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Below are new knowledge base articles published on the week of May 17-23, 2020. KB 4781 - A Windows 7 or Windows 10 User VM Fails to Power On with an NVIDIA vGPU Profile in ESXi 6.5b KB 9218 - Prism Element alternative UPN login fails KB 9357 - Oops - Server error when updating Container settings in Prism KB 9373 - AHV | 10Gbps NIC shows as 1Gbps despite auto negotiation enabled on Intel X550 NIC cards KB 9394 - Objects - Deployment might fail with Asymmetric routing / Policy Based routing configured in environment | Deployed cluster greyed out | IAM service is not healthy KB 9400 - AHV | Troubleshooting Virtual Machine boot failures KB 9403 - LEAP - Entity Sync tasks generated continously after PC upgrade to 5.16.1 KB 9407 - [Objects] Objects 2.1 Darksite Deployment failing at deploying metadata store KB 9420 - /tmp filled up by /tmp/paramiko_logs file KB 9422 - Error updating the current checks parameter. Health check schedule interval is invalid. KB 9425 - Official Guidan

Below are new knowledge base articles published on the week of May 10-16, 2020. KB 9304 - Object Store Deployment Failure: type[CREATE]:code: 400, message: Primary MSP deployment in failed state status_code: 400 KB 9329 - ESXi | 1 click upgrade failing with 'Could not find a trusted signer' KB 9333 - Prism Central - Adding same email address under both "report settings" as well as "schedule settings" causes duplicate emails to be sent to recipient KB 9349 - [Nutanix Objects][Common Deployment Failure Scenario] Failed to create Envoy VM | Prism Central is not able to reach MSP and Envoy VMs or slow image download KB 9354 - Error: Node XXX cannot be removed: Cluster needs at least 5 usable nodes KB 9368 - Karbon UI stuck at loading in case of old browser version KB 9377 - [Karbon] Darksite Deployment fails in Proxy Environment in ETCD Deployment Stage KB 9383 - AHV | manage_ovs tool shows error "Failed to send RPC request. Retrying." when trying to change bridge configuration KB 9389 - D

Can any one list out how many types of Foundation are there eg Foundation Pro, bare metal ..etc. 

What are the 3rd party snapshots? Third-Party snapshots are generated by a third-party backup tool over API calls to our storage. The Nutanix system does not manage this type of snapshots and will keep the snapshots until it receives a deletion instruction from the third-party tool.   The NCC health check aged_third_party_backup_snapshot_check checks the cluster for dangling third-party backup snapshots that may be present for a protection domain. If a third-party backup snapshot has existed in the system for longer than the specified period, this check will raise an alert. These backup snapshots are snapshots that are generated from 3rd party backups (Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik, HYCU, etc.).    The check passes if third-party backup snapshots are not present in the cluster longer than the configured threshold. The default threshold is 7 days, but this threshold value can be modified. The threshold can range from 1 day to 365 days. For more information, examples and solution check out K

Should you see message similar to “Third-party backup snapshots are present in the cluster longer than the configured threshold.” and wonder where it comes from keep on reading — you’re in for a treat!The NCC health check aged_third_party_backup_snapshot_check checks the cluster for dangling third-party backup snapshots that may be present for a protection domain. If a third-party backup snapshot has existed in the system for longer than the specified period, this check will raise an alert. These backup snapshots are snapshots that are generated from 3rd party backups (Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik, HYCU, etc.).The check passes if third-party backup snapshots are not present in the cluster longer than the configured threshold. The default threshold is 7 days, but this threshold value can be modified. The threshold can range from 1 day to 365 days.Administrators may specify how long a third-party snapshot is expected to be present in the cluster through Prism UI. This check is based on the b

Hi Folks,   I have a few machines I would like to convert from IDE to SCSI.   I understand this can be done with acli. The procedure is to clone the ide disk and replace it for the VM.   nutanix@cvm$ acli vm.disk_create <vm_name> clone_from_vmdisk=<vmdisk_UUID> bus=scsi   However, I’d like to do this in PowerShell given I’ve already started developing down that track. I have PowerShell cmdlets to snapshot and shutdown the VM which are recommended steps before performing this task.   I didn’t see a cmdlet to perform the clone and replacement, so I turned to the REST API. I am fairly new to Nutanix to I wanted to get some feedback on whether this is the right approach or at least that its not going to break anything other than my test VM. $uri = "https://$ntxCluster/api/nutanix/v2.0/vms/$($vm.vmid)/disks/attach"$body = '{"uuid":"abcdefg-08h3-4i44-95j0-kl44m82no758","vm_disks":[{"vm_disk_clone":{"disk_address":{"device_bus":"SCSI","device_index":123}}}]}'$headers=@{}$headers.A

As the title said, does anyone know about this interface is used for?

Hello, removal of the disk on a node has started automatically, and more than a day has passed and the percentage is stopped at 97%, what can I do ??

Below are new knowledge base articles published on the week of May 3-9, 2020. KB 9220 - Changing ownership of applications, blueprints and users to other projects in CALM not supported. KB 9326 - "Open in Prism" button on the Insights Portal is deactivated KB 9340 - [Objects][MSP] Troubleshooting Deployment Failures due to docker pull issues KB 9341 - Calm: Cloning ESXi Template fails with "The resource 'xxx' is in use. com.vmware.vim.vpxd.dvs.portinuse.label" KB 9342 - Genesis crash-looping due to missing entries in iso_whitelist.json file Note: You may need to log in to the Support Portal to view some of these articles.

Here is my Code Snip [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::ServerCertificateValidationCallback = {$true}$body = "{`"kind`":`"vm`", `"filter`":`"vm_name==.*VMName*`"}"$username = "Admin";$password = ConvertTo-SecureString –String "AdminPassword" –AsPlainText -Force$credential = New-Object –TypeName "System.Management.Automation.PSCredential" –ArgumentList $username, $password$base64AuthInfo = [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes(("{0}:{1}" -f $username,$password)))$response = Invoke-RestMethod 'https://PRISMIP:9440/api/nutanix/v3/vms/list' -Method 'POST' -Headers @{Authorization=("Basic {0}" -f $base64AuthInfo)} -Body $body -Credential $credential$response | ConvertTo-Json And my Response is  Invoke-RestMethod : {"state": "ERROR", "code": 401, "message_list": [{"reason": "AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED", "message": "Authentication required.", "details": "Basic realm=\"Intent Gateway Login Required\""}], "api_version": "3.1"}At C:\Scripts\Untitled1.ps1:9 char:13+ $response = In

I am struggling to get my VM to unmount the ISO via the PC v3 API.  I’m performing a GET, to get the VM Info, I’ve attempted to update the vm with data_source_reference removed, PC updates, but the iso is still attached.  I see different references with V1 on PE, but can’t seem to do it via v3.  anyone had any luck?

Hi all I have a 3 nodes cluster with RF2. I keep getting the following critical alert: Cluster can not tolerate 1 node failure(s) and guarantee available rebuild capacity Cluster cannot tolerate 1 node failure. Current usage of 6552243087527 bytes exceeds max limit of 9010877278002 bytes. I’m not sure which storage this error is about, the numbers in the error is way to big to what the cluster actually has. I’ve attached screenshot of the storage of the cluster. Any help will be much appreciated.  

I have exported list of all snapshots running on AHV in our environment. On a few snapshots, VM name is empty. I suspect, this is because VM has been deleted without deleting snapshot. Now how to delete such snapshots? Below is example: Snapshot name is “removing ngt” VM-Name Snapshot-Name Creation-Time   servername Test Snapshot 3/19/2019 11:00     removing ngt 2/6/2020 1:00    

We are planning to connect 2 stacked Catalyst 9300 to a Nutanix Cluster. While doing research I found a document recommending the Nexus 9300 and specifying that the Catalyst 9300 wouldn't meet requirements for the Data Center. There was no reasoning for this and I would like to know why the Catalyst 9300 switches are not recommended. Thanks in advance, Ingrid

Find the best way to change all of the administrators password on Nutanix. This what I have done: #Changing the admin acct of PE ncli user reset-password user-name=admin password='$NewPassWD$@pe' #Changing the root acct of AHV for i in `hostips`;do echo "--$i--";ssh root@$i 'echo -e "$NewPassWD$@ahv" | passwd --stdin root';done #Changing the nutanix acct of CVM echo "$NewPassWD$@cvm" | sudo passwd --stdin nutanix #Change the ADMIN acct of the IPMI for i in `hostips`; do                 ssh root@$i 'for id in `/ipmitool user list |grep 'ADMIN '|cut -d" " -f1`; do                 echo $id;                 /ipmitool user set password $id "ADMINXXXXXXX";                 done' ; done  ncc health_checks system_checks default_password_check   https://portal.nutanix.com/kb/6153

I share my software to collect information associated with a Nutanix cluster with AHV hypervisor. Link to download NIACtool v2.1

In the Nutanix Cluster upgrade there are five options Upgrade Software AOS File Server Hypervisor NCC Foundation so what is the correct sequence to upgrade whole stack of nutanix software?  

Hi, I am trying to attach a vdisk to a VM. So far I have found that the only way to create and attach a new vdisk to VM is via this API  POST /vms/{uuid}/disks/attach I am trying using this curl expression: curl -X POST --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --header 'Accept: application/json' -d '{  "uuid": "IDEMPOTENT_UUID",  "vm_disks": [    {      "is_cdrom": false,      "is_empty": false,      "is_scsi_pass_through": false,      "is_thin_provisioned": false,      "vm_disk_create": {        "size": 1,        "storage_container_uuid": "CONTAINER_UUID"      }    }  ]}' 'https://10.10.10.10:9440/api/nutanix/v2.0/vms/VM_UUID/disks/attach' \--insecure --basic --user obfuscated_username:obfuscated_password The task fails and error is: “InvalidArgument: Invalid disk size 0”. What am I missing here? Thanks for your time, Ivars

Below are new knowledge base articles published on the week of April 26-May 2, 2020. KB 8482 - Prism shows a spinning icon preventing AHV upgrades on mixed (ESXi+AHV) clusters KB 8874 - Nutanix Files - Alert - A160053 - File Server Share Backup diff path translation failed KB 9111 - LCM update is disabled since there is an emergency update available KB 9215 - NCC Health Check: dimm_hppr_check KB 9240 - ESXi Host may not enumerate all NICs due to outdated drivers KB 9289 - Licensing Conversion - LOD (Life of Device) to CBL (Capacity Based) License KB 9298 - Using tcpdump tool on AHV host KB 9301 - Windows: How to Reset Local Administrator Password KB 9310 - How to Disable the Windows 10 First Sign-in Animation KB 9323 - Upgrade or imaging of Windows 2019 might fail due to vmms registration problems Note: You may need to log in to the Support Portal to view some of these articles.

I have read that it is only supported using ESXI. If so, what are the other ways to automate the failover.

We are excited to announce the release of Nutanix Move 3.5.0 Adopting new infrastructure platforms often requires a migration of pre-existing systems. Nutanix Move simplifies bulk migration of existing VMs to Nutanix, eliminating the friction associated with onboarding new IT infrastructure. Businesses can quickly leverage the full potential of Nutanix Enterprise Cloud with near-zero VM downtime during the migration from vSphere ESXi, Hyper-V and Amazon AWS to Nutanix AHV and vSphere ESXi to ESXi on Nutanix. Move also support migration of VMs from Nutanix AHV to Amazon AWS. Nutanix Move 3.5.0 is released and the bits are available on the Portal for Download. Move 3.5.0 Release Notes User Guide New features included in this release; Introduced Migration from AWS to ESXi - You can now migrate VMs from AWS to ESXi on Nutanix appliances. Introduced Test Migration - You can now perform a test migration of the VMs on the target environment before the final cutover. Enhanced Move User Interfa

This article describes how to rename the CVM entity in Prism within the AHV environment. This does not change the hostname of the CVM displayed in a console/SSH session as the hostname is a value configured within the CMV OS and is independent of the Controller VM name entity recorded in the Prism entity DB (Insights Data Fabric). It is the same name as in CVM’s XML definition on the AHV host. It can be checked by listing VMs on the host. The name displayed is the name that is shown in the Prism Wen console. Starting from AOS 5.10.10, 5.15 and 5.16, change_cvm_display_name script is available on CVM that can be used to change the display name.   Following is the overview of the rename procedure: Complete the pre-checks:  Name must start with NTNX- and end with -CVM. Only letters, numbers and "-" are supported in the name. CVM should be able to receive a shutdown token. Once CVM has shutdown token it will be turned off.  The script does not put the CVM or the host into mainten

Below are the top knowledge base articles for the month of April 2020. KB 7604 - Disk space usage for root on Controller VM has exceeded 80% KB 4116 - Alert - A1187, A1188 - ECCErrorsLast1Day, ECCErrorsLast10Days KB 7503 - 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 4158 - Alert - A1104 - PhysicalDiskBad KB 4409 - LCM: (LifeCycle Manager) Troubleshooting Guide KB 1113 - HDD/SSD Troubleshooting KB 8792 - NCC checks: same_hypervisor_version_check, duplicate_cvm_ip_check, same_timezone_check, esx_sioc_status_check, power_supply_check, orphan_vm_snapshot_check giving ERR KB 2090 - AHV | Host and Guest Networking KB 1523 - NCC Health Check: disk_usage_check KB 2473 - NCC Health Check: cvm_memory_usage_check KB 2486 - NCC Health Check: cvm_mtu_check KB 4519 - NCC Health Check: check_ntp KB 4541 - Alert - A101055 - MetadataDiskMountedCheck KB 3357 - NCC H

Hey all,   At the suggestion of some people, sharing this video that I’ve created that goes through the VMware upgrade process using Nutanix 1-click functionality. Check it out if you’d like. Apologies in advance for the poor quality - it was the best way for me to hide any confidential info on screen. Cheers!

There may be instances where you'll receive the following alert in your environment      "Cassandra on CVM x.x.x.31 is now detached from the ring due to Node was down for a long time. Node detach procedure done by x.x.x.41."   Before understanding the alert, let's first understand what is Cassandra and the ring-structure?    Cassandra stores and manages all of the cluster metadata in a distributed ring-like manner based upon a heavily modified Apache Cassandra. The Paxos algorithm is utilized to enforce strict consistency. This service runs on every node in the cluster. The Cassandra is accessed via an interface called Medusa   To know more about Cassandra and the ring-structure, try going through Nutanix Bible which explains the architecture. .      Cassandra has a feature called auto-ring repair which helps to prevent taking the cluster down due to multiple node failures at different intervals.   The following article lists more information about the alert, auto-repair feature and ho