Nutanix Files

Simple, Scalable and Reliable File Storage for the Cloud Era.

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Failing AFS Pre Check Deployment, "Add Network (through vCenter)"

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It's the third pre-check. Cluster is registered against vCenter (has Administrator Role privileges). There's plenty of networks.... I think I'm missing something that should be super obvious. AOS 5.6, vCenter 6.5.

BSchaffer Adventurer

Nutanix Files not recovering free space

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I have deleted several shares on the Nutanix File Server we have running in VMware and the free space does not seem to be recovering even after a week. Is there a command i can run in ACLI or NCLI to force the clean up to take place? Or is there a better way to remove the shares other the through t...

proyoung Nutanix Employee

Nutanix Files :- Storage Overview

This content is taken from Nutanix File Solution doc available on the portal. I am just reposting this content here. Happy Learning Please refer the solution doc for more details https://portal.nutanix.com/#/page/solutions/details?targetId=TN-2041-Nutanix-Files:TN-2041-Nutanix-Files As shown...

proyoung Nutanix Employee

Nutanix Files SMB Share Default Permission

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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...

Aritro Nutanix Employee

Nutanix Files Storage Container

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Why Files Storage container is system managed? What all different purposes this container is used for?

proyoung Nutanix Employee

Nutanix Files Network and Port Requirements

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. Flexible and responsive to workload requirements, Files is a fully integrated,...

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.

proyoung Nutanix Employee

Nutanix Files EOL and EOM discussion.

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. Flexible and responsive to workload requirements, Files is a fully integrated,...

proyoung Nutanix Employee

Nutanix Files : How to plan your upgrade?

Nutanix Files (formerly known as AFS) does not follow the Long Term Support Release (LTS) and Short Term Support Release (STS) tracks. AOS needs to be upgraded to a compatible version before you deploy Nutanix Files or upgrade Nutanix Files. One of the standard policies which Nutanix follows is to...

thiru_nutanix Adventurer

Is it possible to enable SMB v.1?

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We have installed AFS in my organization. Have a quires from one of the application team, that the will support support SMB v1 shares. Will it possibility to enable or change SMB protocol to comparability mode? File Server 3.2.0.2 Thanks

proyoung Nutanix Employee

Nutanix File and NFS Mount Examples

The objective of this post is to provide inputs on requirement of using NFS exports. Nutanix Files implemented NFSv4 Support from Files 3.0.0.1 and since then Nutanix Files has come as a long way. Along with the release of Files 3.5, it now supports NFSv3 as well. They are enabled by default and dep...

kovitking Voyager

Citrix Profiles management on Nutanix Files

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Hi all, Just checking does anyone had implement Citrix VDI using Citrix Profiles management store on Nutanix files yet? Any issue should we concern please share. Thank you.

proyoung Nutanix Employee

Nutanix Files Cluster Configuration Changes from UI

Now it’s possible to update Nutanix Files cluster name, File Server VM configuration and Network Configuration from PRISM UI interface. Let’s understand these options one by one. 1. Nutanix Files - "Cluster and File server Rename"Nutanix Files Cluster rename was introduced in Nutanix Files 2.1.1 a...

proyoung Nutanix Employee

Nutanix Files and AOS version Compatibility explained !!

There are usually confusions around the Nutanix Files version compatibility with the installed Acropolis Operating System. Usually the confusion persists because of the issues seen in the past/ However those days are over. These are the points which needs to be considered before Nutanix Files new...

pitekusu Explorer

AFS for CE 20190211

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In the software upgrade, "No available versions for upgrade." Is displayed. Can not use file server in current version? I can not access the Support Portal.

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