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Below are new knowledge base articles published on the week of July 12-18, 2026.Support Portal login required:KB-21719 - Objects Service upgrade fails with "invalid format in s1: , expected format 'x.y.z-n'" during platform prechecks KB-21930 - AOS Upgrade Shows No Progress Due to Hades Failing to Reach Zookeeper KB-22066 - Curator scans fail with FATAL error "num_bytes <= kint16max * kBlockSize" KB-22088 - NDB - SQL AAG Database Provisioning Fails with error The SQL AAG Contains More Than 64 Disks Which Is Not Supported During VSS Snapshot KB-22097 - Enable Mixing of B-Series Compute Clusters with Other Platforms in Foundation Central 1.10 KB-22102 - Foundation Central Restricted Shell: Operational Scripts for Customers KB-22112 - Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on Azure: MST Subnet Creation Fails with "No matching subnet found" KB-22117 - Disabling Agent VM from a VM which was in a single host affinity policy fails KB-22118 - NKP Upgrade to 2.18 Fails with Preflight Check Error: "The

Below are new knowledge base articles published on the week of July 5-11, 2026.Support Portal login required:KB-21525 - Adding ERP to a Flow VPC while the related subnet is configured is_connected=false may cause a network loop KB-21583 - Nutanix Files - Alert - File Server Azure Service Down / Azure Credential Failed KB-21738 - Virtual Switch Configuration Fails Due to Different Uplink Ring Buffer Sizes KB-21742 - Objects Service upgrade fails due to DNS resolution error from stale SMSP cluster references KB-21805 - Discrepancy in License Expiry Dates Between Prism Element and Support Portal KB-22002 - Cilium Preflight Checks Failure Due to Namespace and ServiceAccount Ownership During Upgrade KB-22021 - Node removal stuck due to offline disk not marked to remove. KB-22028 - How to inject public CA-signed certificates into an existing Foundation Central 1.11 appliance KB-22029 - CPLD Manual upgrade Stuck with "Service is not available during upgrade" Error KB-22075 - Uhura fails to li

Hi all,I am trying to install Nutanix on a former Dell VxRail node. The server is a Dell PowerEdge R640, and it has been re-branded back to a standard Dell R640 in iDRAC - the installation is only for Lab/testing, not for production.I have tried several installation combinations:Latest available AOS/AHV versions — although I understand these may not be supported on this older hardware Latest supported combination I could find for this platform: AOS 6.5.1.8 AHV 20220304.336 In all attempts, Foundation fails during the installation with the following error:CRITICAL svm_rescue: No suitable SVM boot disk foundAOS installation failed. Reason: NoneThe node boots successfully into Phoenix, downloads the AOS package, AHV ISO, Anaconda bits and driver package, but fails when the CVM/SVM installation begins.Model: Dell PowerEdge R640 / R640-10Boot mode: Legacy BIOSSecure Boot: DisablediDRAC: iDRAC9Storage controller: HBA330Boot device: Dell BOSS-S1 RAID1BOSS virtual disk size: approx. 240 GBDat

Is there a 200TB storage limit per node?

Hello everyone. We are deploying Nutanix for the first time using foundation v5.7 with 4node XC-660 servers and Dell S5224-ON top of rack switches. Launching foundation, we are getting repeatable Failure:"fatal: Running CVM Installer, Starting host installer"Phoenix is installed on all servers but that is as far as the install gets. Any ideas?We have a case open as well with Nutanix

Below are new knowledge base articles published on the week of June 28-July 4, 2026.Support Portal login required:KB-21858 - NKP: Migration Requirements and Impact of Legacy EKS Command Removal in NKP 2.18 KB-21869 - Foundation - Cluster creation fails on Single Node Cluster with "fatal: Initializing cluster" KB-21877 - Windows VM with "Access Denied" UEFI Boot Failures KB-21924 - Migration Guide for AWS i3.metal Instances EOL on Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) KB-21941 - Nutanix Infrastructure Manager (NIM) Deployment Fails After Prism Central Upgrade KB-21942 - Configuring Prism Central LCM for Darksite NIM Installation KB-21945 - NKP - pod nkp-insights-pluto-xxx failing with Init:OOMKilled KB-21959 - LCM Inventory fails with "Version fetch task failed" due to stale staging IP persistence KB-21960 - The "Network Controller internal failure rate is excessive" alert is generated on the cluster. KB-21990 - Attach NVMe Device Task Halts at 5% on 2-Node Clusters Due to Cassandra Fault Tolera

Dear experts,I have successfully installed Nutanix Community Edition (CE) 2.1 on VMware Workstation, but I'm facing a networking issue.Environment Platform: VMware Workstation Nutanix Version: Community Edition 2.1 Allocated Resources: 65 GB RAM 8 vCPUs Installation completed successfully, and I can log in to Prism without any issues.ProblemAfter logging into Prism, I checked the Network Configuration, but the Virtual Switch list is empty. Because no virtual switch is available, I'm unable to create a VM since there is no network to attach.What I've CheckedInstallation completed without any reported errors. Prism is accessible through the management IP. The virtual switch is not created or displayed under the networking section.Has anyone experienced this issue with CE 2.1 running on VMware Workstation? Is there any additional configuration required after installation, or could this be related to the VMware virtual network adapter configuration?Any guidance or troubleshooting steps w

Below are the top knowledge base articles for the month of June 2026.KB-13150 - NCC Health Check: cfs_fatal_check KB-21372 - Prism Central displays an alert for high disk usage in /home/log/audit KB-8453 - Alert - A1044 - PathOffline KB-3827 - Alert - A130087 - Node Degraded KB-7503 - NX Hardware [Memory] - DIMM Error handling and replacement policy KB-4944 - Unregister cluster from Prism Central and cleanup (regular and force) FAQ KB-1540 - AOS Only - What to do when /home partition or /home/nutanix directory on a Controller VM (CVM) is full KB-1536 - NCC Health Check: disk_online_check KB-21134 - Alert "Inconsistent Virtual Switch State Detected" after AHV Upgrade to 11.0.0.1 or 11.0.0.2 KB-8885 - Alert - A15039 - IPMI SEL UECC Check KB-6945 - How Upgrades Work at Nutanix KB-9437 - How to restore a node from LCM firmware upgrade failure using lcm_node_recovery script KB-5228 - NCC Health Check: pcvm_disk_usage_check KB-13104 - Alert - Inconsistent Virtual Switch State Detected KB-813

Below are new knowledge base articles published on the week of June 21-27, 2026.Support Portal login required:KB-21170 - Prism Central - High CPU usage and UI unresponsiveness due to excessive VM API calls KB-21751 - Unsupported AOS version for NCM licenses KB-21813 - Configuration of External Storage Array Fails Due to "Eradication is disabled" Message KB-21816 - Microsoft Azure MANA Update Rollout and NC2 KB-21923 - 3rd Party Backup fails with "Unknown model type ." for restored Guest VMs KB-21934 - How to Trace and Resolve MAC Address Conflicts in the AHV Open vSwitch (OVS) KB-21939 - DNS resolution failure prevents Kommander installation during NKP deployment KB-21948 - Post MST app deploy Fails with "App LTSS creation failure on? NC2 Azure KB-21956 - Syslog sends duplicate or past messages after an AOS upgrade to 7.3 or newer KB-21961 - Nutanix Files - File Server Capacity Update from Prism Central Fails with "Overlapping IPs" Error KB-21963 - AOS Upgrade Makes No Progress at 76%

Hi All, With the VM PowerShell module for intelligent operations, I have a few questions.For the path to the .PS1 file, can I use an SMB (Nutanix) share or does it have to be a local share  already mapped to the VM?The account in question would have access both to the VM and the SMB share

Hi all,As part of the planned replacement of our current Nutanix cluster later this year, we are reviewing the network infrastructure requirements for the new deployment.Since a large portion of our network is already built on Ubiquiti switching, I would like to evaluate whether the Ubiquiti Enterprise Campus Aggregation Switches would be a suitable platform for the new cluster.Based on the published specifications, these switches appear to meet the required connectivity and performance criteria. Before proceeding further, I would appreciate any feedback regarding their suitability for a Nutanix environment, particularly with respect to redundancy, high availability, east-west traffic handling.Has anyone deployed or validated these switches in a similar virtualization or hyperconverged infrastructure environment?Thanks in advance for your insights.Kind regards,Erik

Below are new knowledge base articles published on the week of June 14-20, 2026.Support Portal login required:KB-21619 - VMs may Become Unresponsive on EC-Enabled Clusters During Node Maintenance or HW failure scenarios KB-21808 - Foundation of node fails with hosts stuck in boot loop KB-21838 - After login to Move with Prism Central credentials , URL redirects to Move IP Address instead of FQDN KB-21860 - Native KMS (Remote) grayed out with message: "The PE is hosting the PC, which is not a supported configuration" KB-21884 - Error: "Server with name does not exist" when adding or updating an rsyslog module via ncli KB-21891 - Nutanix Files ? Share Update fails with "smbPropertles/shareAL":Maximum number of items is 100" KB-21892 - Nutanix Files - Kerberos Authentication still uses RC4 post disabling KB-21893 - User VMs may be disrupted after maintenance involving ESXi host restarts KB-21894 - Break-fix operations fail on AOS 7.3 clusters with LUKS enabled KB-21902 - Unexpected AHV Ho

Below are new knowledge base articles published on the week of June 7-13, 2026.Support Portal login required:KB-21160 - NDB | Prerequisites for Upgrading Oracle ASMLIB from v2 to v3 with Nutanix Database Service (NDB) KB-21711 - NDB | Pre-Patch Validation Runbook for SQL Server AG clusters patched via NDB KB-21730 - MIG Configuration Not Retained After Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) Upgrade KB-21740 - Modifying Prism Central-only alerts generates a failing task on Prism Element KB-21763 - Nutanix DR | Cross-Cluster Live Migration (CCLM) does not progress due to MTU mismatch between the source and the target clusters KB-21770 - FVN: Node disconnected from the Network Controller Alerts due to Ikat Proxy (Envoy) crash on Prism Central KB-21774 - NKP rook-ceph-osd Pods Experience Failure After PVC Resize KB-21803 - Kemp Load Balancer HA checks fail in Nutanix Flow VPC KB-21806 - Fanout API Task Execution Failure When Updating System Defined Alert Policies KB-21810 - Commvault backups ma

I am getting ready to deploy a new Nutanix cluster next week and am preparing my Foundation VM.  I have imported the 7.5.1.6 AOS package which then states that the minimum AHV version is 11.0.1.2-33.  I’ve then downloaded this ISO from the link direct within Foundation and imported but I then get the message that this in an unsupported Hypervisor.  I’ve updated the whitelist but the hypervisor is still showing as not in the whitelist.  Am I ok to just install or do I need to check something else?

i  have a nutanix cluster  of node with (25gb ) uplink  and LACP is configured on it . i need to to expand cluster with nodes with ( 100GB ) uplink .i prepared the new node with below configuration:1-  re-imaged the new node with same version of AOS and AHV  as the existing cluster 2-  configured the  the new node with LACP my questions:1- is there any impact  to cluster that we mix speed of network as some node work with 25g and other with 100g ?2-  in expand cluster steps the is tab of network configuration is mandatory to set its configuratiion or can skip this configuration as i configured on new node , what will happen if i skip network configuration during expand 3- how long the expand will take to expand 4 node ? 

I have encountered a roadblock while configuring LDAP and SAML authentication from the same domain for a Customer. The Customer wants that whenever a user logins , it does from SAML and whenever a service account is logging into PC , it uses LDAP. Is there a way to configure this in Prism Central?

Below are the top knowledge base articles for the month of May 2026.KB-13150 - NCC Health Check: cfs_fatal_check KB-7503 - NX Hardware [Memory] - DIMM Error handling and replacement policy KB-3827 - Alert - A130087 - Node Degraded KB-1540 - AOS Only - What to do when /home partition or /home/nutanix directory on a Controller VM (CVM) is full KB-8453 - Alert - A1044 - PathOffline KB-1536 - NCC Health Check: disk_online_check KB-21372 - Prism Central displays an alert for high disk usage in /home/log/audit KB-21471 - Investigation and Mitigation Guidance for CVE-2026-31431 on Nutanix Products KB-4944 - Unregister cluster from Prism Central and cleanup (regular and force) FAQ KB-21134 - Alert "Inconsistent Virtual Switch State Detected" after AHV Upgrade to 11.0.0.1 or 11.0.0.2 KB-8885 - Alert - A15039 - IPMI SEL UECC Check KB-13104 - Alert - Inconsistent Virtual Switch State Detected KB-6945 - How Upgrades Work at Nutanix KB-9437 - How to restore a node from LCM firmware upgrade failure

Below are new knowledge base articles published on the week of May 31-June 6, 2026.Support Portal login required:KB-21100 - NCM : Clean up duplicate data from ClickHouse DB after re-onboarding a Prism Central account KB-21375 - NCM : Troubleshooting Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) 2.0 Marketplace Deployment KB-21461 - Guest customization failure during VM deployment from template across Prism Element clusters KB-21466 - NX/HPE: Dark site LCM upgrade fails with "Required modules are not found" due to incorrect framework bundle KB-21642 - Platform Bootstrap Fetches Incorrect Configuration During v4 API Deployment KB-21657 - ExternalDNS on NKP Fails to Create DNS Records with Windows Server 2025 KB-21669 - NCC: salt_check false positive warning due to null characters in cron log files KB-21708 - Nutanix Central On-Premises: Incompatibility with Prism Central 7.5.1.1 KB-21718 - Harbor Valkey Pods Enter TILT Mode Due to DNS Latency in Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) KB-21728 - Removing Azure

Below are new knowledge base articles published on the week of May 24-30, 2026.Support Portal login required:KB-20912 - NCM : Restoring NCM Connectivity After Home Prism Central Disaster Recovery KB-21004 - NCM : Manual Cleanup of Nutanix Central (NC) and Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) Without Offboarding KB-21476 - Subnet?Extension Wizard shows empty or incomplete Virtual Tunnel End Point (VTEP) gateway list when more than 50 gateways exist KB-21552 - CVM Services Down and Genesis Crash Loop ("vNIC ntnx0 is missing") After Using "virsh start" (AHV 20230302.100173 or later) KB-21584 - Lenovo: Hostnames are not displayed in Prism and VM operations fail with AMD Zen5 (Turin) CPUs due to outdated BIOS KB-21602 - Alert - A130193 - Full Replication Started for the VM KB-21608 - Foundation Central: Removed node still shows as "Clustered" state KB-21612 - snmp_manager in restart loop after setting non-161 port number KB-21620 - NCM : Prism Central is not reachable due to backup data and PC?s NC-

Below are new knowledge base articles published on the week of May 17-23, 2026.Support Portal login required:KB-21006 - NCM : Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) Restoration and Remediation Scenarios KB-21102 - NCM : How to clean up NCM data from Prism Central after deploying decoupled NCM KB-21477 - In-place cluster conversion (ESXi to AHV) causes PC stack outage KB-21495 - Move - Redirect post login changes from FQDN to Move IP Address KB-21549 - Investigation and Mitigation Guidance for CVE-2026-31431 on SCVM KB-21565 - NDB : Investigation and Mitigation Guidance for CVE-2026-31431 KB-21593 - NDB: Failed to register database server: Error in attaching staging disk KB-21600 - NKP deployment fails with "RESOURCE_SHORTAGE: Not enough resources available for the VM" KB-21609 - Firmware upgrades via LCM fails on LUKS enabled clusters with AOS 7.3.x KB-21614 - Prism Central - Failed to read zeus database the specified node does not exist KB-21623 - Nutanix Kubernetes Platform: Renaming a Prism El

Hi When entering a workload in Sizer, there is an option to select the existing CPU.For example, let’s assume that we are planning to deploy 100 VMs, each with 4 vCores and 8 GB of memory.  If I select “Yes, but I don’t know the current processor” and then choose Default, the estimated CPU utilization is approximately 75% when configured with a 3-node cluster, each node having 2 CPUs with 32 cores.However, if I edit the workload and select “Yes, but I don’t know the current processor”, the estimated CPU utilization increases to around 110%.In other words, I am not sure which criteria I should use when performing sizing.Why does the estimated utilization differ so significantly even though the workload itself is the same?Is there any detailed guidance available for this? It may be that I have not been able to find it, so I would appreciate your assistance.

Hi Team,Could you please help by sharing the documents/procedure for the below activities?Changing the Prism Central VM hostname. Migrating Prism Central VM disks from one container to another.Appreciate your support. Thanks.Shanmugavadivel Mahali

Hi,I’ve got a question about where a VM on AHV get’s it’s time at boot-up from.Background:  I was reviewing the event logs on a couple of windows servers, and looking at the bootup process.  Event times, start at UTC and then a bit through the boot-up it jumps an hour to GMT (Presumably when windows time starts, and syncs with the domain)  I’d prefer this not to happen, and would like the BIOS/Boot time to be GMT if possible. Does the VM “BIOS”boot time come from the CVM which I’ve found the process to change the timezone for, or the Host which the recommended configuration is to leave at UTC?Thanks in advance G

X-Ray 6.2, trying to run the resiliency test on a 5 node cluster where 3 nodes are storage only. Is there way to configure the test to only move VMs between the 2 hyperconverged nodes?

We are trying to configure the CVM hardening recommendation to enable SNMPv3 only.  The Nutanix Bible lists the command as:ncli cluster edit-cvm-security-params enable-snmpv3-only=[true|false] #Default:falseHowever, the AOS 7.5 version of the Security hardening guide doesn’t list the command and execution fails with an invalid command. How can we enable SNMPv3 only or verify that SNMPv2c is disabled?