Files Storage

Our Nutanix Files HA state is currently False.  The Nutanix Kbase states to restart Nutanix Files, but doesn’t state how to do it. Alert - A160167 - File Server HA state (nutanix.com)How do I restart Nutanix Files, and is it service affecting?

As part of DR, Files automatically creates a protection domain for a file server and the entities within the file server (such as VMs and volume groups) during file server creation. By default, Files adds all of the entities on the file server to the protection domain. Files Async DR takes snapshots when the preceding snapshot is complete, and has a 60-minute recovery point objective (RPO). You must enable and setup the schedule for snapshots and replication, and set up the snapshot and replication schedule for the protection domain to ensure DR. You can provide custom names for the file server protection domains at the time of setting up the file server. If a file server does not have a specified protection domain nam

Nutanix Files is a software-defined, scale-out file storage solution that provides a repository for unstructured data, such as home directories, user profiles, departmental shares, application logs, backups, and archives. Flexible and responsive to workload requirements, Files is a fully integrated, core component of the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud. Nutanix Files release cycle is independent of AOS releases. Since it’s functionality is independent of AOS. However, AOS acts as Storage and UI provider etc. . There are still a lot of components on which Files is dependent on. That’s the reason there is always a supported AOS base. Hopefully, in the near future Nutanix Files may completely decouple from AOS. This leads to an interesting point that what version customer should be on? Before we discuss this point let’s understand about Nutanix Files release history. Nutanix Files (formerly known as AFS) 2.x became GA with AO

When making a decision on increasing storage capacity of Nutanix Files FSVM cluster please keep in mind that the option to downsize is not available at this point.To change the storage capacity, enter the new size (in TiBs) in the FILE SERVER SIZE field.Note: Choose a size greater than the existing size. This operation does not impact current client connections. Figure. File Service Basics Window For more information please refer toNutanix Files Series | Queries you always had

Nutanix Files architecture and design is beautiful and complex at the same time, and let’s agree we all get some questions when we enter into the world of storage with Files.“We all have thought of these questions and still figuring out the answers” Which hypervisors support Nutanix Files? How do you deploy, delete and modify a Nutanix Files cluster? How do you shut down a Nutanix Files cluster for maintenance? What are Exports vs Shares in Nutanix Files? What is a Nutanix Files Storage Container? What is the minimum Domain Functional level required? How do you update DNS in Nutanix Files? Does Nutanix Files support DFS-R? Does Nutanix Files support DFS Namespaces (DFS-N)? What are the supported Antivirus ICAP servers for Nutanix Files? Want the answer to the above questions ??Give the following KB a read

Nutanix Files (Files) enables you to share files across user work stations or VMs in a centralized and protected location to eliminate the requirement for a third-party file server.     One of the main tasks while maintaining a Files server is configuring and understanding Quotas.    A Nutanix Administrator while handling and maintaining Files architecture might have the following questions regarding Quotas.      Wh

Hi!   On Nutanix Files 4+, is it possible to reduce the size of the File Server?   Or, is the only option destruction and re-do?

Hello Team, I read that starting from Nutanix Files 3.7 is possible to adjust block size of the share. How can this can be done? Not sure is actually possible in Prism (running aos 5.18.1)  What block size would you recommended for small files (under 10 Mb the average size) like Excel, pdf, Word and so on? Thank you!

The timezone for file server virtual machines ( FSVM) can be changed using the afs command line. The following change can be done from any one FSVM and will reflect across all the FSVMs when successful.   SSH to any FSVM on the nutanix files cluster Get the timezone for your region. The command outputs your timezone into a region and city format.                    nutanix@fsvm$ afs fs.get_timezone Set the timezone                     nutanix@fsvm$ fs.set_timezone "regi

Im trying to find the IP address of a Share in nutanix files ( i know i would be one of our 3 nodes) im having issues with some copiers and scanners scanning to SMB with the host name of the file server so ill be mapping them by IP on the copiers 

I need to migrate a FSVM file server cluster from my older Nutanix cluster to a new cluster. It sounds like there are several options for migrating my file shares that I have listed below. Have you done any of the options below and what would you recommend? 1) Protection domains (Entire FSVM cluster, moves IPs)2) Smart DR (Per Share, moves IPs and updates DNS)3) MOVE > (Per Share, new DNS, and manually update file share configs)  4) Something else? Any insights or experience would be appreciated. Thank you!

Hi,Can you please point me to a document with _detailed_ description of networking requirements for Files for PD recovery to work, as well as _detailed _ description of how the networking is being handled during the failover?The reason I’m asking is that I’m planning PD for Files, and I need to understand the networking side of that, i.e. how Storage and Client networking are being handled during the failover to the other cluster, where the networking is different (different datacentre). Do I pre-configure portgroups to connect to in advance, as well as the IP-s to assign?, and AOS/Files handle this automatically during the failover? Or is this a “wizard”-driven workflow where I specify portgroups and IPs? Or is there a requirement for stretched VLAN-s for both Client and Storage networks? I wasn’t able to find and deatiled information on that, so am askign for your help.Thank you, Victor

Should I be concerned about File Analytics impacting data files? Specifically, is there any chance that it could lock a file for its analysis while a business application may attempt to access the file at the same time - causing negative impact?

When adding a user account to Active Directory and connecting to a new account, quota capacity is not displayed for the share and the total capacity is available. In this situation, the user may go over the quota limit and our software does not detect it right away.    It takes between 10 to 15 minutes from user detection to quota policy application in the system.   This is because Nutanix Files software is only checking the quota usage at a 5-minute sampling interval. Reducing it further to lower value comes at a resource cost.   The behaviour is clearly explained in the Nutanix Files Guide

When using Nutanix Files network units if the user writes or erases data on the assigned disk, the capacity indication will not be displayed correctly. It takes about 5 to 10 minutes to display the capacity:     After 5-10 Minutes 

If no preferred_domain_controller is specified, we follow the usual discovery process (LDAP-PING and DNS lookup) to get the list of Site local DC.   However, if preferred_domain_controller is specified, we no longer do a  DNS lookup and use preferred_domain_controller instead. if it is not reachable, then the domain join operation will fail. Always have a choice to fall back to default domain join process where no preferred_domain_controller is specified.   If we look at Domain Join [DC discovery workflow {Default}] in log file - ~/data/logs/minerva_cvm.log

Hi,Has anyone deployed FSLogix using a share on Nutanix Files?Can you please share your observations on the storage usage patterns:Read/Write patterns (PRISM → File Server → Shares -> <share -name>→ Performance → IO Breakdown → IOPS graph) ? SSD tier usage by FSVMs (PRISM → VM → Table → <filter by FSVM names> → select each VM → IO Metrics → Read Source) SSD/HDD usage in the File Server container (PRISM → Storage → Table → <File Server container with FSLogix share> → Tier-waise Usage graph)Thank you, I appreciate your help in advance.Victor

Upgrades are always daunting and scary. The one question which scares us all is  "Will the upgrade be disruptive to my production environment? "    Well, to answer it shortly and briefly. NO, upgrading Nutanix Files will not affect your production environment.   Want to know how upgrades work in Nutanix and the workflow for Nutanix Files Upgrades?   Try going through the following Knowledge Base to understand how upgrades work in Nutanix architecture and what happens during Nutanix Files upgrade. KB-6945     But what if the CVM or Nodes go down during or after the upgrade?   The architecture of Nutanix Files is designed in a way to cater to the failure of CVM or the complete Node failure seamlessly.   I

I am a Linux Admin, trying to understand if nutanix smb share can be mounted from REDHAT Enterprise Linux 8 Client.Appreciate if someone can please advise.If Linux client can be used for Nutanix smb share, any steps will be really helpful. 

Is it possible to add more than one NIC as network client in a single deployment of Nutanix Files?I am performing tests in which Nutanix Files would serve 03 different networks and during Files' deployment it is only possible to add 01 network client. However, this test will serve 02 other networks besides the one already configured.

I downloaded and installed Nutanix CE single-node in a VM and need to test Nutanix Files for that I downloaded File Server, but when I go create FS it tells me:File Server software downloadedVersion 4.4.0.1 downloaded. To proceed with install, an update of File Server Manager(FSM) is required through LCM. Go to LCM If go LCM it get stuck on LCM framework starting… I need to setup this as soon as possible for a test integration. any help?  

Hello, I try to activate the SMB Protocol for a Nutanix Fileserver Deplyoment. (Prism Version 5.19.1). Join AD failed with error - Failed to join domain: failed to precreate account in ou OU=….: Invalid DN syntax. The uses User has permission to create a computer Object in this OU, but is not a Domain admin. Perhaps the reason can by that the user do not have permission to Read/Write service principal names. (A more precise Error Message could be helpful) I can not get the permission for SPN. For ohter Services f.e. SSO I have request a SPN with a KeyTabe File. Is something like this Possible with the Nutanix Fileserver too? 

from cli whats the command to see which Nutatnix files VM owns a share? i’ve done this before and i cant remember what the command was we’ve had issues with copiers not being able to scan when we use the host name but it works fine with the IP 

Is there a way to turn on indexing or something equivalent so that searching a SMB file share with hundreds of thousands of files actually returns a result, rather than sitting and spinning forever?  It used to work back before we migrated this share from Windows Server to Nutanix Files share, but I’m wondering if maybe Windows Server had the files/folders indexed.

Nutanix provides an option to recover the Files analytics data after a planned or unplanned (disaster) migration to the remote site.   To perform disaster recovery, we need to deploy and enable Files Analytics on the remote site. Once the Files Analytics virtual machine (FAVM) is deployed on the remote site we can restore the data using a snapshot of the volume group from the primary FAVM.   A brief summary of the steps is as follows: Create a protection domain on the primary site protecting the File_Analytics_VG (this is the Files Analytics volume group) an