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AlgonAdventurer
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Network Segmentation and Port groups for BackPlane Network

Hi Our setup will look very similar to the attached diagram once it’s setup  (taken from here - https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Nutanix-Security-Guide-v6_1:wc-network-segmentation-intro-wc-c.html). We won’t have the separate DVS for the VM’s though as these will be on the same DVS with everything else 😊 What I'm trying to understand is what the vmk2 kernel interface is used for and why this must be on its own port group and can’t use the same port used by the CVM.  I’ve illustrated what I thought should be possible with the blue line. Within Prism where you change the setting for the Backplane network, you must select a port group for the CVM and for the host.  However, when you try to select the same port group for both host and CVM it gives an error and won’t let you do it.  Does anyone know why they need to be on separate port groups even though they will be on the same Backplane VLAN?   I hope that made sense

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1 year ago
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skeeterTrailblazer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Affinity rules light

Hello All,       I am working with Affinity policies and I wonder if there is an Affinity “light”. What I mean by this is in Hyper-v clusters you have a “Preferred Server” this means that if the preferred server is available the vm will reside there if not it will move to stay running. Once the preferred server is back online then it will move back. Is this possible in AHV? Thanks,Scott 

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1 year ago
qamarabbas
qamarabbasVanguard
posted in Installation & Configuration

Apache Cloudstack integrationw ith Nutanix AHV

Is there any way to integrate Apache Cloud Stack with Nutanix AHV

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Moustafa Hindawi
1 year ago
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Jason.SandauAdventurer
asked in Installation & Configuration

NGT on *server name* Should be upgraded Error

I have about 9 VM that have this error (all 130 other VMS are fine). The VMS are either Server 2012 R2 or server 2016. I have tried manually mounting NGT  CD from the manage guest tools on the Nutanix VM page, then I launch the console and try to install NGT. I run the mounted cd and NGT fails saying that NGT is already installed. I’ve tried uninstalling NGT and reinstalling it from the mounted CD, but it’s not installing the latest version. How can I update NGT on these 9 VMs?

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1 year ago
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LinKanTrailblazer
asked in Installation & Configuration

LCM Dark Site Setting Question

Dears:I followed the LCM dark site guide to configure the IIS, the screenshot is shown is below:  But when I tried to let PC to use local web server, the error showed below:  It looks builds folder is not exist in the release folder. I am not sure if this is the key point. Hope anyone could help me. Thanks!

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Moustafa Hindawi
1 year ago
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PeterJPathfinder
asked in Installation & Configuration

VPC and Flow policy

Hi Team,In the latest release notes I see:Flow Security Policies are not supported for VMs that are on advanced networking stack. An alert is raised for VMs that are part of both VPC and Flow policy, and Flow policies are not enforced for VMs on VPCs.Is there a time frame that this will be resolved? Like this VPC is not ‘really usable’. What is the work around to have some sort of micro segmentation inside VPC? Different vlan inside VPC with an 3th party firewall? Thanks and regards,Peter

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1 year ago
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Dominik.SiedlakAdventurer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Dark site sever: uprading hypervisors & AOS

Dear Team,I had setup Dark Site web server (IIS) and uploaded unpacked LCM Dark Site Bundle and the firmware bundle (HPE). After performing LCM inventory LCM has been updated to the required version and “firmware” section is showing available new FW pack (SPP). Is any option to upload to the Dark Site server ESXi update file with metadata file or only one way to update it is to upload hypervisor metadata and binary file directly to to the Prism Elements?Software section is empty:   Same question about AOS and File Server… Regards,Dominik

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1 year ago
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KhoskinTrailblazer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Host updates, firmware, bios, ESX, etc

Our current Nutanix infrastructure has been a bit neglected for a while, AOS, PC, NCC, etc have been kept up to date but not firmware\bios or hypervisor so I need to get these done.Current infrastructure is nothing massive, two clusters one 4 node one 3 running on NX-8035-G6 and NX-8035-G7, both are AOS 5.20.4.  We have one PC running at the latest version and its sitting on a separate Management vSphere cluster along with vCenter.  Hypervisor is currently ESXi 7.0 Update 2a 17867351 on all hosts, this is Standard Edition so NO DRS ☹  My plan is to upgrade the firmware and BIOS etc via the LCM on the smaller of the two clusters. I have freed up one host so there aren’t any VM’s on it apart from the CVM.  I take it I can just run the LCM to do the firmware updates on that host and let it do its thing without having to do anything else, it’ll shut down the CVM maintenance mode the host and restart it?Once that is complete I want to upgrade ESX on that host.  I have checked the compatibil

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1 year ago
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ggandoryExplorer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Change host initial password

I changed the initial password, but I keep getting a host using default password warning. The same happens with ncc checks.CVM - nutnaixAHV - rootIPMI - USERIDI have changed the above three account passwords.Which account's initial password needs to be changed to resolve this symptom?Please check.Thank you.

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BartDonders
1 year ago
biscuitmayne
biscuitmayneAdventurer
asked in Installation & Configuration

LCM failed performing action wait_for_services_startup

Hello, I recently tried to run an LCM upgrade of AHV Hypervisor el7.nutanix.202011005.30417 to version el7.nutanix.20220304.242 and ran into an issue where a failure occured during the upgrade and one of my clusters is now stuck on “Detaching node xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx from metadata ring” at a little bit of a loss as to where i can move forward from here. I am unable to launch the console for the CVM and cannot ping the CVM. I apologize for the formatting on this post. This is my first time posting and I am not too sure how to best format or attach screenshots.shown below.   

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Moustafa Hindawi
1 year ago
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NguyenNghiaVoyager
asked in Installation & Configuration

CRITICAL svm_rescue:926 No suitable SVM boot disk found

HI all,We had a server HPE DL360-8 G10  - IPMI enabled. with m2 SATA stick 875317-b21 + Smart Array E208i-a SR Gen10 + 4x SSD Sata HPE and I’m trying to install AOS6.5 with AHV but it failed with error code “CRITICAL svm_rescue:926 No suitable SVM boot disk found”Very appreciate if anyone could share the way to fix this issue. 

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1 year ago
Dominix_pf
Dominix_pfTrailblazer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Is there a script or command to check NGT tools version ?

Hi everyone, I got plenty of VM. some have NGT tools, some don’t. some are outdated.Is there a simple way to list NGT tools version/vm ?thanks for your tips or directions. Cheers from Tahiti.

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Moustafa Hindawi
1 year ago
junsu
junsuTrailblazer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Error installing NGT on Linux VM

Hello, I would like to install NGT on Linux Centos 7 Create one more cd-rom for mounting the VM you want to install I know that the prism selects Manage Guest Tools as follows and then proceeds with the installation, but if it stops at the following steps, where should I check? I'd appreciate it if you could give me an answer

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junsu
1 year ago
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SanalAdventurer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Node expansion on a cluster

hi community,we want to expand the cluster by adding additional node, the server model is HPE ProLiant DX360 , currently 4 nodes are running and we want to add one node of same hardware model. the hardware is factory AOS imaged. AHV is the hypervisor on current cluster.we want to know what are the physical network connectivity is required to add the node and image AHV.on new node IPMI is connected and two 10g are connected , but we are unable to discover the node from prism element. is it required to connect the node port 1g as well to the switch for imaging?

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JeroenTielen
1 year ago
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rajkumar.miriyalaAdventurer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Unable to login in Prism

We tried to create a create a new user in Prism with reference to article: Managing Local User Accounts | Nutanix CommunityWe created the new user successfully, but unable to login using the new user. Getting error: Incorrect username or password error.We have even reset the password several times, also deleted the user and created another still we are getting same error.Please help us with any solution.

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BartDonders
1 year ago
Eric-The_Viking
Eric-The_VikingTrendsetter
asked in Installation & Configuration

Can I send an email alert when a user logs into Prism Central or Prism Element?

HiIs there a way to setup an email alert when a user logs into Prism (Central and element) and an extension to this is there a way to send an email when a patch update is started and ends? ThanksEric 

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Eric-The_Viking
1 year ago
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Jorge_UribeExplorer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Tiempo encendido y apagado de una VM

buenas tardes, alguien sabe si es posbile saber el tiempo de apagado y/o de encendido de una VM dentro de Nutanix?

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Kcmount
1 year ago
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rajkumar.miriyalaAdventurer
asked in Installation & Configuration

How to add new user into CVM?

Hello Team,I am new to Nutanix, could you please suggest how to add a new user in CVM via putty?  Thanks,Rajkumar

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qamarabbas
1 year ago
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yhadyVoyager
asked in Installation & Configuration

Network Segmentation logically questions

Hello , I have two questions in “Network Segmentation logically”:I have 3 nodes (ESXi) with standard switch for every node , and i need to do logically network segregation to separate MGMT from CVM traffic The tasks which is need to be done in vCenter is 1- Create 2 port groups 1 for MGMT and the other for CVM traffic every one with different vlan  Now ,1- I need to move CVM nic0 to MGMT port group and CVM nic2 to CVM traffic port group ? or Nutanix do this step ?2- From Nutanix configuration part , i need to add the vlan ID in “Backplane LAN Configuration Dialogue” or it is enough when i add the vlan ID in vCenter port groups?

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1 year ago
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mandgTrailblazer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Prism Central Tasks related to Reports

My Prism Central cluster (PC Scaleout) running version pc.2022.6.0.1 has ben generating Tasks related to Reports every few seconds - see screenshot below. This has been occurring for several days now and I don’t know if it’s normal or not - does anyone else experience this? 

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1 year ago
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yhadyVoyager
asked in Installation & Configuration

Problem in Deployment Nutanix in 3 Node fujitsu servers

I try to deploy Nutanix in 3 nodes (Fujitsu) using Foundation VM , Every node have 4 NIC , 2 NIC to every switch , (Nexus 3548-x), IPMI connected to other CISCO switch We will install ESXi as hypervisor , The deployment fail , when i follow up in node console , it fail after creation bond and try to connect to foundation VM My question are :it should be connection between AOS to foundation VM IP ?what is best practices for configuration in two nexus switches and cisco switch , for example , all 10g in nexus switch are trunk ports , native vlan is cvm vlan … what i need more to do ? 

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Kcmount
1 year ago
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mandgTrailblazer
asked in Installation & Configuration

ESXi download versions for NX hardware

I’m looking to upgrade the hypervisor on my cluster of NX-8035-G6 hardware however the download site only lists ESXi version 7.0.0-ga (build 15843807) as the latest for this hardware line - which was released from VMware almost 2 years ago.Can I use this older .json file with newer versions of ESXi? For example version 7 Update 3?Or, since there appears to be support for these newer versions of ESXI for other vendors (like the Dell hardware line),  can I use the .json files for the Dell hardware along with the new ESXi binary’s on my cluster of NX-8035-G6 nodes?

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1 year ago
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Diwakar KumarExplorer
asked in Installation & Configuration

HP 360 G7 ESx (6.7or7.01or70.2or70.3)Failed-Install

HP 360g7 config: 6core x2 processor, 96Gb ram, hp 332T 2port1GB lan card.480 SSD connected sata port.62GB class10 memory card.SAS 300GB 10kRPM (raid 0).I’m getting Failed install error message in esxi ( 6.7,7.01,7.02u,7.03).0In ESXi: devices I see the (SSd, hdd and memory card) but 0 Datastores and 0 VM.I tried, Edit esx_first_boot.py get_disk_locations_ce function. old code:   if wwn in disk: new code:   if (wwn != None and wwn in disk) and (disk not in device_identifiers): remove this elif statement in that function: elif disk[-3:] == ":10":print(disk[:-3])device_identifiers.remove(disk[:-3])disk_dict.pop(disk[:-3])location -= 1In /bootbank/Nutanix/firstboot/      rm firstboot_fail ./esx_first_boot.py Did not even work. Can anyone help me, I can't find a fix for it. can someone help me Please. Thank you 

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Moustafa Hindawi
1 year ago
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swee hanTrailblazer
asked in Installation & Configuration

Storage containers present as datastore

I’m going to deploy 8 nutanix nodes with ESXi. The total storage capacity is 120TB. VMware ESXi have a maximum datastore capacity of 64TB. Can I provision nutanix storage container as datastore with capacity more than 64TB? 

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qamarabbas
1 year ago
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BOUHIAVoyager
asked in Installation & Configuration

Monitor Our Nutanix Environment by Solarwinds

I want to monitor our Nutanix environment by Solarwinds.Is there a neat guide on how to do this?

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Nutanix Employee
1 year ago

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