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Hello, This question came to mind when i was exporting  a VM . Where the OVA file is actually stored?because i didn’t get to choose the storage container where the OVA file will exported to? 

Hi.Currently, virtual machine A running on cluster A (consisting of three machines) is being remotely backed up to cluster B (consisting of one machine) using Prism Element's protection domain.In this state, is it possible to remotely back up virtual machine B running on cluster B to cluster A using the protection domain?Is this a problem?kind regards.

Hi. New to Nutanix. We have a 3-node test cluster to evaluate. We are at RF-2 (1N/1D). I am hoping someone can clarify some things for me. I know I can lose 1-node or 1-drive and I will still have data availability. My question is this:If I lose 1-node will data-resilency be rebuilt in that I could actually lose a drive in 1 of the two remaining healthy nodes and still have data available? My thought process is Curator will simply rebuild the data to another healthy drive on the same node?I am trying this now where I cleanly shut a node down, and after 44 minutes Element still shows data-resilency as critical. I would assume since there is tons of free space the resilience would move to “OK” and I could tolerate a drive failure. I must really be misunderstanding something, I am certain I have read that would be work. I just cannot lose a drive with the node down during the rebuild process. Thank you for clarification!

Guys has anyone used any tools for Disaster recovery that will handle  AHV ,and Hybrid HCI and 3 tier Esxi.  

I passed the exam on 5 Jan and have already received the score report. On 6 Jan I got the e-mail saying I’ve earned the badge. However, when I check the Certification Transcript page today, the actual certificate isn’t listed yet. Is it normal for it to take a few more days before it shows up, or should I contact support?Thanks for any guidance!

Greetings,In our lab, we have an old Nutanix cluster of 4 NX-8155-G6 machines. I am looking at installing Open Source AHV and AOS however CE may be our solution as well. It looks like the only way to install AHV on the appliances is using Foundation. So two tracks:AHV on the old cluster and install with Foundation Install CE on the old clusterDoes anybody have experience installing CE on older Nutanix Hardware?

Our current setup is physical prod servers and VMs are in 10. 172.31.40.1 segment and DR physical servers are in 172.31.30.1 segment and DR VMs are in 10. 172.31.40.1 segment and we configured Async DR setup. Currently we configured IPsec VPN in HQ and DR through FortiGate firewall. If production site  down, how can we access the production VM servers in DR site. This is our concern please provide solution for this design.

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!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? 

I’m configuring Nutanix DR with zero compute but when i try to deploy MST from marketplace i receive the following errors:Credential is invalidVariable new_secret_keySecret value for variable is emptyVariable new_access_keySecret value for variable is emptyCredential default_credSecret value for credential is emptyI’ve tried to configure default credentials from self service but with no luck.thanks in advance

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  

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.

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.

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 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,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. 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! 

Hi everyone,I hope you’re doing well.I’m currently preparing for the Nutanix Certified Services – Core (NCS-Core) exam and would like to ask if there are any exam vouchers, discount codes, or ongoing campaigns available for this certification.I’ve completed the required learning and hands-on preparation, and I’m keen to proceed with the exam. Any guidance, sharing of experience, or information on how to obtain a voucher would be greatly appreciated.Thank you in advance for your support and help 🙏Looking forward to learning from the community.

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