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Confused regarding crash-consistent snapshot and application-consistent snapshot? Crash-Consistent SnapshotVM snapshots are by default crash-consistent, which means that the vDisks captured are consistent with a single point in time. The snapshot represents the on-disk data as if the VM crashed or the power cord was pulled from the server—it doesn’t include anything that was in memory when the snapshot was taken. Today, most applications can recover well from crash-consistent snapshots. Application-Consistent SnapshotApplication-consistent snapshots capture the same data as crash-consistent snapshots, with the addition of all data in memory and all transactions in process. Because of their extra content, application-consistent snapshots are the most involved and take the longest to perform.While most organizations find crash-consistent snapshots

Is it necessary to have 2 vlans when deploying nutanix or can I deploy nutanix with one vlan?

Dear Sir/ Madam, I am working on a further Nutanix project and I have installed 8 x NX8155 servers. Each server has 6 x 10g TwinX cables and 2 x CAT6 copper connections. I am again trying to find any suitable cable manager due to the amount of physical cabling for each device. Can someone please advise if there are any cable managers that Nutanix is aware of or via a third party as I am struggling to locate any. Thanks in advance. Simon.

I am trying to add Hyper-V host to Move to migrate the VMs.   But after adding the host, VM inventory are not loading(Shows 0 VMs) . When i try to refresh i get below error:   Failed to get inventory for source ' '. [ApiName="Get VM", HypervisorErr="[Cmd="Get-VM | Select-Object -ExpandProperty DVDDrives | Select ControllerType, ControllerNumber, ControllerLocation, Path, SupportPersistentReservations, VMName, VMId | ConvertTo-Json -Compress | Out-File -FilePath C:\Users\xtract\AppData\Local\Temp\executeCmd385362813\Ouput.json", ErrorMsg="exit status 1", Location="/root/workspace/xtract_vm_qcow2_builder_prod/go/src/hypervisor/hyperv/hyperv_agent/utils.go:96", Stderr="#< CLIXML <Objs Version="1.1.0.1" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/powershell/2004/04"><Obj S="progress" RefId="0"><TN RefId="0"><T>System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject</T><T>Syst

The cluster is up and running and we are getting error “Disk 'root' space usage high on host” Can /home/install/phx_iso be deleted?

Hi, I am new here and this is my firts experience with Nutanix. I need to deploy 3 nodes, and I’ m going to use the native Hypervisor from Nutanix (AHV). I saw a video explainning that,  to do it, it’s necessary to download and use the Foundation Tools to configure the cluster and than, gathering access to PRISM. Unfortunally, I can’t download Foundation, due to the Nutanix blocks were registered by our customer (message: ...The email XXXXXXX is not authorized for the account associated with the serial number YYYYYYY) and we don’t know who did it. We are trying to identify who registered the blocks but, meanwhile, Is there another way to deploy it without the Foundation tool, or is there a way to unregister the blocks and register again but to different user account?   Thanks in advance,

Hello all,   Hope you’re all doing great. Kindly if you can guide me where to start with Nutanix as I don’t know anything and willing to know everything related .. so I am a VMware guy who is willing to understand the NU platform and I hope I am writing the right post in the right place      Thanks in Advance, Cheers.

hi all Im trying to install 4 node nutanix but I got this issue Do you have any idea what is the issue? this error is the same in this 4 nodes code:20190902 16:16:19 INFO Setting cdrom as boot device for next boot20190902 16:16:35 INFO Next boot device is set to optical20190902 16:16:35 INFO Power status is off20190902 16:16:35 INFO Powering up node20190902 16:16:58 INFO Exiting SMCIPMITool20190902 16:16:58 ERROR Exception in ) @bcb0>Traceback (most recent call last): File "foundation\decorators.py", line 77, in wrap_method File "foundation\imaging_step_init_ipmi.py", line 309, in run File "foundation\imaging_step_init_ipmi.py", line 156, in boot_phoenix File "site-packages\bmc_utils\boot_media.py", line 47, in wrapped File "site-packages\bmc_utils\remote_boot_rmh.py", line 193, in boot File "site-packages\bmc_utils\re

I completed an AOS upgrade from 5.5.2.2 to 5.10.8 on two different clusters.  On one cluster I have the health page showing a warning symbol (no data) and the message: “An error has occurred. Show me why” When I role over “Show me why” I see the message “java.lang.NullPointerException”.  I have a ticket open with Nutanix but haven’t received any solutions that have worked yet. Appreciate help if someone knows how to resolve.

When i try to connect to IPMI by clicking on the link in Prism Central i get an error stating the site can not be reached because it timed out.  It seems to be related to the firewall maybe.  Any information where to start? thank you

Hi, We have a NX-3060-G4 with 3 VMware hosts on that is currently connected to our Cisco core switch cluster using 10GB twinax cables. A long story short, I need to remove these and connect the NTX to a single 1GB Cisco switch (WS-C3850-12S-S). My question is: can I connect a 1GB SFP link between the NTX and new core switch using the 10GB NTX ethernet port? If so, will the NTX detect that the cable connected can only run at 1GB?   Thanks in advance.

 In some scenarios, we might have a need to find the disks associated with a virtual machine hosted on a Nutanix AHV Cluster. Nutanix offers a distributed storage fabric, which forms a large storage pool across “N” number of nodes. we then create containers for different types of workloads or we can easily use a single container as well.Virtual Machines are created via Prism Management and all vDisks associated with the VMs are hosted on the distributed storage pool. On a Nutanix AOS Cluster, Acropolis service runs across the cluster to manage virtual machine operations and configurations. As both Data & MetaData is distributed across the cluster, we can use the “Acropolis” service on almost any CVM to retrieve virtual machine information running on any node.In order to interact with the Acropolis service, Nutanix offers “acli”. a powerful set of commands for virtual machine op

Impact : If hostd service is not running, AOS upgrade will fail. Cause : VMware hostd service may not be running. Resolution : Check hostd status and restart it manually. Node Id : ZM164S021332 Block Id : 16SM13330093 Block Type : NX-1065S Cluster Id : 57606 Cluster Uuid : 00053fb4-2744-267d-0000-00000000e106 Cluster Name : NTX-DETACOOP01 Cluster Version : el7.3-release-euphrates-5.5.3.1-stable-266039dc19600d27bdc4b7134d02d1c7d267cea6 Cluster Ips : 192.168.39.13 192.168.39.14 192.168.39.15 Timestamp : Thu Aug 16 7:29:06 -03 2018

Hi, i want to share NIACtool v2.5 Beta. It can be run on windows operating systems, it is possible to obtain a complete infrastructure report detailing the virtual machines created. Supports ESXi and AHV hypervisors. The result is a fully modifiable Excel document. https://github.com/dlira2

Below are the top knowledge base articles for the month of December 2019. KB 4141 - Alert - A1046 - PowerSupplyDown KB 4116 - Alert - A1187, A1188 - ECCErrorsLast1Day, ECCErrorsLast10Days KB 7503 - G6, G7 platforms with BIOS 41.002 -DIMM Error handling and replacement policy KB 1540 - What to do when /home partition or /home/nutanix directory is full KB 4541 - Alert - A101055 - MetadataDiskMountedCheck

Hi All,   Is it possible for a Witness VM to monitor multiple two nodes clusters?   I can’t find any answer on this question.   Thanks in advance.

Nutanix AOS supports multiple hypervisors and supports a variety of hardware components. Nutanix qualifies hardware components to ensure optimal performance and minimal disruption.  Nutanix AOS with ESXi supports Intel’s 10Gb (ixgbe) Ethernet Network Adapters. It is important to ensure that all network related components are working optimally to ensure reliable cluster operations.  If you are running Nutanix AOS with ESXi 5.5 or 6.x and have the following Intel Network Cards installed in your host systems: Intel Ethernet Controllers 82599 and x540 You might receive an NCC alert, pointing to an upgrade required for ixgbe nics or an older firmware detected. This is to ensure optimal networking performance amongst the hosts and to avoid any errors due to NIC driver issues. You can upgrade the firmware for the above Intel NICs (ixgbe) with the following Nutanix KB:

Many customers buy #hci technology from the usual suspects (#nutanix, #vmware, #dell, etc.) without any consideration to what happens when things break. Support becomes REALLY important when your systems are not operating as expected.  Thankfully, they don't have to worry if they bought Nutanix. Hear what #nutanix customers say about our award winning #nps90 #support.    

Below are new knowledge base articles published on the week of December 22-28, 2019. KB 8755 - CVM degraded on Dell XC 14G hardware with BIOS older than 2.2.11 due to undetected faulty DIMM KB 8762 - Prism home page shows "loading" when browser has adblock extension installed KB 8766 - Pfsense Vm's remain master after failover on AHV hosts KB 8773 - ESXi does not display CDP information on Intel NICs Note: You may need to log in to the Support Portal

  I have AHV cluster at both DC & DR, which has number of VMs being protected with Protection Domain feature. These VMs are being replicated from DC to DR in scheduled manner. Now as a part of DR drill, I need to run these production VMs from DR for period of time and then again make it functional from DC once drill is over. I am concerned over how the delta changes made during drill with VMs at DR will be again replicated back to DC as Protection Domain replication is uni directional (DC to DR) ? Any recommendations ?

Hello, I'm trying to create a File Server. I did this in Prism Element cluster. I have a problem when I had to select the Client Network PortGroup All my dvportgroup are not visible. I can only see the dvportgroup attached to a dvswitch with uplinks assigned. In my vCenter we have a dvswitch with no uplinks assigned. This dvswitch is used by my network sdn solution which transport the client network. Do you see a solution ? thanks

Stuck with this error. Please help out.

I am trying to make changes to the "extra_flags" option on a VM. I have 2 issues. Is there a way to remove and "extra_flag" added to a VM? Also is there a way to specify the CPU model. I see there is a way to do it in KVM, but not sure how it works in Nutanix. I am trying to do nested virtualization, but for some reason nested VMs don't boot due to the xsave/xsaveopt feature it seems. The host is quad SandyBridge CPUs, but it worked when I specified the CPU model as Westmere. Anyone else have this issue or have an idea of how to specify the features passed through?

Hello, I have a personal Lenovo Thinkserver, which has a 4 Seagate 2T Disk (3 of them are formed Raid 5) and 3 SSD (256G+128G*2). I don't want to lost my personal data. Is that possible to install the Community Edition on the specified Disk 256G SSD + 1 Seagate 2T HD for testing purpose?

Good morning - I reviewed a thread on the same topic from 2 years ago. I'm looking to see if TPM on the NX series (with AHV) is now supported. I'm seeing something in the support portal about installing the module on G6 nodes. Can someone confirm this? Thanks!