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Nutanix Employee
chhedaNutanix Employee
posted in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Xi Leap and the Public Sector

Tim Wallace, who leads out public sector solutions marketing efforts has a Nutanix community blog coming out talking about the value of Xi Leap for Public Sector including education institutions. Nutanix also has numerous service provider partners (www.nutanix.com/x-powered) that offer Nutanix powered DRaaS for customer's hosted and on-prem deployment. What are some of the reasons why you would consider DRaaS and Xi Leap in your environment? Share with your peers.

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Nutanix Employee
5 years ago
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mmeiklejohnVoyager
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Ad Hoc Snapshots

We've just gotten started with Nutanix, and I have a question about snapshots. Do I need to create a Protection Domain before I can create a snapshot? I'm not looking to take snapshots of a bunch of machines or have scheduled snapshots. I just want to make one snapshot of a single Windows server before I upgrade some software on it. We are running AHV as our hypervisor. Thank you

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AntonioG
Nutanix Employee
4 years ago
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luifangWayfarer
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Protecting storage container with local snapshot

I need someone to light my bulb regarding data protection scenario I have in my mind. Currently we're migrating from NetApp/UCS ESX to Nutanix ESX and we uses Commvault as data protection. In addition to Commvault, we uses volume snapshot in NetApp for DR and fast recovery. This does not replicate to remote site however. In Nutanix, I have configured container for Prod and Dev/QA datastores. Prod datastore protected by Commvault intellisnap and keep two day worth of snapshots. DEV/QA datastore does not protected by Commvault due to licensing issue, we would like to use Nutanix data protection to have similar data protection like Prod datastore (2 day snapshots) . My question is, writing script to adding VMs automatically to data protection domain is the only way to go? Or any other suggestion?

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DavidN
2 years ago
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diogo_oliveiraAdventurer
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Acronis integration with Acropolis, how must I proceed?

Hello, First-timer here, I don't know if I'm posting on the right place, I'm sorry if I'm not... I have Acronis 12.5 Backup installed on a Windows Server 2019 Essentials 64 bits (that's installed bare-metal on a Lenovo SystemX 3650 M5). Attached to it, there's an IBM TS4300. I'm trying to figure how to backup the VMs running on my AOS 5.10.1 in the tape drivers inside the TS4300. I know I can install Acronis Agents on my Windows VMs, but I don't know if that's the answer for my question. And, if a disaster happens and I need to restore the Acropolis VMs from the tapes, how can I do it? Sorry if my questions seem too basic, but I'm googling for the desired infos all day long with no success up to now, so I'm asking for help here. Best regards,

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5 years ago
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BmcgrathVoyager
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Where can we find pricing for Xi LEAP?

Interested in the cost for Xi LEAP. I cannot find any estimated costs for this new service and need to know how it is priced. Anyone have information on this?

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aluciani
5 years ago
Zeeshan.Butt
Zeeshan.ButtExplorer
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Actifio backup for AHV or AOS

i`m looking for technical document to configure AHV with Actifio sky. Anyone did that or is it compatible? i found that in 2017 Nutanix announced partnership but can`t find technical info. https://www.actifio.com/nutanix-actifio/#sthash.Jotd7mm3.dpbs

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Nutanix Employee
4 years ago
lsimkins
lsimkinsWayfarer
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Moving the snapshot data to a new Protection Domain?

Is there a way to deactivate an old Protection Domain and move the snapshot data to a new Protection Domain?

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ddubuque
5 years ago
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RoberteoOutrider
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Deleting a Remote Site

[b]Caution:[/b] Deletion of the remote site is currently not supported from Prism. Contact Nutanix support for further assistance. Not quite sure if I get this ?

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5 years ago
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Sanjayrmsi
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Backup

How we take backup of VM, What are the diffrent ways for that out side of the cluster.

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Dominix_pf
5 years ago
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DennisBirkVoyager
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Extend remote snapshot replication to a 3rd site

Hello community, it is possible Nutanix remote snapshots to a remote site and additional snapshot to a 3rd remote site? Environment: Small ROBO Cluster ROBO Backup Node (1155S) Central Backup Target Small Robo Cluster > Remote Snapshot to ROBO Backup Node (1155S) > Remote Snapshot to Central Backup target.

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ddubuque
5 years ago
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Marine76Pathfinder
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Restore

Without a backup solution, am I able to restore a vm on AHV using the built in RF?

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ddubuque
5 years ago
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FIGAdventurer
posted in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
HYCU - Feedback Please

If anyone is using HYCU to back up their AHV environment, please let me know your feedback. 1- Is the product good and acceptable solutions to back VM on AHV? 2- How was your restore experience, when you had to recover a VM or file or app data? 3- How is the support? 4- Is their documentation clear and easy to follow on any KB or DIY. Thanks a Bunch

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4 years ago
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Suporte Taker ITVoyager
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Export VMs from AHV failing

Hi everyone, I´m trying to export the VMs from AHV in vmdk and qcow2 formats directly from a CVM. Sometimes I get the errors bellow: qemu-img: NFS Error: NFS: Write failed with NFS3ERR_JUKEBOX(-11) qemu-img: error while writing sector 44426880: Resource temporarily unavailable In other situations Putty just close in the middle of the copy. After several retries, I finally made backup of two big VMs (around 50 gb). The commands that I am using are: qemu-img convert -O vmdk nfs://127.0.0.1/TKWORKSTATION/.acropolis/vmdisk/d9759595-6dee-4138-bcc0-bad7bf8e1075 nfs://127.0.0.1/Backup_VM/TAIPEI.vmdk qemu-img convert -c nfs://127.0.0.1/TKWORKSTATION/.acropolis/vmdisk/d9759595-6dee-4138-bcc0-bad7bf8e1075 -O qcow2 nfs://127.0.0.1/Backup_VM/TAIPEI.qcow2 Nutanix Community lastest version. Thanks in advance!

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nubill
6 years ago
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tbcconstructionAdventurer
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Removal of orphaned snapshots

Trying the veeam AHV appliance, i had a crash whilst taking a backup now am left with orphaned snapshots on a PAID ACCOUNT, and nutanix sends the ball to veeam back to nutanix, so here i am Protection Domain DP-QC-3 has 3 aged third-party backup snapshot(s) and may unnecessarily consume storage space in the cluster. i have a multitude of these and want to manually remove those snapshots, is there a process for this ?

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4 years ago
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davidvoogdVoyager
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
vDisk Count

Does anyone know if/how I can get a count of all vDisks in my cluster, including vDisks associated with snapshots? We want to increase our data retention and it appears the limitation on snapshots is the number of vDisks so I need to figure out how many we have with our current number of VMs and snapshots. Running AOS 5.6, NCC 3.5.2, Hyper-V 2012r2. Any help appreciated, please let me know if there's more info I can provide. Thanks! David

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6 years ago
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rflemingPathfinder
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Replicating Existing VM Snapshots

We are using the ASync Data Protection between two sites to replicate our VMs. But that is only taking a new snapshot of an existing VM and replicating that snapshot. I would like to have replication setup for some of VMs so that the VM and all of the snapshots we've made of it outside of Data Protection are replicated as well. We may need a very specific state of a VM at our remote site. Using only the Async DP snapshots won't fully meet our needs. Is there any way to do this with the existing Nutanix software? I'd rather not purchase something third party to solve this problem.

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5 years ago
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ibanez1998Wayfarer
posted in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Veeam is getting ready to launch AHV support but...

With this new product comes a change to how Veeam licenses their products. All new products released this year will be per VM only and socket licensing is gone. As I understand it, customers who already have socket licenses will be able to renew their product, but what if they jump to AHV? I'm pretty sure Veeam counts this as a new contract as you purchase Veeam with your Hypervisor type. This means you too may likely move to a per VM model of licensing. But, isn't this a good thing? Doesn't it reduce my costs? That is up for debate per environment. I just wrote my Veeam account rep about this licensing change and gave him the reasons why I don't want a per VM licensing model as a Veeam customer. Here's a copy of that message. Think about this for a moment: [quote]Veeam Rep, I want you to not charge me per VM and offer me socket licensing like we had approved. It’s clearly a model made by executives who are out of touch with how businesses operate and only thinking

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6 years ago
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VastseaVoyager
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Hycu with ESXI

Can I use Hycu without Calm and Prism Central? if I can, how to I use it? Our hypervisor is ESXI. Could you recommend some documents. Thanks.

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aluciani
6 years ago
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ralas-65957Explorer
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
DPM - Acropolis

DPM of Microsoft can integrated with Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor?

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nishantpanchal
6 years ago
penguindows
penguindowsTrailblazer
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Remote site replication tuning

What options are available within nutanix to speed up replication to a remote site? The best i am able to get on a single stream is about 20MBps (160mbps) with an aggregate speed of about 60MBps (480mbps) spread out over several streams. However, we have a 10gbps link between sites, so i expected to get better throughput.

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penguindows
5 years ago
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patrickpa-70159Wayfarer
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Veaam cross site replication - vSphere on Nutanix to vSphere on legacy

Hi all, I have a customer running two DCs, using veaam to replicate VMs between sites. They are renewing the infrastructure at Site 1 and are looking to adopt EMC storage for native (recoverpoint) host aware SAN to SAN replication. Until they update the infrastructure running on site 2 they will need to continue using Veaam in the interim. I'd like to recommend they take a look at Nutanix however first need assurances that they can continue using Veaam to replicate between ESX on Nutanix & ESX on legacy. The idea would be to then go full Nutanix at both sites (once site 2 is refreshed), swap out to AHV and live the cross site replication dream :) Advice appreciated! Thanks Patrick

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5 years ago
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Dennis_KonradVoyager
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
3 Node Cluster with NX-1155 as Remote Site for Desaster Recovery

Hi, Im currently looking into a 3-node Cluster layout with NX-1155 hosts and PRO license as Remote Site for DR. I would like to go for 3 nodes instead of a single node configuration because it can withstand block/node failures. But Im trying to keep it low on the price scale. The one thing that keeps bothering me is that I want to be able to start a few user vms on the Remote Site. I know its possible but 64GB of RAM per host isnt much especially when the CVM blocks at least 24. It has to compete against a 3node CE installation which im not in favour because i would like to have support/production grade software. But I could get hosts that supports more RAM and start more VMs if I need to. What do you think?

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6 years ago
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vStorageVoyager
asked in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Near sync and backup showstopper

Using near sync replication in AOS 5.5 means that normal snapshots on VMs cannot be initiated by external backup tools like comtrade, rubrik This is a bit of a showstopper. If we need an RPO of 15 minutes on AHV, we have to use nearsync - but then we can't backup VMs off the cluster When will Nutanix resolve this rather major downside?

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Nutanix Employee
5 years ago
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mpsdVoyager
posted in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Sudden Power Outage now Corrupt files

Ok Everyone, I am fairly new to the Nutanix system as our company recently decided to upgrade all server hardware to a Hyper-Converged system. Because of this, my knowledge of the backupsnapshot systems used by Nutanix is very limited, so please bear with me. So heres the issue; yesterday afternoon one of UPS burned itself up and caused a sudden power outage in our core datacenter. This location houses our primary Nutanix 4 node cluster. This is also the location where all employee profiles are stored using the Nutanix File Server system. After power was restored and th Nutanix system powered back up (took roughly 30mins) all services seemed to be restored. The next morning however, we started recieving calls about users not being able to login to the system. They are getting errors about network profiles not being available. Quicking checking the HomeShare location, we quickly determined the users home profile folder is suffering some issues. Properties shows 0bytes and all tabs a

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6 years ago
mu_toffaha
mu_toffahaVoyager
posted in Nutanix Disaster Recovery
Veeam Replication

Hello all, can i use Veeam Replication from VMware ESXi Environment to Nutanix AHV Environment ? is that applicable Thanks

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mu_toffaha
6 years ago

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