Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)

Since its inception; the Nutanix platform has offered customers a robust set of data protection technologies.  Many of our customers leverage these capabilities as a part of their DR strategy.Now, with the advent of Nutanix Clusters (on AWS bare metal today) extending the capabilities enabled by the data protection suite to the public cloud is now a reality.  Nutanix Clusters on AWS deploys the Nutanix HCI stack onto AWS bare metal instances.  Provisioned via a customer portal customers can have a public cloud resident Nutanix Cluster operational in very short order.At which point they’re ready to leverage the public cloud as a part of their DR strategy; while maintaining a familiar operator experience: 

I make no bones about it, bare-metal nodes in AWS is pricey. The questions becomes if we want to save money and have DR with AWS, how do keep the number of nodes small until we failover?In AWS all the Nutanix rules still apply. We need a minimum of a three-node cluster to get started. If we have enough storage capacity, we can keep accepting replications from an on-prem cluster and not worry about CPU and memory constraints. You could also use your on-prem AHV supported backup software to backup directly to S3. Then when you have an outage, you could quickly build a Nutanix Cluster in AWS and start restoring the data to that cluster.DR on the skinnyI was a asked to automate the process of adding nodes to a small Nutanix Cluster in AWS and then start a failover using Leap (DR runbooks) and X-play(automates act

OverviewNutanix Clusters GovCloud enables United States government customers to run a secure Nutanix cluster on AWS GovCloud in adherence with the US government compliance regimes.Nutanix Clusters GovCloud runs as a separate instance from the Nutanix Clusters commercial instance. To create a Nutanix cluster on AWS GovCloud, set up your AWS GovCloud account similar to an AWS commercial account. After you set up your AWS GovCloud account and complete the required documentation, the GovCloud Nutanix Operations team provides you access to the Nutanix Clusters GovCloud instance.

BACKUP AND RECOVERY:For Nutanix Clusters on AWS Nutanix provides the following backup and recovery options.Disaster Recovery for Instance, AZ, and Region Failure Nutanix has native inbuilt replication capabilities to recover from complete cluster failure. Nutanix supports both near-synchronous (NearSync) and asynchronous replication on an AHV cluster. Integration with Third-Party Backup Solutions Deploying a si

NUTANIX CLUSTERS REGISTRATION To register for Nutanix Clusters, you must have a My Nutanix account. A My Nutanix account allows you to access, manage, and use Nutanix Clusters. Your My Nutanix account is your first point of access to Nutanix Clusters. After you create a My Nutanix account, you can onboard into Nutanix Clusters either by signing up for one of the paid plans and applying Nutanix licenses at the same time.Pro-tip:You can also start a 30-day free trial of Nutanix Clusters. Nutanix Clusters Hybrid Subscription Model:You can sign up for Nutanix Clusters with any one of the payment plans (Pay As You Go or Cloud Commit) and apply Nutanix software licenses (that you might already have purchased or planning to purchase) such as Prism Pro, Files, and more at the same time. If you choose to apply licenses, the licenses are consumed

I want to try FRAME with azure to see what it give “hope” azure native login is supported.I created the enterprise application  , the secret etc..  the only step that i change is that i set the owner permission on the RG quite better than the subscription but i receive an ADAL error during  authentication ;  this is maybe because ADAL is depreciated ..  could you warn the support about it  ?

Why a Grizzly bear? Why not? Awhile ago I created a video showing how you could easily save lots of money by saving dollars on the EC2 costs by using hibernate. Nutanix Clusters is the only on-prem vendor offering this  for customers that want to lift and shift to the public cloud or use the public cloud for DR. I want to share the code snippet and how to create an API user in the Clusters portal.You can first get familiar with hibernate here:  To create an API user to make the call:Go to the Clusters portal  Under Organization go to users

Nutanix Clusters OverviewNutanix Clusters provides a single platform that can span private and public clouds but operates as a single cloud using Prism Central enabling true hybrid cloud architecture.Using the same platform on both clouds, Nutanix Clusters on AWS (NCA) reduces the operational complexity of extending, bursting, or migrating your applications and data between clouds. Because Nutanix Clusters runs Nutanix AOS and AHV with the same CLI, UI, and APIs, existing IT processes or third-party integrations that work on-premises continue to work regardless of where they are

Hi Nutanix Community and fellow lurkers!If your just getting started with AWS, we have made some videos to go along with the documentation to make the process even easier. I would appreciate any feedback on what else should be added based on your own experience.  In the next week we will add a fourth video showing up to setup your VPN on the AWS side.    

Flow Security Central (FSC) is a SaaS product that detects and analyses security vulnerabilities in near real-time across multiple cloud environments. FSC supports the following capabilities.Visibility into Security Compliance: FSC provides businesses with a security heat map and complete visibility into the security posture of their environment using more than 800 automated audit checks based on the industry's best practices. Optimization of Security Compliance: FSC provides cloud operators with a one-click feature to easily fix their security issues. FSC also provides out-of-the-box security policies to automate the checks for common regulatory compliance policies, such as HIPAA, PCI-DSS, CIS, and so on.

Nutanix Clusters provides a single platform that can span private and public clouds but operates as a single cloud using Prism Central enabling true hybrid cloud architecture. Nutanix Clusters provides on-prem workloads, a home in the cloud, offering native access to available AWS services without requiring you to reconfigure your software.You use the Nutanix Clusters console to deploy

Licensing is an important and integral part of Nutanix Clusters. All Nutanix Software Products does not require a license. Nutanix provides these products and their features without requiring you to do anything license-wise:Nutanix AHV Karbon (enabled through Prism Central) Prism Central (Prism Pro, however, requires a license for its advanced features, but you can manage registered Prism Element clusters with the base Prism Central software) Framework and utility software such as Life Cycle Manager (LCM), X-Ray, and Move FoundationViewing License Status: The most current information about your licenses is available from the Prism Element or Prism Central web console. It is also available at the Nutanix Support Portal from the Products link. You can view information about license levels, expiration dates, and any free license inventory (that is, unassigned available licenses)

Nutanix Clusters deliver a hybrid multi-cloud platform addressing the need of a single platform, that can span private, distributed, and public clouds. This will help in managing traditional and modern applications using a Consistent Cloud Platform.Nutanix Clusters has features like:Operational Simplicity Seamless Application Mobility Cost EfficiencyThe above features help to run applications in private or multiple public clouds and reduce the operational complexity of migrating, extending, or bursting your applications and data between clouds.Nutanix Clusters extends the simplicity and ease of use of Nutanix Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) software, as well as the full Nutanix stack to public clouds such as AWS.We can Modify, Update Display, Hibernate, Resume or Delete Nutanix clusters running on AWS by using the Nutanix Clusters console.

Learn how Nutanix Clusters can be hibernated to save costs and let you easily continue where you left off with our very own Dwayne Lessner.   Share your comments below and let me know what other videos you would like to see. Give this video a thumbs up if it helped you.

Learn how to quickly get to work with native cloud networking with Nutanix Clusters on AWS with our very own Dwayne Lessner.   Share your thoughts in the comments and let me know how you are using Nutanix Clusters.

Learn how to quickly deploy Nutanix Clusters on AWS from our very own Dwayne Lessner.   Share your thoughts in the comments and let me know how clusters is working for you.