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PetteriExplorer
posted in Installation & Configuration

WSMan Connectivity Check fails

Hi, We have 3 Hyper-V hosts those local admin passwords got expired and i changed them (and they are enabled). Now WSMan Connectivity Check fails in Prism. I have run these lines in CVM for all three hosts but it won't help: ncli managementserver edit name=hostIP password='newhostpass'ncli host edit id=cryptical-host-id hypervisor-password='newhostpass' Any ideas? Our nutanix version is 4.6.1.1.

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7 years ago
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gera83Wayfarer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Nutanix Sync DR in real life

Hi guys. We are in the process of acquiring Nutanix products, but we need to know something crucial. We currently have more than 100 ESXi hosts, separated in 2 sites. We have a metro cluster, all the datastores are sync, this is full active active, with EMC VMAX All Flash and VPLEX. As of today (May 2020), can we do such thing with AHV and ADSF? It is supported? I’ve seen the Sync DR here: https://cloudvm.es/nutanix-ahv-synchronous-replication, where i can see you can do it VM by VM. But what about if i want to protect at datastore/container level? All of the VMs. We have more than 3000 VMs. We need to know if we can accomplish the same with Nutanix. Stretched storage and VMs on both sides, for obvious reasons (balance, availability). If one of the sites crashed, HA all the VMs automatically to the other. Is there a video or pdf showing how it works? Thank you!!

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Neel Kotak
Nutanix Employee
3 years ago
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DBAWIERDVoyager
posted in Installation & Configuration

Is it possible to run both VSphere and Oracle VM on the same Nutanix cluster?

Hi, Let's say we have 6 node Nutanix cluster. We want to use 2 nodes for a Oracle VM Cluster and the other 4 for VMWare. Is it possible to do this and use the large NDFS (all 6 nodes) for both hypervisors?

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7 years ago
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arogerAdventurer
posted in Installation & Configuration

SCVMM and CVM/VIP network flow

Hi, My SCVMM server and my Nutanix CVMs/VIP are in differents VLANs separated by a firewall. I need to know the ports required between SCVMM and CVMs/VIP (like the TCP5989 for CIM-XML) and in the other way from CVM to SCVMM for the setup_hyperv.py setup_scvmm to run correctly. I can't find it in the documentation. Regards, Alex

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Jon
Nutanix Employee
8 years ago
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ClownpopeeVoyager
asked in Installation & Configuration

How to not change host name using setup_hyperv.py

Using AOS 4.6 on Hyper-V. I will setup Hyper-V host to join Domain. When read manual, I think setup_hyperv.py change Hyper-V hostname. Is it correct? I already name Hyper-V host. How to run setup_hyperv.py? Thanks

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7 years ago
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comotozaAdventurer
asked in Installation & Configuration

tier settings

ncli> storagetier ls-supported-typesStorageTierTypeDTO(name=kPcieSSD, displayName=SSD-PCIe)StorageTierTypeDTO(name=kSataSSD, displayName=SSD-SATA)StorageTierTypeDTO(name=kHDD, displayName=HDD-SATA)StorageTierTypeDTO(name=kSAN, displayName=SAN)StorageTierTypeDTO(name=kNAS, displayName=NAS)StorageTierTypeDTO(name=kCloud, displayName=Cloud) any information about SAN, NAS, Cloud? It will be something like storesimple ?

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TheDude
Nutanix Employee
9 years ago
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bleyersAdventurer
posted in Installation & Configuration

Vmware patch for intermittent NFS APDs on VMware ESXi 5.5 U1

Vmware released patch for problem described in Nutanix [b]Field Advisory#17 [/b]Unexplained NFS datastore disconnects with ESXi 5.5 U1 http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2076392

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9 years ago
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Cristiano.meloniExplorer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Upgrade to vCenter 7.0

I need to upgrade vcenter to 7.0 in my lab, but I can find confirmation that will work with AOS, version 5.15.1.1 LTS.Actual 6.7U3 is installed, and AOS is on ESXI 6.7U3, i can move the hosts later, when will published in the compatibility matrix (dell R640), but I have to upgrade ASAP the vcenter, thanks for the support!

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Sergei Ivanov
Nutanix Employee
3 years ago
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vivekdsTrailblazer
asked in Installation & Configuration

VLAN traffic graph in analysis

Hi, Is it possible to see VLAN base traffic in Nutanix with AHV in GUI or using CLI?

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Jon
Nutanix Employee
7 years ago
maaz
Nutanix Employee
maazNutanix Employee
posted in Installation & Configuration

What is Nutanix Volumes?

Volumes acts as one or more targets for client Windows or Linux operating systems running on a bare metal server or as guest VMs using iSCSI initiators. Do not use Volumes to create an iSCSI datastore to Hyper-V or ESXi hosts. This configuration is not supported.The iSCSI data services IP acts as an iSCSI target discovery portal and initial connection point. The client only needs this single IP address to help load balance storage requests and provide path optimization in the cluster, preventing bottlenecks.Enable Nutanix Volume Get the client IP address that you will add to a volume group client whitelist. Create an iSCSI data services IP address for the Nutanix cluster. This address cannot be the same as the cluster virtual IP address. Provision storage on the Nutanix cluster by creating a volume group consisting of one or more vDisks. Perform an iSCSI target discovery of the Nutanix cluster from the clients. [Optional] Configure CHAP or Mutual CHAP authentication on the init

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maaz
Nutanix Employee
3 years ago
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EladRosenAdventurer
posted in Installation & Configuration

Docker Drivers for windows installation

Hi i am tring to crate docker containers via my windows installation can someone please direct me where do i put the AHV drivers ? i am getting this msg while i am tring to use the driver Driver not found. Do you have the plugin binary accessible in your PATH?

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A
7 years ago
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mandgTrailblazer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Revert cluster from RF3 to RF2?

I know that this question has been asked in this forum a few years back but I wanted to see if the answer changed since the newer releases of AOS.  In my case, I’m running AOS version 5.15.4 LTS and found that our 7-node cluster was configured for RF3 - although most of our containers are RF2 (the exceptions being the “NutanixManagementShare: and “SelfServiceContainer” containers).Since most of our containers are only RF2 I’m not too concerned about extra overhead but was curious if AOS now supports the switchback from RF3 on the cluster. 

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Sergei Ivanov
Nutanix Employee
3 years ago
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zacklee_vcpVoyager
posted in Installation & Configuration

Foundation - last reboot complete Fatal (73%)

I have running foundation to reimage my Nutanix Box , it stuck at 73 % , below are the error i get from the log : 20160330 08:16:02 INFO INFO: Conserving space in bootbank by moving large installation files to the scratch partition.20160330 08:16:02 INFO INFO: Running cmd [u'mkdir -p /vmfs/volumes/NTNX-local-ds-13SM15340016-C/Nutanix']20160330 08:16:02 CRITICAL FATAL: Execution of cmd [[u'mkdir -p /vmfs/volumes/NTNX-local-ds-13SM15340016-C/Nutanix']] failed for reason [mkdir: can't create directory '/vmfs/volumes/NTNX-local-ds-13SM15340016-C/': Operation not permitted]20160330 08:16:02 INFO INFO: Running cmd ['touch /bootbank/Nutanix/firstboot/.firstboot_fail']20160330 08:16:02 INFO INFO: Changing ESX hostname to 'Failed-Install'20160330 08:16:02 INFO INFO: Running cmd ['esxcli system hostname set --fqdn Failed-Install']20160330 08:16:02 ERROR Exception in running Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/abetiger/main/builds/build-installer-3.1.0.1-release/foundation-python-tr

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8 years ago
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jbermejoExplorer
posted in Installation & Configuration

CABLE SPF+ (TWINAX) WITH SWITCH HUAWEI

Hi, I use Huawei Switch ce6810-24s2q-li with cable twinAx SFP-10G-CU3M (P/N: Huawei 02310MUP). Is it compatible with nutanix NX1365-G5 10Gb nic? thanks

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Jon
Nutanix Employee
7 years ago
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elarsonAdventurer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Erasure Coding

Sorry to have to post this, but can't find any documentation on how I actually enable EX-X? I am at 4.1.1.4 but upgrade if required. Just trying to figure out how to turn it on? Thanks, Erik

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8 years ago
pjoy
pjoyAdventurer
posted in Installation & Configuration

CVM Network

Dear Sirs Please advise , we are installing Dell XC 6320, where all network card are 10G (4x10G) and we used 2x10g for all the traffic (which is our test and development cluster) , we have total 8 nodes in the cluster. Someone is now telling us that the best practice is to use another 10G netowkr card for CVM traffic , as the CVM traffic in Nutanix is very heavy,which should not mix with production network card, Is that true , i have gone thru the previous posts and sure that 2x10G is fine for all Nutanix traffic, for my knoledge is the Nutanix CVM traffice is that heavy between nodes ? your reply is much appreciated.

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pjoy
7 years ago
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Nutanix Employee
nirmal.ravirajan-57912Nutanix Employee
posted in Installation & Configuration

Create Windows Installation ISO with Built-In VirtIO Drivers

Typically, while deploying a new Windows VM on AHV, the VirtIO driver ISO needs to be mounted to allow the Windows Setup to discover the associated vDisk. Therefore, for each VM that needs to be created, 2 ISOs need to be mounted (the Windows installation ISO and VirtIO ISO).In order to simplify and expedite the deployment process, the VirIO drivers can be injected into the Windows installation ISO to create a single customized ISO.The prerequisites for this process are the following tools/files:PowerShell Windows ADK (Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment) Windows installation ISO Nutanix VirtIO driver package (It is recommended to use the latest version which can be downloaded from Support Portal) Administrative privileges on your Windows workstation.For detailed steps and screenshots regarding this process, please review KB 10290 in the Nutanix Support Portal.

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Nutanix Employee
3 years ago
Pablo Alejandro
Pablo AlejandroVoyager
asked in Installation & Configuration

LCM Not Showing AOS Upgrades

We have a customer running AOS 5.10 with the newest version of LCM. For some reason, the AOS upgrades are not showed in the “updates” tab on the LCM software. The only thing that i do was run inventory (not runned since years). I understand there is an upgrade order… but i want to make sure if anything needs to be done to LCM shows this AOS upgrades.

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Kcmount
1 year ago
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lance.page-43306Pathfinder
asked in Installation & Configuration

should i use a witness

I am looking for other customers who have used the witness feature. We have three buildings each about 1 mile from each other. 10g fiber between them. We have two Nutanix clusters, one in each of two of the buildings. We have the ultimate licensing and are already using Metro clustering. I have the fail over set to manual. Today I setup a witness server in the third building. As far as I can tell everything is working. The real question is should I use it? Is anyone using the witness. Does it cause more problems than it solves. At least with manual I have full control when a fail over happens. So far it has been easier to fix my issues than to fail over and almost all issues are network related not nutanix.

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AntonioG
Nutanix Employee
4 years ago
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CherngYehVoyager
asked in Installation & Configuration

Firefox on foundation 3.1 and 3.1.0.1

Hi , has anyone encounter any issue regarding firefox running on foundation 3.1 or 3.1.0.1 ? I've tried deployed or even upgrade my foundation from the older version to 3.1 and it seems that the same issue still happen on firefox. [img]https://d1qy7qyune0vt1.cloudfront.net/nutanix-us/attachment/1011i14A517F58C6C9B74.jpg[/img] Regards, Edwin.

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8 years ago
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PresCare
asked in Installation & Configuration

iSCSI Data Services IP Undiscoverable

I am having an issue adding a share to a new AFS instance where it reports “iSCSI discovery of targets failed to iSCSI portal xxx.xxx.10.5. Ensure that the stargate external data services IP and the CVM IPs are reachable from FSVM.” I have confirmed the CVM IP’s and FSVM IP’s are all bound to the eth0 interface of there respective devices and are all in the same xxx.xxx.10.xxx network segment.  All devices can ping all IP’s in the range so at least basic comms are working. I am sure I am missing something obvious but not sure where to go from here.  Suggestions please!

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Alona
Nutanix Employee
4 years ago
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SecGuyOutofElementPathfinder
asked in Installation & Configuration

Windows Defender ATP with Nutanix

Has anyone implemented Windows Defender ATP in a Nutanix environment? If so, I'd love to talk about your experience.

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3 years ago
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hmonroy_aPathfinder
posted in Installation & Configuration

How Implement NSX with Nutanix

Hi everyone Somebody have guides and best practice by implement NSX with Nutanix, I want use all Ports 1gb and 10Gb. But I don´t sure what traffic type I can exit for interfaces 1Gb, obiusly configure active-active all interface and load balance. (Type of traffic as FT, HA, Vmotion, Management, etc.,) If any have some diagram or guide's please can share please. Thanks

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aluciani
7 years ago
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Etones01Scout
posted in Installation & Configuration

start httpd on cvm

after launching the foundation applet I could only see two nodes instead of three, i logged into the cvm on which i configured my IP address. On restart, the httpd service failed. I presume this is why the applet could not add that node. please any suggestions as I am onsite

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Jon
Nutanix Employee
7 years ago
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KYFongAdventurer
posted in Installation & Configuration

How to turn on CVM on hyper-v host?

Anyone can assist on how to turn on your CVM on hyper-v host without using SCVMM? is there a command that can execute in host powershell to turn on your CVM? Kindly advise please.

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Nutanix Employee
9 years ago

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