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I don’t know how to get Nutanix CE to work on my machine.I want to give it a try for my home lab, please help me!  (Please see installer.log and installer_vm.log in the next posts) I tried couple of times and also picked the Recommended types for the disks, but still it fails.Installer: SanDisk USB 3.2 Gen 1 (128GB)CVM Boot: Samsung SSD 960 EVO M.2 2280 (1TB)CVM Boot: Samsung SATA III 2,5 tum SSD (1TB)Data: Samsung SATA III 2,5 tum SSD (1TB)Data: Intel SSD NVMe PCIe 3.0 x 4 HET MLC (800GB)Data: Intel SSD NVMe PCIe 3.0 x 4 HET MLC (800GB)Hypervisor: SanDisk USB 3.2 Gen 1 (128GB) CPU: Intel Xeon CPU E5-2648 v4 2.40ghz RAM: 256GB

Hello all. I have a three node nutanix cluster. Recently I noticed that the VMs were down. I tried to browse to PE but I was getting connection error. I user IMPI to see what was going on and noticed that the 3rd node was down. Boot error. I replaced the SATA DOM and reimaged. I thought I could fail and be OK with only two nodes. I have access to the two AHV and CVMs but anytime I try to see if the cvm is in maintenance mode or try to come out, I get Error:Cannot connect to Prism Gateway. This error also happens when i run cluster status. I’m not sure what to do from here. This cluster isn’t under support anymore since we moved to the cloud. Just have some old VMs that someone asked for some data.  Thanks

Looking for SFF hardware for home lab and POC environment(portability ideal). 10gbe ideal and want to do multinode. Let me know your thoughts

Hello Nutanix Community,I want to ask if it's possible to expand a NUTANIX cluster of four nodes (10 GBPS nic speed each nodes) with two new servers that they run at higher nic speed ( 25 GBPS nic speed).  Could this cause some kind of latency between the CVM-to-CVM communication? Regards. 

I installed the CE version, but after logging into Prism, I couldn't find the entry menu for creating an image. then I wanted to create a virtual machine, but couldn't find a way to upload iso and assign it to CDROM.please help

Hello,   we have a cluster conists of 5 nodes, the license installed is AOS - Pro, we are renew the license with NCI-Starter, the old license is about to expire. should we follow convert option legacy to cloud based ? or we can just apply the new license, we have dark site and prism central is not installed 

Hello Friends, Is there any one can successfully import a VMware UAG to AHV? I tried importing VCenter than export it to the AHV but did not work as expected.

Below are new knowledge base articles published on the week of October 1-7, 2023.KB 14758 - LCM upgrade failure of Intel DCF firmware bundle from 7.0 to 9.0 KB 15174 - NCC Health Check: objects_upgrade_prechecks KB 15204 - NCC Health Check: dense_node_minimum_cvm_configuration_checks KB 15511 - Stargate restarts with fatal: Check failed: info_eg_state on clusters with AES and EC enabled KB 15547 - DR - Cerebro Service may enter a crash loop after upgrading AOS version to 6.7 KB 15557 - How to disable a discovery for a cluster (turn off auto-case creation) KB 15582 - Disable SMBv1 in Standalone Foundation VMNote: You may need to log in to the Support Portal to view some of these articles.

Hi,I consider enabling dedup in his VDI environment with persistent desktops but i would like to understand how that works. Desktops are running on ESX and are split on multiple datastores. At what level does the dedup apply or operates? For one specific datastore for all of them? what is the best/easiest way to monitor the storage gain? Thanks for your help

I was trying to do a cutover of a vm from esxi...and this is the message I received…Bad/incorrect request to 'X.X.X.X' error '422 UNPROCESSABLE ENTITY:{"message":"Cannot create UUID from string ''","detailed_message":"Cannot create UUID from string ''","error_code":{"code":1103,"help_url":"http://my.nutanix.com"}} Anyone have any thoughts or ideas or solutions...

Hello , I’m trying to install  Nutanix on one my huawei server for POC  and i’m getting below error. I’m bit newbie to Nutanix.   I’m installing it using latest ISO phoenix-ce2.0-fraser-6.5.2-stable-fnd-5.3.4-x86_64.iso   Regards,Harshal 

Below are new knowledge base articles published on the week of September 24-30, 2023.KB 15143 - Prism nCLI command with the --password option may fail by MalformedJsonException KB 15254 - HYCU using one target when advertised multiple KB 15384 - Nutanix Kubernetes Engine - NKE cluster names in cluster list is not clickable KB 15386 - Prism Central Pre-Upgrade Check: check_cmsp_enabled_pc_upgrade_compatibility KB 15412 - Flow Network Security (FNS) 4.0.0 - Migrating FNS to FNS Next-Gen KB 15479 - VDI Host Identification KB 15505 - NDB upgrade fails on the DB server due to unavailability of space on NDB-related file systems KB 15515 - Prism Central: Unable to see certain applications when RBAC role assignment is configured via user group KB 15516 - HPE DX Gen11 - One or more drives may be missing post Host reboot KB 15517 - HPE Gen11 platform - LED operation malfunctions after multiple reboots KB 15527 - File Analytics with CAC Authentication KB 15546 - LCM failed staging to env - 'Faile

I have newly installed HPE DX380 servers, total 3 NODEs with 10G/25G Dual port NIC ports (2 Pairs = Total 4 Ports).I have Mellanox Network switch which is configured with 1 to 12 port on 10 GB Network.After installing the AHV,AOS & creating the Cluster, when trying to create the VS, it is showing 3 Network Cards in 25G group & 1 in 10G. Therefore I am not able to create a BOND. My question is, How come only one NIC is showing 10G speed & rest of them with 25G. Logically if I have already configured my Network switch with 10G speed for all the required ports, In Prism also it should reflect as 10G even if that NIC is supported 10/25G speed.Does anyone have any solution for this. I am missing something? Can we change the NIC speed manually on each Node?Thanks in advance. 

I’ve added the Nutanix VirtllO 1.1.5 to our server image but the installation errors out with missing storage drivers.  Where could I get the missing storage drivers? Nutanix 5.10.9 LTS

I am planning to make Nutanix PoC with the Community Edition. And if successful use Nutanix. The goal is to make a tree or four node cluster with local storage.And how would it be best to prepare the tree nodes. The have buildin Hardware Raid controller. (Cisco UCS servers). I could put in up to 8 disks. They can be in same size or in deferent sizes. I would probably be some 1-2 TB SSD disks. I can make one or more Raid disks. (Raid 1, 5, 10). Would would make sense in a performance and redundancy perspective.I have read the CE Getting started guide. Here there are mentioned:Storage Devices (Max 4 HDD/SSD) Cold Tier (500 GB or greater, maximum 18 TB (3x6 TB HDDs) Storage Devices, Hot Tier Flash (Single 200 GB SSD or Greater. Hypervisor Boot Device (32 GB pr. Node)Witch storage needs to be fast? And should I have my hardware raid make the disks ?.Would it make sense to build a raid 10 on eight equal sized disks and make logical drives fitting each of the above disks types?

I have a brand new NUC alike (minisforum UM773 Lite) with an AMD Ryzen 7735HS, 32 GB RAM and 1 x 1TB nvme drive and 1 x 1TB SATA SSD drive. It also has an “unsupported” Intel i225v 2.5GB NIC on board.I’ve followed the instruction here to get the NIC to work, and I have confirmed that the card does indeed work using dmesg.When I restart the install with the ./ce_installer && screen -r command, the NIC successfully gets an IP and  the installer gets further but on then fails when getting to this point.Does anyone have any ideas how to get past this point? 

vTPM support is planned for AOS 6.2 (FEAT-9670)

HI, I tried to create DX360 Gen11 8SFF scinario with 2x 4410Y CPU & 7.68TB 2.5 inch Samsung RI ---SSD(P56763-B21), but Sizer shows following message and I can’t save the config:---Due to thermal restrictions on DX360 Gen11 platforms, if 8470Q/6458Q processor is selected, then drive type can't be SAS SSD or NVMe in cluster "Cluster-1". ---I think it should be fixed, or could you please show a workaround?

Below are new knowledge base articles published on the week of September 17-23, 2023.KB 14962 - Alert - A130390 - DecoupledVM KB 15469 - A post-procedure of reconfiguring the IP address of C-MSP enabled Prism Central VMs KB 15476 - NDB - DB provisioning on ESXi fails on the cluster with 500 VMs or more KB 15480 - Prism Element login failing with "Cookie based authentication failed and no other authentication information present in the request" KB 15487 - Storage summary widget may show "Data is not available because this cluster's version is older than current version of Prism Central." KB 15488 - Karbon-UI fails to load properly due to DNS issuesNote: You may need to log in to the Support Portal to view some of these articles.

The Problem===========We need to integrate the Nutanix cluster with  SolarWinds  to view the VMs - compatible /supported - data ( VM names, VM IPs,…) in the SolarWinds GUI. Get the basic VM management actions as per Nutanix document  AOS ( 6.5) https://www.nutanix.com/partners/technology-alliances/solarwindsHost and Guest VM availability, fault and performance monitoring and alerting:    * CPU/Memory/Network statistics     * Storage statistics     * Basic VM management actions supported Nutanix versions Troubleshooting==============•    We have generated a new SSL.•    We have tried to add the cluster using the Prism Central (PC) , could not login.Current status===============1)    The Nutanix Prism Element (PE) can be seen under the SolarWindsEnvironment================Single cluster Single PCOther links we have checked ==================SolarWindshttps://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/global-search/%40uri?language=en_US#q=Nutanix&t=All&sort=relevancy  

Hello I am trying to install the CE of Nutanix but after passing all pre-installation and when it is starting to install the OS i am getting same issue below:fatal could not find nic with valid mac addressand installation is terminated.hardware used: Flex System x240 Compute nodeNetwork adapter: Flex System CN4052S 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter  Do i need to import additional drivers for this network adapter? have you ever had the same issue?  

Below are new knowledge base articles published on the week of September 10-16, 2023.KB 13754 - Pre-upgrade check: test_license_enforcement_check KB 15337 - Alert - A200338 A200339 A200340 - PeRegistrationEvents KB 15444 - Nutanix Files - Users cannot delete files and folders with long names, leading to error "The source file name(s) are larger than is supported by the file system" KB 15455 - NC2 on AWS - Cluster Protect - AHV HA disrupts LTSS/PC workflows KB 15457 - NCC inode_usage_check: The A1027 alert message shows the inode usage has exceeded 0% KB 15472 - Objects/NKE UI is unavailable post PCVM scale-outNote: You may need to log in to the Support Portal to view some of these articles.

Hello. I'm reaching out with some questions regarding technical support.I would like to inquire about the support levels L1, L2, and L3, and what level of support is required. Additionally, could you please provide information on the requirements or qualifications needed to provide support at these levels?

Below are new knowledge base articles published on the week of September 3-9, 2023.KB 14969 - Inconsistent NKE VM names in Prism Central UI. Karbon prefix missing in some kubernetes VMs KB 15085 - iSER enablement task may fail with the "failed to open /dev/vfio/xxx: Operation not permitted" error KB 15185 - AHV upgrade is disabled due to the "Upgrade to AHV <version> is blocked because we could not identify the hardware type" reason KB 15251 - NC2 on Azure - AHV PC Citrix Plugin GA 2023.3 KB 15343 - Alert - A400123 - DepreciationOfLegacyQuota KB 15399 - RBAC - Not able to see and perform VM tasks from duplicated system role on VMs in ESXi clusters. KB 15425 - Nutanix Files - Share is not accessible after disconnecting the connected share KB 15428 - AHV upgrade may fail with the "AHV upgrade path el7_to_el8 is not suppported" error KB 15433 - HPE - Intel NIC Firmware bundled in SPP 2023.03.x will not be upgraded using LCM. KB 15439 - Move 4.8.0 will not list inventory if the sourc

Hi,  I am still new to nutanix and i have a few question on the foundationI have 2 Dell XC740xd 12 servers and install with server 2019 Datacenter core as hypervisor.Both Server has a SVM in it. is SVM the same CVM? Isn’t CVM the Prism Central? If not Prism Central means i had to download, import and setup the VM for Prism central into the nodes? does each SVM has to be from different domain? Can i join both server SVM to the Same domain even though they can’t be setup as cluster in nutanix?  Can i use failover cluster to join both nodes as cluster and reflect it on Nutanix Prism Element or Central? On Foundation number 2 Nodes the Nodes A, B, C, D, am i able to join it as cluster if i setup both node as A node?