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mwerne01Adventurer
posted in Installation & Configuration

In regards to deploying ESXi 5.5 or 6.x hypervisor in the field.

In regards to deploying ESXi 5.5 or 6.x hypervisor in the field. The most recent version of Phoenix available for ESXi appears to be 2.0.4. Does that mean I need to download Foundation components 2.0 and not 3.x? Also, the file name for Phoenix version 2.0.4 is "phoenix-2.0.4_ESX_NOS-4.1.1.4.iso". Does that mean it is for ESXi 4.1, and is not supported for ESXi 5.x or 6.x? Thank you.

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

Configuring vDS on ESXi 5.5

Hello, Nutanix article 000001037 (Configuring VMware Distributed Switch (vDS) on Nutanix Platform) only has ESXi 5.1 and earlier as "versions affected", does anyone know if there is anything special / extra to configure on ESXi 5.5? Thank you.

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Nutanix Employee
8 years ago
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szewczykmAdventurer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Upgrade Software "Error while executing HTTP REST request: Could not connect to Genesis"

When trying to upgrade NOS or NCC I'm getting this error: "Error while executing HTTP REST request: Could not connect to Genesis" The updates have already downloaded. This occurs even if I pick a lower version to upgrade to. I'm going from 4.1.4 to 4.5.1.2 (NOS) and 2.01 to 2.1.4. Any ideas? Is there a service I should restart or something? Thanks! Mike

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8 years ago
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ahmedkhalilAdventurer
posted in Installation & Configuration

failed to upgrade bios from Prims

Dears, i was trying to upgrade bios firmware from prism but upgrade hang at first process and when i tried to login on the remote console i saw that it's stucked at phoenix phoenix# termianl i tried to delete hanged process but system is still hang at this terminal and coudn't normal boot how can i solve this issue

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Jon
Nutanix Employee
8 years ago
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rvillarinAdventurer
posted in Installation & Configuration

PCIe-SATA and SSD-SATA in a Node

Hello - Can a Nutanix node be configured with 1x PCIe-SSD and 1x SATA-SSD? Thanks.

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

Node removal stuck in curator process???

Many encounter node removal stuck in curator process 95-97%.Anyone have solution on this as unable to find it in kb NOS 4.1.1.4 Remove a node and stuck in curator extent store replication on disk 95%. How to proceed? Kindly advise assist please.

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

permission to a folder inside smb share

HI, Actually i am able to create folder using nfs whitelist in the nutanix smb share but not able to see the option for that.Then i came to know that we cannot give permission like that for the folder in the nutanix share.is that true.currently we shared a volume from one vm as share. thanks ritchie

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Jon
Nutanix Employee
8 years ago
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EladRosenAdventurer
posted in Installation & Configuration

Async DR Ports

What ports i need to open on the FW in able to use async dr between two remote sites?

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cbrown
Nutanix Employee
8 years ago
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AllBlackAdventurer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Nutanix File Services

Hello, I was told that Nutanix File Services is now available but I cannot find any reference to it anywhere.Can someone tell me what the deal is and where I can find some instructions? cheers

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Jon
Nutanix Employee
8 years ago
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brisnickAdventurer
posted in Installation & Configuration

Prism unavailable

Hi all, This morning I tried to log in to Prism only to find it was unavailable. I tracked down which node had the IP of prism (logged into all nodes - there must be an easier way!) but I didn't know what to do to restart it. Anyway, I decided to go for breakfast and it was back up again when I returned, but was down for at least 10 minutes. Can I restart it, should it move to another node? Regards, Nick

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Jon
Nutanix Employee
8 years ago
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ahmedkhalilAdventurer
posted in Installation & Configuration

Cluster doesn't start unable to reach node where genesisi is starting

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

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

BMC firmware version is outdated - how to update the BMC firmware?

Hi all, Our nutanix has been running for a little bit more than 2 years now. Due to changes in our work environment (and the fact that our 3050 nodes started on NOS 3.5) we decided to use the opportunity to perform a field install, and do the upgrade to nos 4.5. We were getting the BMC error for a little while (since we were on nos 4.x). The reimage proces went perfectly but, and I was sure that during the reimage the BMC firmware should have been update, this was not the case. BMC firmware is still version 1.87. NCC is giving us warnings about that. I searched the site, but I can't find the BMC firmware files. Do I need to go get them from the supermicro site (not fond if doing things that way), or is there a nutanix link to the most recent BMC firmware? Some pointers in the right direction would be appreciated Thank you very much kind regards Marino

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8 years ago
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ramiAdventurer
posted in Installation & Configuration

VMotion for virtual Machines between 2 Nutanix Blocks

Hi All , I would like to know the way how can I move vm's from 1 nutanix block into other Nutanix block using vmotion . - Each Nutanix block configured as a stand alone Nutanix Cluster -2 Nutanix Block under same vmware DC and Cluster and managed by 1 vcenter. but when I run vmtion for one virtual machine from vsphere client I could not choose the target nutanix storage. Thanks

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8 years ago
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dbodenAdventurer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Slow logon to Prism interface after upgrade to 4.5.0.2

Hi, We have recently upgraded our Nutanix cluster from 4.0.3 to 4.5.0.2 and are noticing slower logons to the Prism interface. Before the upgrade this was almost instant while now it might take up to 10 seconds. Has anyone had the same experience?

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8 years ago
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AndrewBVoyager
asked in Installation & Configuration

Foundation 3.0.1 Imaging A Dell Cluster fails at 2%. No ISO Mounted (Moved to correct forum)

Hi I am using foundation 3.0.1 to image a 3 node cluster of Dell R730's however it fails at 2% progress for StandardError: Mount failed: NFS path not in 'remoteimage -s' The system can access and configure the Dell iDRAC IPMI interface no problem and the virtual cd is enabled on each server. It appears to not be able to mount the required ISO according to the logs. [i]There is no ISO file in the path mentioned.[/i] Below is the relevant section of the log. Using nutanix_installer_package-danube-4.1.5.1-0771.tar and ESXi 6.0.0 iso image. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Andrew 20151118 072259: /opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin/racadm -r 10.50.177.73 -u root -p calvin remoteimage -c -l 10.50.177.203:/home/nutanix/foundation/tmp/phoenix_node_isos/foundation.node_1.iso -u nutanix -p nutanix/4u20151118 072302: /opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin/racadm -r 10.50.177.73 -u root -p calvin remoteimage -s20151118 072305: Security Alert: Certificate is invalid - self signed certificateContinuing execution.

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A
8 years ago
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aluVoyager
posted in Installation & Configuration

is there a way to Remove scsi controller beyond what is available in prism.

I can remove the controller using 'virsh edit' or through virt-manager connected to the host, but those changes do not persist, and Acropolis adds the scsi controller back in when the VM is started.Is there any supported way to do edit VM properties beyond what is exposed in Prism and to have the changes persist?

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Jon
Nutanix Employee
8 years ago
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brisnickAdventurer
posted in Installation & Configuration

Creating a private key/public certificate pair using Microsoft CA for connection to Azure

Hi, The Web Console Guide gives directions for using OpenSSL for creating the private key/public certificate necessary to connect a remote Azure site for Data Protection, but has no instructions for using a Microsoft CA. Can anyone provide this information? Cheers, Nick

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

How do you stop a task that is running (such as a remote site creation).

Hi, Can anyone help me find a way to stop the creation of a remote site. I was told it would take around 10-15 minutes, but so far after 3 hours it is still running at 0%! There is probably some configuration issues on the network, so I would like to fix that up first and try again. For the life of me, however, I cannot find how to stop the task. Regards, Nick

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

vSphere ESXi Update 3a

Hi, We have a cluster of Dell XC730xd-12 and would like to update them to ESXi U3a (to match the rest of our vSphere environment). I know Dell don't have a customised ESXi U3a iso yet, so is there any advice on how to do the upgrade such as any specific extra drivers required in the Update Manager baseline or will I be able to use the json and the vanilla VMware zip and use one-click cluster upgrade? Regards, Nick

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8 years ago
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ramiAdventurer
posted in Installation & Configuration

Adding new Node into existing configured Nutanix Block

Dears , I have aleady configured 3 nodes Nutanix block(NX-1000 series) more than year ago ,and now our customer requested anew node (NX-3000 serie) to be added into existing cluster.Could you please letme know the best way to add this node without impacting the running nodes? Regards,

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8 years ago
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APiornatoPathfinder
posted in Installation & Configuration

Flexible Replication Topologies with Nutanix Native DR

Hi To All, I am new here and trying to know more about nutanix replication topologies how do i configure it? Is there a step by step guide to configure this? I want to use the two-way mirroring for HO to DR site? Your responce is higly appriciated. Nutanix’s native replication infrastructure and management supports a wide variety of enterprise topologies to meet real-world requirements, including: [b]1. Two-way mirroring[/b] [b]2. One-to-Many[/b] [b]3. Many-to-One[/b] [b]4. Many-to-Many[/b]

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mmcghee
Nutanix Employee
8 years ago
benwaynet
benwaynetVoyager
asked in Installation & Configuration

First time using vmware upgrade manager on cluster

Just had the cluster installed. I'm going to patch my 5.5 installs, I put the first node into maintance mode and its just waiting for the CVM to power off or move. Should the CVM shutdown on its own or do I need to power it off before I patch and reboot? thanks,jb

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8 years ago
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alapaquetteVoyager
asked in Installation & Configuration

Acropolis Hypervisor Best Practices Guide : HOW TO CREATE VLAN ON A NEW BRIDGE

Hi all, I read the acropolis administration guide and the Acropolis hypervisor Best Practices guide. thanks lot i would it and i have it. It's explain how to create bridge, bond, separe 10Gb interface and 1G interface. But nothing for create a network vlan (tagin or native) on the NEW bridge. If you try by the GUI like this [img]https://d1qy7qyune0vt1.cloudfront.net/nutanix-us/attachment/722i398F93F01768FE81.png[/img] The network will be created in the native Bridge (BR0) so if we are in this situtation : (best practice 4.1.2.1) [img]https://d1qy7qyune0vt1.cloudfront.net/nutanix-us/attachment/723i317753D8C4A0B474.png[/img] the commands are : nutanix@CVM$ allssh "ssh root@192.168.5.1 "ovs-vsctl add-br br1" " nutanix@CVM$ allssh "manage_ovs --bridge_name br0 --bond_name bond0 --interfaces 10g update_uplinks" nutanix@CVM$ allssh "manage_ovs --bridge_name br1 --bond_name bond1 --interfaces 1g update_uplinks" and for create the Network : ac

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8 years ago
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hhiroshiVoyager
asked in Installation & Configuration

The number of hosts you can add to a cluster

Hi all, Does anyone tell me the number of hosts you can add to a cluster when you are using acropolis hypervisor. I understand that the number of hosts you can add to a cluster depends on the hypervisor you use. For example, if it were configured with ESXi 6.0, the number of hosts you can add would be 64 hosts. I appreciate if anyone tell me the limitations for acropolis hypervisor if there is any. Thank you

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8 years ago
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tduvalAdventurer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Chart from Prism with blank interval

Hi there, I'm facing a problem with Prism that display some weird chart. As you can see above, the chart shows no value (blank) every 6mins. [img]https://d1qy7qyune0vt1.cloudfront.net/nutanix-us/attachment/685iB57C026A9AF18DE6.png[/img] When I go to the analysis page, the blank is still present and there is some strange movement of the Memory line: [img]https://d1qy7qyune0vt1.cloudfront.net/nutanix-us/attachment/686i56E0C99ADEDE0F4A.png[/img] Do you know where this could come from ?

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T
8 years ago

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