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Prism central showing disconnected on prism elements. but VM is power on and also pingable. getting this error. 

Hello,  could you please advise the difference between difference between NVIDIA GRID for AHV 10.3.1.3 (AIE)  & NVIDIA GRID for AHV 10.3.1.3 (Graphics)   and when to use each of them in addition to the requirement for each one 

Hi,I have recently deployed a pair of AHV clusters on a customer. Each cluster has its own Prism Central cause they are going to be part of a Metro availability environment with a witness VM on a third site.Now the customer is asking me if he could have some kind of overview and managing of both clusters from a single dashboard.I think that Nutanix Central could accomplish that request, however I’ve never deployed it and I have some questions.Checking the documentation I see that you can deploy it onpremise by downloading it from each Prism Central marketplace. So I assume it will deploy a VM appliance on each cluster (similar to prism central) and I should have to config it.Are there any specific tips that you could provide before deploying it?By the way, both clusters have PC 7.5.0.5 and AHV 11, everything is up to date, so I assume there is no incompatibility with nutanix central.Thanks in advance!

HiImagine you have two AHV clusters that are Active-Active (each site has live VMs on it). They are both connected and they are doing Metro-Sync between them.Now you want to move some VMs from one site to the second site. As far as I know I could perform that migration by using MOVE or by doing a manual failover of a protection policy. Is there any way to do a “live migration” between clusters without shuting down any VM?Also, is there any way to do that even if you have Async migration?I have found this but I understand is only talking about migration between nodes): https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/solutions/details?targetId=BP-2029-AHV:nutanix-ahv-live-migration.htmlThanks

Uno de los obstáculos para abandonar VMware son los sistemas operativos al final de su vida útil.Escribí una serie de posts sobre esto https://raoconnor.github.io/En resumen, cualquier versión anterior a estos será un problemaWindows 2008 R2 SP1 Ubuntu Linux 18 (64 bits). Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 (64 bits). SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 (64 bits)¿Has encontrado alguna solución para estos sistemas más antiguos? Por favor, compártela.

When I hear the words clean room, my mind goes straight to Dexter — the TV show about a forensic blood spatter analyst who moonlights as a vigilante. His clean room is meticulous: sealed in plastic, no trace evidence, no contamination, nothing gets in or out. In some ways, it makes perfect sense as a metaphor. Dexter was in the business of containing and eliminating threats — and in the IT world, so are we. We are just going after ransomware actors instead of murderers. The plastic sheeting is a little different, but the principle is the same: isolate the threat completely before you do the work. Ransomware recovery used to mean one thing: restore from backup and hope for the best. That approach has a serious flaw — if your recovery environment connects to the same infected infrastructure you are restoring from, you risk reinfecting your clean data before you ever flip a switch. The answer is not faster backups. It is a clean room: an isolated, air-gapped environment where you can vali

I’m encountering an issue where an additional IP address is attached to a VM being built by Packer - this address appears at the point Packer  runs theConnecting to VNC over websocket…andTyping the boot command over VNC…stage - so very early and no where where we have much if any control!At this point the VM isn’t even up and no virtio drivers have been loaded - and so it isn’t ‘known’ by Windows but it’s the first listed IP address so that’s the one Packer tries to communicate on - so the build fails as communication is never established.I’ve tried releasing and renewing an IP address in Windows during the build but Windows doesn’t know about the address at all so it doesn’t do anything useful.  The VM shows as having 2 addresses from DHCP in Prism Central… I’m all out of ideas!  Any insight gratefully received!

I'm trying to use foundation to install Nutanix on a R730, but it doesn't properly map to the R730 when it starts the prechecks in Phoenix. It maps to a Lenovo device. I've check the hardware and software compatibility guides, and have the correct versions. 

¡Bienvenidos al nuevo Foro en Español de Nutanix!Es un placer daros la bienvenida al nuevo espacio en español de la comunidad de NUTANIX.Este foro nace con un objetivo claro:Crear un punto de encuentro para compartir conocimiento, experiencias, dudas, buenas prácticas y casos reales en torno a nuestras soluciones y al ecosistema multicloud.Queremos que sea un espacio: Abierto y colaborativo Técnico y práctico Cercano y constructivo Donde tanto expertos como nuevos miembros puedan aportar y aprender  Me gustaría hacer una mención especial a los MCX (MultiCloud Experts), referentes técnicos dentro de nuestra comunidad. Vuestra experiencia, visión y capacidad para ayudar a otros profesionales será clave para dar impulso a este foro desde el primer día.Esperamos contar con vuestra participación activa compartiendo: Mejores prácticas Arquitecturas de referencia Lecciones aprendidas Resolución de dudas técnicas Novedades y actualizaciones relevantes Este foro es de todosSi eres

Hello, I'm trying to install Nutanix CE on my workstation. I keep getting “error 1155 could not create tmpvol.bin” and “Failed to create tmpvol”. I've already tried it on two different PCs and with different HDDs and SSDs. I tried it with UEFI and with legacy Bios. What could be the cause of this error? Thx.  

No puede haber un foro sin este tema: ¿Cual es vuestro juguete favorito? Porque mira que lo tenemos facil con Nutanix CE!No se puede tirar la piedra y esconder la mano, así que empezaré yo: Ahora mismo mi lab es prestado, Txapote sabe de lo que hablo, jejeje. Pero basicamente es un cluster de 3 nodos, lo justo para poder jugar un poquito. En su dia, dejé las instrucciones de montaje aqui: https://www.thinkinvirtual.com/2025/07/como-crear-un-cluster-nutanix-ce-nested.htmlPero ya sabeis que tenemos en breve un webinar sobre este tema, y si no lo sabeis, aquí teneis el enlace:MultiCloud Experts MeetUp

In my blueprint, I need to execute a command on Prism Central VM. The command will be a script on Prism Central VM. My blueprint uses the existing Prism Central VM as the substrate. I tried different ways to execute the command but none of them worked. Could you please advise how I could do it? The script I need to run doesn’t have an API counterpart. I can run PC API from the blueprint without problems. Here are the different ways I tried and how they failed.# SSH EndpointPCSSHEndpoint = Endpoint.Linux.ip(    ["@@{calm_pc_ip}@@"],    name="PC_SSH_Endpoint",    port=22,    cred=SSHCredential,)# ============================================================================# METHOD 1: SSH Endpoint with Target Reference# ============================================================================class Method1_SSHEndpointService(Service):    """    Method 1: Using SSH endpoint with explicit target reference       Pros: Proper SSH connection setup    Cons: Failed with "Machine and credential

Trying to deploy the latest CE image (phoenix.x86_64-fnd_5.6.1_patch-aos_6.8.1_ga) on a VMware Workstation 25 machine, the VM is being deployed with the recommended hardware (8 cores, 32Gb, 3 drives (64, 200 and 500). The machine I’m deploying on is a minipc with i9 16 cores, 64Gb Ram and plenty of free NVMe space so its not a resource issue.  I see some other similar posts asking the same question but they looked to be using machines that didnt have sufficient ram to support the VM running with 32GB.  I’ve tried turning the compatibility down to workstation 17.x but that’s made no difference.I’m getting the following error, I’ve looked through the log file but there doesnt appear to be anything obvious that is causing the issue. Thanks in advanceJohn 

Below are new knowledge base articles published on the week of February 8-14, 2026.Support Portal login required:KB-20593 - Uploading TLS Certificates in Foundation VM KB-20710 - Nutanix Files - Native deployments on Azure fail due to a Minerva FM gateway timeout KB-20729 - Windows 11 VM Creation on AHV: VM Appears Hung or Fails with "Failed to load Boot..." Error KB-20755 - PC upgrade failure from pc.2024.2.0.4 to pc.2024.3.1.9 with the error message "failed to upgrade control plane nodes: Operation timed out" and one node marked as NotReady KB-20833 - Unable to delete an AHV Metro VM in a decoupled state after failed CCLM/OD-CCLM KB-20851 - Nutanix Files - CONCURRENT_REQUESTS_NOT_ALLOWED ERROR WITH THIRD PARTY BACKUP APPLICATIONS KB-20877 - 'High Error Rate' on object cluster KB-20880 - Prism Central - Alert resolution error for SAML users on pc.7.5 KB-20882 - DELL: Server Boots into RASR-FIP Menu Instead of OS KB-20886 - Unable to clone VM in Prism Central KB-20896 - Support for VCF

Join me on Twitch!Hey there! Come and join me as I fumble my way through setting up NAI with MicroK8s - It’s the start of trying to build an agentic workflow using NAI and n8n to try and see what agetns are alllll about!You’ll be disappointed, but hey, at least you’ll feel better about yourself!

Hi Guy’s I'm trying to update our Dev environment which runs on community edition, and AOS, NCC etc all working via LCM, for the AHV though it will just keep failing every single time.It just goes round in a loop watching from the ilo, it first does choose AHV re image, the it reboots and get to that same screen and then just boots to current AHV OS.So is there a way to do this manually without it affecting the CVM’s config running on them?ThanksMark

HiI’m reviewing the network design for a Nutanix AHV cluster and I would like to clarify best practices regarding CVM backplane traffic.Specifically: Is it considered a best practice to separate the CVM backplane (CVM-to-CVM traffic, Stargate/metadata replication, etc.) onto a dedicated network or VLAN? Or is it generally recommended to keep the backplane traffic on the same network as the CVM/host data network (as long as bandwidth and latency requirements are met)? Assuming a standard production environment (10/25GbE, properly sized switching, no extreme east-west congestion), does separating the backplane provide measurable operational or performance benefits? Is it buggy in therms of troubleshooting? does it mainly add complexity without real gain?I’m particularly interested in official guidance or field experience from larger deployments.Thanks in advance!

Hi, We have two cluster, Prod and DR. We have protection policies all set up, as well as recovery plans. However, when performing a planned failover (for testing) ​​​​​​, the execution of the recovery fails. But it also succeeds… with warnings. The warnings say as follow:------VMs/Recovery Points detected on Prism Element(s) with unsupported licenseIMPACTSome VMs might not be recovered.CAUSESome of the VMs/Recovery Points are located on Prism Element(s) with unsupported license.RESOLUTIONMake sure that the Prism Element(s) have supported license. Supported License includes Ultimate License or Pro license with add-on advanced replication.-----The (planned) failover is also successful - so why the warnings? We have Pro licence. As far as I understand it, we need Ultimate licence for Test failover, but not for the planned failover (as long as we don’t do staging in bringing VMs back up). Are these warnings a red herring? Also, what about unplanned failover? Will we also just get the warni

From PC/VMs - select VM - Power Operations - Power onTasks comes back as failed   

HI!Microsoft certificates for Secure Boot expire in June 2026Will AHV, CVM, and VM legacy boot continue to function properly after the certificate expires?Secure Boot expiration will only affect guest VMs using UEFI? 

need to setup on-prem VM setup with our Hardware which is the best one.