Nutanix Disaster Recovery

Hello! I’m pretty new to this Nutanix world. Have been dealing with standard server+storage for more than a decade. We have 2 clusters here, with 3 nodes in each site with metro availability. There are 3 protection domains active in each site (active) that are replicated to the other site (passive) and vice-versa.    Site1: Node1 - Node3 - Node5 PDs site1 (active): PROD_001, DEV_001, INFRA_001 PDs site1 (passive): PROD_002, DEV_002, INFRA_002   Site2: Node2 - Node4 - Node6 PDs site2 (active): PROD_002, DEV_002, INFRA_002 PDs site2 (passive): PROD_001, DEV_001, INFRA_001   In vCenter cluster configuration we obviously have affinity rules for VMs/Hosts in site1 and VMs/Hosts in site2, preventing the VMs running in “odd” nodes from being stored in “even” nodes. Sometimes we have to migrate VMs from one site to another. So we do a complete vmotion (compute and storage). After the migration, w

Hi Cloud builderWhile I was reading the NTNX Bible they said that the VM snapshot being taked by freezing the VM, unlikely with ESXi where the VM is stunned » Delta created for I/Os and then VMDK is consolidatedMy question while on NTNX Platform how/when the I/O takes place while VM is being snapshot’ed while its freeze.

Today - we will highlight the flexibility Nutanix offers with Protection Domains. You can access Protection Domains via the “Data Protection” Menu option in Prism.DR Basics in Nutanix:The foundation of data protection and disaster recovery in a Nutanix cluster is the concept of snapshots.Snapshots work very similar to VM/vDisk clones - leveraging a "redirect on write" algorithm that marks a snapshotted vDisk as immutable and directing new write operations (block overwrites and new blocks) to a new vDisk.  Read operations reference the correct vDisk blocks based on metadata lookup from the meta-data store.  From the Nutanix Bible - Book of Acropolis - Backup & Disaster RecoveryWhat is a Protection Domain (PD)?* Key Role: Macro group of VMs and/or files to protectDescription: A group of VMs and/or files to be replica

Hello guy , hope you are all safe around the world !I want to know what is the difference between xi leap and cloud connect ?Thank you

As you already know Nutanix provides block storage services in your clusters which are called Volume Groups. This provides SAN like capabilities by leveraging the existing hyper-converged infrastructure. Additionally, volume groups support SCSI unmap commands natively without having to turn on any additional setting as of AOS 4.7 in order to reclaim space from deleted blocks, more on that in the Nutanix Bible in the “Volumes (Block services)” section.  However, there are certain caveats when using volume groups as backup targets so you must architect your backup solution wisely as you may have to consider losing some benefits in order to gain others.

Something quick for the end of the week.Did you know you can test a copy of your VM with no impact to the production instance?Provided you replication is configured to a remote site, here is how you can do this:1. Open prism element for the remote site2. Navigate to the Protection Domain (PD) dropdown 3. Find the PD containing the VM that you would like to restore 4. Restore the VM with a new name using Out-of-Place Restore restore option (and NOT an In-Place Restore).Important: Understand the networking setup and the testing scenario before executing the ta

HI Everyone!   Can you map a test network in a recovery plan to both the production network and the Test network at the recovery site?  Nothing in the documentation around this.  Our customer has VLAN 2 at the recovery location (isolated) and this is the network that matches current VLAN 1 in production.  Since it’s isolated, they also want to use it for testing. Thanks!  

There are 2 nutanix cluster in different regions. I'm curious about a replication issue. I currently have 19.77 TiB free (physical) 50.7 TiB and 9.74TiB free (logical) 25.35 TiB disk space on first nutanix cluster site . there is enough free space in the second zone. I saw it through Nutanix. now if I replication 2 servers ( both 500gb ) in other region. in the configuration, local snapshot and remote snapshot 1 selected. How much to lose from Nutanix storage. For example, in the nutanix cluster there is 9.7 tb of free space, if I replicate 10 servers . 500 gb each.  how much space will i lose on nutanix storage. Does this have an account?  I want to learn this. I have 9.7 tb of free space, but I want to replicate 10-15 servers. Is there a problem in the storage area? How to calculate?

Hi, Vmware thin disk backup takes full disk backup. VM backup size is entire disk allocated space. The backup is taken from IBM Spectrum Protect. Is this a known issue. Hypervisor: Vmware HW: Nutanix Any idea/suggestion ?

Hi Team, Do we have any link which clarifies nutanix Mine (VMware) with HYCU backup. Please help with a link for docs.  Thanks 

Hi there, I have many PDs and inside these PDs I have many VMs. I want to be able to run NCLI (or the like) to unprotect VM’s using a wildcard if possible. Example: ncli pd unprotect name=ProtectionDomain vm_name=VM* Anyone have an idea on how to do this to unprotect machines by wildcard to remove a mass amount at once?

I created a replication rule in nutanix. I did not understand a topic. keep the last snapshots for remote office in Schedule area. Leave it blank and choose 1 or 3. For which scenario should I use this place? this option creates my return point. Another question is this; I have a thin disk 100 gb virtual server. It takes up space in the snapshot replication rule. How much snapshot space does it have a calculation for? thanks    

I am backing up with veeam in nutanix cluster. I use esxi 6.5 on nutanix cluster  I also replicate to remote office with some virtual machines with data protection. and backup of the same virtual servers with veeam. Is there a limit here or this building is made right. both are using the same snapshot. Would it be a problem if replication starts with veeam backup at the same time

There could be some extreme situations where you want to safely abort an ongoing replication job.    There could be multiple reasons to abort an ongoing replication job, for example:    You want to delete a protection domain. You noticed some network issues between both sites.  Re

I am new in the Nutanix so asking silly question could it be possible to deploy Nutanix mine and file server on the same box or hardware.  

Metro Availability creates a global file system namespace across Nutanix clusters and uses synchronous replication. Combining the Nutanix hyper-converged infrastructure with a continuous availability solution limits downtime and preserves all data, even during a complete site failure. Further, Metro Availability enables workload mobility for disaster avoidance or planned maintenance scenarios.   There might be a situation where due to internal audit, you need to perform a planned failover  testing, planned maintenance, or disaster avoidance.    Do we have a comprehensive guid

How does one navigate in the ocean of solutions that are available on the market? What is supported? What is compatible with which hypervisor? Allow us to help! Here is part three of supported backup solutions together with an overview of each.   ARCSERVE Top significant functionalities: Agent-based backup and restore of VMs for AHV, VMware and Hyper-V on Nutanix.  Granular restore: File / DB / App / AD Restore / BMR to VM or V2P. Disaster recovery: Zero RPO and near-zero RTO with RHA to AWS EC2 environment. Built-in replica

Hi,   Does Nutanix Leap support ESXi Hypervisor for on-premise DR automation? In two different sources I have found different information:   AAPM 5.10: Data Protection: Prism Central and Acropolis 5.10 or higher must be deployed on both sites. Orchestration is only available if you run AHV.   Xi Leap Admin Guide (page 7): Hypervisor Requirements Supported Hypervisors On premises, the hypervisor must be one of the following: • AHV • ESXi   https://nutanixbible.com/ Supported Environment(s): On-Premise: AHV (As of AOS 5.10) Thank you!  

How does one navigate in the ocean of solutions that are available on the market? What is supported? What is compatible with which hypervisor? Allow us to help! Here part three of supported backup solutions together with an overview of each.   UNITRENDS Top significant functionalities: Native protection for Nutanix’s Acropolis Hypervisor via APIs. Backup storage can be Nutanix storage connected directly or an external NAS. Extend long-term retention or full site disaster recovery to a second Nutanix deployment, or even the Unitrends Cloud.

How does one navigate in the ocean of solutions that are available on the market? What is supported? What is compatible with which hypervisor? Allow us to help! Here is part two of supported backup solutions together with an overview of each.   RUBRIK Top significant functionalities: Instant Recovery: deliver near-zero RTOs for  Hyper-V or vSphere VMs by mounting directly onto Rubrik. No rehydration required. Global Real-Time Search: search for VMs and files with suggested search results. API-first Architecture: automate custom lifecycle management workflows that play well with thir

How does one navigate in the ocean of solutions that are available on the market? What is supported? What is compatible with which hypervisor? Allow us to help! Here is the list of supported backup solutions together with an overview of each.   HYCU  Top significant functionalities: Automated application discovery, application-aware backup and application-aware recovery. Prism like look & feel and a hypervisor-agnostic architecture to protect Nutanix and non-Nutanix virtualized environments. Fast file share (Nutanix Files) backup that is impact-free and agentless.

Whether your environment has grown enough to be ready to have a DR site or the scale of operations can no longer tolerate the loss of the site or maybe even a single application, the first question is “What are the options?”. And that is what we will talk about in this post.   Starting with AOS 5.10 Metro Availability is supported on Hyper-V.  Metro Availability is the solution if you are looking for minimal RPO and are preparing for a full scope DR scenario. Prism Web Console Guide v5.16: Data Protection   The next in

If you need to clear up space on your Nutanix cluster you may be considering removing local snapshots, but what if the reclaimable space is displayed as “Processing”? What can we do about it, and how can we know if a snapshot is worth removing? The reclaimable space is subject to change and has to be totaled up before it can be known. This work is done during the same periodic filesystem scans which drive disk clean-up, post-process deduplication and compression, and information lifecycle management. Generally speaking we just need to wait for the next periodic scan to finish and then we should have the reclaimable space figure shown in Prism. If you need to estimate reclaimable space in the meantime, I can offer a few hints to help narrow that estimate. It helps to have a little understanding of how snapshots work, and how the reclaimable space number is identified. Think of it this way. Each current filesystem block has one or more owners, and any block cannot

Nutanix Mine is the product name for joint solutions between Nutanix and selected data protection software vendors.Mine is a fully integrated data protection appliance that combines the Nutanix AOS software with the Veeam Backup & Replication solution. Mine can provide data protection for any applications running in a Nutanix cluster.   Nutanix Mine with Veeam extends the core strengths of Nutanix software to backups. It integrates data protection software from Veeam with the software running in a hyperconverged manner on a Nutanix cluster. It is an entirely self-sufficient turnkey solution that provides compute, memory, storage, and now, backups too.   Nutanix Mine with Veeam is also tightly integrated with the Nutanix Prism management console, which means that IT a

If you’re managing backups with Veeam, Hycu, Commvault, Rubrik, or another third party application then you may have encountered the alert message “Aged third-party backup snapshots present” even though nothing seems to be wrong. If so, you probably want to know why you’re seeing this alert and what to do about it. This alert doesn’t necessarily indicate a problem. It’s just seeing snapshot age. In most cases you just need to change the alert threshold which defaults to 7 days. See this article for more details about the alert.