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BobJamesAdventurer
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CVM Start

Hello folks, Recently I was running some Resilency testing, powering down a node using IPMI (Power off server -= Immediate) to ensure VMware High Availability worked as expected for a simulated power outage. When I finished I powered the node back on via IPMI. I was surprised the CVM did not automatically start. Is it expected that the CVM would not restart when a node was powered back on? Thank you for your help.

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DonnieBrasco
Nutanix Employee
8 years ago
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jemail1Scout
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Can the Nutanix Cloud Connect be integrated into hybrid cloud offerings by IBM SoftLayer?

I am interested in deploying Nutanix to a data center but replicate that data to IBM SoftLayer. Is this possible, and if so, can you explain where to find more infomraiton on how.

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DonnieBrasco
Nutanix Employee
8 years ago
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BobJamesAdventurer
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Use of LACP for Nutanix Network Configuration

Hello folks, What are the advantages and disadvantages for use of LACP to improve east/west traffic and prevent unnecessary north/south traffic? Are there any documents on it's use for a Nutanix installation? Is the use of LACP very common for Nutanix installations? Are there folks kicking themselves for not implementing LACP. Thank you for your opinions.

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8 years ago
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comotozaAdventurer
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NOS 4.0.1

I have 3350 cluster. After upgrade cluster to 4.0.1 i have error : Critical i RESILIENCY STATUS Yes REBUILD CAPACITY AVAILABLE Yes AUTO REBUILD IN PROGRESS What i have to do ? ncli> cluster get-domain-fault-tolerance-status type=node Domain Type : NODEComponent Type : STATIC_CONFIGURATIONCurrent Fault Tolerance : 1Fault Tolerance Details :Last Update Time : Fri Jul 04 06:14:33 PDT 2014 Domain Type : NODEComponent Type : ZOOKEEPERCurrent Fault Tolerance : 1Fault Tolerance Details :Last Update Time : Fri Jul 04 05:50:41 PDT 2014 [b]Domain Type : NODE[/b][b]Component Type : EXTENT_GROUPS[/b][b]Current Fault Tolerance : 0[/b][b]Fault Tolerance Details : Based on placement of extent group replicas the[/b][b]cluster can tolerate a maximum of 0 node failure(s)[/b][b]Last Update Time : Fri Jul 04 05:55:55 PDT 2014[/b] Domain Type : NODEComponent Type : OPLOGCurrent Fault Tolerance : 1Fault Tolerance Details :Last Update Time : Fri Jul 04 05:55:55 PDT 2014 Domain Type : NODEComponent Ty

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

Filesystem Whitelists via Prism Not Working on NOS 4.0.1

Hello, Filesystem Whitelists does not seem to work in NOS 4.0.1. However, Whitelist via nCLI works just fine. Also, if the whitelists are added via the GUI they don't show up in nCLI, and vice-versa. Has anyone encountered this issue? Thank you.

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8 years ago
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netoerWayfarer
posted in Installation & Configuration

how can i contact sales agents in latin america (México)?

Hi everyone, we saw a nutanix conference in vforum 2014 México, how can i contact a sales representative for talk about costs of the hardware? Regards. Ing. Ernesto CardenasUnique Comm S,A de C.V.[url=http://www.unicomm.com.mx]www.unicomm.com.mx[/url]

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cam
Nutanix Employee
8 years ago
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BobJamesAdventurer
posted in Installation & Configuration

USB Ports under 10 gig NIC ports on NX-3061 Node

What are the USB ports under the 10 gig NIC ports used for on a NX-3061 node? Thank you.

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dlink7
8 years ago
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ramiAdventurer
posted in Installation & Configuration

Nutanix appliance 3061 coming with preinstalled ESXI 5.5 nodes

Dear All ,I would like to know if the Nutanix appliance coming with preinstalled ESXI 5.5 nodes or not. If not ,so do nutanix has its own customized image(iso) of vsphere esxi to be used? Can I boot the installation file directly from CD or usb to install esxi on nodes? Regards, Rami

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8 years ago
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BobJamesAdventurer
asked in Installation & Configuration

1 gig ports

We are in the process of identifyng datacenter requirements for our Nutanix installation. One statement I recently heard was that the 1 gig ports for the nodes were primarily to address security concerns and that the 10 gig ports would satisfy most customers. Is this true? Are there any other downside issues to not using the 1 gig ports?

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8 years ago
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piAdventurer
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NOS Hardening Guide?

Hello, is there a NOS Hardening Guide available? two specific questions: is there a Firewall running on the CVM? can I install my own ssl certificate? thx and best regards Manfred

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8 years ago
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rvillarinAdventurer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Compression and vDisk

Hello - I am going through the NPP 4.x tutorial and I was wondering if someone can explain to me vDisks in the context below. I guess I don't fully understand what vDisks are. [i](Copied from the tutorial):[/i] [i]"If user data for VDI is kept on a vDisk that is attached to the end-user VM, you can store the user data vDisks on a compressed container and the VM vDisks on an uncompressed container."[/i] Thanks in advance.

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8 years ago
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rvillarinAdventurer
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IPMItool Full Duplex Command

Hello - Does anyone know if there is an IPMItool command to set the interface to 100MB full duplex? Is this option to change it even available? We are having some IPMI issue where connectivity drops every so often. We are working with networking to check their side, and we've done various things to test/isolate the issue. On the network switch side, the ports have been configured to 100MB from 1GgE. One suggestion that came up from networking is to set the IPMI interface to 100MB full duplex. Thank you. RV

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8 years ago
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rvillarinAdventurer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Are Foundation and Phoenix Available for Customer Download?

Hello - I am studying for the NPP exam and the online guide talks about Foundation and Phoenix. Does anyone know if these utilities are available for download to customers? Thanks! RV

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8 years ago
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tjagodaTrailblazer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Shellshock Bash Vulnerability

It looks like my CVM's running 4.0.1.1 are vulnerable to the now hyped-up CVE-2014-6271. What is the official Nutanix stance on remediating the vulnerability - should I wait for an NOS hotfix or can I pull down the relevant CentOS patch?

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virtualdennis
Nutanix Employee
9 years ago
jpiscaer
jpiscaerAdventurer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Best configuration for 6 geographically separated nodes

Hi guys, I'm designing a Nutanix infrastructure, and I'm struggling with the most optimal configuration given the specs Specs: - 2 sites (80 km apart, latency

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9 years ago
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koenVoyager
asked in Installation & Configuration

Rest API Create Protection Domains

I am trying to create a Protection Domain, but can't figure out how to supply the name of the Protection Domain. I have to use a string and a JSON object as body parameter, but it keeps throwing errors. JSON objects I have tried: {"name":"MyTestName"} {"body":"MyTestName"} {"input":"MyTestName"} [img]https://d1qy7qyune0vt1.cloudfront.net/nutanix-us/attachment/242i378211DE73A19CAF.png[/img]

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koen
9 years ago
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TheNoSanGuyVoyager
asked in Installation & Configuration

Vmotion and ESXi MGMT VLANS are different, CVM should have which VLAN?

Hello All, One of our customers decided to have Vmotion and ESXi MGMT on different VLANS and they will split the 10G connections. So for this kind of setup, which VLAN should CVM be in? Do you have any recommendations? Thank you so much...

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9 years ago
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koenVoyager
asked in Installation & Configuration

New-NTNXProtectionDomain usage/documentation

I am experimenting with the Protection Domain Cmdlets and trying to use New-NTNXProtectionDomain. I am running into some issues and I hope there is someone around to point me in the right direction. New-NTNXProtectionDomain prints "protectionDomainName cannot be null" when I run it without any parameters, but the parameter protectionDomainName doesn't seem to exist. [b]New-NTNXProtectionDomain[/b]protectionDomainName cannot be null The help doesn't show how to use the Cmdlet: [b]Get-Help New-NTNXProtectionDomain -full[/b]NAMENew-NTNXProtectionDomainSYNOPSISAdd a Protection Domain.SYNTAXDESCRIPTIONPARAMETERSThis cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). INPUTSOUTPUTSRELATED LINKS Intellisense gives some more info, but nothing that resembles "protectionDomainName": [

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koen
9 years ago
ozzy01
ozzy01Trailblazer
posted in Installation & Configuration

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?

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ozzy01
9 years ago
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comotozaAdventurer
posted in Installation & Configuration

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) Host Caching Enabled, digest re-computation scheduled for off-work hours (M-F / 9-5) But on VMware site http://pubs.vmware.com/view-52/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.view.administration.doc%2FGUID-61ABF143-EE88-4688-AD84-056EBD0B918B.html Native NFS snapshot technology (VAAI) is not supported in pools that are enabled for View Storage Accelerator or virtual machine disk space reclamation. What settings should i use?

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dlink7
9 years ago
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ad_renaissanceExplorer
posted in Installation & Configuration

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 File associated with it.

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9 years ago
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shawnwintersAdventurer
posted in Installation & Configuration

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 DiskPart version 6.3.9600 Copyright (C) 1999-2013 Microsoft Corporation.On computer: DEVM01 DISKPART> list disk Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---Disk 0 Online 59 GB 0 BDisk 1 Offline 372 GB 0 BDisk 2 Offline 931 GB 0 B *Disk 3 Offline 931 GB 0 B *Disk 4 Offline 931 GB 0 B *Disk 5 Offline 931 GB 0 B *Disk 6 Offline 931 GB 931 GB DISKPART> I followed page 134 of the Platform_Administration_Guide-NOS_v4_0.pdf. I only have a single storage pool so it looked like it added them automatically to the correct storage pool ids. I just want to make sure it's added right. How do I set the Location so it's the correct slot too? I wasn't able to see t

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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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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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sigmaOSVoyager
posted in Installation & Configuration

feature " disk balancing "

Hi, In the Nutanix Bible : http://stevenpoitras.com/the-nutanix-bible/#disk_balancing Steven explains the feature "disk balancing", and wrote : [spoiler]"Disk balancing leverages the NDFS Curator framework and is run as a scheduled process as well as when a threshold has been breached (eg. local node capacity utilization > n %)"[/spoiler] what's the percentage of this parameter ? And can i check and/or change this number ? Thks ! Sig'

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9 years ago

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