switches. Launching foundation, we are getting repeatable Failure:"fatal: Running CVM Installer, Starting host i

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Nutanix CE 2.1 - Virtual Switch Not Showing in Prism After Installation (VMware Workstation)

Dear experts,I have successfully installed Nutanix Community Edition (CE) 2.1 on VMware Workstation, but I'm facing a networking issue.Environment Platform: VMware Workstation Nutanix Version: Community Edition 2.1 Allocated Resources: 65 GB RAM 8 v

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Nutasnix CE2.1におけるクラスタ拡張の失敗についての質問

■質問事項Nutanix CE2.1 3台のクラスタへ1台のノードを追加する際に失敗する原因を詳細に確認し、クラスタ拡張を成功させたいです。 ■エラー内容Prism Elementを利用しクラスタ拡張を実行したところ、Precheckにてcassandra_ssd_size_check が失敗 ■環境詳細・Nutanix Community Edition 2.1・VMware ESXi上のNested構成・3ノードクラスタ → 4ノードへ拡張・既存ノード・追加ノードとも同一構成・バージョン・下

Suzanne DeWittModerator

Level Up With the New NCA 7.5 and NCP-MCI 7.5 Exams

Level Up With the New NCA 7.5 and NCP-MCI 7.5 ExamsBlog

We’re excited to announce the availability of version 7.5 for our popular Nutanix Certified Associate (NCA) and Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Infrastructure (NCP-MCI) certifications! NCA Certification OverviewAre you new to Nutanix? Th

Albert MendozaNutanix Employee

New KB Articles Published on Week Ending July 4, 2026

Below are new knowledge base articles published on the week of June 28-July 4, 2026.Support Portal login required:KB-21858 - NKP: Migration Requirements and Impact of Legacy EKS Command Removal in NKP 2.18 KB-21869 - Foundation - Cluster creation fai

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Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)

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An administrator is deploying an NC2 cluster on AWS in the us-west-2 region. A VPC, management subnet, and a VM subnet are already created in the target region.The management subnet has a local route and a route to the Internet. The VM subnet has a l

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Nutanix University March Video Rewind

Nutanix University March Video RewindBlog

Check out these Nutanix University videos you may have missed in March! To stay up to date with our latest product demos, how-to videos, and more, make sure to subscribe to our Youtube channel by clicking the “Subscribe” button on the page. March Vid

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Help Shape the Future of Multi-Cluster LCM — We Need Your Input!

Help Shape the Future of Multi-Cluster LCM — We Need Your Input!Blog

Have 15 minutes? You can help shape the future of Multi-Cluster LCM.The Nutanix LCM Design Team is looking for feedback from the people who use Multi-Cluster Lifecycle Manager every day. Whether you've managed dozens of upgrades or you're just gettin

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Need Prism Central OVA for ESXi – No Support Portal Access (Community Lab)

Hi Team,I am trying to set up a small Nutanix lab environment on VMware ESXi for learning and testing Prism Central integration.However, I do not have access to the Nutanix Support Portal, so I am unable to download the Prism Central OVA file.I check

Albert MendozaNutanix Employee

Top KB Articles for June 2026

Below are the top knowledge base articles for the month of June 2026.KB-13150 - NCC Health Check: cfs_fatal_check KB-21372 - Prism Central displays an alert for high disk usage in /home/log/audit KB-8453 - Alert - A1044 - PathOffline KB-3827 - Alert

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AdamGCGVPathfinder

Installation & Configuration

Nutanix Foundation Failure - "fatal: Running CVM Installer, Starting host installer"

Hello everyone. We are deploying Nutanix for the first time using foundation v5.7 with 4node XC-660 servers and Dell S5224-ON top of rack switches. Launching foundation, we are getting repeatable Failure:"fatal: Running CVM Installer, Starting host i

sayeed6060Adventurer

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Nutanix CE 2.1 - Virtual Switch Not Showing in Prism After Installation (VMware Workstation)

Dear experts,I have successfully installed Nutanix Community Edition (CE) 2.1 on VMware Workstation, but I'm facing a networking issue.Environment Platform: VMware Workstation Nutanix Version: Community Edition 2.1 Allocated Resources: 65 GB RAM 8 v

y-ohiroAdventurer

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Nutasnix CE2.1におけるクラスタ拡張の失敗についての質問

■質問事項Nutanix CE2.1 3台のクラスタへ1台のノードを追加する際に失敗する原因を詳細に確認し、クラスタ拡張を成功させたいです。 ■エラー内容Prism Elementを利用しクラスタ拡張を実行したところ、Precheckにてcassandra_ssd_size_check が失敗 ■環境詳細・Nutanix Community Edition 2.1・VMware ESXi上のNested構成・3ノードクラスタ → 4ノードへ拡張・既存ノード・追加ノードとも同一構成・バージョン・下

Gopinath85Explorer

Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)

Question Cloud Professional

An administrator is deploying an NC2 cluster on AWS in the us-west-2 region. A VPC, management subnet, and a VM subnet are already created in the target region.The management subnet has a local route and a route to the Internet. The VM subnet has a l

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Need Prism Central OVA for ESXi – No Support Portal Access (Community Lab)

Hi Team,I am trying to set up a small Nutanix lab environment on VMware ESXi for learning and testing Prism Central integration.However, I do not have access to the Nutanix Support Portal, so I am unable to download the Prism Central OVA file.I check

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Standard and Distributed case

I already read the difference between nutanix files standard and distributed but i not understand what the case i should select .if i have one folder share SMB 18 T and inside this folder some folders and files , is applicable standard or distributed

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Hi All, With the VM PowerShell module for intelligent operations, I have a few questions.For the path to the .PS1 file, can I use an SMB (Nutanix) share or does it have to be a local share already mapped to the VM?The account in question would have

Ahmed MohammadVoyager

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I can't schedule an exam

when i’m trying to schedule the NCp-MCI exam i get this error “The time slot reservation has expired, please select another time slot.”

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Many to One Replication Syncronize Replication - RPO 0

Hi Guys, I have a technical question for implementing multiple site into single site as a DR location using sync repository where RPO 0.Thank you for answering this question. Regards,Andreas Kuncoro

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Evaluation of Ubiquiti Enterprise Campus Aggregation Switches for New Nutanix Cluster

Hi all,As part of the planned replacement of our current Nutanix cluster later this year, we are reviewing the network infrastructure requirements for the new deployment.Since a large portion of our network is already built on Ubiquiti switching, I w

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