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I have attempted to create a VM recovery point on Prism Central and revert it from the recovery point. However, I am getting an info-level message that the recovery point is degraded and that the recovery Point for VM failed to capture associated policies and categories because the network name is not available for the VM.The VM revert task also does not seem to have been executed as there is no event confirming success. The VM is created from a blueprint that is part of a project with a configured VPC, and I have already verified that there are no issues in connection between PC and PE. May I know possible reasons for why this is happinening and how I might resolve this? I have consulted the link https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/kbs/details?targetId=kA00e000000CyDeCAK but it seems to be targeted at VMs running on ESXi, our VMs run on AOS/AHV. Thanks!

I have some questions about RF. Support we have a 5 node RF:2 cluster with ESXi virutalization tech. We want to let 2 VMs are only running on 2 nodes(Use affinity rule).My questions: For my understanding, there will be one local copy on these 2 nodes. And because of the design, VMs could contact local CVMs to access local copy. So the performance is good. But if this node is down, the remote copy may be in another 3 nodes. Will the performance become worse because we lost the access the path to access local copy?Thank you very much!

Hi everyone, Is there a command to list/get all latest installed security patches on our Nutanix? Thank you.

As Nutanix recommended connectivity is 10G but due to some ports availability issue we initially configured Nutanix cluster with 1G but now we are planning to change our Nutanix environment uplink to 10G, any advise will there be any impact or can you share the procedure to change uplinks to 10G. 

Greetings,In the Prism Element web console under the Hardware menu, there are drives on one of our nodes that are not showing up under the Diagram, but are showing under the Disk screen from the Table menu (see below).   As you can see, all disks are all online and confirmed via the CLI as well.  Our Nutanix versions are below.  I’ve restarted the Prism service for this node and still showed the same result.Any help would be appreciated. Thank you,

How i update the nutanix VirtualIO driver on RHEL 7.9 VM ?I have a strange situation: vm configuration is set to 16 GB ram but OS see only 11 GB ram

Is there an ETA for when NGT will add Rocky Linux support? This Reddit thread from August 2021 is the only reference I could find online suggesting that Rocky NGT support was being worked on. The NGT compatibility matrix lists Rocky as one of the OS vendors, but there are no approved OS yet.   Alma Linux (the other RHEL clone project) is already listed in the compatibility matrix, so I assume the delay in adding Rocky is not a technical one. Here’s what happens if I try to install NGT on a Rocky VM:rootin nutanixngt/installer/linux via 🐍 v3.6.8                                                              ➜ ./setup_python.sh -hPlatform type is: x86_64Unsupported distribution : rocky linuxERROR: Failed to install Nutanix Guest Tools. Check /tmp/ngt_install_log_20230707123201.txt  for logs.➜ cat /tmp/ngt_install_log_20230707123201.txt[2023-07-07 12:32:03] {installer_factory.py:52} ERROR - Unsupported distribution : rocky linux   

Hi Experts,I hope you are doing great, Can I mix PUSs in a single block (an obsolete model) using the below combination? I am not sure how the MB will handle PSU2.PWS-1K68A-1R (PUS1) : DC output  :: 800W + 12V/67A ; +5vsb/1A                                          DC output  :: 1600W + 12V/133A ; +5vsb/1A PWS-1K62P-1R (PSU2) : DC output  :: 1000W + 12V/84A ; +5vsb/4A                                          DC output  :: 1200W + 12V/100A ; +5vsb/4A                                          DC output  :: 1620W + 12V/135A ; +5vsb/4A

HiWe have a cluster running on AHV and have recently found that its not possible to host guest VMs running Hyper-V within them, as a layer 2 hypervisor.The scenario is we have a few Windows 2016 VMs running on ESXi at the moment and each VM has the Hyper-V role installed in Windows 2016, providing containers for Docker.We want to move the VMs to our Nutanix cluster but running Hyper-V within a VM is not a supported type of nested virtualisation.Support say there are only 2 types of nested virtualisation supported:  Credential Guard and WSL2.Docker is able to use WSL2 for containers as an alternative to Hyper-V but our problem is we need to stick to Windows because our apps are coded for Windows and our Dev team are not keen on re-writing everything!I’m looking for an unofficial workaround, is there a way to force AHV to allow in-guest layer 2 hypervisors to run?   Its possible on ESXi, it feels like there should be an option in the host’s BIOS to enable compatibility.Any ideas would be

Please what is the latest NCA & NCP exam voucher and its validation period?

Hello Team,Is it possible to transform a full-flash cluster to an hybrid one without losing data? (third party platform).Licenses should not be upgraded because SSD space would not change but the necessary SAS disks would be added to add extra cold data space

I would like to ask for some help on identifying why I receive below error prior to installing Nutanix Community Edition on a HPE Gen9 Server. We want to install Nutanix Community v2.0 for some LAB testing on a single 1U server.Steps we have taken for the install.1. I have created a bootable disk on a USB with version: phoenix-ce2.0-fraser-6.5.2-stable-fnd-5.3.4-x86_642. After boot all looks OK and we are configuring the disks as below: Attached is "Disk_config.PNG" - This is what we have as a Disk. Only C is SSD. The 16GB is the Install Media.3. I accept the EULA and scroll to the bottom4. Here is where the issue appears. We receive an ERROR Please supply 'Serial Number'. I have checked in NEXT and online but no luck..5. When I hit Enter it goes back to EULA.I was able to install the same way when I do it on ESXI, but on bare metal it looks like we are failing some king of S/N check..

I’m testing Nutanix on an old server (1065-G5 generation). The connection between Prism and vCenter is registered, but not established.  I’m using AOS 5.20.4, ESX 7.0.3, NCC 4.5.0.2. The port 80 is opened and redirected to HTTPS. What could be the cause?

Hi AllHavoc struck this morning when I tried to move my AHV cluster from old switch stack to new switch stack - the hosts, I think went into panic mode and started to restart various VMs.The background to this is:  I have 2 x Dell X4012 core switches and 2 x Dell N3024 ToR switches, currently due to moving VMware environment to Nutanix only 1 x X4012 is connected to NIC 1 on each of the 3 hosts.  From the X4012 there is a cross connect into the old VMware network Core blade switches (Dell 8024 x 2) which are connected to the old ToR N3048 switch stack, these are then connected to the router for VPLS and DMZ. So to move the connectivity, I thought I could add the second NICs of the hosts to the second X4012 and disconect the crossconnect and the first NICs thus using the newer switches, albeit on the opposite NICs.  I planned to reconfigure and update the first X4012 and add back into the stack with a LAG to the N3024 stack and no crossconnect.  I moved the NIC connections and lost all

Hello Nutanix Community,We are running Nutanix HCI on Lenovo servers having three-node cluster & currently the cluster has less capacity. We have 2 empty HDD slots on each Lenovo serves and we are planning to insert same capacity HDD drives on all 3 servers. So totally 6 HDD with a capacity of 2.4TB each.I would like to know how to configure and expand the storage? Please note that I’m new to Nutanix so kindly help me from scratch:-)Thanks in advance to everyone.

Hello,We used compression and deduplication for a while but now it is not necessary.I disabled these functions in the storage settings but the cluster is still showing the dedup space savings with no changes. This is after a week or so of turning dedupe off.I can’t find any documentation around disabling dedupe and what is required to ‘unoptimize’ the data.I’m using AOS 5:15.5.1 LTS and this is an old NX-1050 3 node system.TIA 

L.s,First time here with a question  (there must be a first time)We want to create a environment with a Splunk/Nutanix combination. The storage for Splunk will be smartstore, so the warm storage is S3 compliant storage, something Nutanix can provide.The question comes from the fact that we will span Splunk acros two site’s. So each site will have a storage cluster and a compute cluster (multiple clusters because more then 3 hops).  Site A has a compute cluster and a storage cluster, site B has the same. The Storage cluster will be synced between eachother.Splunk validated architecture says to have a loadbalancer between the Splunk indexers and the S3 storage. So when the storage in Site B fails.. Site B can use Site A as storage. But also the loadbalancer sends the compute cluster to the nearest storage available.Does Nutanix has something for this loadbalancer question? Can two clusters be adressed  by one ip, ore is it indeed necessary to use a external loadbalancer?Thanks in advance

Hi Team,What if some random people run a feature like Nutanix Object without having a proper license for it, what they just have is only for AOS license.1. will they successfully use it in the cluster? ​​​​​​​2.will that Object feature be affected when the active AOS license expires?3.Nutanix license is perpetual right? so when it expires all features are still working except support from TAC but what about the features that runs illegally, will they be affected once active license that doesnt supports the feature they enabled expires? Thank you so much for clarification.

I just created a new cluster but there is no default virtual switch created (vs0).Is this something expected ? Ventura

For our development work, we are using /v3/hosts/list endpoint. As per the specs, we want to use length and offset for pagination to fetch large number of hosts. We tried using it as follows:curl --location --request POST 'https://<host>:9440/api/nutanix/v3/hosts/list' \--header 'accept: application/json' \--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \--header 'Authorization: Basic abc' \--data-raw '{ "kind": "host", "length": 1, "offset": 9}'However, length and offset params doesn’t seem to be working. It returns all the hosts (2 in our case) irrespective of the params passed.  Also, we used the same params in /v3/vms/list and they are working as expected. So, wanted to know if this is expected or is this an open issue? Is there a way to get all the hosts through Prism Central (v3) APIs?  

HelloI registered on the Nutanix Essential event, and I received a promo code for the Nutanix voucherI wanted to pass the certification before the expiration date of 15/10/2022, but I did not find the right place to pass the certificationthank you for your prompt response

HiNutanix 6.6.2.5Installing Prism Central (1-Click Internet)When I deploy PC, then there is an option, as either:Small Large X-LargeWhen I selected small. Then I get 1.VM with “6 vCPUs, 26 GB of memory, and 500 GiB of storage.”I deploy it. And after there is an option to “Scale out PC”. I can scale out to 3-VM, so I get 3x “6 vCPUs, 26 GB of memory, and 500 GiB of storage.” But my question is, can I scale out from Small to Large as well ?And also from Small to X-Large..?Or I need drop my PC to achieve that..? I am new to nutanix. And I would like to know, which is the best approach for later on, when there is a need to expand.Also, as I have read, the Flow Virtual Networking requires “Advanced Networking”, which needs X-Large deployments.We might need that option later on. So I want to know, should I need to create X-Large deployment now, or can I change it later on. Thanks. RegardsRaul

HiNutanix 6.6.2.5What is the difference for the following storage containers, except the replication factor, compression, etc..) ?  I mean what is meant to be placed for the certain containers.For example, when I deployd Prism Central, then there was an option between “default-..” and “SelfServiceContainer”, so my question is, which is for what (images, VM’s, etc..)..?Thanks.RegardsRaul

As stated in the question, how do I create a template from a VM in AHV?And how do I use the template to create a VM?