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I have a bunch of VM (>300) converted from vmware, and I have to classify them with categories and projects. I tried in powershell with the rest API, but when I GET the VM characteristics and use ConvertTo-Json to build new json file, it does not "expand" embedded arrays like disk_list, nic_list... so cannot send the PUT request correctly Does someone have an example to set/update categories and project for a VM ?

Hi, Is any nutanix node or any hardware component which includes only cheap storage disk to use for backup? Something like storage cabins... We need cheap and huge storage to use as a backup but we shouldn't waste nutanix node's storage. On the other hand, is it possible to connect to third party storage providers like Hitachi,netapp using FC? Thanks in advance.

I have three questions. Please answer. 1.For example, we are using three nodes. There's a resiliency warning for prism because of the high utilization of storage. Then there was a problem in use and one node failed. I wonder what happens in this case. What kind of error is caused? Can we keep the service? 2.What's the maximum storage utilization that Nutanix can continue with its services? 3.What happens when storage utilization is 100%?

Hello evryone, I want to migrate a Linux VM from VMWare ESXI infrastructure to AHV infrastructure. I use Xtract for do this. But when the plan is created afer a certain time the status plan becomes "failed" and I have this error message : "Internal target agent error '[Container="SMI_DS_NUTANIX_JAG_1", Err="exit status 32", Location="/root/workspace/xtract_vm_qcow2_builder_prod/go/src/tgtagent/ahvtargetprovider.go:985"] Container mount failed (error=0x4012)'" Thank you all for your answers Xtract version : 2.0.2 ESXI version : 5.5 AHV version : 20170830.185

What is the hardware requirement for creating single or two node cluster or is there some particular model that support single or two node cluster deployment. I have nodes from Lenovo, model HX3720. Can I deploy single or two node cluster on this hardware? Thanks.

Hello I am attempting to upgrade a Hyper-v 2012 R2 Cluster to 2016. I've completed the necessary Kerberos settings, however I am receiving an error during the pre-upgrade check "Non-Standard Network Settings, cannot proceed with hypervisor upgrade" This makes me sad 😪 the KB number referenced does not exist so I'm a bit of a loss on what to do next. Is there anyway to find out what it thinks the non-standard settings are - or perhaps work out what it think standard should be? TIA Dave

I wanted to clarify if Xtract is just for converting from ESXi / Hyper-V /AWS to AHV or if ESXi to ESXi conversions are suppported with Xtract 2.0 / Move 3.0. We have about 100 VMs we'd like to move from one ESXi cluster to another ESXi cluster and I know we could use VM Converter or cross cluster vMotions (where supported) but wanted to see if the native Nutanix tools are also an option for this type of migration. I had thought it was mainly for migrations to AHV, has that changed?

We have a couple production SQL servers on our ESXi Cluster that need be transitioned to our new Nutanix Cluster. Nutanix Best Practices indicates that the SQL servers should be created new on the Nutanix Cluster instead of doing a VM move from ESXi to AHV. I am aware that Nutanix had Xtract Db for awhile that was supposed to make moving a SQL instance possible but they have since discontinued the product. I must assume they had issues with it. My question is what are the technical implications of using Nutanix Move to "move" the SQL VM from ESXi to AHV? I have used the tool to move a number of non-SQL VMs without any issues. Knowing that the underlying Hyper-visor components are changing and the VirtIO drivers must be installed before the move and then NGT installed after the move, what might the issue be that discourages or prevents a SQL VM cross-hyper-visor move? The SQL version is 2016 Standard with no mirroring or Always on Availab

Good Day, I am new to Nutanix, so this may be a very simple question to answer. How do you move VMs on hyper-v 2008 to AHV. The AHV version is 20170830.270. I thought of Nutanix Move, but move does seem to support hyper-v 2008. Any guidance would be welcome, thank you.

Hi all, I have a production ESX cluster and an AHV cluster (currently Dev but will be live soon) and I want to move a couple of hosts out of the ESX cluster and then expand the AHV cluster. I want to make sure I have the correct process and do not miss anything but couldn't find this specifically documented anywhere. Has anyone done this already? current plan is - - Cluster checks. - maintenance mode esx host to move all VMs off. - shutdown CVM and allow maintenance mode to complete. - remove VMhost from the prod vmware cluster in vSphere. - remove from Nutanix cluster using the option in Prism. - wait for Nutanix to remove the node. - Expand the AHV cluster adding the released ESX host. Any comments or advise would be welcome. Thanks.

Hello, I want to migrate vm from vmware vsphere 6.7 to AHV. When i create source and target i find that connections to vcenter and ahv are ok. But, number discovered vm's on vsphere is 0 and "create a migration plan" button is greyed out. What is a problem? xtract 2.0.2. Regards, Mindaugas

I am preparing to migrate several Windows Server VMs from VMware vSphere into Nutanix. Most of the VMs use physical RDM virtual hard disks which are unfortunately unsupported by Xtract. As I understand it, this leaves me with two options for migration: Option 1: Convert RDM to VMDK Steps: Power off VMware VM Convert each RDM virtual HDD to VMDK Power on VMware VM Begin Nutanix Xtract process Schedule and perform Nutanix changeover How to Convert RDM to VMDK - The Ultimate Guide With this option, Nutanix Xtract still automates and handles most of the the migration into the new env

Hi everyone, I tried to setup lab for migrade UVM from ESXi 6.5 to AHV 5.10 using Xtract VM. After data seeding completed I select to cutover VM. However, migration was failed with error "Failed to create VM snapshot 'XTRACT-VMSnap-31'. Error: Snapshot hierarchy is too deep.." So, I've checked in snapshot manager and found many snapshot was create by Xtract tools. Does anyone face this issue before? How did you solve this problem? Thank you.

When migrating vm with xtract migration hangs in step 'Cutover'

hello when reaching the 4th step the wizard keep showing loading for both source and target network without progress.

Raghavan Kollivakkam (Director of Engineering) recently put up a post on our developer blog titled - REST API Versioning – A Misunderstood Soul - It's a good read. Have any comments? reply to this post and lets have a conversation.

Hi, Currently our team having an old NX-2400 block that I want to use it temporarily for testing and utilizing spare resource as well. Does anyone know the highest NOS/AOS version and ESXi hypervisor version that this series support so far? Thanks in advance.

Hi guys ! I'm planning to deploy a metro cluster for my current customer and I have some troubles finding a precise guide to Network Metro Witness configuration. I know that it should be 200 ms RTT at max but that's it ? Will I be able to configure a L3 network or do I need to extend my L2 HCI network to the third site ? If L3 is an option (well hope so...) then what /where and how should I configure my clusters to communicate with witness ? Do someone have some info on this or should I open a support ticket ? best regards ! Thomas

Hi there, I'm trying to use X-RAY for our purpose and I faced an error without more logs/messages than: "A timeout occurred waiting for VM(s) in VM Group 'Cluster Check' to become responsive within 120 seconds." I configured both vNIC of the X-RAY VM: eth0: for communication with the API eth1: for communication with VMs workload eth1 is configured with a specific subnet (I didn't find too much documentation for zero configuration). On my Nutanix cluster, I added this specific network and let it to give addresses to VMs deployed by X-RAY (98 IPs available in this subnet) During the cluster check, 4 VMs are deployed, powered up and IPs are assigned. The X-RAY VM can communicate with these 4 VMs. The problem is for the last one, the 5th VM doesn't start and the cluster check fail.

I'm starting to explore the foundation API for potential to automate the imaging process of new Nutanix clusters. Do I need to have the Foundation VM running and connect to TCP/8000 on that? Can I leverage Portable Foundation?

We are looking to make a hardware purchase in the near-term and have a question: Is there a necessity to go with SAS versions of SSD's? Or, are SATA versions sufficient? Also, we are weighing the options of the all-flash and hybrid (SSD & HDD) storage models. Please provide your experience with either. Thank you in advance for your response, -Tom

Please help on where are the created snapshots stored in Nutanix

Hi, I am currently working with a customer who is looking into Nutanix and we are planning a POC. They have large VMWARE environment running 6.7. They have some applications that require SR-IOV. If we decide to go to Acropolis, is SR-IOV supported in Acropolis or is there a feature similar to that available natively on Nutanix? Many thanks.

Hello All, I can not list the VMs with the v3 version, I have the same error with the API explorer, I have an error 403, my cluster is in version 5.5.3.1 can you help me? Code: code:$username = 'admin';$password = "pass";$url2 = "https://a01ntnx003:9440/api/nutanix/v3/vms/list";$data_string2 = '{\"kind\":\"vm\"}';$ch2 = curl_init($url2);curl_setopt($ch2, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");curl_setopt($ch2, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data_string2); curl_setopt($ch2, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);curl_setopt($ch2, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "$username:$password");curl_setopt($ch2, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);curl_setopt($ch2, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);curl_setopt($ch2, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false);$data3 = curl_exec($ch2); Error: code:{ "st

Hello Experts, I am new to Nutanix world and in middle of acquiring basic knowledge. In Prism console under software upgrade, i can see that there are components like AOS , Foundation and Hypervisor. My understanding is that the Acropolis ( AOS ) software is installed in CVM and CVM is called as Foundation. Hypervisor is either AHV or Vmware or HyperV. Is my understanding is correct ? Please clarrify Thanks Sam.