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I just deployed Prism central scale out on my ESXi cluster and see that the two additional PC appliances have an iso mounted to their CDROM drives. Does this need to stay connected? I’d like to spread these 3 appliances across different datastores. (And ideally, I’d like to move these across sites but I understand that this is a future feature: https://next.nutanix.com/product-ideas-61/multi-cluster-scale-out-prism-central-28305)

Hello, I need to understand how nutanix snapshot he lives together with vmware snapshot. It's possible to protect VM with Nutanix snapshot although maybe some users make snapshots from vmware side ? Do they work together ? are there any contraindications or special attentions ? Do they not interfere with each other? I think only be careful not to interfere any restore snapshot from nutanix side with any backup/snapshot made vmware side (aka veeam) ? Thanks Manuel

According to the Prism Web console guide, there is no mention about how to create a two-node cluster. https://portal.nutanix.com/#/page/docs/details?targetId=Web-Console-Guide-Prism-v510:wc-cluster-single-node-c.html#nconcept_fxk_fxl_pbb It might be this ? " cvm$ cluster create -s --redundancy_factor=2" Thanks, Kazu

I’vejust set up AFS 3.5.5, I’ve enabled SMB protocol and the FS joined AD. The home share has not been created! Why?  

I'm new to Nutanix and learning as I go. I'm looking at monitoring and alerting and noticed an alert that has not auto resolved. The specific alert is: Node Marked To Be Detached From Metadata Ring I've run ALL NCC Health Checks on the node and it comes back healthy. This alert is set to auto resolve but for some reason will not resolve. I check policy and the auto-resolve checkbox is checked. I did some digging and found a KB article (#000004269) for alert_auto_resolve_helper. I read about this NCC check and I don't see this as an available check in my environment. Any thoughts and tips are appreciated. Thanks!

Hi, My customer is considering leveraging NearSyncDR for their production clusters. Looks like I have to explain to them how NearSync should be configured and how it works to match their needs for future plan. As it matters, I have dived around Nutanix portal for some documents related to this technology but nothing explains clearly why it should run by its behavior in the example below: In the case I configured a schedule that repeats 1 min and retention policy of local cluster for 5 days, NearSync will work as that it will: Create a snapshot per minute and retain it for 15 minutes. Create hourly snapshots and retain for 6 hours. Create daily snapshots and retain for 5 days. So the question is if a snapshot A was created and deleted in 15 mins later, in the case user wanted to use this snapshot A to recover his file, how did he do? Is snapshot retaining time able to be changed by any command?

Hi, I'm planning a 3 node Lenovo 2320-E node. The most it will ever grow, is to a 4 node. Each node has a 4 x 1/10Gb BaseT network card (IMM/IPMI) connection is separate. The max number of VM's will probably never exceed 16 (Windows 2008R2/Windows 2016 ) The priority of importance in this case is: Reliability Lowest Cost Performance Network Config Option 1 (1 switch 1 GB ports only): Purchase 1 switch with dual hot-swap power supplies. (Not to jinx myself, but switches have a low fail rate) Setup each node as balance-slb, with 4 x 1Gb BaseT Network Config Option 2 (2 switches 1GB ports only) Purchase 2 switches, each with a single power supply Setup each node as balance-slb, with 4 x 1Gb BaseT Network Config Option 3 (1 switch with both 1 & 10Gb BaseT) Purchase a switch that supports mixed 1 & 10Gb BaseT ports Setup each node as balance-slb and use 2 x 10Gb (of the 4 ports) My understanding of balance-slb is I will have 4Gb of throug

Hi Friends, It's nice joining you in this wonderful community. I'm Ridwan Oladipupo from Algorism Limited, Nigeria. I'm representing my company as a System Engineer saddled with the responsibility of handling the technicalities of Nutanix during POC. Please I'm absolutely new to the system, I've started with nutanix school, but I felt that is not sufficient enough to get the Job done. I need to get with the guys doing the job. I would be glad if anyone can volunteer to mentor me on this solution. Thanks in anticipation.

Hi, I want to automate the procedure of node imaging. I have exported the configuration file for foundation. Is there command line to image node with configuration file?

Remote authentication is one of those things that once set up correctly just work. We do not notice it, we simply put in our credentials and use it.It takes some understanding and a tiny bit of thinking ahead when mapping AOS roles and permissions to LDAP/AD users and user groups.So where to start?First, follow Prism Element Security Guide: Configuring Authentication to set up remote authentication.Run NCC Health Check: ldap_config_check.For any issues leverage KBs:KB-2066 Unable to Log In to the Prism web console using Group LDAP authenticationKB-3363 Prism: Troubleshooting LDAP Issues for Prism Log On For those of you PowerShell fans there is a little bit of CLI available:PowerShell Cmdlets Reference: LDAPConnection PowerShell Cmdlets Reference: Domain

Hey guys,I don't have Nutanix and I want to practice on Nutanix - is there virtual image I can use for practice?

Hello all, i'm trying to build a very simple home lab so i can get through the NCP cert, hopefully prior to our new nutanix gear arrives at my work. at home i have an i7 8700k, 16gb of ram, and several HDDs. i also have a NAS device. i run windows 10 on my one available machine. my issue is this: i can only feasibly spare 12 gb of ram, and i dont have a dedicated 200 GB SSD, but i have several terabytes of HDD storage available. is it possible for me to get a home lab up and running with this config? using VMWare Workstation or something similar? thanks, Tony

Hi, I can see both the NGT and vmware tools in a VM deployed in Nutanix Esxi cluster,when access it via prism? Which one I can able to install?Is there any difference between NGT and Vmware tools?or shall I install NGT in a VM deployed in Nutanix ESxi cluster?Please clarify Regards Jai

There appears to be an issue with the latest Powershell Cmdlets for Version 5.11 that reports itself as Version 5.1.1 (not 5.11) so there is a mismatch. This will bring up a Warning dialogue box asking you if you want to continue with this mismatch (Cluster Version 5.11 and CmdLets Version 5.1.1). This can affect any Powershell Automation Scripts you have running that will be waiting for user intervention! You can change the Nutanix Connection method to Force the Connection using the following syntax: Connect-NTNXCluster -Server "Your server here" -UserName "Your user" -Password "Your password" -AcceptInvalidSSLCerts -ForcedConnection Note: It is the ForcedConnection that enables the bypass of the mismatch for your scripts. Hopefully they will update the Version with the next iteration of the Cmdlets without the apparent typo of 5.1.1 instead of 5.11. Please feel free to "Like" to mark as "Best Answer" Kind Regards Andy @andymlloyd

Is it possible to create DMZ network VM with single physical UpLink?

Nutanix REST API gives flexibility to a developer or an administrator to create scripts which can execute administrative jobs on a Nutanix cluster. Using the API, you can request information about different entities in the cluster or even change some configuration. Everyone at the end of the day wants to make sure that their infrastructure is fully secure.  So what about Authentication? What kind of authentication does REST API require?   Nutanix support multiple authentication options. Want to know about them and how to configure and use them in your scripts? Give the following KB a readKB-2257 Want to know more about Nutanix REST API and different dev tools we provide? Log on to https://www.nutanix.dev/ Want to know more about Nutanix REST API Explorer and play around(with caution) with the APIs in your Nutanix Cluster? REST API Explorer    

purchased 7/15/2016 setup/install 10/24/2016 (by Nutanix tech) office move 4/1/2017 (late april, power outage in San Francisco financial district, was on bus on way to work when power went out, never got to shutdown Nutanix cluster properly, next morning powered up cluster and ran fine. Awesome! no issues since then) hardware: 2 NX-8235-G5 1 NX-8135-G5 NOS: 4.7.2 NCC: 2.3.0 BIOS: 20160516 BMC: 03.28 hypervisor: VMware vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2e (vSphere on Windows Server 2008 R2) I need to upgrade vSphere from 5.5 U2e to whatever latest version of 6.5 and also Nutanix NOS 4.7.2 to 5.5.8 Do I: 1 - upgrade VMware to 6.5 then upgrade Nutanix to 5.5.8 or 2 - upgrade Nutanix to 5.5.8 then upgrade VMware to 6.5 or 3 - upgrade VMware to compatible intermediate version and then upgrade Nutanix to compatible intermediate version. upgrade VMware to 6.5 and then upgrade Nutanix to 5.5.8 or 4 - upgrade Nutanix to compatible intermediate version and then upgrade VMwar

Hello, I will need to power off a "Metro Standby Site", which has VMs running on it. I would like to manually migrate those VMs to the primary (active) site and Shut down / Power Off the nodes in the Standby site approx. 24-36 hours. All VMs need to be running on the active side and no VMs are to be restarted (RTO + RPO =0). The steps I propose to take to achieve the goal are as follows: I have included as much environment info as possible. Any insight or corrections to this process are welcome. Thanks in Advance Phase I (Configure Standby Site) Disable/suspend the (x1) asynch PD (from Primary) Update VMware DRS Rules (Manual) (from Primary) Disable HA Manually perform vMotion of all VMs to active site. Configured VM affinities to the hosts of the primary site and set the DRS rules to Fully Automated. Create new VMGroup and Host Group if needed I do not want to disable DRS and lose my DRS Affinity Rules Disable Metro per PD (x3) (from Primary) Phase II (Power Off

Can you use a FC card in one node of a Nutanix cluster to do a storage Vmotion / migration to the New esxi Hosts in the cluster ? FC card will present the current VMFS partition to the new esxi host running in the cluster .Then storage vmotion the vm's across to the new storage( NFS partition in the nutanix cluster ) Is this possible ? Prefered option as NFS would only be on a 1 gig network and we need to do this quickly Any input will be appreciated ?

Hello, Where from i can download prism central ova (for vmware)? I used several links, but always i am redirected to support portal. But i have community account only... Regards Mindaugas

While we the topic of VirtIO drivers has already been touched in Sarab’s post on Installing Windows VM and VirtIO drivers, we would like to bring two more KBs to your attention.One is on AHV | How to install VirtIO drivers for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (KB-5666) and the other one is AHV | Nutanix VirtIO drivers for Windows Server 2019 (KB-6495).N.B! Nutanix does not release or maintain VirtIO drivers for Microsoft Windows Server 2008. However, you can still use stable VirtIO drivers available from Fedora project website.Nutanix recommends to use the Stable VirtIO-Win drivers.

In this post we will go through the steps required to shut down and power off all hosts in a VMware vSphere cluster on AOS to perform maintenance or other tasks such as physical hardware relocation. Note: Upgrade to the most recent version of NCC before proceeding with the following steps. Points to consider before attempting to shutdown a vSphere Cluster running atop AOS:Cluster health and Resiliency (Prism Dashboard) vCenter hosted on the same AOS cluster or outside? Any on-going / running protection domain replication? User Virtual Machines shutdown CVM – Controller virtual Machines shutdown Access to ESXi Hosts (SSH & ESXi Host Client)Steps to ShutdownSSH to a Nutanix Controller VM (user : nutanix) and run an NCC health check prior to the scheduled shutdown. If there are any errors or failures, check the relevant KB or contact Nutanix Support.ncc health_checks run_allShut down all the VMs in the Nutanix cluster. Verify if vCenter VM is running on the same Nutanix cluster that y

For a nutanix cluster to be able to install a newly released hypervisor, the information about it must be already in iso_whitelist file.  This file can be downloaded from Nutanix portal (search for ESXi 6.7 U3) and is required when installing/upgrading hyperviosr using prism one-click.ESXi 6.7 U3 (built number 14320388),  has been out as of Aug, 20, 2019. It is Nutanix policy to support newly release hypervisors within 90 days after they are release by the hyperviosr vendors.As of this writing (Nov 18, 2019), nutanix has released the iso file for this release and is supporting installation of this built on Nutanix clusters 5.10..6 and above.Below is a public KB regarding the support for this release:https://portal.nutanix.com/#/page/kbs/details?targetId=kA00e000000CsgLCAS 

Maintaining a big infrastructure requires planning and knowing your architecture inside and out.Let's say, sometimes you need to check the upgrade history of different components in your cluster.Sometimes you want to know when you last upgraded AOS or Nutanix Files.The timestamp of the upgrade.Let's say you want to plan a future upgrade and creating a time-line and want to know when you upgraded the software last and at which version.We all need this information, either to maintain a proper record of our cluster infrastructure or to plan the future upgrade.So how can we achieve this?Give the following Knowledge base article a read to find out the upgrade history of different components in your cluster and plan your future upgrades accordingly.KB-1151 Want to know how upgrades work in Nutanix? Try going through the following Knowledge Base to understand how upgrades work in Nutanix architecture.KB-6945 Have a question regarding upgrade workflow? Drop a comment and let’s start a conversa

Could we get some more documentation on this command?Clone-NTNXVirtualMachineOne of the required parameters is -SpecListI would like some clarification on this parameter and how to use it. Is this an array of values? Am I linking to a csv or json file?An example would be nice.Using the UI, I currently clone a reference image to create vm’s and I would love to get a PS script to work to do the same. I can get it to work with the ACLI commands but PS is a bit more versatile and I believe I could get it to do more if I understood this command and specifically this parameter better.