AHV Virtualization

Does Prism Central supports 2FA ( OTP or Captcha)

Hello, I have 3 node cluster setup and working fine and it is also integrated with PC as well and the VM is in the same cluster itself. I am just curious to know. Just curious to know, how to VM auto start works in this case. Like in VMWARE we use to manually select startup feature and  configure VM Startup Priority by +1. What concept is use in nutanix, and how can we prioritize that? 

I was testing Link Failover and it was not working as expected. I have configured ACtive-Standby, and once I am taking out the cable from NIC1 all the traffic does not goes through Standby link, after connecting nic back, the traffic was also restored. Just want to know the faiover scenario related to NIC. Note : Time seems to be correct in every CVM Once the traffi is back I am trying to access CVM with virtual IP giving below error  

I have an infrastructure operating on a Nutanix Cluster and Prism Element, and I have integrated it with VEEAM Backup. I possess a socket-based license for VEEAM, and the cluster appears online in VEEAM. There are about 15 VMs in my infra, and I have set up a job to back up all the VMs which are within the cluster, I start the job and observed that it is not utilizing the socket license. Instead, it's recognizing an instance-based approach and only backing up a few VMs, with the rest displaying a license overutilization error. Can any one let me know How Nutanix works with VEEAM, is it a socket based license or instance based license only.

Hello Team, I have a Nutanix PC containing 1 Cluster. I have added few OVA files in to it and I was able to create VM using those OVA. I also have the Backup of the PC in PE cluster. My PC(PRISM CENTRAL) was destroyed somehow and I restored from the last successful backup. After logging in to PC, I go to ova and try to create VM using OVA file it shows OVA was not found.   and When I try to delete the OVA file it throws and exception  

The nutanix AHV python SDKs are pinned to an old and vulnerable version of certifi which introduces cve-2024-39689 into integrations that leverages this.I previously wrote up a very detailed post on this but it was deleted with no explanation. If there is a better place to post this please DM me at let me know. 

I am dealing with weird situation, I have setup a 3 node cluster, and everything went well from installation point till the GUI. As for now every one is taking time from a NTP server, but somehow my NTP servers and changed and it has some different time which is from GPS, I tried to setup that NTP Server in the PRISM ELEMENT, but the CVMS are not syncing with correct time from new Time GPS Clock, I started restarting ChronyD services bt unfortunately nothing happened 

I am trying to deploy Prism Central but unable to do that, getting below error. Not sure what I am doing wrong, this happens during post deployment.  

Hello.I have a question.Resource Requirements Supporting Snapshot Frequency (Asynchronous, NearSync, and Metro) I'm inquiring because I don't understand well even if I look at the link above.Three G9 nodesI'm thinking of making three G7 nodes into one cluster.The G9 node already has a cluster configured and will expand the G7 node.The G9 node is two SSDs and four HDD hybrid HCI.G7 nodes are also six SSD All Flash nodes.G9 Node Disk CapacitySSD = 3.06TibHDD = 6.9qTibG7 Node Disk CapacitySSD = 1.92TibDR is configured in the G9 cluster that is already configured, and snapshots are being taken every two hours and sent to DR. The number of snapshots stored is two.When configuring these services, how much CVM memory should be allocated?The reason for putting the inquiry is that I set the CVM memory to 32GB with G9 initial configuration. It's been about 3 months since the configuration. CVM memory usage is over 90%.We would like to ask for your opinion as the usage increases until a memory us

Je sollicite votre aide concernant un problème sur mon cluster Nutanix de 7 nœuds. Une des CVM a crashé et malgré plusieurs tentatives de récupération, je n’ai pas pu la restaurer. Est-il possible de réinstaller une nouvelle CVM sur ce nœud sans impacter le fonctionnement du cluster?

Hi all, I recently performed a fresh installation of a Nutanix cluster using three nodes, all based on the HPE ProLiant DX380 Gen11 12LFF platform.As part of the pre-deployment steps, prior to imaging the nodes using Foundation VM (foundation version was 5.7.1), I upgraded the firmware on all three servers to Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) version 2025.05.00.00. This firmware version was explicitly referenced in the Nutanix installation prerequisites and compatibility documentation for this hardware generation.The SPP upgrade was completed successfully via iLO on all nodes, and I validated the firmware version through the iLO web interface post-upgrade.Following the firmware upgrade, I proceeded with the node imaging using Foundation and successfully deployed the cluster without any issues. Once the cluster was operational, I launched LCM > Inventory and ran Perform Inventory to validate component versions.However, LCM still reports the installed SPP version across all hosts as 202

We have a 6-node Nutanix cluster on VMware ESXi spread across two racks. Each rack has a ToR switch, and both ToRs are in an IRF stack. All nodes are dual-uplinked (one NIC to each ToR).Core switch handles L3 routing, and VLANs are trunked to the IRF stack.We're planning to replace both ToR switches with new IRF switches — without downtime.Can the community please guide on: Best practices for live switch replacement How to ensure CVM and ESXi connectivity during the change Key health checks from Prism Any Nutanix KB or doc on this

Hey all!  I did a cluster conversion and Enabled and installed NGT’s on my guest vms and the vm’s will not boot.    I get the error “Unable to find a valid boot device”   The VM’s are UEFI enabled as well.  

Good day.I transferred the node to maintenance mode via the prism element console, but during the migration of virtual machines an error occurred and the transfer to maintenance mode stopped.At the same time, in the prism element, the host remained in maintenance mode.When checking via the CLI on the central computer, the host is not in maintenance mode, it is also transferred to maintenance mode without errors by the command: acli host.enter_maintenance_mode and is displayed by the command acli host.exit _maintenance_mode.In Prizm Central, the host is also visible normally without maintenance mode.Please tell me, maybe someone has encountered such a problem, it looks very similar to a bug in prism element itself.The command ncli host edit id=7 enable-maintenance-mode=false did not help to solve the problem.When trying to take the host out of maintenance mode in the Prizm Element web console, an error appears that the host was transferred to maintenance mode via the CLI.

We are new to Nutanix coming over from vSphere and are experiencing the same issues that is discussed but not resolved on this thread:https://next.nutanix.com/ahv-virtualization-27/packer-press-any-key-to-boot-from-cd-dvd-issue-43213We are using Packer to build a Window 2022 image.  We have customised the ISO to remove the "Press any key to boot..." prompt.  However, we are now in a situation where Packer/AHV doesn't allow us to specify a boot order so the CD is constantly booting, installing and rebooting.We can continue the Packer build if we manually dismount the CD, however, we want to be in a position where this is a hands off build and orchestrated by a pipeline like our vSphere builds are.Has anyone managed to get around this?  

I have several asynchronous protection policies configured between two Nutanix clusters each with their respective Prism Central, one primary and one DR. I am going to perform the upgrade of the clusters sequentially on different days and I don't see any reference in the documentation as to whether it is necessary for replication during the upgrade due to version difference or possible outages. I understand that it is not necessary, but I would like to know if there is any good practice as I don't see anything in the documentation. Thanks

Hi everyone,I want to upgrade my Prism Central (current version: 2024.2) to a newer version, but I must have a plan to rollback, if something happens along the way. When upgrading using LCM everything seems straightforward and easy, when the checks are done and everything, but are there any risks/losses/possible damages? Can I go back to a previous version? Is there something specific to look out for? What to do if something breaks? Thanks in advance :) 

Hi Team,Is it any possibilities the particular VM disks can able to change it like VM name. 

We’re about to start migrating our native Azure workloads to a cluster running in NC2 in Azure.  On our onprem cluster we use our own DHCP servers for IP management but obviously in NC2 we have to use the built in AHV IPAM.  How can we find what IP addresses are being allocated and to what VM’s?  I thought that this article would help but its not what we see in our NC2 environment.  I can see a summary page in PC which lists how many IP’s are in the pool and how many are in use but there’s no detail about what VM has what address. https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Web-Console-Guide-Prism-v6_10:wc-network-verify-ipam-ippool-wc-t.html Am I missing something or is it a limitation of NC2?

I can not ping or connect to CVM | Nutanix Community I'm facing exactly the same problem.AHV - CVM  ping yeshost - AHV  ping yeshost  - cvm ping no CVM-AHV ping yes ,  CVM ping the local network no ….  

Dear Team, We have encountered an issue with the cluster, where it is showing a license violation warning. This may impact the stability or functionality of the services running on the cluster, so we would like to request your assistance in resolving this as soon as possible. Could you please check the license details, validate compliance, and help us fix the violation? If there are any specific actions or information needed from our side, kindly let us know. Looking forward to your support on this.

Hello,I have an issue with one CVM after a restart.Could you help me resolve it?

 Hello,We're encountering an issue related to TPM on our AHV devices. While looking for solutions, I found a similar case, but the resolution there was related to the processor rather than TPM.We're trying to perform a feature upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 through Intune, and this issue is blocking the process.Has anyone experienced this problem and found a solution?Thanks!

i have already seen this article, but have many questionshttps://next.nutanix.com/ahv-virtualization-27/is-there-a-way-to-export-prism-central-s-network-flow-data-42446?utm_source=chatgpt.comWhere is a comprehensive KB that explains the requirements, licen, PC components, services and feature that must be in place to enable an ipfix exporter. I am not talking about an extensive api configuration guide, i need the pre-requisites to create an ipfix exporter and the detailed steps to do so.for instance:1-enable microservices2-enable the adv network controller3-change vlan from basic to managed4-configure ipfix exporter through rest api v4 Please dont direct me to my account team for a PS engagement sell… this information should be publicly available.  

Hello !!! Please help me! I found documentation from Nutanix stating that Docker is not supported on Win2016 using AHV, does anyone know of any more recent documentation that informs the version of Windows that is supported on AHV?Does Nutanix support Docker installation on a nested virtualization on AHV?    (version 2024)