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Let’s say that a VM migration is required for data protection or as part of a disaster recovery, what is the scenarios and the recommended practice? Check out our documentation about data protection and disaster recovery we wrote this guide for IT administrators and architects who want more information about the data protection and disaster recovery features built into the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud. The data protection subject is huge and has a lot of branches, let’s focus on a small component which is migrating the VMs from one location to another. The migration could be done between Nutanix hosts, Nutanix Clusters or migration from non-Nutanix Storage to a Nutanix Storage.  The simplest scenario is migrating the VMs from one host to another in the same cluster, the VMs will migrate automatically after placing the host into maintenance mode by the recommended practice of the host’s hypervisor, the only CVM that would stay on that host is the Controller VM (CVM) which is responsible for

Let's say you have modified the license assignments, removed a node from the cluster and you got an alert in Prism stating that there is no current license for the cluster.  You can reclaim and optionally re-apply licenses for nodes in your clusters. This procedure describes how to reclaim licenses where the cluster is not configured with Portal Connection or the cluster is not connected to the internet (also known as dark-site clusters). After you remove a node, you can also move the node to another cluster. More info. You must un-license your cluster when you plan to destroy a cluster. More info Return licenses to your inventory when you remove one or more nodes from a cluster. You can reclaim licenses for nodes in your clusters in cases where you want to make modifications or downgrade licenses. More info You do not need to reclaim Starter licenses for Nutanix NX Series platforms. These licenses are automatically applied whenever you create a cluster. For more information about rec

Customers can observe cluster issues when they use more than 90 percent of the total available storage on the cluster.  For node resiliency and redundancy, the disk usage must be below the Max Usable value. One of the most common alerts is Cluster can not tolerate # node failure(s). This alert is fired by the NCC health check "sufficient_disk_space_check" that checks if there is sufficient storage space on the cluster to provide node resiliency. See more details on  (KB 1863) Share your comments in this forum!

Besides the fact that LTS is Long Term Release and STS is Short Term Release, Is there any reason that STS shouldn't be used for production purposes over LTS ?I want to switch to 5.9 for the ESXi 6.7 compatibility.

My stargate contimues to restart. and I cannot find anyting in the GUI to indicate what it my be. When I get in the cli, i see the cluster says all four nodes are up. i try to ping 192.168.5.1 and the icmp request never completes. pinging all other ip’s work as expected. my esx is 6.5u3 aos is 5..5.5 my NCC is 3.7.0.1 foundations is 4.3  

Everyone who has used, maintained or supported NX Solution have come across the term “Foundation”.    So what exactly is foundation?     Let’s take a scenario where you bought a new NX solution (YAYY!!) but what now?   Does it have the AOS or the hypervisor installed?  How can you create a cluster using the new nodes?   Do you install anything in the node before you try to add it to an existing cluster?      The answer to all these questions lies in the tool called Foundation, which is used to do a field installation, consisting of installing a hypervisor and Nutanix Controller VM on the node before creating a new cluster or adding a new node to an existing cluster.   Field installation can be performed for either factory-prepared nodes or bare metal.    So are there any guidelines for using foundation?    Of Course, go through the link below to know more about the guidelines    Field Installation Guide    Want to know more about Foundation?     The following links might help you to un

Every architecture remains stable due to scheduled maintenance, in which we might need to shutdown the node or CVM to increase memory, replace network adapters or just some planned maintenance activity.    In Nutanix, we have heard the term “CVM maintenance mode”.   So what does it mean?  Why do we need to put the CVM in maintenance mode if we are thinking of bringing down the CVM?    All the CVMs in the cluster interact with each other using microservices handling the cluster stability, we need to inform the cluster if a CVM is going down and shutdown all the services in the CVM gracefully before shutting down the CVM.  To make a CVM not part of any active storage and metadata connection, we enable maintenance mode in the CVM.   So what is host maintenance mode?   Host maintenance mode is used to safely migrate all the User Virtual VMs in the host and make sure NO VMs are running on the Node. If a VM can’t be migrated to another host, you need to shutdown the VM for the host to ente

Hi there, I am new with Nutanix and I have a doubt about Acropolis licensing. We have 3 nutanix nodes with Acropolis Start Edition installed. Yesterday, my PRISM console report a License Feature Violation. Looking at https://www.nutanix.com/products/software-options , the only thing that I saw that could be wrong in my configuration was a Volume Group created for a test. Just to be sure, in an Acropolis Start Edition can we create volume groups or this option should only be used in PRO and ULTIMATE editions? The alert don’t give me more information about which feature is violating the license. Thanks in advance for the help! BR, Thelmo    

Let's say that you have purchased a new node and you wish to make it part of your existing cluster, how would you do that?   A cluster is a collection of nodes. You can add new nodes to a cluster at any time after physically installing and connecting them to the network on the same subnet as the cluster. The cluster expansion process compares the AOS version on the existing and new nodes and performs any upgrades necessary for all nodes to have the same AOS version.   The process for adding a node varies depending on the AOS version, hypervisor type (AHV, ESXi, Hyper-V, or Citrix Hypervisor), data-at-rest encryption status, and certain hardware configuration factors.   Here is the guide to expand a cluster that explains the expansion process and the pre & post checks: expanding a cluster   Before you start it's better to check this doc before attempting to add a node to the cluster since the process of adding a node varies depending on several factors considerations based on your A

Let’s say you run the NCC health check in your cluster from a cvm and it's clean, other than this one INFO check regarding default_password_check.  Running : health_checks system_checks default_password_check[==================================================] 100%/health_checks/system_checks/default_password_check [ INFO ]------------------------------------------------------------------------+Detailed information for default_password_check:Node x.x.x.x:INFO: One or more IPMI devices are still using the default passwordRefer to KB 6153 (http://portal.nutanix.com/kb/6153) for details on default_password_check or Recheck with: ncc health_checks system_checks default_password_check+-----------------------+| State | Count |+-----------------------+| Info | 1 || Total Plugins | 1 |+-----------------------+   Essentially, this check verifies if there are any CVMs (Controller VMs), hosts, IPMIs, or Prism Central (PC) instances with the default credentials.   You know it's not something to wo

Let’s take a moment here to accept that we all have had questions regarding the AOS or Hypervisor versions in the cluster and the node to be added during Cluster expansion. These questions arise if the new node is imaged before adding it to the cluster.   For us, we can say, “With great expansions, comes not so great dependencies”   There can be 3 common scenarios:- Same AOS and Hypervisor version:- All good, no action required... The node is just a click away from the cluster. AOS is same, Hypervisor is different:- Re-image the node before adding it to the cluster. AOS is different, Hypervisor is the same:- Two scenarios here:- Cluster AOS version < Node AOS version:- Upgrade AOS in the cluster and it becomes scenario 1. Cluster AOS version > Node AOS version:- You can upgrade the AOS in the node using the CLI command mentioned in the doc at the end.    To have a good idea of the above scenarios and things to consider while expanding the cluster, take a look at this document.  

Hello everyone, I'm having problems with the cd-rom assembly in all my VMs, I can't add it with an * .ISO image, and I can't remove or disassemble the existing cd-rom, can someone help.

We are about to buy and 4 node box with 8*16 core processors.  On top we are going to utilize AHV Here we are going to run 2 or 3 Microsoft Operating system only Now what version of microsoft license we need to buy?

In our environment we are currently hosting 2 HP Gen9 ESXi servers. Our plan is to purchase a single HP Gen 10 and having a 3 node cluster made out of it. To start with I want to create a single node (Gen 10) and slowly start moving VM’s from the esx host to that Nutanix host without interrupting the 2 esx servers. So my question here is, How is it possible for me to start with a Single host and start adding hosts to make up a cluster of 3 nodes (1 → Gen10, 2-Gen9)?

Let's say that you decided to adopt the Container Deployment approach by deploying a Kubernetes cluster, here is a brief explanation about Kubernetes and it's integration with Nutanix. Karbon orchestrates Kubernetes clusters to simplify the provisioning and management of containerized applications. Kubernetes packages applications in their own dedicated containers together with all of the required operational components for running the application. Containers , which run inside of pods on top of nodes, are the core building block of Kubernetes architecture. Containerized applications are simple to manage, easy to deploy, and portable as they are abstracted from the OS of the host. Since different containers share an operational kernel, they do not require as much compute capacity as a VM, making them "lightweight". Using Karbon to manage Kubernetes operations requires a basic familiarity with key Kubernetes concepts. I made this diagram to illustrate a Kubernetes-Nutanix flow: For more

Let’s say you need to increase the CVM memory depending on the workload or to enable certain AOS features. You can increase memory reserved for each Controller VM in your cluster by using the 1-click Controller VM Memory Upgrade available from the Prism web console.   To increase the memory, follow these steps:- Login into the Prism console. Click on the gear icon. Select “Configure CVM”. Select the target CVM memory allocation > Apply.   Be informed that resizing memory for a Controller VM requires a reboot as part of the process. But there’s nothing to worry as the reboot will be in a rolling way, which means, only 1 CVM will reboot at a time ensuring no production impact.   If a Controller VM was already allocated more memory than your choice, it remains at the same memory amount but the CVMs having lesser memory than the choice will get increased. Example:- Let’s say you have 4 CVMs with 2 having 20 GB memory and 2 with 32 GB. You want to increase the 20 GB ones to 28 GB

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What if one day you wake up and decided to give AHV a shot? But wait… you are running ESXi.  Hmm… If only there was a way to convert ESXi to AHV. Well… there is a feature called “In-place hypervisor conversion” to save the day.   But what about the VMs?  All the VMs that are running in the ESXi cluster are converted so that they can run on the AHV cluster.    Following are the enhancements to this feature are:- Decreased VM downtime. The state of the VM is preserved and the VM is brought back into the same state post-conversion. Preservation of the MAC addresses of the VM NICs after conversion The Prism console is responsive during the conversion process. However, the Prism goes into Read-Only state.   You can check out the requirements and limitations for In-place hypervisor conversion here.   Finally ready to give AHV a run after going through the requirements? To start the conversion, follow the document here   Have any questions? Drop a comment and let us start a discussion

Receiving emails about EOL, but no clue what it means? Once a product is EOL (end of life), then there will be no further upgrades/updates released for it and will no longer be supported by Nutanix.   This may include the AOS version, Prism central, Nutanix files or Supported hardware platforms.   To view the EOL information, navigate as follows:-   Login into Nutanix Support Portal. Menu > Documentation. EOL Information. Select the entity you want to see the information for.   Don’t want to follow the above steps and like shortcuts?… Click here then.   Have any questions? Drop a comment and let us start a discussion.

So you are planning to configure VM-VM anti-affinity policy in your AHV environment to ensure critical VMs run on different hosts. That’s thoughtful thinking right there and it makes sense.   Now if you create this policy when the VMs are off... when you power them on, you’ll see the policy kick in and the VMs will be running on different hosts.   But… what if the VMs were powered on when you applied the policy? Do you have to restart the VMs?   The answer is No.   After the policy is created, Acropolis Dynamic Scheduling  (ADS) will migrate the VMs running on the same hosts to different ones.  This will not happen immediately though. It takes a while for ADS to start migrating these VMs.   So sit relaxed, you created the policy… ADS will take care of it.   Want to know how to configure VM-VM anti-affinity policy or how to delete it. Check it out here   Have any questions? Drop a comment and let's start a discussion.

Below are new knowledge base articles published on the week of February 9-15, 2020. KB 5512 - REST API: Alerts data placeholders are not populated KB 8803 - How to change ESXi Host TLS version running on Nutanix cluster KB 8812 - Moving Nutanix nodes to chassis of different generation KB 8855 - How to change Virtual Machine video card memory in AHV KB 8897 - Nutanix Collector "We couldn't find this IP address or host name" KB 8916 - LCM operation may timeout when performing upgrades in ESXi environments KB 8924 - How to map Nutanix Volumes disk from Linux VM to vdisk KB 8942 - karbonctl commands with --pc-username and --pc-password flags fail with 'no consumer: "text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"' error KB 8951 - Alert - A160068 - AFSDuplicateIPDetected KB 8955 - RMA: Return Instructions (APAC) KB 8962 - Unable to browse containers using WinSCP when it contains files name with non-English characters KB 8963 - PRISM displays the wrong speed for the NICs faster than 10G Note: You may need to

Working using CLI is easy, simple, elegant and fast. Every administrator loves scripting and automating tasks using the command line. Nutanix makes Management tasks related to virtual disks easy, simple and efficient using CLI. So, what are the situations in which you might need to perform VM Disk management actions if you’re an administrator? You created a VM with a disk of 250GiB and now you need to increase it to 500GiB What if you need to increase the size of a VM Disk? Created a Disk but now need to clone it to different VMs! Need to create an image from a VM disk? Created a VM with the wrong BUS Type! Do we need to change the index of IDE disk? We all have faced a situation in which we might need to insert an ISO to a CD ROM or eject a CD ROM We have created a Volume Group and now need to manage the disks in the VG Most of these actions can be performed using the Prism GUI but what if we are more interested in CLI approach and want to automate these day-to-day admin tasks Do we

Every modern architecture solution requires data saving and optimization techniques to manage their workload efficiently and optimally. Nutanix HCI provides various techniques for storage optimization based on your workloads. Let us take a look around regarding the techniques to understand the working and best practices.      1. Compression  There are two types of compression available   Post-process compression Inline compression Want to know how compression works and how to enable it in your cluster?  Compression Guide   2. Deduplication   Deduplication reduces space usage by consolidating duplicate data blocks on Nutanix storage.  Want to know more about different types of Deduplication and the best practices of using Deduplication? Deduplication    3. Erasure Coding Erasure coding increases the usable capacity on a cluster. Instead of replicating data, erasure coding uses parity information to rebuild data in the event of a disk failure. The capacity savings of erasure codin

Hi Guys,   i have some questions, first, can we enable flow on ESX hypervisor on nutanix? i have same question with calm on esxi and i get the answer we can enable calm on esx based on nutanix KB, but how about flow? can we enable/using flow on top esx hypervisor?  and just courious, anyone have table comparation about feature nutanix running on ahv, esx, hyperv?

Hi, NCC is reporting that I’m missing the cpupower command. Seems strange. I’m using a i7-2600k processor in each node. Should I install the package using yum repositories?  Where does it run, host or CVM?   Detailed information for host_cpu_frequency_check: Node 192.168.0.127: ERR : Error while getting host CPU frequency range. bash: cpupower: command not found   Node 192.168.0.121: ERR : Error while getting host CPU frequency range. bash: cpupower: command not found   Node 192.168.0.125: ERR : Error while getting host CPU frequency range. bash: cpupower: command not found   Node 192.168.0.123: ERR : Error while getting host CPU frequency range. bash: cpupower: command not found