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NGT on Linux Appliances?

  • November 18, 2025
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Hi, we are new Nutanix customers coming from VMWare. I’ve migrated about 450 VM’s over and everything is going smoothly, however when it comes to Linux appliances I have some questions. On VMWare, vendors would send us an OVA which included VMWare tools baked into the appliance. I’m noticing that vendors who supply QCOW2’s, or even OVA’s if they don’t have a QCOW2 file, don’t have NGT baked into the image. When I ask the vendor how to install NGT, they say it’s not supported, even though on VMWare, they had VMWare tools supported.

Is it typical for vendor linux appliances to not support NGT? How do I get VSS working on these appliances with NGT so that my backup solution can take app-consistent snapshots? Also, I hate looking in PC and seeing VM’s without any OS because NGT isn’t installed.

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  • Trendsetter
  • November 18, 2025

depends on the appliance, if you have root access or not, also depends on the flavour of Linux as to how you install NGT


JeroenTielen
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  • Vanguard
  • November 19, 2025

If the vendor doesnt allow you to install NGT then you have to deal with that (or look for a different vendor). Must of the time I see this with hardend appliances.