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Tools for syncing files between 2 different nfs in Nutanix Files

Please help me to find the best solution for syncing files from one NFS server in Nutanix files to another one in different location.The speed between them is 1 gbps.Which Nutanix native tool is possible to help me with this task?

Scan File System ( Analytics )

Hello, Would like to ask, What’s the use of this particular Windows in Settings “Scan File System” , I have noticed that Some of my Folders are marked as Completed but some of them are Marked as “Never Scanned”. What does this mean.. Thank you..

How deploy AFS on Nutanix CE

Hello,I try to install AFS 3.7.3 on Nutanix CE 2020.09.16.But when deployment AFS is started, then it hang on paused VM, and few second later VM is automatically deleted. What I can do to successfully deploy AFS on Nutanix CE? I read that topic:https://next.nutanix.com/discussion-forum-14/nutanix-ce...

Nutanix Files space used

Hi there. I would like to know if this information about space used / total of a Nutanix Files is possible to get by PowerShell or rest API.Thanks in advance

Maximum volume size for VM for File server

Hello, We have the VM with the file serber on installing on one of the node of our Nutanix. For now the size of the disk is 3.5 TB, but we wanted to extend this size up to 4.5TB. Is somebody knows if VM will work correctly with the such big size of the disk?

AFS share/export SMB

hello,I configured nutanix files, after deploying 3 server files and I can configure share / export but I have a problem when configuring directory service.can you helping thanks

Nutanix Files Yearly Backup

Hi, Is it possible to do a yearly backup of a Nutanix file server within the protection configs? Looking to see if we can do Yearly and then keep 3. Current settings are - Hourly Every 1 hour 24 · Daily Every 1 day 7 · Weekly Every week on Sun 4 · Monthly...

Nutanix share files - Qtree ?

We are running on SMB NetApp and I’m curious to finding out how to implement the Qtree/Quotas in Nutanix files?

Apache on Nutanix Files Storage "ABS"

We have an Oracle EBS web server on IBM AIX. Server storage is obtained through the Nutanix Files service. The observation is as follows: Our users have reported repetitive disconnections while working on the application since migrating server storage from old FC storage to Nutanix Files "ISCSI" sto...

Nutanix Files: File Analytics

Mike McGhee demonstrates Nutanix File Analytics, which provides insights into file and user activity including audit trails and anomaly detection for your SMB and NFS shares with Nutanix Files. https://youtu.be/xmvppgm1baY Are you using Nutanix Files Analytics - be the first to reply and share your...

Networking for Files failover

Hi,Can you please point me to a document with _detailed_ description of networking requirements for Files for PD recovery to work, as well as _detailed _ description of how the networking is being handled during the failover?The reason I’m asking is that I’m planning PD for Files, and I need to unde...

A warning message from the 'Deploy File Analytics'

Hello everyone,I’m trying to install the Nutanix File Analytics application.I got a message ‘ File Analytics server deployment is in progress’ when I click the link ‘Deploy File Analytics’.Before this happened, I’ve tried same link and configured File analytics options and clicked the ‘Deploy’ in fi...

Nutanix Files design - running alongside other types of workloads

Hi,Can you please help me with any recommendation and/or point me to any documentation around running Nutanix Files alongside other types of workloads (on ESXi)? I.e. server virtualisation, VDI, other Files instances, sustainability for resource contention, resource reservation, etc.While I do under...

Install Nutanix Files on ESXi

I’m in the process of installing Nutanix Files on Esxi but I’m stuck at Add Network (through vCenter)We found this link but it is no more availablehttps://next.nutanix.com/nutanix-files-71/failing-afs-pre-check-deployment-add-network-through-vcenter-27924?postid=42955#post42955Any help is appreciate...

Safer way to upgrade Nutanix Files 3.6 to 3.7.3

Hello, can you explain the safest way to upgrade Nutanix files product please. 3 nodes cluster, with 2 files servers. Current version 3.6 on Esxi 6.5 and AOS 5.15.4 LTS. I can have if needed a little down time to snapshot in vmware the Nutanix files VM maybe before the upgrade process? I got some...

Unable Delete File from Nutanix AFS share

I am unable to delete a Citrix user profile which is hosted in Nutanix AFS share…Getting error as already in use by another program

Can a standard share be converted to a distributed share or vice-versa?

We do not have the option to convert a standard share to distributed share or a distributed share to a standard share as of file version 3.7. We have a feature request open with Nutanix engineering to enable this feature. The workaround is to create a new share and move the files to the new share us...

File server integration with permission commander

Can we integrate Nutanix File server with permission commander application of Nutanix.

Renaming a top level directory (TLD) on a distributed file share might fail with error “invalid device”

A distributed share spreads the workload by distributing the hosting of top-level directories across FSVMs. The issue is due to the fact that Nutanix Files uses DFS namespace to provide shares to the Windows clients, meaning that the client will be connecting to the generic DFS namespace and not, in...

Nutanix Extends Storage Services to Its Hybrid Cloud Platform

Nutanix announced new hybrid cloud capabilities for its unstructured data storage offerings, Objects and Files. With these advanced features, Nutanix customers can now deploy an easy-to-use, scale out storage fabric across their different cloud environments to simplify data management and effectivel...

Mid-Size Data Migration Utility Recommendations

I’m looking for some possible suggestions for utilities to move SMB file shares to Nutanix Files. I’ve read most (if not all) the documentation in the portal and I’ve even migrated a few of these shares using robocopy (not without some learning experiences). However, most of the shares I have to mig...

Nutanix Files API

Many users are unaware that Nutanix Files itself maintains an application programming interface (API) similar to but separate from that of Prism. Nutanix Files uses the same backend service as Prism (Aplos) to respond to requests, and can be connected to using the same port (9440). However, instead...

How to change timezone for File Server virtual machines?

The timezone for file server virtual machines ( FSVM) can be changed using the afs command line. The following change can be done from any one FSVM and will reflect across all the FSVMs when successful. SSH to any FSVM on the nutanix files cluster Get the timezone for your region. The command ou...

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...

Storage Network vs Client Network on Nutanix Files

Nutanix Files uses storage and client networks. The IP addresses are within the user-defined range for VLAN and IP addresses. Storage network ( Internal Network ) The storage network enables communication between the FSVMs and the Controller VM. It also provides access to Nutanix Volumes iSCSI...

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