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David86Scout
asked in Files Storage
Enabling Nutanix Files before deploying File Analytics

This might be an obvious question but I’m very new to Nutanix. When reading the deployment guide for Nutanix Files Analytics, it doesn’t explicitly say to enable Files on the cluster. I imagine this process will be two steps, the first making sure Nutanix Files is deployed prior to deploying File Analytics?

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Nutanix Employee
3 years ago
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LinKanTrailblazer
asked in Objects Storage
How to backup objects which is located Nutanix Objects?

Hi team:We are doing POC for Nutanix Objects. So far function testing has no problems, but we have a question about backup: How to backup objects which is located Nutanix Objects? I don’t know if there are 3rd backup software supports to backup objects in Nutanix Objects. We now use IBM TSM and EMC Networker for on-premises backup for VMDK, file and DB. Thanks!

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Moustafa Hindawi
6 months ago
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abdul.idrisAdventurer
asked in Files Storage
Nutanix smb share and RHEL 8 Client

I am a Linux Admin, trying to understand if nutanix smb share can be mounted from REDHAT Enterprise Linux 8 Client.Appreciate if someone can please advise.If Linux client can be used for Nutanix smb share, any steps will be really helpful. 

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1 year ago
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micfra01Voyager
asked in Files Storage
Safer way to upgrade Nutanix Files 3.6 to 3.7.3

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 commvault backup but it a long process to restore 7TB of files… so i want a quick and easy way to back off it the upgrade process fail.

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Alona
Nutanix Employee
3 years ago
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Matt.BExplorer
asked in Files Storage
Nutanix Files SSH commands

Im trying to find the IP address of a Share in nutanix files ( i know i would be one of our 3 nodes) im having issues with some copiers and scanners scanning to SMB with the host name of the file server so ill be mapping them by IP on the copiers 

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Nutanix Employee
1 year ago
270298Shivam
270298ShivamPathfinder
posted in Files Storage
Nutanix in the World of Cloud Computing at Cloud Expo 2017

We are excited to announce that for the very first time, Nutanix will participate in DevOps at Cloud Expo in New York City from June 6-8, 2017. If you are in the big apple, you do not want to miss the great conversation around cloud computing and all it involves. Make the most out of your visit at Cloud Expo and take advantage of what Nutanix has to offer for DevOps, Containers and Microservices. Stop by Nutanix booth 301 and enjoy any of the following demos: Prism Central and Prism Pro, ACS, OpenStack. Attend our Day 3 Keynote to learn more about the benefits of the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud for DevOps on Thursday, June 8 from 9:10am - 9:55am in the General Session Room 1A06. Attend any of our Technical Speaking Sessions and learn how to improve the overall ecosystemPersistent Storage for Containers: In recent years, containers have taken the world by storm. Companies of all sizes and industries have realized the massive benefits of containers, such as unprecedented mobility, higher ha

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270298Shivam
4 years ago
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Nutanix Employee
Mohammed111Nutanix Employee
posted in Files Storage
What is the naming convention for Nutanix Files Share/Export?

When creating a new share/export please be sure that the naming convention follows the below rules:  All English letters are allowed. Decimal digits (0-9) are allowed. Periods, hyphens and underscores are allowed. Share name should not begin with a period. Share name can end with single $  The share creation will FAIL if the above guidelines are not followed. For details on creating shares and files please refer to the following guide: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/solutions/details/?targetId=TN-2041-Nutanix-Files:TN-2041-Nutanix-Files

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Nutanix Employee
3 years ago
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DenaliDanAdventurer
asked in Files Storage
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 migrate are 500 GB - 1.5 TB and business critical. Frankly,  I’m not looking for any additional Robocopy learning experiences. So, I’m looking around for a good utility somewhere between Robocopy and Miria’s Atempo. The solution doesn’t have to be free but I don’t want overkill. Any suggestion?It may be worth adding that I am using Windows DFS as well. The source shares are DFS targets and I’m pointing the DFS targets to the Nutanix File Shares after migrating the files. 

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Alona
Nutanix Employee
3 years ago
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AScoyneTrailblazer
asked in Files Storage
Restart Nutanix Files

Our Nutanix Files HA state is currently False.  The Nutanix Kbase states to restart Nutanix Files, but doesn’t state how to do it. Alert - A160167 - File Server HA state (nutanix.com)How do I restart Nutanix Files, and is it service affecting?

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JeroenTielen
7 months ago
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noffieVoyager
asked in Files Storage
Indexed search for SMB share?

Is there a way to turn on indexing or something equivalent so that searching a SMB file share with hundreds of thousands of files actually returns a result, rather than sitting and spinning forever?  It used to work back before we migrated this share from Windows Server to Nutanix Files share, but I’m wondering if maybe Windows Server had the files/folders indexed.

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JeroenTielen
9 months ago
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HellnationVoyager
asked in Files Storage
Delete files off of SSR permanently - bypassing the snapshot

We ran into a problem with a Nutanix File Server using SSR. (We never enabled it)We ran out of space for our profiles, and when we started deleting old ones the Snapshot grew, basically meaning we didn't clear any space at all.Some of the profiles that got deleted (robocopy script gone wrong) are actually needed. So we are going to restore those on a need basis. But, we need to remove the old ones still that are from users that are gone from the company. Is there a way to permanently delete them off the snapshot somehow?Please ask for clarifications if none of this makes sense. My Nutanix isn't strong.

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3 years ago
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jp.hong-59899Explorer
asked in Files Storage
Failure during Nutanix Files (FSVM) upgrade.

Hello.After upgrading AOS and AHV (upgraded from AOS 5.10.1 to 6.5.3.5), I attempted to upgrade from Files 3.20 to 4.2.1.1.The first attempt to upgrade the File Server out of a total of four File Servers failed.After the VM update and VM NIC update, the VM change power state experienced a long time of Hang, and after 30 minutes the "File server upgrade task Hung for too long" alert was generated.An hour later, the "File Server upgrade task stuck" alert was generated and the File Server task stopped at 44%.I tried to force restarting that server and restarting all file servers, but it was not resolved.After restarting all file servers, the afs command was also unavailable on the CVM.The cluster status of the file server that attempted the upgrade is currently in the DOWN state.The Minerva service does not start and does not start the cluster.The shares of the files are serviced by NFS, the connection is normal, and the data can be read/write normally.However, Data Protection (DP) has st

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1 year ago
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Kumar MaharjanExplorer
asked in Files Storage
Can we convert Nutanix files into FTP server?

Can we create a “Nutanix Files” as a FTP server? 

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3 years ago
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Matt.BExplorer
asked in Files Storage
Nutanix files command to see who owns share

from cli whats the command to see which Nutatnix files VM owns a share? i’ve done this before and i cant remember what the command was we’ve had issues with copiers not being able to scan when we use the host name but it works fine with the IP 

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BartDonders
1 year ago
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k261rshVoyager
asked in Files Storage
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 filnal. It was something that there was no problem.But the installation was stopped in 1% progress, means no more advance.Anybody could help me, please…

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Alona
Nutanix Employee
3 years ago
TTI excalibur
TTI excaliburTrailblazer
asked in Files Storage
View list of Files user Deleted with File Analytics

In File Analytics, is there a view where we can see a list of users and the files that they have deleted? Many thanks!

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Moustafa Hindawi
1 year ago
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Daniel-UnicoVoyager
asked in Files Storage
File Server Space usage growth alert / autogrow

Hi folks!We’re implementing Nutanix Files and we are not sure how to handle following scenario:Let’s assume, we create some File Server with some Shares. We set the size of the File Server to 2TiB. Now we create a lot of share that are used by a lot of endpoints.The usage of the File Server is growing some dozens of GiBs a Month - now worries here. Suddenly some system/user is filling up space rapidly, let’s say 100GiB an hour for the sake of drama. Now, the Cluster wont warn us until it’s almost too late. Maybe this happens in the middle of the night of a holiday that is on a weekend while half of our staff is on vacation and the other half is somehow indisposed/slow/unwary.It would be cool to have some alert, that warns us from extreme usage growth. and it would be great to have some (limited) autogrow featureSo my question to the community: Is there something like that? I know the example is extreme. But from our experience something like that happens from time to time. And if it ha

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3 years ago
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VictorKiwiTrailblazer
asked in Files Storage
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 understand that in an extreme case of a dedicated HCI cluster where only FSVM-s are spread across the nodes, Files would surely perform well, I’m after more real-world scenarios, where Files still deliver.Thank you, Victor.

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Alona
Nutanix Employee
3 years ago
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Jae HoExplorer
asked in Files Storage
Does Files NFS Require DNS?

Linux server requires NFS volume allocation. Volume allocation due to Nutanix Files configuration. The client company does not have a DNS server. In this case, I wonder if there is an error that can occur when DNS is set to an arbitrary domain name that does not exist.

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JeroenTielen
2 years ago
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Nutanix Employee
raajiNutanix Employee
posted in Mine Integrated Backup
Mine with HYCU

Nutanix Mine is the product name for joint solutions between Nutanix and select data protection software vendors. Nutanix Mine is a dedicated backup solution, where only backup component VMs run on the Mine cluster and the cluster storage is used to store backup workloads.This version of Mine is a fully integrated data protection appliance that combines the Nutanix AOS and Objects software with the HYCU Data Protection for Enterprise Clouds solution. Mine can provide data protection for applications running in a Nutanix cluster and also for other virtualized workloads running in your datacenter.Mine includes the following features: Enterprise-grade data protection to any workload in your datacenter. Integrated installation and configuration experience. Integrated management experience. Seamless scale-out, self-healing, and break-fix functionality. Note:  The Mine cluster is not a disaster recovery solution, thus restoring primary or production workloads to the Mine cluster is not

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Nutanix Employee
2 years ago
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bereketsolomonAdventurer
asked in Files Storage
File server configuration

Hello Families,i have configures nutanix File server on my environment and it’s up and running perfectly, now i want to create a directory inside my share and i use “/share/dir1/dir2” format but it keep saying “invalid share/export path”

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Nutanix Employee
3 years ago
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SheethalVoyager
asked in Files Storage
File server integration with permission commander

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

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Alona
Nutanix Employee
3 years ago
aluciani
alucianiChevalier
posted in Files Storage
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 effectively manage costs - moving IT teams ever closer to a true hybrid cloud operating model. These storage-focused enhancements build on the recent launch of Nutanix Clusters, which supports Nutanix’s hyperconverged infrastructure software running in AWS and, in the future, Microsoft Azure. The company continues to enable its technology to run in any cloud, while embracing a common operating model to streamline IT management and provide organizations the flexibility to run every application in the cloud of their choice.  You can read more about it here - Nutanix Extends Storage Services to Its Hybrid Cloud Platform

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aluciani
3 years ago
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VictorKiwiTrailblazer
asked in Files Storage
IO Breakdown for a Files instance Performance

Hi,If we look at Files instance → Performance → IO Breakdown → IOPS, do these numbers factor in RF for Writes (i.e. actually are the underlying HCI storage IOPS)? or are they the IOPS purely from the Files point of view?E.g., if we have 10% of Writes to an SMB share, but set RF3 for the underlying Files container, will we see 10% or 30% here in this graph?Thank you.

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2 years ago
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SbhassounaAdventurer
asked in Files Storage
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  

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3 years ago

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