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Storage Performance Issues

Does anyone facing Storage performance issues on Hyper converged infra for VDI environment.

PCI DSS Compliance

we had 4 finding for pci dss compliance on AOS node :1. 57608 - SMB Signing not requiredSigning is not required on the remote SMB server.5.3 (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)tcp port 4452. 84502 - HSTS Missing From HTTPS ServerThe remote web server is not enforcing HSTS.6.5 (CVSS:3.0/AV...

CVM died after HDD fail?

Hello everyone!I‘m running the CE on an SuperMicro Server. 1 SSD, 2 HDD 4TB. Everything was working like a charm.last week one HDD was taken offline due to smart…Hades.out quoted „Disk model HGST HDN724040AL not found in hcl.json. Running the default short test“After replacing the broken Harddrive a...

Designing, Optimizing and Scaling Microsoft SQL Server

Executive SummaryThis document makes recommendations for designing, optimizing, and scaling Microsoft SQL Server deployments on the Nutanix enterprise cloud. Historically, it has been a challenge to virtualize SQL Server because of the high cost of traditional virtualization stacks and the impact th...

Expand Hybrid cluster with nodes that has different disk sizes

I have a 3 node AHV cluster that uses 2x200GB SSD + 2x6GB HDD disks for each node. Would it be possible to add nodes to this cluster that uses 2x480GB SSD + 2x6GB HDD disks?Option is to first upgrade the 200GB SSD disks to 480GB to align all nodes to the same hardware. Maybe there is some gain in th...

Segmenting Network Traffic

Many users are unaware that network traffic can be segmented (or separated) within a Nutanix cluster for various functions or purposes. For example, backplane traffic can be separated from Management-Plane Traffic so as to allow for even greater available bandwidth for the backplane traffic. Further...

VirtIO Driver Versions for Windows

Nutanix VirtIO includes device drivers specifically used by Windows VMs hosted in the Nutanix environment to enhance their stability and performance. This concept is very similar to VMware Tools for ESXi environments.The VirtIO bundles various drivers including:Balloon Driver Ethernet Adapter RNG De...

Is it a problem to use vCenter 7.0 ?

Looking at the site below, I understand that ESXi 7.0 is supported. But I'm not sure if vCenter 7.0 is supported.https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/compatibility-matrixIs it a problem to use vCenter 7.0 ?Also, where can I find out which vCenter versions are supported?

Bridges With Single Uplink

Nutanix AHV uses Open vSwitch(OVS) to connect to the CVM, the hypervisor and the user VMs to each other and to the physical network on each node. The CVM manages the OVS inside the AHV host. Since the OVS is an open source software switch that behaves like a layer-2 learning switch, it maintains a M...

install ubuntu server 20.04

I am trying to install ubuntu server 20.04 LTS but everytime I reach the point where to set the profile (name, username and password etc...), I get an error “Sorry, there was a problem completing the installation”…I have downloaded the ISO file from Ubuntu, and my VM settings are:CPU = 1Core or. CPU...

ACI deployment on AHV

Hello all, i have a 3 node nutanix cluster and i was trying to deploy ACI for lab usage on nutanix AHV as a vm but while i launch the vm it wouldn’t accept my keyboard. please any idea how to solve.

LCM dark site

HelloThank you always for your help.I'd like to update the Nutanix firmware and bios.I'm trying to use LCM.Finish configuring the LCM Darksite Web server.The update list does not appear after LCM registration. We used the latest dark site LCM and nx firmware bundle provided by Nutanix. lcm_dark_site...

Where is the 'VM clone' permission when creating custom roles in Prism central 2020.9.01

Hi,Unbale to show “VM clone” option in PC 2020.9.01 while creating the customer roles in PC but same option is vaibale on super admin & project admin roles.

Cluster with 2 switch

Hi teams, can i create 3 node cluster with 2 different FC SFP+ switch 10gb because my port is limited? between switch i using FC SFP+ 10gb link. i think the first impact is latency between node, please give me suggestion using this topology

Nutanix G7 M.2 Raid

Hi ! Everyone,Does anyone know that Nutanix G7 Model has two built-in M.2 SSDs,is it possible to do Raid 1?How to do it? Thanks

CE 2020.09.16 license with expiry date of 2020-11-23

Hi All, I recently upgrade my CE cluster to 2020.09.16, now having license issue.Any one with any idea on license

NutanixManagementShare change RF2 to RF3

Hi all,Running AOS 5.10.5, i have changed my cluster from RF2 to RF3, including my main container and the “SelfServiceContainer”,however a week after the change I’m still seeing this error regarding extent groups,I believe that this is due to NutanixManagementShare still being RF2 (with no ability t...

Additional Security Options for Controller VMs

Many users are unaware that there are additional (beyond what is displayed through the Prism web user-interface) configurable security-related options which can be used to increase the security settings of the controller VMs (CVMs) themselves. These options are modified using the Nutanix Command Lin...

Installation basics

Hi there!I’ve installed NutanixCE (twice!) on my existing hardware (custom SuperMicro servers, not Nutanix hardware, though they meet the required specs). We found it useful, and decided to spring for Ultimate Licenses for the non-Community Edition.So I’ve got those licenses, but now I’m having a h...

Is there a detailed HCL?

Hi all!I’m looking for a HCL that details the exact firmware versions of specific components of a server to make sure that we are in the clear before we install or upgrade Nutanix.As far as I can tell there isn’t anyone to be found, at least not for someone who doesn’t have an account for the suppor...

SNMP monitoring of Witess VM

We have a couple of 2 node cluster with a Witness VM on a separate host but I can not seem to find any documentation on how to enable SNMP on it.Using the “ncli snmp add-user” command that works for normal CVM’s just throw me the error:“Error: Cannot connect to Prism Gateway”Any ideas?

Can not configure the network segmentation 2.1 on an existing cluster.

https://next.nutanix.com/how-it-works-22/network-segmentation-basics-38414It seems the network segmentation 2.1 doesn’t support the isolation physically between the backplane and management. So, it tries to isolate logically following this procedure.ISOLATING THE BACKPLANE TRAFFIC LOGICALLY ON AN EX...

VMware hypervisor download

Are there plans to validate a version of VMware’s ESXi hypervisor that addresses recent vulnerabilities outlined here; https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0023.html The proposed version to address this threat is ESXi670-202010401-SG for existing 6.5 hosts or ESXi675-202010401-SG for...

Microsoft Failover Cluster (MSFT) on Nutanix

With AHV-20190916.189, Nutanix supports Directly Attached Volume Groups in a Guest VM Cluster. On AHV clusters, you can create a guest VM cluster by directly attaching a volume group to guest VMs.After you attach a volume group to guest VMs, vDisks appear as SCSI devices to the guest operating syste...

Cluster Creation

Cluster creation or initialization is a process of bootstrapping the cluster by configuring the unconfigured nodes, load some node information into Zeus configuration file and start the services. Let's break it down. What is an Unconfigured node? Node which are factory shipped. Node which was r...

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