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If I want to migrate Linux (Centos,RHEL,Ubuntu/SUSE) Vms from VMware to AHV using Nutanix move then is below information enough.Below are the configuration settings to look out for when migrating a Linux VM using credentials. Ensure ssh localhost using only password authentication, ie. set “PasswordAuthentication yes” in sshd_config Ensure using sudo, user assume root privileges without entering a password Ensure read and write permission for /tmp. root access, sshd service running If this is correct then I can normally migrate the Linux VMs same as I migrated the Windows VM?

Hi,I would need some guidance on enabling Aide on AHV and CVM and strong password policy for the hardening.I found the guide on this link: Hardening Controller VMIf I enable the AIDE on AHV and CVM. Is there anything need to be done? Additional appliance to deploy?

I have a Nutanix cluster with 4 hosts and 4 blocks. Is it possible to remove two nodes from Cluster ?

Dear All,I’ve got a question?I am in the process of Moving Windows machines from a VMWare infrastructure to Nutanix.1 of my machines to a USB dongle for an application license.Could you tell me if it is possible to mount a USB dongle in nutanix like in VMWare?Thank you in advance

Hi all,I´m attempting to create one image from a disk stored inside a volume group.While I have succesfully tested image creation for standard disks using acli and api I didn´t find how to repeat the same task for disk stored inside Volume Group.As well documented here and in ther KB articles these sample commands works:ACLIacli image.create image-name container=default-container-nnnn source_url=nfs://127.0.0.1/default-container-nnnn/.acropolis/vmdisk/uuid image_type=kDiskImageAPI with curlcurl -X POST --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --header 'Accept: application/json' -d '{ "annotation": "cloned disk image", "image_type": "DISK_IMAGE", "name": "image-name", "vm_disk_clone_spec": { "disk_address": { "vmdisk_uuid": "UUID" }, "storage_container_uuid": "UUID" }

Hi,A previous post by Jon from Nutanix stated that “Licenses are not tied to support agreements. Am I correct in assuming that support purchased/renewed for NX hardware covers both hardware and software support? Also is it safe to assume that the support level is not impacted by the license level on the node. For example, a node using AOS Pro license will NOT receive a higher level of support than a node using AOS Starter license if they both have production support. My understanding is that the only thing that impacts the support level is the type of support purchased, that is "Production Support vs "Mission Critical Support".   Thanks,--Zip

We are considering AHV for our environment. I notice that the OEM partner product list https://www.nutanix.com/partners/oem has fixed set of disks. Most of the hardware in the list are capable to be installed with more disks. For example Fujitsu servers are capable of 12 x 3.5 + 4 x 2.5 (on the rear),Can we utilize all disk slots in a configuration like 12 x 4TB NL-SAS + 4 x 1.92TB 2.5” SSD or 4 x 1.6TB NvME ?

Below are new knowledge base articles published on the week of January 10-16, 2021.KB Number Description KB 10489 Objects - Objects browser shows No Data Found when used with FQDN KB 10547 Nutanix Files - Prerequisites for Quota Configuration for NFS KB 10555 Nutanix Frame - Request to Delete All Personal Data KB 10562 Nutanix Files - Random delay in data synchroni

Hardware TermsBMC: Baseboard management controller, the microcontroller that manages the motherboard. BIOS: Basic input/output system, the firmware that initializes the motherboard and runtime services on startup. HBA: Host Bus Adapter, a device that manages communication between storage media and other system components. SATA DOM: SATA disk on a module, the hypervisor boot drive for Nutanix platforms up to and including G5. M.2: mSATA 2, the hypervisor boot drive for Nutanix platforms G6 and later.Dell-Specific TermsiDRAC: Integrated Dell remote access controller, a software tool that lets you administer a server without needing physical access. iSM: iDRAC service module, a module that integrates iDRAC with an operating system. PTAgent

Is there anyway I could get all the task or activity of a particular VM? 

we are configuring protection domain, we can see there one option in entity protected/unprotected. can anyone please explained what is the use?

When looking through the IPMI event logs, you may come across a “General Chassis instruction” message that is asserted. This is event created when the node needs to be opened to conduct a replacement and the top cover is opened as a result.The chassis intrusion feature makes it difficult for a potential intruder to reset the sensor without authorization. Therefore, there is no physical button to reset the sensor on the node. The user has to reset this sensor in the IPMI web GUI, which is authenticated using administrator credentials.To find more information about this feature and instructions to reset the sensor, look at KB 1362 on the Support Portal.

In this Google-ready culture, many users will immediately turn to an internet search engine when seeking for information regarding a specific question or issue involving Prism. However, many users are unaware that Prism maintains an online help system which responds-to and changes depending upon which dashboard is currently being viewed within Prism.For example, a user may be interested in deploying a File Server and may have questions regarding this while reviewing the File Server dashboard within Prism. From that dashboard, simply clicking the global question mark icon from the top menu and selecting the “Help with this page” option will automatically open a new browser tab to the File Server Management section of the Prism Web Console Guide. What’s more, the specific version of the Prism Web Console Guide that is displayed corresponds to the current ve

Nutanix offers enterprise ready hypervisor. Its integrated with Nutanix enterprise cloud OS stack. Below diagram shows how a single AHV node looks The AHV is built upon the CentOS KVM foundation and it include features like HA, live migration.KVM architecture consists of following components 

Hey all -We removed 2 nodes from 1 cluster and want to add them to another.  We disconnected from vCenter and then removed them from the cluster using PE.  When they were relocated to the new location, the vlan is the same and they could keep their same IP addresses, but the new cluster could not see them.  It sounds like the customer had configured Distributed switches on the old cluster.  Do I need to undo some of that networking to see the hosts?  Would bare metal foundation be a better option and put AHV on the nodes?  That is our next route, but I still think there is a problem with the network configured in ESX even for that.  Is there any documentation around undoing the vmware networking for bare metal?  With factory nodes, I would have just added them to the same vlan and assigned IPs using crashcart and then the cluster should have seen them.  Help!

Hi,First time attempting to install Nutanix. I’m experienced with VMWare, but I wanted to try out Nutanix, mainly as I read it will allow me to create a single-node cluster, using locally attached NVMe disks without the overhead (headache) of vSAN (that doesn’t work as a single-node).Running through the installer, I see I have to specify an AHV (equivalent of ESX?) boot disk and CVM boot disk that requires a disk of at least 200GB. If I understand correctly, CVM is the equivalent of vCentre Server (VCSA).Firstly, can I install this CVM somewhere else?Secondly, I don’t have a separate disk of >=200GB that I want to waste on CVM. I have a 128GB SSD that I would have used for data, but the installer won’t let me and I can’t use it for CVM either because it’s too small. If I can’t farm off the CVM to another device, is there a way to override this limitation? Even fat old VCSA only uses 72GB across its 13 disks. What is in CVM! These a

Does anyone knows size of VM’s snapshot file? I am concern about disk space, but I also need to back up. Is there formula for calculate snapshot file size approximately?   

Hi! I've got several questions about the usage of v2 API which I have not been able to solve by myself after looking a little while.on some endpoints, for example, GET /alerts, GET /vms and a few more things are functioning for me as expected, but on other endpoints, such as POST /vms/{uuid}/set_power_state I am receiving the following response:{ "message": "Access is denied", "detailed_message": null, "error_code": { "code": 1100, "help_url": "http://my.nutanix.com" }}any idea what's causing it? I've been searching for detailed information on your error code (such as 1100 listed above) and couldn’t find. Is there any documentation to the error codes that  you can send me a link to?Also, in a few of the API endpoints I couldn’t understand exactly what is the expected query parameter to be sent.2 examples of endpoints I felt I am lacking knowledg

Hello. I`m installing AOS in FoundationVM. I failed while installing AOS.The failure log is as follows: *************************************Mount Information********************************Token 19936: drive path /home/nutanix/foundation/tmp/sessions/20210105-165854-9/phoenix_node_isos/foundation.node_192.168.1.124.iso mounted to SP 192.168.1.91 by user USERIDUmount successful.stderr:2021-01-06 01:47:08,796Z ERROR Exception in <ImagingStepInitIPMI(<NodeConfig(192.168.1.124) @1b50>) @0210>Traceback (most recent call last):  File "foundation/decorators.py", line 77, in wrap_method  File "foundation/imaging_step_init_ipmi.py", line 269, in run  File "foundation/imaging_step_init_ipmi.py", line 180, in boot_phoenixStandardError: Failed to connect to Phoenix at 192.168.1.1242021-01-06 01:47:08,805Z ERROR Excepti

Below are new knowledge base articles published on the week of January 3-9, 2021.KB 10280 - A130149 - Guest Power Operation through NGT Failed. KB 10316 - Degraded performance on Lenovo hosts running AHV hypervisor as CPU runs at low frequency speed due to BIOS P-State configured mode failing to interact correctly with the hypervisor driver KB 10502 - Prism support for SNI (Server Name Indication) KB 10521 - Acropolis service stalling on all nodes in AOS 5.17.x. UEFI VM stuck in power-on state

02/09/2021 Update: 3.10.1 has been released and contains the fix for this problemAn attempt to add a cluster with NVMe drives in the X-Ray 3.10.0 fails immediately.While checking the log on the X-Ray VM the following can be observed in the xray.log:ERROR Error occurred while performing final discovery - Invalid value for `type` (SSD-PCIe), must be one of ['HDD', 'SSD', 'Unknown'] That issue is specific to the version 3.10.0 of X-Ray and affects only the clusters with NVMe drives. It is a software bug that is going to be fixed in the upcoming release 3.10.1.The workaround is currently to use the earlier versions. X-Ray 3.8 is validated to work correctly.Earlier versions of X-Ray can be downloaded from the following page: http

About Xi Frame:Xi Frame is a secure cloud platform that lets enterprises and independent software vendors (ISVs) deliver applications, desktops, and software-defined workspaces to users. Users only require a connected device with a modern web browser. There are no clients, downloads, or plugins to install.Please follow this KB article for a step-by-step procedure for setting up and configuring your Cloud Connector Appliance manually.Note: CCA and WCCA VMs are automatically creat

Switch engineer changed vlan (vlan id). Is it possibly auto update in nutanix arp table? if not, what kind of command require to do? 

Flash Mode is a great feature ensuring that VM workloads remain within the flash (SSD) tier of storage. Once flash mode is enabled for a virtual machine, all of the disks associated with that VM (including any future created disks) automatically get added to the flash tier.However, sometimes having so many disks within the flash tier can cause performance degradation for other VMs that are not configured for flash mode (but could benefit from using the flash tier of storage) or can cause the available flash tier space to be consumed too quickly. Further, it is sometimes not desirable to have all of the disks associated with a virtual machine contained within the flash tier.Accordingly and, though not available as a Prism Web user-interface (UI) modifiable option, individual VM disks c

When I try to run the Nutanix foundation applet, Java tells me that the file does not meet high or very high security requirements and that it is missing a certificate. I can’t add it to the site exception list because the file: protocol is not secure. Some guidance would be helpful.