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ckuhlmann Pathfinder

Nutanix Files logs
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Where on a Nutanix Files instance can I find logs regarding the creation and modification of directories within a given share?  Particularly I’m looking for logs showing the creation of a directory and then a scripted action to modify the permissions on said directory.  Is this something that is log...

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sakkuntyo Adventurer

want to get "Open Connection" of Files by command or REST API
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question1: What get "OpenConnection" to do how? question2: Is "Open Connections" the number of sessions for Files? thank you. 

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7 days ago
nu.Florian Voyager

File server spec validation failed, unknown error - While Setting Up Files on Nutanix CE
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Hi all 🙂 i want to Setup a small Files on my nested (esxi) CE Enviorment for testing and Demo purposes.   I am able to install the Base Packages by modifing the json Metadata.   AFS Version tried so far: 2.2.4, 3.6.1, 3.6.1.1 AOS Version: 2019.02.11   Installation works without Problems. But when i...

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Pawarit Voyager

How can I know file's location of each users?
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Good day! Now I can get File Server’s Disk Quota usage of my users   +---------+-------------+---------------+----------------+----------------------+-------------+------------------+ |   uid   |   fs_quota  |      used     | principal_type |    principal_name    |  quota_size | enforcement_type | +...

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16 days ago
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Pawarit Voyager

Can I see actual ID of users after use "quota.report [ShareFile]"
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Hello there! I would like to confirm that after command “<afs>quota.report <Share Folder$>” then I got result as below Point is [uid] is not actual user. Now I can get actual user name one-by-one <afs>ad.uname_from_uid <uid> SMB What should I do, If I need uid convert listed...

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Mutahir Nutanix Employee

Nutanix Files - Load Balancing

Nutanix Files is a scalable File Serving solution, which can be accessed by hundred’s or thousands of users.  High availability is a core tenet of Nutanix Files, but how does Nutanix Files load-balance client requests in order to ensure consistent response times and performance?   Nutanix Files offe...

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Mutahir Nutanix Employee

Nutanix Files - FSVM Max Connections Notification

Nutanix Files offers SMB shares and NFS exports for file serving use-cases in enterprise environments. Not all environments are equal and every solution has some recommendations to cater for high traffic environments, where hundreds or thousands of users might be accessing a single storage endpoint...

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2 months ago
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HITESH0801 Moderator

File Analytics VM | How to remove Analytics VM

Let’s say we deployed a new File server and want to use the power of analytics, a tool created to provide data and statistics on the operations and contents of a file server. Once File Analytics is deployed on AOS cluster. We can Launch the File Analytics GUI from prism to subscribe to a File Server...

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2 months ago
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AWatkins Voyager

.snapshot folder on Nutanix Files share
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There is a .snapshot folder in the root of each of our Nutanix Files shares.  We think it is created by Files Analytics.  Can anybody confirm that and explain how it works?  We think some data may have been accidentally deleted from the folder so we want to make sure nothing has been damaged...

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2 months ago
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Mutahir Nutanix Employee

Nutanix Files 3.x - Expanding File Server Storage

A Nutanix Files cluster is a single namespace that includes a collection of file systems used to support the SMB and NFS shares. These file systems use Nutanix volume groups as storage. Volume groups enable both high availability and scale-out for the file systems. A volume group is a collection of...

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Mutahir Nutanix Employee

Nutanix Files - High-Availability

Nutanix Files is a software-defined, scale-out file storage solution with inherent high-availability. File services contribute to important business functions in enterprises (VDI / Home Directories / Legal etc.), which is why Nutanix Files offers transparent HA for the Files Cluster VMs (FSVMs). Whe...

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Mutahir Nutanix Employee

Nutanix Files - Changing IP Addresses for Existing FSVMs

Nutanix Files Cluster comprises of multiple virtual machines or FSVMs, which require both internal (Storage) and external (Client) IP Addresses. Files Cluster with 3 x FSVMs require at least 7 IP Addresses (3 x Internal + 3 x External + One Internal IP). Storage Network ( Internal Network ) needs to...

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OmarBenH Voyager

Does Nutanix Files support dedupe & compression?
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Does Nutanix Files support dedupe & compression?

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2 months ago
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HITESH0801 Moderator

Files Series | Is Files upgrade disruptive

Upgrades are always daunting and scary. The one question which scares us all is  "Will the upgrade be disruptive to my production environment? "    Well, to answer it shortly and briefly. NO, upgrading Nutanix Files will not affect your production environment.   Want to know how upgrades work in Nu...

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2 months ago
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Upgrading Nutanix Files 3.x

Nutanix Files is a software-defined, scale-out file storage solution that provides a repository for unstructured data, such as home directories, user profiles, departmental shares, application logs, backups, and archives. Nutanix Files comprises of 3 x File Server virtual machines which forms a high...

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2 months ago
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proyoung Nutanix Employee

Nutanix Files :- Exports and Shares Basics

There are two types of SMB shares and NFS exports.SMB shares:Distributed (previously called home). Standard (previously called general).NFS exports:Distributed (previously called sharded). Standard (previously called nonsharded).A standard share is an SMB share or NFS export hosted by a single FSVM....

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3 months ago
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Alona Nutanix Employee

Nutanix Files - is it possible to downsize?

When making a decision on increasing storage capacity of Nutanix Files FSVM cluster please keep in mind that the option to downsize is not available at this point.To change the storage capacity, enter the new size (in TiBs) in the FILE SERVER SIZE field.Note: Choose a size greater than the existing...

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Mutahir Nutanix Employee

Nutanix Files (AFS) - Graceful Shutdown and Start-up

There can be a situation where you have to either shutdown the entire AOS cluster hosting Nutanix Files, or just the Nutanix Files (AFS) cluster.Gracefully shutdown Nutanix Files and Nutanix AOS ClusterVerify that no snapshot or replication is taking place. Power off all guest VMs on the cluster, le...

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Nutanix Files Series | Queries you always had

Nutanix Files architecture and design is beautiful and complex at the same time, and let’s agree we all get some questions when we enter into the world of storage with Files.“We all have thought of these questions and still figuring out the answers” Which hypervisors support Nutanix Files? How do yo...

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3 months ago
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BSchaffer Adventurer

Nutanix File Licensing
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We are looking to setup a Nutanix File Server on our ESX cluster, this file server will be housing 21TB of data. I know that we get 1TB for free, how to enable the licensing for the other 20TB as i believe it is per TB.

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3 months ago
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Thewanandonly Voyager

Uploading to Nutanix files share is slow compared to Windows File Server on same cluster.
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Hi Currently experimenting with 'Files' which has created a 3 x VM cluster (4 vcpu & 12Gb Ram each) running on a 3 node NTX cluster on a 10Gbe network I have created a SMB share and tested it with a 4Gb ISO file which transferred at a slow rate of 25-35 Mb/s If I transfer the same file to m...

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3 months ago
aluciani Community Manager

Nutanix Files: Performance Optimization

Mike McGhee demonstrates the scale up and scale out capabilities of Nutanix Files. https://youtu.be/dOHFKq2DzlI Do you run Nutanix Files? Share your experiences with the broader community, be the first to reply here.

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4 months ago
DavidN Trailblazer

Nutanix Files command reference
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Is there a comprehensive Nutanix Files related command reference guide (PDF/HTML)? Similarly, a reference guide for Files with respect to APIs, RESTful calls, PowerShell/Python APIs etc?

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4 months ago
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Alona Nutanix Employee

Command line access to Nutanix File Server VM (FSVM) via SSH - Nutanix Files

An administrator may wish to log in to FSVM, for example, to perform network troubleshooting tasks.This can be achieved by establishing command line access to one of the CVMs on the cluster first and then logging in to FSVM. Please see step-by-step example below.Log in to CVM. Optionally, verify IP...

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proyoung Nutanix Employee

Nutanix Files SMB Share Default Permission

Files currently supports SMB 2.0 and SMB 2.1, SMB 3.0 protocol. For SMB 3.0, it is important to note that Files has started supporting some of SMB 3.0 Features like SMB3 Signing ( 3.2.0 onward) and SMB3 Encryption support is coming with coming releases. We do not have any plans to support the SMB 1...

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4 months ago

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