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Mahmoud khedrWayfarer

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Nutanix Cluster Expansion Fails with test_cassandra_ssd_size_check Error

Hello Nutanix Community,I'm trying to expand an existing 3-node Nutanix cluster by adding a fourth node, but the expansion process fails during the pre-expansion checks with the following error:Failure in pre expand-cluster tests.Errors:Precheck: te

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Eslam El ManakhlyWayfarer

asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery

Your DR Test Passed. Your Business Recovery Failed.

100% of your VMs are back online. But your customers still cannot complete a single transaction. How is that possible?Imagine a Disaster Recovery test where:✅ All protected VMs are successfully recovered.✅ Nutanix Recovery Plan execution completes s

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RWHVoyager

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Scheduled Reboots - Intelligent Operations - Categories

We do scheduled restarts on VM’s monthly. We have several hundred VM’s.I want to be able to reboot a group of servers at say 9am, then another group of servers at 9:15am. I feel the easiest way would be to tie group 1 to a category (MaintGroup1), and

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Daniel MartinezTrendsetter

asked in NCM/NCI/NUS licensing (New Licensing)

Cluster licensing after CPU upgrade

Hi I recently added a second CPU and expanded the memory in each node of a two-site Nutanix AHV environment running Metro Availability. Each site has its own three-node cluster and Prism Central instance.The CPU upgrade increased each node from 16 to

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andresreyNutanix Employee

posted in Foro en español (Spanish)

NC2 on AWS + Hybrid + NKP + EKS

Buenas a tod@s, Aquí os dejo algunos links interesantes que hemos trabajado durante unos meses. Los artículos están en Español, se entienden bien. ;-) 1. Building hybrid environments with Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on AWShttps://aws.amazon.com/es/

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MiriamCorzoNutanix Employee

asked in Foro en español (Spanish)

¿Y si simplificar tu estrategia cloud fuera mucho más fácil de lo que imaginas?

En este video, con Andrés Rey tienes la oportunidad de profundizar en Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) a través de una demo breve en la que puedes ver cómo llevar la experiencia de #Nutanix a entornos cloud públicos como AWS y Azure.🎥https://lnkd.in/egE5

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AtsuyoriAdventurer

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Witness VMのライセンスについて

公式ドキュメントを見ても見つからなかったので、教えていただきたいのですが2ノードクラスタ＋Witnessで構築する予定でいます。シングルノードクラスタ上にWitness VMを設けるつもりでいるのですが、Witness VMはVM単位のライセンスが必要となりますでしょうか？下記に該当するか否かが見つかりませんでしたので、見識のある方がいらっしゃったらご教示いただけると助かります。ライセンス: NCI-Edge Starter（VM単位）を想定。CVM/PCVM/FSVMはライセンス不要の記載あり

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AtsuyoriAdventurer

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Need Official Guidance: Two-Node Cluster + Witness Deployment Requirements, Supported Hardware, and Licensing

Hello Nutanix Community,I am currently evaluating a Nutanix Two-Node Cluster deployment for a small environment and have been reviewing the official documentation, including the Prism Web Console Guide and the Data Protection Guide.Unfortunately, I h

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Lei1234Voyager

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Can AHV Guest OS directly access external Dell PowerMax storage via iSCSI?

Hi Nutanix Team,We are planning to run Windows/Linux VMs on Nutanix AHV with the following environment: Cisco UCS X210C M8 Nutanix AHV Dell PowerMax 2500 25GbE network Can a Windows/Linux Guest OS running on AHV use its native iSCSI initiator t

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Muhammad_MagdyVoyager

posted in AHV Virtualization

A Step-by-Step Walkthrough of the Foundation & Phoenix Deployment Process

Phase 1: Foundation Orchestration & Pre-Imaging Preparation1. Foundation Session InitializationFoundation does not immediately image the server. It first creates and activates its internal imaging workflow.Foundation associates the imaging workfl

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Mahmoud khedrWayfarer

asked in AHV Virtualization

Nutanix Cluster Expansion Fails with test_cassandra_ssd_size_check Error

Hello Nutanix Community,I'm trying to expand an existing 3-node Nutanix cluster by adding a fourth node, but the expansion process fails during the pre-expansion checks with the following error:Failure in pre expand-cluster tests.Errors:Precheck: te

91

Eslam El ManakhlyWayfarer

asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery

Your DR Test Passed. Your Business Recovery Failed.

100% of your VMs are back online. But your customers still cannot complete a single transaction. How is that possible?Imagine a Disaster Recovery test where:✅ All protected VMs are successfully recovered.✅ Nutanix Recovery Plan execution completes s

130

RWHVoyager

asked in Intelligent Operations

Scheduled Reboots - Intelligent Operations - Categories

We do scheduled restarts on VM’s monthly. We have several hundred VM’s.I want to be able to reboot a group of servers at say 9am, then another group of servers at 9:15am. I feel the easiest way would be to tie group 1 to a category (MaintGroup1), and

1024

Daniel MartinezTrendsetter

asked in NCM/NCI/NUS licensing (New Licensing)

Cluster licensing after CPU upgrade

Hi I recently added a second CPU and expanded the memory in each node of a two-site Nutanix AHV environment running Metro Availability. Each site has its own three-node cluster and Prism Central instance.The CPU upgrade increased each node from 16 to

583

MiriamCorzoNutanix Employee

asked in Foro en español (Spanish)

¿Y si simplificar tu estrategia cloud fuera mucho más fácil de lo que imaginas?

En este video, con Andrés Rey tienes la oportunidad de profundizar en Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) a través de una demo breve en la que puedes ver cómo llevar la experiencia de #Nutanix a entornos cloud públicos como AWS y Azure.🎥https://lnkd.in/egE5

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AtsuyoriAdventurer

asked in 日本語フォーラム (Japanese)

Witness VMのライセンスについて

公式ドキュメントを見ても見つからなかったので、教えていただきたいのですが2ノードクラスタ＋Witnessで構築する予定でいます。シングルノードクラスタ上にWitness VMを設けるつもりでいるのですが、Witness VMはVM単位のライセンスが必要となりますでしょうか？下記に該当するか否かが見つかりませんでしたので、見識のある方がいらっしゃったらご教示いただけると助かります。ライセンス: NCI-Edge Starter（VM単位）を想定。CVM/PCVM/FSVMはライセンス不要の記載あり

242

AtsuyoriAdventurer

asked in Installation & Configuration

Need Official Guidance: Two-Node Cluster + Witness Deployment Requirements, Supported Hardware, and Licensing

Hello Nutanix Community,I am currently evaluating a Nutanix Two-Node Cluster deployment for a small environment and have been reviewing the official documentation, including the Prism Web Console Guide and the Data Protection Guide.Unfortunately, I h

696

Lei1234Voyager

asked in AHV Virtualization

Can AHV Guest OS directly access external Dell PowerMax storage via iSCSI?

Hi Nutanix Team,We are planning to run Windows/Linux VMs on Nutanix AHV with the following environment: Cisco UCS X210C M8 Nutanix AHV Dell PowerMax 2500 25GbE network Can a Windows/Linux Guest OS running on AHV use its native iSCSI initiator t

595

rodrigobritoVoyager

asked in Self-Service

Hostname Using the VMname Generated by Blueprint

I'm in the same situation described in the post below, but in my case it's for Linux VMs.Is it possible to do this in Linux?https://next.nutanix.com/self-service-55/changing-the-hostname-using-the-vmname-generated-by-blueprint-41227 Thank youRodrigo

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Daniel MartinezTrendsetter

asked in AHV Virtualization

AHV Metro Availability: unexpected automatic failover with witness reportedly unreachable - how to handle planned site isolation?

Hi,I’m looking for clarification on AHV Metro Availability behavior and the supported procedure for temporarily isolating an entire site during network maintenance (switching replacement).The environment consists of two Nutanix AHV clusters with sync

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