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I’m working on building a SQL Cluster on Nutanix using shared storage. Having issues on some of the steps in the ‘Creating a Windows Guest VM Failover Cluster’ walkthrough. (https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details/?targetId=Advanced-Admin-AOS-v510:vmm-failover-cluster-create-t.html)   Have (not real values, used for example): SQL01A - 10.100.1.20 SQL01B - 10.100.1.21 Cluster Virtual IP - 10.100.1.10 iSCSI Data Services IP - Not set (blank) SQL01VGroup - Target IQN Prefix here   Status/Completed: I’ve already created a volume group with a few disks for testing. I have NOT attached it to the VMs yet. I’ve enabled MPIO on each of the 2 servers I’ve enabled iSCSI Devices in the Multipaths tab

So I recently asked this question…  https://next.nutanix.com/api-31/playbook-rest-api-post-teams-37756?postid=51764#post51764 I saw support for slack but no teams… I got to looking and sure enough API’s are available to call from within playbooks yipee!    Youll need to create an incoming web-hook in teams (google this if you dont have it setup).  open up a team channel, click connectors  select configure

We are looking to combine our two nutanix blocks together.we currently have the NX-3360-G6 and the NX-1365-G6. if this possible to achieve, do we have have to double up on the redundant connections per node? this would mean it would be occupying 12 sfp+ connections all together. can anybody shed some light or experience on this?

Dear Team, I purchased 3 node IBM Power node running with AOS.Once i am trying to create ticket with Nutanix they said raise ticket with IBM vendor but i couldn’t understand if the Issue with AHV then why i should log ticket with IBM?IBM vendor Only responsible for hardware issue.Please suggest anyone how to register the ticket IN kuwait region if customer having IBM power Node with nutanix native AHV.

Hi team,We have a 5 node SSD+NVMe cluster with RF3 and are considering adding 2 all-SSD nodes to that cluster.Are there any drawbacks/risks/restrictions to having only 2 nodes of all-SSD type in this RF3 cluster?SSD+NVMe nodes:  G7, 6256 CPU, 1TB RAM, 4x1,92TB SSD, 4x3,84TB NVMeAll-SSD nodes: G6, 6128 CPU, 768GB RAM, , 6x3,84TB SSD

Continuing on the previous post on all things snapshot. A few more questions today:What happens when I delete a snapshot? Do I loose data? R. You loose a recovery point but not the data, regardless, if it is the first snapshot, the snapshot in the middle or the last one in the snapshot tree. Let’s take a look at a few examples: A. You take a snapshot, create a file within the guest OS, take another snapshot and remove that file. Then you delete that snapshot. Whether that snapshot was in the middle of the chain or the first/last one, that file is no longer recoverable. B. You take a snapshot, create a file A, take another snapshot, create file B. You remove the first snapshot. File A is till there. You can no longer recover to the point in time where file had not existed yet however.If I recover a VM from a snapshot what happens if I then delete the snapshot?

​​​​​​Cluster lockdown is the ability to disable password based CVM access and/or only allow key based access to users.Nutanix recommends that access including SSH directly to CVM and hypervisor should be restricted to as few entities as possible. In high security settings, Cluster lockdown can be very appropriate and should be implemented Cluster Lockdown does not effect any cluster communication between its components. Cluster will function as normal.

Hi,Ｉ plan expanding cluster to add 3 nodes that model are XC640 and hypervisor is ESXi 6.7 U2.Cluster’s AOS versio is 5.10.6 LTS but additional node’s 5.16STS.I cannot add nodes...Can I anything to do additional nodes?And Do you know how to recreate CVM on new nodes?

 Ever wondered what are some of the main services/components that make up Nutanix?The following is a simplified view of the main Nutanix cluster components.All components run on multiple nodes in the cluster and depend on connectivity between their peers that also run the same component. Cluster components ZeusKey Role

We notice that after deleting VMs or Files the free space on Nutanix cluster doesn’t  increase instantly and may only reflect after a few hours.  This behavior of free space being slowly presented back to the cluster is expected behavior for Nutanix. The reason for this is because of the service responsible for cleaning up space, Curator. Curator takes time to perform scans on the cluster and spreads the storage across the disks and carefully removes the correct files (egroups) while maintaining redundancy for any data you want to keep. It takes a few curator scans before all expected free space is available again. Each curator scan is scheduled to be performed once per hour. To remove more da

Hello Community,Just, I want to know how can I setup a Solaris 11.4 or Solaris 11.3 VM on Nutanix, any guide or walkthrough?. Please, let us know how can we have this OS running on AHV. We have AOS 5.15 LTS.

Nutanix Move (Move) is a cross-hypervisor mobility solution to move VMs with minimal downtime. Move supports migration from the following sources to targets, where first platform being the source and second platform being the target.Starting with version 3.0 Move supports Hyper-V which means that you can now migrate consolidate your workloads from ESXi, AWS EC2 and Hyper-V on Nutanix and perform reverse migration in some cases. For a list of supported OS versions, Hyper-V versions, port requirements, useful commands and caveats be sure to check KB-6667 Hyper-V: Move | Basic understanding and troubleshooting.For all things Nutanix Move there is Move User Guid

If your cluster has no direct access to the internet, you can use the Dark Site LCM bundle, which you can put on a local web server and use it as a source for the LCM downloads.The web server can be a machine on the same Nutanix cluster that you want to upgrade or any other machine that the cluster will have access to. In this topic we will be creating a web server on a Linux machine and we will be using Apache Web Server. Note that this guide is for absolute beginners, so you will not need any prior experience. For this example, I have selected CentOS 7 as Linux distribution. If you want to use another distribution, the commands can be slightly different, so you will have to co

If your cluster has no direct access to the internet, you can use the Dark Site LCM bundle, which you can put on a local web server and use it as a source for the LCM downloads.The web server can be a virtual machine on the same Nutanix cluster that you want to upgrade or any other machine that the cluster will have access to. In this topic we will be creating a web server on a Windows machine and we will be using Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Services), so you will not need to download and install any third party software. Note that this guide is for absolute beginners, so you will not need any prior experience with this technology. 

Hi,I am exploring is there any Nutanix solution can like-for-like replace Riverbed Steelfusion solution?

We have multiple clusters in our nutanix environment and where is NCC upgrade is required. Is there a way to automate this or use API to update NCC? We are on version 3.9.5 and want to upgrade it to 3.10.0.1

So, on a dev cluster with Prism Central I created a Proof-of-Concept Nutanix Objects "Store". I did some experimentation (spotted a few problems with the deployment) and then decided I wanted to remove the store. First off I tried to delete the bucket, and was told "You need to delete all versions first": grr! Went and deleted all objects, but this wasn't enough, as versioning was enabled. So, turned version lifespan down to 1 day, and waited 24 hours. Great, now I could delete the bucket - however, I can't find any option to delete the store. So, I'm stuck with the (in my mind, greedy) VMs the deployment created, as I can't even go behind it's back and do anything with the VMs, as they're "special", just like the hidden Calm project which is used to deploy the store. All in all, not very impressed on first experiences...

Hello Everybody,Hope you’re all doing well !I want to install Nutanix using Foundation.I have 3 Lenovo nodes and one Cisco 2960X switch that consists of 24 x 1 Gig RJ45 ports and 04 x 1 Gig SFP ports.Unlike Supermicro nodes, Lenovo nodes do not have Shared IPMI ports.So, for each Lenovo node, I have to connect 01 x 10 Gig port and 01 GbE IPMI Port to the same CISCO 2960X switch (10 Gig ports of the nodes connected to 1 Gig SFP ports of the switch and 1Gig IPMI ports to the 1 Gig RJ45 ports ).Please take a look of the picture below…Since 10 Gig ports of the nodes are connected to 1Gig ports of the switch, I wonder if this architecture can allow me to install nutanix and create the cluster without any issues ? Thanks in advance.

HI We use an AWS cloud instance as a remote data protection ‘site’. The production cluster has been successfully updated to  AOS 5.15.1.1 (LTS) but this needed an AHV update to keep everything compatible.. Is is possible / desirable to upgrade the AWS cloud instance AHV ? IIRC it’s not supported to do OS upgrades (MIcrosoft OS anyway) on cloud infrastructure, it’s generally a migration to a new server. Is it possible to put a new AWS remote Nutanix instance in place and connect the backup data ??? Any advice on how to keep the whole Nutanix environment up to date is appreciated.

Below are new knowledge base articles published on the week of July 26-August 1, 2020.KB 9482 - Following AHV upgrade PTAgent service does not start KB 9726 - IPMI web console is not able to log-in KB 9749 - LCM not showing available versions after successful inventory for Darksite configured on non-English WebServer KB 9788 - Convert a disk from Nutanix Volumes to a direct attached disk KB 9791 - Prism Central VM Services Will Not Start After V

Below are the top knowledge base articles for the month of July 2020.KB 4116 - NX Hardware [Memory] – Alert - A1187, A1188 - ECCErrorsLast1Day, ECCErrorsLast10Days KB 7503 - NX Hardware [Memory] – G6, G7 platforms - DIMM Error handling and replacement policy KB 1540 - What to do when /home partition or /home/nutanix directory is full KB 4141 - Alert - A1046 - PowerSupplyDown KB 1113 - HDD/SSD Troubleshooting

Have you ever wanted to view or change the network configuration of an AHV host but thought that working directly with Open vSwitch seemed daunting or overwhelming? Don’t worry! Nutanix developers have produced an AHV-specific tool that allows for the management of Open vSwitch via a simple interface called “manage_ovs”. This interface has the following features (among others) and even maintains a built-in help system:Viewing current network interfaces statuses Viewing/changing the uplink interfaces configuration Viewing/changing the uplinks bonding configurationThe “manage_ovs” interface is available (as a command) while connected to any of the CVMs of an AHV cluster via CLI. You can find more information about the “manage_ovs” interface as per the AHV NETWO

Nutanix Flow is a security feature which allows for firewall-type protection at the VM layer. However, flow goes another step further in allowing the configuration of “Security Policies” which can govern individual VMs or “Categories” of VMs or (grouped into convenient application-specific domains).Flow is a function of Prism Central and is disabled by default. To enable it, simply access the “Microsegmentation” option from within the “Prism Central Settings” options, tick the “Enable Microsegmentation” check box and click “OK”. To note, you may first want to review the capability checks that Prism Central automatically performs on all registered clusters prior to enablement, which is also possible right from within the “Enable Microsegmentation” dialog box.You can find more information regarding Nutanix Flow as per the

Recently we have introduced a couple of changes in LCM.  HTTPS is a requirement for many enterprise customers. Many of our customers employ strict firewalls, Deep Packet filtering algorithms that only let certain HTTPS traffic through the external gateway. And so today we allow LCM to access the Nutanix portal over HTTPS. (The URL accessed when performing inventory is https://download.nutanix.com/lcm/2.0/)   Nutanix is transitioning from delivering LCM modules as a payload that is associated with an LCM release to delivering them as release-independent repository image module

Do I need to arrange for a downtime for an upgrade? How long does the process takes? If you are planning for an upcoming upgrade and have these questions, look no more:At Nutanix, upgrades are always designed to be done without needing any downtime for User VMs. Before every upgraded it is recommended to go through the Prerequisitesto avoid any issues in upgrades. This document is intended to explain a bit about how each upgrade work and to share some useful best practices for administrators.Is downtime required?