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V4.0 and Hyper-V - "diagnostics.py run"

should "diagnostics.py run" script run without issue with this hypervisor? Seems like fails with creating container for this testing? Or has this been verified to run without issue on Hyper-V and NOS 4?

vmware view on nutanix

Found installation guide like this ones http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/partners/nutanix/VMware-view-nutanix-best-practices.pdf https://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/partners/nutanix/VMware-view-nutanix-reference-architecture.pdf During installation i see : VCAI: Check Use native NFS snapshots (VAAI)...

Upgrade Software to 4.0.1

Has anyone toyed around with the Upgrade software module in the 4.0 GUI? I'm looking to upgrade to 4.0.1 using the GUI. The two query boxes need both the NOS Metadata File and the NOS Binaries. I was able to download the 4.0.1 .tar file from the support portal but I can't seem to find the Metadata F...

Adding fifth disk to 1050 Nodes

I added a 1TB disk to each of my 1050 nodes. I followed the guide and added them correctly. Just noticing that in hyper-v though it still shows the 6th disk as completely free. It's offline and added as a pass-through like the other 5 disks are to the CVM. PS C:Usersswinters> diskpart Microsoft...

Vmware patch for intermittent NFS APDs on VMware ESXi 5.5 U1

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

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)StorageTier...

feature " disk balancing "

Hi, In the Nutanix Bible : http://stevenpoitras.com/the-nutanix-bible/#disk_balancing Steven explains the feature "disk balancing", and wrote : what's the percentage of this parameter ? And can i check and/or change this number ? Thks ! Sig'

Is there a metric to track compression ratio over time?

I just turned on compression on a couple clusters. I'm wondering if there is a metric somewhere that tracks compression ratio over time? Trying to identify any trends on how much I can expect the data to compress.

Errormessage about disabled VM autostartup & vSphere HA cluster

Hey guys, We are busy building a Nutanix 3.5.3.1 infrastructure with vSphere 5.5. We have six nodes in two blocks, and the design consists of 2 Nutanix clusters with each its own vSphere cluster. HA is enabled on each cluster. We are getting an error on both Nutanix clusters in PRISM UI: Virtu...

Config Tips and Tricks

I've been working on a VDI project with Nutanix of late. the project i sstrating to wrap up now and I've started to blog about 'Quick Tips'. I thought I would share them here for all to see, hopefully will be of help to others. First one went up today: Nutanix Networking | Quick Tip Thanks!

vSphere 5.5U1 and NFS disconnects

Hello, It's made the news yesterday, but in case you missed it, there seems to be a bug within vSphere 5.5U1 that affects all NFS users. NetApp & VMware (at least, maybe Nutanix too?) are working on the subject. See the post below for more information: http://datacenterdude.com/vmware/nfs-disc...

VMware ESXi installation media: driver rollup ISO?

What's is the official stance on using the Driver Rollup ISOs VMware has been releasing? Can they be used if the ESXi version is in accordance with the Nutanix-approved version compatibility list?

NOS 4.0 upgrade path

I wonder what the upgrade path(s) for NOS 4.0 are. I'm currently on 3.5.1, looking to skip 3.5.2 & 3.5.3 to go straight to the new features.

Storage access for specific VM on a Nutanix VMware edition

We have a shiny new VMware NTNX environment, yeeh! Question: I'd like to be able to measure the virtual disk metrics for a specific workload (backup). Preferably without any layer in between so I can really see what the workload does. Idea is to use a virtual machine on NTNX as a backup server an...

Check Hypervisor Password from CVM

Hi , I have run below command to show my hypervisor password from one of the CVM , but the password doesn't come out , anyone can help ? Command : zeus_config_printer 2> /dev/null | grep "hypervisor {" -A 3 Result: nutanix@NTNX-14SM36060045-A-CVM:192.168.1.208:~$ zeus_config_printer 2> /dev/nu...

Design NTNX site

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 connectio...

Multiple VMKernel Port Deployment

Today I've been working on a new PoC NX-7110 install at an existing NX-3460 customer. This customer has extremely tight networking standards which has lead to a number of issues to add the additional node and expand the cluster. The customer has the following existing setup within their current...

SQL Cluster configuration

Dear All, configuring ms cluster for SQL has a vmware vsphere limitation regarding physical compitibilty(RDM).how it will be configured when using Nutanix ? Regards,

Configuration with vSphere 5.5

I'm currently working on a Nutanix deployment with VMware vSphere. I've cobbled together all my notes from changes I made and placed the in a bolog post here - hopefully others will find this useful. http://www.vwired.co.uk/2014/04/14/nutanix-configuration-with-vsphere-5-5/

Cluster Init Page on Mac OS X

Anyone get the cluster_init page to work to setup a new block from their mac. I have done 4 or 5 installs and I never can get the page to come up. What am I doing wrong? How do I detect the IPv6 nodes online?

FIO Test

Does anyone test Nutanix with FIO but not with diagnostics VM? When we testing Nutanix our processors on host all cores are almost 100 % loaded. We started test 3.5.2.1 and get some disks maked offline, we return them and upgrade to 3.5.3.1. For the first time after install results is ok (13k IOPS f...

How to setup a cisco 5010 switch for nutanix?

Is there any special guide, how to setup cisco 10 Gigabit switched for nutanix environments? Im using vsphere 5.0 U3 with nutanix. Should jumbo frames be enabled? Is it possible with iperf inside the cvm to get 9 Gbit/s with with one process? I get 1,57 Gbit/s Good hints from Intel. The INtel nics a...

Have any users/customers changed either the default IPMI/ESXi/CVM passwords?

I'm deploying 4 Nutanix blocks for my customer. They are a security conscious company so changing the IPMI/ESXi/CVM passwords was a given after the install completed. We've experienced no end of issues after changing the passwords and now have a support call open to try and get the issue resolved. D...

Split network traffic between multiple VLANs

Hello everyone, I was wondering if it's possible to have different VLANs ID/Subnet range for each of the different traffic type bellow: - Hypervisor Management (ESXi) - Nutanix Cluster administration - Nutanix Cluster replication / AutoPath And the very best would be to even have replication...

Issues with Ubuntu and Debian Kernels corrupting due to SSDs.

We have an NX-3050 and we frequently have to re-build linux VM's due to their ext4 filesystems corrupting and goin into read only. Our research has pointed us to articles where the linux kernel has issues with SSD's. Has anyone else experienced this and if so, how did you solve it? Edit: We c...

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