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chhedaNutanix Employee
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Session Recommendations for Service Providers at .NEXT 2024 Barcelona

 Our .NEXT Conference Barcelona is a month away. Our teams are excited to host thousands of partners and customers including our service providers and system integrator partners. We are also thrilled to have a Service Provider Pavilion with Nutanix Elevate SP partners -- Adista, Atlas Cloud Services, OVHCloud, and Systematika. I wanted to share sessions that I believe are relevant for Service Providers and System Integrators attending the show.May 21 -- Tuesday 09:00 – 09:45 -- Unlocking the Potential of Nutanix Prism: A Blueprint for Efficiency and Scale10:00 – 10:45 -- Practical Considerations for Reducing Risk in Light of the Broadcom Acquisition11:00 – 11:45 -- Build a Profitable Managed and Cloud Service Provider Business with Nutanix15:30 – 17:00 -- Elevating Nutanix Cloud-Native Portfolio: Our New Cloud-Native Products16:30 – 17:15 -- Driving profitability with Nutanix Portfolio, Solutions, and Building Value Added ServicesMay 22 -- Wednesday11:15 – 11:45 -- Beating Your Competi

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nivlevTrailblazer
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PlayBook - Cluster stop

Hello everyone,We are looking for an automated and organized way to stop all machines and servers in the cluster.Can anyone help me create a playbook that will perform the following actions:Shutdown all machines in the cluster.Shutdown 3 CVMs - after ensuring that all machines in the cluster are shutdown.Stop the cluster - cluster stop.Shutdown the hosts.And is it possible to perform the reverse action? To start the cluster.Thank you very much.

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mcascone
mcasconeTrailblazer
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How can I Protect/Prevent a VM from deletion in CALM/Self Service?

I am looking for a way to protect the VMs that I’ve stood in as Applications in Calm/Self Service from accidental deletion (mostly by me). I don’t see a way to do this in any areas of Prism or Calm, and I don’t see anything in the Policy Manager docs that would address it, either. Is there any kind of pattern or feature for this? Thanks

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mcascone
mcasconeTrailblazer
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Passing cpu/ram/disk runtime vars via Jenkins calm plugin

I initially developed a Jenkins pipeline to launch Calm blueprints using the raw API, which works, but i hadn’t yet figured out how to pass runtime params to it.It was then that i found the Jenkins plugin, which simplifies the process significantly. It is easy to pass values to the app variables that are exposed in the blueprint. What i don’t see is the ability to pass runtime-editable fields. For example, i can set an App Variable for a user-supplied value, via the plugin. But I don’t see a way to set, for example, the `vCPUs` field that I have marked as a runtime field.It is available to set when launching the Blueprint via the Prism UI, but is it possible to set these fields using the Jenkins Plugin?PS: i am also unclear how to set params via the raw API, but i’ll ask that in a separate topic.

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mcascone
mcasconeTrailblazer
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CALM blueprint editor - user-modifiable field setting does't stick

When setting up my blueprints, i want to lock down most of the configuration to prevent user error. I basically only want a user to be able to adjust the cores, RAM, and size of the data disk. So, i’m clicking the running-person icons to set them to black, meaning not-user-changeable. However, when i Save the change, it goes back to blue. I can’t get the user modifiable/not-modifiable config to stick. Am i missing something here? Thanks!

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mikebarmonde
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mikebarmondeNutanix Employee
asked in Security Central
New Demonstration of Nutanix with Cisco ACI!

Check out this new video by Cisco on how Cisco ACI integrates and works with Nutanix:  

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mikebarmonde
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mcascone
mcasconeTrailblazer
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Can I create a lease or timeout on an Application or VM?

Back in my VMware vRA days, we could set VMs to expire and delete themselves after a set period of time, called a Lease. This prevented test VMs lasting too long and using up resources unnecessarily. The default was seven days, and it could be extended or set as desired by the users if a VM was needed for longer. Is there a way to configure a similar mechanism in CALM/Self Service?

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mikebarmonde
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mikebarmondeNutanix Employee
posted in Security Central
Understanding The LifeCycle of a Ransomware Attack Blog!

Wondering how Ransomware works and how it can impact a system? Check out this amazing deep dive into Ransomware mechanics by Nutanix's own Partha Nayak.https://medium.com/@partha.pratimnayak/the-lifecycle-of-a-ransomware-attack-32144235bac9

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mikebarmonde
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Aleim27
Aleim27
asked in Intelligent Operations
Clean up Prism Central Root Partition efficiently

Prism Central Root Partition usage exceeded 95%1.7G    /var/spool566M    /var/log6.8G    /usr/local/nutanixis there anything which can be removed safely.Please need support.Nutanix support contract expired. 

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vsachinVoyager
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Unable to register to Prism Central

 While registering Prism Element (single node CE) with Prism Central “Pre registration checks” is failing. IP Address (single subnet for all IP addresses) AHV = 172.23.244.15CVM  = 172.23.244.16Cluster IP  = 172.23.244.17Prism Central = 172.23.244.30 Added HTTP PROXY in PE and PC as the setup is in the lab. Added PE in PC whitelist and vice versa. nutanix@NTNX-5848d338-A-CVM:172.23.244.116:~$ ncli http-proxy get-whitelist      Target Type               : IPV4_ADDRESS    Target                    : 172.23.244.30.   <----- PC IP address in PE while list     Target Type               : IPV4_ADDRESS    Target                    : 172.23.244.115     Target Type               : IPV4_ADDRESS    Target                    : 172.23.244.116 nutanix@NTNX-172-23-244-30-A-PCVM:~$ ncli http-proxy get-whitelist     Target Type               : IPV4_ADDRESS    Target                    : 172.23.244.117 <--- PE Cluster IP in PC white list     Target Type               : IPV4_ADDRESS    Target      

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cegm71Voyager
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Prism Central registration failed; pre-registration checks issue encountered

HiI have AHV version 20220304.342. I have deployed Prism Central version pc.2022.6.0.5 but when I try and register it I get an error message under tasks that tells me:Pre registration checks - failedThe reason is showing as ‘The username or password entered is incorrect’I have tried all different combinations for the user ‘admin’ and have even changed it but still the same?I also went into Local User Management and created another admin user account but still got the same result using that one too?Any advice welcome please? Many thanks

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Kei YunVoyager
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Chart showing virtual machine disk space utilization

On the Prism analysis page, I want to see the disk usage chart for the VM.I created Chart by adding Disk Usage(%) to Metric, but I got No dataIt's coming. Is it a feature that's not supported?

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Mahendar ReddyTrailblazer
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Explore scripting, schedule API calls for Prism Central events summary

is these anyway to schedule the events summary in prism central

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mcascone
mcasconeTrailblazer
asked in Self-Service
How to use Variable Types from the library?

I would like to create variables that are reusable in blueprints - things like package store URI, proxy URL, etc. I don’t think it makes sense to define these in every blueprint, as they’re identical; we want to keep that kind of thing DRY.The docs state that Variable Types defined in the Library are reusable across blueprints. But if I define MY_VAR as a new Variable Type with a value, it has no value when expanded in a blueprint script as @@{MY_VAR}@@. What is the trick to defining these vars at the Library level and using them in Blueprints? Thanks!

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Martin EdeliusTrendsetter
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How do I launch a blueprint with a project reference?

Hi all!I’m guessing I’m missing something obvious here, but I can’t figure it out so I’m hoping that the community can give me a helping hand. :)I want to launch a blueprint using the /blueprints/{uuid}/launch API call as the “simple launch” call doesn’t do what I want. I want to automatically associate the new application with a project and as far as I can tell I have to use the “normal launch” for that.I grabbed the exact payload that Prism Central/Calm sends and have spent half a day trying to clean it up so that I can re-use it, but this is where I get nowhere. If I remove too much, I get an error directly from the API but most of the time I can submit the request without errors.Compounding the issue is that there is nothing showing in the Tasks-indicator in Prism Central, not even an error or a warning, after I sent in the call - there is simply no trace at all of the task I just created.If I check the pending launch details with the /blueprints/{uuid}/pending_launches/{launched_u

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Martin EdeliusTrendsetter
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Where can I find the UUID of a single-VM blueprint app profile?

Hi all.I have a single-VM blueprint that I want to launch using the “Launch blueprint” API call. The schema for this call requires that I specify an app profile UUID but no matter where I look, I can’t find any reference to this UUID, neither in the UI nor via API calls.To be fair, I haven’t gone through every single API call so there might still be one that eludes me.How do I know what app profile UUID to include in my payload when using the “Launch blueprint” API call?Thanks!

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StephNavExplorer
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Search vm via API and label

Hi,is it possible to search VM by its LABEL via api ?Thanks

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mcascone
mcasconeTrailblazer
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app_blueprint_template error when deleting images

This question has been asked a few times on this forum but has never been fully answered.When i try to delete a disk image, I get an error:Attribute _app_blueprint_template not set I can not find any mention of this attribute anywhere, and I can’t find any other way to delete the image. I tried the API method from this post but it has the same result.What’s the trick here?  

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mcascone
mcasconeTrailblazer
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Basic Patterns for creating base images from vms

I have been relatively successful using a blueprint to define all the tasks and installations to create a solid VM. I now want to bake this VM into an image, so it has all those tasks already performed on it. I tried creating a VM template, but when i launch an instance from it, it has no Dynamic IP assigned. What is, or can someone point me to, the best practice/standard pattern for building a catalog of images with various apps and tasks pre-baked-in, so we don’t have to apply their installation every time?thanks!

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LinKanTrendsetter
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Build In Local ID Question

Hi guys, My customer currently uses CyberArk to do ID management. For Nutanix clusters, I know there are two build-in local IDs: One is admin which could access from Web GUI and CLI, another is nutanix which could access from CLI. I want to know:Any references which other cases use CyberArk to do ID management for Nutanix IDs? admin/nutanix could be disabled? If could not be disabled, could these IDs be managed by CyberArk? Thanks!

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andrewwaExplorer
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How can I kill Prism Central running task

Hi Does anyone know how I can kill the running task in Prism Central? There are 4 tasks already stuck in Prism Central and running for more than 3 days. I tried to kill from command line but failed. Please help.Thank you.

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mcascone
mcasconeTrailblazer
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Disks in Catalog Items not showing in Blueprints

I want to build a blueprint that provisions a CentOS8 VM. I have added a CentOS8 disk to the Catalog Items list in Prism Central. When I go to build/edit my blueprints in Calm/Self Service, the disk does not show up as an option in the Disks configuration field. How do i enable a disk image from the Catalog Items to be available in Calm blueprints?Thanks!

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JoseNutanix
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sca1178Voyager
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How do you delete a recovery point of a VM that no longer exists?

How do you delete a recovery point in Prism Central of a VM that no longer exists?

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Moustafa Hindawi
mcascone
mcasconeTrailblazer
asked in Self-Service
TLS Handshake failure on Check Login step

Or, “How does the ‘Check Login’ step actually work?”I consistently get a TLS error on any attempt to connect to the new VM from CALM. Every time. This is a blocker for me, as I can’t do much to the VMs during provisioning without this connectivity, and I can’t/shouldn’t do everything in the cloud-init step.  I am able to ssh into the new VMs successfully using the same credentials, so I know that the credential is correct, but I don’t think the credential is the issue - the error is happening before the system tries to use it. The screenshots below are from two different blueprint deployments.Script execution has failed with error: tls: first record does not look like a tls handshake.Could not connect to the service running at 1.2.3.4.From a higher level, how does CALM initiate the connection to the new VM when starting the “check login” step? The TLS handshake issue implies a mismatch of HTTP/S protocols, and/or mismatched TLS 1.1/1.2/etc versions. But this is supposed to be an SSH co

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nivlevTrailblazer
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Automate VM categorization based on subnet/VLAN in Nutanix for efficiency

Hello We want to create an automation that any new VM based on its subnet (Vlan) will be automatically added to category. How can we do that? Thank you 

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