Installation & Configuration

Has anyone upgraded to AOS 5.10.3.1 yet? Have you experienced any issues? We are trying to determine if we should upgrade to AOS 5.10.2 or AOS 5.10.3.1...any feedback would be appreciated.

Hi all the expert,I’m completely new to Nutanix.I tried to install the Nutanix Community Edition onto my existing rack mounted HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 server, so I followed this YouTube video, but it’s definitely outdated, since the links shown on the video are different to the download links available from the post from 3 years ago (created on 29th September 2020) So I have downloaded the installer ISO (version ce/2023.03.01/phoenix-ce2.0-fraser-6.5.2-stable-fnd-5.3.4-x86_64.iso) and nothing else, since the other download links are for Windows, but my purpose is to install Nutanix itself onto the host directly to replace ESXi completely, so I thought the VirtIO for Windows ISO and AHV Plugin (.msi files) are not really applicable in my case.So it get stuck at the getting files screen for a long time, and then it errored out as the screenshot at the bottom, then a root login line showed up, I can’t even get to the grey screen to select the hypervisor and configure the IP like on the Ge

How to change expiry of nutanix snapshot?

Hi Friends, I have 3 x Dell XC blocks which are almost 7-8 years and we have plans to migrate them to XC 660 x 3 blocks.Hypervisors running on VMware. Nutanix starter license.May I know what are the procedures on migration? Heard from reddit folks that is to update existing cluster to latest Nutanix software. Then add the new blocks into the existing cluster. Then let it replication and once ok, slowly remove the older blocks. Then move the VMs to start on the new hypervisors? Thanks    

Hello, I'm trying to install Nutanix CE on my workstation. I keep getting “error 1155 could not create tmpvol.bin” and “Failed to create tmpvol”. I've already tried it on two different PCs and with different HDDs and SSDs. I tried it with UEFI and with legacy Bios. What could be the cause of this error? Thx.  

This has been an effort in patience. I have 4 HPE Gen10 DL360s, all with the exact same hardware config, same firmware, same everything yet every one of them has presented me with a different challenge when installing CE. This particular server will not get past INFO Removing the marker file.   My research has not turned up anything yet. I’m installing from phoenix.x86_64-fnd_5.6.1_patch-aos_6.8.1_ga.iso Thanks

Does the Nutanix Backplane network allow communication between nodes without routing ? I see the CVM’s communicate between the 192.168.5.x subnet, do the CVM’s communicate over L2 within the subnet or do they use L3 in the Nutanix internal network and if I were to disconnect the L1 Physical networking would the CVM’s still be able to communicate over this network ? I am running ESXi ontop of 4 nodes and just trying to establish if the external Physical network impacts the CVM’s on each node / esxi host, if we lost a HBA / physical adapter on that has the Backplane network would the cluster become degraded and would that CVM be offline or would it still be able to talk to the other CVM’s?  Thanks 

Hi, Is it possible to assign additional IP to nutanix cluster? Scenario is as follows: 1. Having network class A with 10.x.x.x which is used for CVM, hypervisor communication during configuration. 2. Cluster virtual IP is also from 10.x.x.x range. 3. Added additional IP range of 172.x.x.x to CVM, Hypervisor. 4. Is it possible to add additional IP range IP of range 172.x.x.x to cluster virtual IP? Thanks

Dear Team,I had setup Dark Site web server (IIS) and uploaded unpacked LCM Dark Site Bundle and the firmware bundle (HPE). After performing LCM inventory LCM has been updated to the required version and “firmware” section is showing available new FW pack (SPP). Is any option to upload to the Dark Site server ESXi update file with metadata file or only one way to update it is to upload hypervisor metadata and binary file directly to to the Prism Elements?Software section is empty:   Same question about AOS and File Server… Regards,Dominik

Hi Everyone,In case of scenario like had a Source VM (name:TestVM) and cloned a new VM from the source VM and named cloned VM (name: TestVM) same as Source VM (name:TestVM). Now will i be able to poweron both the VM’s at once ? 

Hi all, greetings from me🙋🏻We scheduling to upgrade the AHV and AOS to the latest version, but i have some questions as below :1. could direct upload (dark site) method upgrade the bundle files at the same time or it should perform one by one bundle files upgrade, in this case is AHV and AOS bundle files ?2. if we upgrade it sequentially, what happen after one of the software is upgraded ? will it trigger an alert ? because what i know is the AHV and AOS version need to be same (compatible). regardless, after that we will still upgrade the version to a compatible version.i already read this documents, In the document, it is not explained that we can upgrade AOS and AHV at the same time using direct upload method; it only explains each component separatelyhttps://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Life-Cycle-Manager-Dark-Site-Guide-v2_4:Fetching%20LCM%20Software%20Update%20Bundles%20with%20Direct%20UploadThank you, I hope to receive the best answers from all of you who

Hi everyone,I’m trying to download the latest version of Nutanix Community Edition (CE), specifically v7.1 or newer (ideally matching AOS 7.3). However, I can only find the download link for CE v6.8.1 on the official portal.Does Nutanix still offer CE versions aligned with AOS 7.x (e.g., 7.1, 7.2, or 7.3)? If so, could someone please share the correct download link or guidance on how to access it?Thanks in advance!

Hi Nutanix-Community, trying to create a Nutanix CE cluster with 4 nodes out of our old hardware. This are the specs of the nodes:2 x Node:   - CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6154 CPU @ 3.00GHz  - Memory: 1.0Ti  - Storage: 6x 3.5 TiB  - Network: 2x Mellanox Technologies MT27710 Family [ConnectX-4 Lx]2x Node:  - CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6342 CPU @ 2.80GHz  - Memory: 1.0Ti  - Storage: 6x 3.5 TiB  - Network: 2x Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller XXV710 for 25GbE SFP28I used following ISO image to install the nodes:  - ISO used for install: phoenix.x86_64-fnd_5.6.1_patch-aos_6.8.1_ga.iso After I installed the nodes I run following command on one of the CVM to create a new cluster:  - cluster -s 172.19.1.121,172.19.1.122,172.19.1.123,172.19.1.124 create But short after the cluster creation process stuck and shows the following message in a refreshing state: (Waiting about 12h but nothing has changed)Waiting on 172.19.1.121 (Up) to start:DynamicRingChangerPithosInsightsDBAthenaMercuryMantle

I have a ticket open but there are long delays between responses and I’m wondering if anyone in the community has run into this issue.Trying to move a 2012R2 File Server and when running the manual preparation script, I get this failure on Installing VirtIO drivers.Failed to install VirtIO drivers. This would impact migrated VM's network connectivity in AHV cluster.Now, I have since just manually installed the VirtIO drivers and they install without issue.  However, I’d like to see the full preparation script finish successfully before I try a move.  I’m not sure why it’s even trying to install the drivers when they are already there, I would think they would just see them and move on.Has anyone one seen this one and gotten past it?

Hello, We are in the process of moving our VMWare site to Nutanix. With 3 locations i would like some design tips to setup the NTNX sites/cluster(s). I am very new to nutanix. Situation: 3 fysical sites, 2 sites with 4 NTNX hosts and 1 site with 3 NTNX hosts. Every site dedicated fiber connection. The 2 "4 hosts sites" are for production, the 3 hosts site will be otap and/or extra hosts for production. How to design the NTNX cluster(s) with minimal risk of loosing data and the most redundancy. If someone needs more info please let me know grtz

I'm running 3 node cluster, based on 5.10 version (2019-02-11) There are some alerts for each node: Detected Incompatible AHV Version Detected older AHV Version I've checked the Settings-Upgrade menu - there it nothing available to upgrade for AHV and AOS.

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   Where I’m stuck is the next portion on the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator/Target Portal IP portion. The guide is not very clear on what I should be doing.    From the Guide: From the Server Manager, add and enable the Multipath I/O feature in Tools > MPIO. Add support for iSCSI devices by ch

HeyI have a 4 node lab with some version. I want to upgrade to the latest version (7.3 right now). my hardware support it. But, instead upgrading, I want clean install (for my reasons).When I using foundation, it won’t discovering my nodes (since they are used).What should I do to make them to be discovered? Thanks.

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.

Hello guys,I am facing Index error while Nutanix CE setup installation in VMware workstation test LAB, Please suggest solution(index Error: list index out of range)Give below resources for Nutanix VM Memory 32Processor 8HDD 65 GB  

Hello all,I’ve just finished the basic installation of a new 3 nodes Nutanix Cluster (NX-1065-G7 node). When i try to enter the IPMI password nothing happens. It seems the password is wrong. I have tried the default ADMIN/ADMIN password but it doesn’t worked (also admin/admin).Did the default password change with the release 5.15.x of AOS ?For information, the cluster has been created with the following parameters : AOS 5.15.2 Foundation VM 4.5.4.1 ESXi 6.7U3The “ipmitool user list” show me an “ADMIN” user with ID 2, so i think the account is correctly created. I ve tried on each of the 3 nodes and it’s still the same. So if the password set is ADMIN by default and is not working, can i safely change it with the ipmitool command ? Thx for your answers :)

Dears, i have below situation happened to my nutanix block my college changged hostname of all ESXi servers and then try to change CVM IPs without stopping cluster after that he rebooted CVM but cluster is not started with error message unable to reach node where genesis is started i have check genesis service in all node and it's running correclty and all nodes are reachable suing hosts in /etc/hosts file and all of them in same lan how can i get original hostname of esxi and does change of it's hostname cause this issue and also hos i resolve this issue thanks in advance

What's my goal? Right. I have 3 networks that cannot talk to each other for "reasons". Mostly because we have a test system that utilizes the same IP addresses (ORACLE Reasons) and we test & demo software in Prod, Demo, & Test networks. I just did a foundation on my system because I did an upgrade and the networking customization I had to do with OVS changed and wouldn't work anymore. Now that I'm working on a new install, I'm having trouble configuring the network and getting issues I didn't have before. I've created and recreated several times using different varieties of below commands and still same outcome. Some commands below are from various tries, but same result. Error when powering on VM with virtual NIC Operation failed: InternalException: kNetworkError: OVS error (10.1.16.103 create_local_port): Error not a valid bridge: br1 Host A - ovs show [root@HOSTA ~]# ovs-vsctl show 48fd5ca1-d898-425e-9b11-484eaceaba94 Bridge "br0" Port "br0

Hey everyone, I am required to upgrade from ESX 6.7 U1 to U2 to resolve a bug that prevents me from going back more than 8-10mins to look at VM performance, however, Nutanix has only just now tested U3.  My question is: Has anyone migrated to U3 yet and if so how has it been so far? 

Where can download foundation 3.4 ? Thanks in advance