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Hello,I am experiencing an issue where VM IP addresses are no longer displayed in Prism after changing the network environment of a Nutanix cluster.I would appreciate any advice or information about similar cases.Environment Nutanix AHV-based cluster Multiple VMs running on the cluster Both Windows and Linux guest operating systems are present Nutanix Guest Tools (NGT) are not being used What happened The network environment of the Nutanix cluster was changed. The Gateway configuration of the existing cluster/service network was also changed. The cluster was then connected to a different network environment. The cluster was powered on again. The cluster and VMs are operating normally after the change. Current symptoms All VMs have valid IP addresses configured inside their guest operating systems. Network connectivity from the VMs to the Gateway and external networks is working normally. The VM network adapters and VLAN configuration appear to be functioning correctly

We're designing a Metro/synchronous replication setup between two AHV clusters (PRD and DR), using a single Prism Central instance deployed at a third site to manage both clusters, host the Witness Service, and run our Protection Policies / Recovery Plans.Additional context: DR is also running some VMs directly (on a separate, non-replicated local container) due to a temporary memory capacity constraint on PRD. These VMs are not part of the synchronous Protection Policy — they're independent workloads currently living in DR.Our question: If the third site with the PC becomes completely unreachable at the same time PRD goes down, what is the supported method to manually promote the DR-side replicas and bring the protected VMs online at DR?

Hi all, I’m looking to replace my server switches and wanted to know what is the best practice surrounding my Nutanix cluster and moving them to the new switch. The hosts currently have 2 NICS connected in Active/Passive. I couldn’t find a document on the best practice for this. Do I need to put each host in maintenance mode and then move both NIC’s to the new server switches or can I just move one NIC at a time and let the automatic fail over worry about it? Has anyone done this before? How did you handle it?

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We’re excited to announce that we have partnered with the Oracle MySQL team to feature Nutanix MySQL blog posts on Planet MySQL, coinciding with enhanced MySQL support in the latest Nutanix Database Service (NDB) release.And our first post is live: MySQL on Steroids: Accelerating Provisioning, Backup & Recovery, and TDE with Nutanix Database Service (NDB) and you can find it highlighted on the Nutanix feed on Planet MySQL here (https://planet.mysql.com/?tag_search=25201).This post is the one to read if your team still manages production MySQL in scripts. It shows how NDB provisions a single instance or a highly available InnoDB Cluster, recovers to an exact second without chaining binary logs by hand, spins up space-efficient clones for dev and test, and handles TDE key setup and rotation through your key management system. These workflows run on the MySQL Community or Enterprise Edition you already use, on-premises or in AWS, Azure, and GCP.Future MySQL posts we publish will show

We are hosting a FREE webcast on Oct 8th at 12pm PST | 3pm EST on how NDB Accelerates VMware to Nutanix Migration and Reduces Risk.  You can sign up for the webcast via https://events.actualtechmedia.com/register-now/3443/navigating-vmware-alternatives-how-nutanix-database-service-accelerates-vmware-migrations-reduces-risk/?pr=42.  You can also win $250 by attending this webcast.VMware by Broadcom's disruptive changes have led many organizations to seek flexible, customer-centric alternatives. Often migrating from VMware* requires moving the databases running on it and they tend to be the hardest assets to move. Intricate Failover, High Availability (HA), and Disaster Recovery (DR) architectures can cause problems for standard lift-and-shift migration methods, delaying migrations and potentially exposing organizations to costly licensing penalties.To break through this bottleneck, your VMware transition strategy requires a specialized approach built specifically for complex database to

I would like to confirm the correct process for identifying and verifying an OS image that is compatible with my Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) version before uploading the image to Nutanix Prism Central.Could you please provide guidance on:How to determine which OS images are officially supported for my specific NKP version. Where I can find the list of supported OS images and their corresponding NKP versions. How to verify the compatibility of an OS image before uploading it to Prism Central. Which image format and required image properties should be used. Whether there is a compatibility matrix, documentation, or tool that can be used to validate the image. How to confirm that the uploaded image is ready to be used for NKP cluster deployment.The objective is to ensure that I select the correct and supported OS image before starting the NKP deployment and avoid compatibility-related deployment issues.

Hello all,We are encountering an issue with a user who updated ESXi to version 8.0u3e onto nutanix Supermicro 8155 G8. The problem has arisen while attempting to update hardware components; the LCM update fails because `ipmitool` is missing from the hosts.The cluster is located in a "dark site," so updates are loaded via direct upload and AOS is at 7.5.1.10 version.Do you know of any workarounds?Thanks in advice,Alex

Support / diagnostic informationI also attempted to open a Nutanix Support case. However, because this is a Community Edition lab cluster, the cluster is not listed as eligible for support in the Support Portal.I have therefore collected the diagnostic information locally and am requesting guidance from the Community before performing any unsupported recovery action.NCC health checks completed with:171 PASS 2 INFO 0 WARN 0 FAILA Logbay bundle was also successfully collected from all three CVMs covering LCM, Genesis, Ergon, Mercury, NCC, Prism, Cluster Config and ZooKeeper logs.I can provide specific sanitized log excerpts if needed.

As per the infrastructure deployment SDK:Typically, Dell ships their hardware pre-configured to automatically install AHV after you first turn the node on. The downside is that, when you turn the node on for the first time, it runs a series of scripts to install the hypervisor and create the CVM. Customers often turn the machines off before the preparations are finished because they don’t know to leave the machines on. It’s usually less complex to use a standalone Foundation VM on bare-metal nodes.after power on the node and wait about an hour, the AHV is installed and the CVM not created, what can cause this issue and what is the expected time for the node to install the AHV and create the CVM?