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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 depends on the NFS Client. In order to configure and utilize NFSv4 exports minimum required files version is 3.0.x In order to configure and utilize NFSv3 exports minimum required files version is 3.5.x From 3.5 onward, V4 and V3 both are enabled by default. However, if you want to disable a specific version support based on requirement. It is achievable from UI. Self Service Restore is supported on NFS based exports from Files 3.5 onward for legacy and new exports. Protocol Management → “Directory Services” → “Use NFS Protocol” → “Show NFS Advanced Options” https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/7yg_BcwLhX13xo-Ov00VdEnawasj637u521nCti6lzWGxyZQJNyfMJHxKXxjs4FcIzEOPVHf5azF2IGEwixQRnfK
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 address configured on FSVM:$ ssh nutanix@10.123.124.125Nutanix Controller VMnutanix@10.123.124.125's password: Last login: Mon Oct 14 23:20:52 2019 from 10.245.246.237nutanix@NTNX-14SM71070032-A-CVM:10.123.124.125:~$ ncli fs ls Uuid : db890ac6-abcd-12ef-34ab-c6240654b029 Name : EXAMPLE-FS Version : 3.5.2 Container ID : 0005922b-abcd-12ef-34ab-002590c84bb8::81306 Container Uuid : 714c4d88-abcd-12ef-34ab-508b29c4a6d8 Virtual IP address : 10.124.245.125 [...]From CVM log in to FSVM:nutanix@NTNX-14SM71070032-A-CVM:10.123.124.125:~$ ssh nutanix@10.124.245.125FIPS mode initializedNutanix
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, leaving only FSVMs (File Server VMs) and CVMs (Controller VMs) powered on.Gracefully Shut down a Nutanix FILES (FSVMs) Cluster STEP - 1 : Stopping all File Services 1.1 : For AOS 5.0.x - 5.5.x:minerva stop fsvm1.2 : FOR AOS 5.6 and later:From any CVM, enter the "afs" command prompt:nutanix@cvm: afs<afs> infra.stop *The infra.stop * command will stop Nutanix Files services and power off the FSVMs for all File Servers.Gracefully Shutdown the AOS Cluster Once only the CVMs remain powered on, from any CVM, run:STEP 1 : Gracefully STOP an AOS Cluster:nutanix@cvm: cluster stopSTEP 2 : Gracefully shutdown the CVMs in an AOS Cluster:Once the cluster is stopped, we can then shutdown the CVMs its
Nutanix Files, formerly known as AFS, is the company’s File Server and File Sharing solution on a Nutanix cluster. By provisioning Nutanix Files within the Nutanix cluster, we have essentially eliminated the need to deploy a dedicated Network Attached Storage (NAS) solution for Windows/SMB file services. Nutanix Files operates as a clustered, distributed File server driven by a set of File server VMs commonly referred to as FSVMs. A customer or user new to Nutanix Files and its orchestration could feel intimidated by the plethora of possibilities and intricacies in managing the Nutanix Files infrastructure. Let me try to help you make a start by providing you some commands to get a jumpstart in handling this product. I will use the following conventions to differentiate between running a command at the CVM layer as against running the command inside a FSVM:nutanix@CVM:$ nutanix@FSVM:$ Here we go: List the FSVMs and their IP addresses --- a few alternatives as well:nutanix@CVM:$
In order to protect Nutanix files users from malware and viruses, you need to address both the client and the file server. Nutanix currently supports third party vendors that use Internet Content Adaptation Protocol ( ICAP ) servers. ICAP, which is supported by a wide range of security vendors and products, is a standard protocol that allows file and web servers to be integrated with security products. Nutanix chose this method to give customers wide latitude in selecting the antivirus solution that works best for their specific environment. Following is the workflow for an ICAP-supported antivirus solution: An SMB client submits a request to open or close a file. The file server determines if the file needs to be scanned, based on the metadata and virus scan policies. If a scan is needed, the file server sends the file to the ICAP server and issues a scan request. The ICAP server scans the file and reports the scan results back to the file server. Th
We are running Nutanix Files v3.6.1.1 and are looking for suggestions on an ICAP server for virus scanning. Is there one in particular you partner with or can suggest?
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 1.0 protocol, given that this is no longer even supported by Microsoft for security reasons Nutanix Files assigns default permissions for newly created SMB shares. There are three default (BUILTIN) groups for Nutanix Files: Administrators, Users, Backup Operators. The BUILTIN\Administrators group includes \Domain Admins, as well as any file server admins you specify from Prism or the CLI. The BUILTIN\Users group contains \Domain Users. The BUILTIN\Backup Operators group is empty by default but can include any backup admins you specify from Prism or the CLI. The default permissions assigned to the Administrators and Users groups depend on the share type. code:Standard shareBUILTIN\A
In certain cases you might choose to reclaim space on the cluster by removing old snapshots. Nutanix files takes two types of snapshots. External snapshots: The external snapshots are taken by the files protection domain (PD) which takes the snapshots of the whole Nutanix File server. Internal snapshots: Internal snapshots are the snapshots taken at the share level which leverage ZFS directly. It can be the Self Service Restore snapshots or the third party backup snapshots using CFT API. If need be, the external file server PD snapshots can be removed directly from the prism UI -> Protection Domain -> local snapshot page.The internal snapshots can be removed using the afs command line utility. If you choose to remove the internal snapshots the following KB article walks through the step by step process along with the afs commands needed. https://portal.nutanix.com/kb/000005851
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.
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. A distributed share spreads the workload by distributing the hosting of top-level directories across FSVMs, which also simplifies administration.Distributed shares and exports don’t allow files in the root. Unlike distributed shares and exports, standard shares and exports can store files in the root of the directory. Source :- https://portal.nutanix.com/#/page/solutions/details?targetId=TN-2041-Nutanix-Files:top_exports_and_shares.html
I’m standing-up a Nutanix File cluster and want to move an existing WIndows DFS Namespace to the cluster. The namespace needs to remain the same as it is used by web apps. I thought I could simply add the AFS cluster as a Namespace server, replicate the files, and then remove the old namespace servers. However, when I go to add the new namespace server, it wants a local folder location which isn’t available. I was sure I saw that Nutanix Files is compatible with Windows DFS but I don’t know what I’m missing. Suggestions?
I’m attempting to deploy Files on my cluster and it fails stating the Default Gateway IP is not reachable however I can ping between systems on the desired networks. The only thing I can think of is that the DFW does not respond to ping, is that required?
Nutanix provides a number of options for you to backup your Nutanix Files data. Following modern data protection methodologies, Nutanix provides administrators and users quick restore access using a combination of some of the following methods: Self Service Restore: Administrators can enable SSR at any time for SMB or NFS shares. You can view and restore removed or overwritten files, which allows you to choose a share snapshot from the same file at different times during the file’s history. Administrators can configure a snapshot schedule at the file server level that applies to all shares in the file server. Protection Domains and Consistency Groups: Nutanix provides integrated, automated disaster recovery between Nutanix clusters. A Nutanix Files cluster can be protected with Prism and uses the same asynchronous replication with protection domains and consistency groups as any other Nutanix cluster. When you create a file server, Prism Automatically sets up a correspon
This guide provides an overview of best practices and considerations when migrating from third-party platforms to Nutanix Files when using the SMB protocol. We also walk through an example of how to perform a migration. Directory Structure and Storage Requirements When migrating to Nutanix Files, first take an inventory of the share and directory structure of the source. Nutanix Files distributes ownership of file shares across the cluster in different ways depending on the share type (distributed versus standard). Note the largest single directories or largest file shares. Performance Requirements Know how many user connections a given share or a given Files namespace requires. If possible, also document any storage IOPS or throughput requirements. Most sizing exercises assume that the system uses all nodes in the Nutanix Files cluster. It is ideal, from both a user connectivity and storage performance perspective, to distribute the workload evenly across the Nutanix Files clus
File Analytics deployment & teardown is done via Prism UI. Logs for both - deployment & teardown process are in prism logs - /home/nutanix/data/logs/prism_gateway.log on the CVM leader. Errors are updated in ergon tasks as well. Most common errors during deployment - Error Message Cause and fix Cannot connect to File Analytics VM from Prism. Please verify that network details for the VM are correct and the IP is reachable from Prism. The network details provided during deployment were incorrect [either wrong IP/subnet/gateway or wrong VLAN selected] or there was a genuine network connectivity issue. Please try deploying again with correct network settings. One or more services are not running, please check logs for more details During deployment, one or more services failed to start. Logs would be collected from File Analytics VM on CVM at /home/nutanix/data/logbay/bundles/NTNX-Log-***.zip. Need to check logs for root cause. Error
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?
Hi Team, I am new to Nutanix and I am learning the product. Like VMware supports adding external storage systems via iSCSI / FC and we can create datastore. Nutanix does not support external storage connection via iSCSI or FC, am I right? The only option is add local disks on the AHV server… Is there any roadmap when the external storage connectivity will be allowed?
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 or a file share concurrently. Nutanix AOS and Files offers the flexibility to scale as your requirements grow without down-time or disruption to existing operations. Connection count to existing file shares can increase, where a Nutanix Files environment is being used by more users or applications than initially anticipated at the time of deployment. An increase in users or usage of the Nutanix Files cluster can trigger a high connection count alert as follows: FileServerVmMaxConnectionsNotification (A160039) The "Maximum Connection limit" alert is generated when the Files cluster has one or more FSVM nodes under extensive load. This alert recommends running *’Performance optimisation'. Thi
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 logged? If so, where would that log reside?
The content is dedicated to commonly asked questions on Nutanix Files portal documentation such as Nutanix Files Guide, Nutanix Files Release Notes, Nutanix Files Solution documentation. 1. Documentation Nutanix File Documentation is available on Portal and covers most of the common topics. Nutanix recommends reviewing these docs to understand the product workflow. 1.1 Setup Guide Nutanix recommends referring Nutanix Files Setup Guide to understand prerequisites and steps for creating a Nutanix Files Cluster. 1.2 Release Notes Nutanix recommends to refer Nutanix Files Release Notes for each Files version which contains the following information: What's New? Features and Updates Resolved Issues Known Issues <if there are any> Installation and Upgrades Nutanix Files Software Compatibility Supported Configurations SMB Protocol Versions Supported Client (SMB) NFS Protocol Versions Supported Client (NFS) Active Directory (Supported Windows AD Servers) Suppor
