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I did the following steps:downloaded and created a USB key is the below isocreated USB boot key with the following iso :phoenix.x86_64-fnd_5.6.1_patch-aos_6.8.1_gaboot the system and filled in the configuration screen:selecting D, I, C from the partitions listedfilled in:host ip addresscvm ip addresssubnetgatewayI followed these directions to get a configuration running:https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Nutanix-Community-Edition-Getting-Started-v2_1:top-cluster-config-ce-t.htmlfollowed the minimum hardware configureCPU - 4 (Intel VT-x or AMD-V capable and enabled)RAM Memory - 64GB of memory2 - SSD Drive - 500GB6TB HDD x 4 - 24TB total - user data Boot device/drive 250GB or greater  (AHV hypervisor loaded on the drive)Network - 4 NICs total made up of 2x 1Gb and 2x10Gb interfaces. Another 2 built-in 1Gb NICswhen the iso installation finished installing the network does not seem to be configured.from the console of the hostsI can not:ping the gwping the cvmDo I n

Dear Team,Good day. I have successfully completed my Nutanix Professional training sessions.Thank you very much for offering me the opportunity to attend this course. I kindly request you to assign the exam voucher so that I can proceed with scheduling my certification exam. Please let me know if any additional information is required from my side. Voucher - Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Infrastructure (NCP-MCI) 6.10  

HI,I have a test environment and wanted to checkout the NKP Deployment from Marketplace with Prism Central 7.5.0.1 but I am unable to get a OS Image listed in the deployment:I setup a Ubuntu VM 22.04 before and installed NKP 2.16.1 and ran nkp create image nutanix ubuntu-22.0 successfully, image is visible in Prism Central with name nkp-ubuntu-22.04-1.33.5-20260104141512I am a bit lost know if I did something wrong or misunderstood - having the environment for limited time would be happy to get some good hints if possible.Thanks,Sebastian

Environment Platform: Nutanix NC2 Prism Central: deployed and reachable NKP: v2.16.0 Deployment methods tried: NKP from Marketplace NKP CLI (nkp create cluster nutanix ...) Problem descriptionAfter deploying NC2 and Prism Central, I tried to deploy an NKP management cluster. Only the first control plane VM is created successfully. The cluster never initializes, and all worker machines remain stuck/pending. The status stays at: “Waiting for Cluster control plane to be initialized” / WaitingForKubeadmInit. Symptoms / Output./nkp describe cluster --cluster-name=managment Cluster/managment False Info WaitingForKubeadmInit├─ControlPlane - KubeadmControlPlane/... False Info WaitingForKubeadmInit│ └─Machine/... True└─Workers  └─MachineDeployment/... False Warning WaitingForAvailableMachines (3 replicas, 0 available)    ├─KubeadmConfig/... WaitingForControlPlaneAvailable    └─NutanixMachine/... WaitingForInfrastructureExpected behaviorThe control plane should bootstrap succe

Anyone know where I can find the G10 Stencils? I’ve found links to Visio Cafe, but the latest listed is G9.

Below are the top knowledge base articles for the month of December 2025.KB-1540 - AOS Only - What to do when /home partition or /home/nutanix directory on a Controller VM (CVM) is full KB-8453 - Alert - A1044 - PathOffline KB-1536 - NCC Health Check: disk_online_check KB-7503 - NX Hardware [Memory] - DIMM Error handling and replacement policy KB-3827 - Alert - A130087 - Node Degraded KB-8094 - NCC Health Check: disk_status_check KB-8885 - Alert - A15039 - IPMI SEL UECC Check KB-4944 - Unregister cluster from Prism Central and cleanup (regular and force) FAQ KB-9437 - How to restore a node from LCM firmware upgrade failure using lcm_node_recovery script KB-18070 - Acropolis service may be in restart loop with the CRITICAL message by memory_model_manager.py KB-1558 - How to license your Nutanix Cluster - Nutanix License Manager Guide and additional resources KB-8130 - Prism admin account locked with "Account locked due to too many failed attempts." KB-5228 - NCC Health Check: pcvm_disk_

Below are new knowledge base articles published on the week of December 28, 2025-January 3, 2026.Support Portal login required:KB-20570 - Unable to restore VM recovery points created on PC 2022.6.x after upgrading to PC 2024.3.1.1/2024.3.1.2 KB-20588 - NDB - Provisioning a SQL AAG database to an existing cluster may fail when using a Windows domain profile configured with a gMSA accountSupport Portal login not required:KB-20600 - NDB - DBCC CHECKDB may report consistency errors after cloning or restoring an AAG database to SQL Server 2022 on Windows Server 2022

Hello Nutanix Community,I’m reaching out for help after spending a significant amount of time troubleshooting an issue where a Nutanix cluster cannot complete initialization. I would truly appreciate any insight from the community, as I believe I have exhausted all standard troubleshooting paths.This cluster was previously created successfully and had been running in production without issues.However, due to security-related changes in our IT infrastructure, we were required to re-address the entire environment, including: CVM IPs Hypervisor IPs IPMI IPs Because of this requirement, I intentionally chose the cleanest and officially recommended approach, which was: Reclaim licenses Stop the cluster Destroy the cluster Rebuild the cluster from scratch using Nutanix Foundation This was not an accidental failure during a first-time installation.The issue only started after performing a controlled teardown and reinstallation due to the IP address changes. Support experience and re

Hi all , Now i am deploying a new nutanix cluster with 10 all flash nodes and each node has 4 ssd disks so during my search in nutanix docs i noticed that nutanix marked up to 4 ssd disks in each node as a metadata disk so in my case it can sign at least 1 ssd disk for metadata and this disk can not be used for regular VMs Data  my question is  one of four ssd disks will be marked as a metadata disk and cannot be used for regular VMs Data ?

Hi Nutanix,I have passed all Nutanix Professional Certification exams 6.10 (NCA 6.10, NCP-MCI 6.10, NCP-CI-Azure 6.7, NCP-CI-AWS 6.7, NCP-US 6.10, NCP-DB 6.10, NCP-CN 6.10,NCP-AI 6.10, NCP-MCA 6.10, NCP-EUC 6.10) in 2025 with relatively high scores.In 2026, I plan to continue with the NCM-MCI 6.10 exam.I would like to ask whether Nutanix has any incentive or customer voucher programs for candidates who have passed all NCP-level certifications.Thank you.

Hi All, Regarding restoring Linux IP, it becomes different from the original,I think it's because after the restore, the Mac differently than before,so the settings are different too. Is there a way to make the IP address the same as before after the restore?

Hi All, I would like to ask: If cluster is not joined to Prism Central, will it become lockout to login to the Prism Portal after the license expired. AHV, AOS: 6.10.1.12

Is it possible to use this appliance to test the REST API performance of a 3RD party array?We would like to bombard the array with a lot of GET PUT calls and test its performance using XRAY.

Earlier, we tried deploying Prism Central on our newly rebuilt cluster. This isn’t a new Nutanix model—it’s an older one. I wanted to get your insight regarding an error we encountered during the deployment of the instance. We uploaded the tar and metadata, but the deployment consistently stalls at 91%. Previously, deploying through Prism Central was straightforward, so I’m not sure why we can’t access the GUI now.The VM appears to deploy successfully, and I can SSH into it. All services are running fine, NTP is working, but our newly rebuilt DNS might be a major factor in this issue—I’m not entirely sure if this is causing the problem. I forgot to take a screenshot, but the failure showed an “MT timeouts during deployment” or something similar.

Hi everyone,A customer currently operates a VMware vSAN cluster at their primary site and is planning to deploy a new HCI platform at a secondary site. One of the key requirements is that the new HCI cluster must be able to replicate workloads to the existing VMware vSAN environment.My question is the following:Is it feasible to propose Nutanix with AHV for the secondary site while keeping VMware vSAN at the primary site? If yes, which third-party solution would be recommended to ensure reliable replication between Nutanix AHV and VMware vSAN? If not, what alternative HCI architecture would you recommend to meet this requirement? Thanks in advance for your insights and feedback.

Hi All, Good day to you.Recently, I’ve encountered an issue of unable to image the nodes with Foundation for Windows. Only one of the nodes was completed and the rest 2 nodes failed with fatal: waiting for installer to boot up. Can someone suggest me how to solve this issue? AOS: 6.10.1.7AHV: el8.nutanix.20230302.103032 P.S all node have the same hardware specification but the successful node have different BIOS version. Thanks,

Hi everyone,I’m trying to download the latest version of Nutanix Community Edition (CE), specifically v7.1 or newer (ideally matching AOS 7.3). However, I can only find the download link for CE v6.8.1 on the official portal.Does Nutanix still offer CE versions aligned with AOS 7.x (e.g., 7.1, 7.2, or 7.3)? If so, could someone please share the correct download link or guidance on how to access it?Thanks in advance!

HI!Microsoft certificates for Secure Boot expire in June 2026Will AHV, CVM, and VM legacy boot continue to function properly after the certificate expires?Secure Boot expiration will only affect guest VMs using UEFI? 

Hi,I am using 3xhpe dx 320 Gen 11 want to create 3 Node cluster. After using Foundational tool to create cluster , first it doesnt discover the nodes so have added the nodes manually when i start to create cluster it throws different errors. Connected to switch with LACP and port channel active. It is fresh intallation (Hardware pre installed by nutanix).​@Jeroen Tielen 

Hi,This topic has already been discussed several times but no solutions applied (reconnecting, importing the module, prefixing the cmdlets ...).I’ve setup an isolated environment with PowerShell 7.5.4 and the Nutanix Powershell Module 2.1.1.I can connect to Prism Central but any Get-* command will end up with the error :“Object reference not set to an instance of an object”I cannot find a way to get the cmdlets to work.Any idea ?Best regards

Hi. I having a terrible time trying to deploy X-ray in vCenter. It just sits and says updating forever. Attached screen shot. Some questions.X-ray has 2 nics apparently, the second one being labled NODCHP, which is good as we do not have dhcp on the test network we will be doing on. As for the mgt nic/ip, does it need internet access to get anything? The nutanix ports page do not say it does, yet the documetnation states how to add a proxy. I have tried with and without a proxy and it just will just hang on that updating page for days. Can someone point me in a direction to look at? Thank you!