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Mohamed Abdelrahman EidExplorer
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Synchronous Replication with PC-Based DR

When configuring a protection policy for synchronous replication between two Nutanix on-premises availability zones (AZs) without utilizing a witness VM, under the Failure Detection Mode setting, in what scenarios should Manual Mode be used, and when is Automatic Mode recommended and that related to witness service?  

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JeroenTielen
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Mohamed Abdelrahman EidExplorer
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Is it possible to deploy a Witness VM for Metro Availability at the disaster recovery (DR) site?

If I have two AHV clusters distributed across a primary site and a disaster recovery (DR) site, and I configure Metro Availability between them, is it possible to deploy the Witness VM at the DR site?

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Mohamed Abdelrahman EidExplorer
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Difference Between Metro Availability and Sync Replication for Two AHV Clusters (Without Witness)

I have 2 AHV clusters (3 nodes), and if I want to configure synchronous replication between them, I have two options: Sync Replication and Metro Availability. I would like to understand the key differences between these two approaches and the specific features. Note that I will not use a Witness VM.

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GhilesWayfarer
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VM replications

Hello, I have a question about the functionality of VM replication between two clusters (Nutanix metro).I would like to know if my virtual machines defined on the main cluster can start identically on the backup cluster in the event of an incident. In fact, my question is more focused on the software and OS licenses that are implemented on the VMs. That is, are the licenses also replicated, or does it depend on the type of license?Best regards, 

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Adam_BiedermannWayfarer
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Prsim Central replication between 2 different versions

We are upgrading our Nutanix environment and want to know if we will see any issues running PC 2022.6.0.10 on one instance and PC 2024.2.0.3 on another that are using Prism Central based DR. AOS version is 6.5.5.6 and we are using AHV

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Jitendra Ingale
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
VM Snapshot Process With Ansible

We have Nutanix AHV clusters and need to automate VMs snapshot process with Ansible. It require to take snapshot of VM before certain maintenance activity and restore the same in case of rollback. Need to understand considerations and steps involved in it.

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mmisigahVoyager
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XiLeap Replacement

What are some good options for replacing XiLeap for DR. We use AHV and want to protect a cluster with 4 nodes.

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JeroenTielen
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A2JScout
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How to backup Prism Central\Element Configuration

I have seen a couple posts from 2017 and 2020 stating that the option to backup\restore the Prism Central\Element configuration is still in the pipeline. Is this option available now? If so, are there instructions online on how to do it?

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Duong QuocVoyager
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Can Unplanned Failover Be Executed Without a Witness in Prism Central-Based DR Setup?

Hello Community, I'm exploring options for executing an Unplanned Failover in a Prism Central-based Disaster Recovery setup and would appreciate some insights. Our environment consists of two sites, each configured with its own Prism Central instance in an AZ-to-AZ architecture. Is it possible to successfully perform an Unplanned Failover without a Witness in this setup? If anyone has experience or best practices to share for handling failovers under these conditions, I’d be grateful for your advice! Thanks in advance!

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SsekazingaWayfarer
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Is there a way to access Recycle Bin to restore deleted VMs without contacting support

I accidentally deleted a few good VMs while cleaning up after migration from VMware to Nutanix, couldn’t find a straightforward way to restore them from recycle Bin just Like on a normal Computer, So the easiest way to was to re-migrate the VMs needed.If only i could just go to cluster recycle bin and do the restoration would save a lot of time!!

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Nishant1992Trailblazer
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
How to Manage replication bandwidht with Protection policy based replication

How to Manage replication bandwidth with Protection policy based replication (AZ)

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tattootoeVoyager
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Cohesity Backup

Hello All,We have a Nutanix POC and I am playing around with the permissions. I am trying to create a role/category for our Cohesity backup. What entities are needed for the role. I assume cluster and VMs, but I am getting “Requested entity doesn’t exist” when trying to add the Nutanix source to Cohesity. It works fine when I add the source with a Prism Admin account. Can anyone point me to the proper permissions needed. TIA TJ

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dennySwenny
dennySwennyWayfarer
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Azure Site Recovery

Has anyone completed an integration using Azure Site Recovery to protect a Nutanix VM and performed a test failure to Azure with a successful failback to on-prem?  I have seen a couple of blogs on treating the Nutanix VM as physical, etc.  Just wondering if this is being used to success out here in the wild and any knowledge you may have gained.  Thank you kindly.

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binhvqAdventurer
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Nutanix Disaster Recovery Options and Witness Configuration

Hi Team,We are considering deploying a Nutanix cluster environment to meet best practices while addressing our current demands. We plan to set up Site A as the production cluster and Site B as the disaster recovery cluster.Nutanix Disaster Recovery Solutions offer two options: Protection Domain-Based and Prism Central-Based, along with different replication modes such as Sync, NearSync, and Async.If we choose the Protection Domain-Based solution, for Sync (Metro Availability) we plan to deploy one cluster at each site (A and B), a VM witness in a VMware environment at Site C (which will be registered with Prism Element at each site), and a Prism Central at either Site A or Site B. The built-in continuous backup will protect Prism Central, and it will manage the Prism Elements of each site.If we opt for the Prism Central-Based solution, which offers more advanced features like protection policies and recovery plans, I understand that the witness is a service integrated with Prism Centra

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kvanelshochtExplorer
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
metro availability and vmware

Is there a requirement to have ESX enterprise plus licenses in an nutanix metro availability with manual failover/startup in case of issues in 1 cluster?or will vmware standard licenses do? I don’t see the need for Ent+ licenses but had different feedback in the field. thanks!

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LinKanTrendsetter
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
How to know "Test Failover" brings which recover point for Disaster Recovery (formerly Leap)?

Dears:We will do “Test Failover” in Prism for a recovery plan. My question is: How to know "Test Failover" brings which recover point for Disaster Recovery (formerly Leap)?The latest available recovery point? The first available recovery point?

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SergejBorAdventurer
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Delete multiple recovery points

Hello,We use Data Protection (Leap) with Prism Central version pc.2023.4Is there a way to delete multiple Recovery Points (VM) from CLI or API or maybe there is a script? not from the GUI as we have large number of recovery points.Thank you

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GussyAdventurer
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Alternatives to AWS for Async DR

I’m currently backing up to AWS with AWS set up as Async DR site.  However, the price that AWS is charging has dramatically gone up.  Are there any alternatives to AWS?  I don’t need to run any VMs on the remote site, just a remote site to store my snap shots and the ability to restore easily. Thanks!

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GiuseppePinoAdventurer
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Magneto is in recovery mode after PC DR

Hi all,I received the following error when I tried to create a protection policy with sync replication for one vm from two clusters managed from the same PC, “Failed to apply protection policy 'PP_sync' on the VM 'CentOS7-DEV' because 'Magneto is in recovery mode after PC DR'”. Some time ago I restored the PC but I didn't find any error before now, also NCC didn't report any issue.Regards

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LinKanTrendsetter
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Could PC Disaster Recovery (formerly Leap) support replication compression?

Dears:I know currently, there are one setting for remote site called “Compress on Wire”. But I cannot find any related setting in PD-based DR.Here I want to ask: Could PC Disaster Recovery (formerly Leap) support replication compression?Thank you very much!

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IanAddisWayfarer
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
vTPM Backup

Hi all,What’s the latest on vTPM backup?  We have Windows 10 development VMs hosted in Nutanix and backed up by HYCU.  However, Windows 10 support is ending and as I understand it, Windows 11 cannot be backed up from Nutanix due to the inability to backup a vTPM.Is there any way of hosting a vTPM-required OS on Nutanix and having a backup of it?  It doesn’t seem like an unreasonable requirement?Thanks,Ian.

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lleuba86Adventurer
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Data Protection - Protection Domain info on target side

Hi,We have just implemented a pairing with a customer on-prem cluster and a protected side cluster and created some protections domains.All seems to works well but we search to obtain more information on protected side.We are currently unable to view Entity Count, Next Snapshot Time, or Entities on a selected Data Protection.Is there a way to obtain this informations ? Is there anything thats was badly configured ?Thanks for your help ;)

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lleuba86Adventurer
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Select disk to snapshot in Data Protection for AHV-Based VMs

Hi,For a new customer we currently configure the data protection context from the production cluster to a DR cluster.The customer want to reduce the storage sizing by selecting which disks on the VMs that will be replicated.Is it possible ? I don’t find anything about this on official documentations.Thanks and best regards.

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Mahendar ReddyTrailblazer
posted in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Nutanix replication trafiic encryption

How Nutanix protection domain replication can be encrypted, is there any default encryption availableor we need to enable the encryption.

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GiuseppePinoAdventurer
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Suspend async DR replica

Is it possible to "suspend" the Protection policy schedule without remove it?Thanks

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sl.farhanparkar

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