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We want to implement Nutanix Leap On premise between two clusters. The two cluster are installed on different locations (4km between the two sites).The two clusters are intented to be active, so each cluster must replicate VMs to each other (Cluster A → Cluster B and Cluster B → Cluster A)As per the documentation, we need an instance of Prism central on each site, which represents an Availability Zone.For easy management purposes, we want to be able to manage all the 2 clusters from a single pane of glass; is it possible to have a third Prism central instance to manage all these 2 clusters ?How this could be implemented?

Hello dear Nutanix community,A client of my company has purchased 3 HX Lenovo nodes and 2 ToR Cisco switches, each node was equipped with only 2 ports 10GbE (the LOM ones).  However, with only 2 ports, I don’t know how to setup the cluster in a way that there is a redundancy. The current rack looks like this without any cabling yet: The IPMI port will go to a Management Switch, so there’s no issue there. But so far, I am confused as to how setup the cabling for the two interfaces; Should eth0 go to a port on SW1 and eth1 go to a port on SW2 for each of the 3 servers? or should both eth0 and eth1 go to the same switch? If I understood correctly the AHV Networking articles in Nutanix, eth0 and eth1 will form a logical bond (br0-up) inside the br0 bridge. And I’m guessing since we only have 2 uplinks per nodes (I’m going for the first scenario):> eth0 will go to SW1Port1 (for example), SW1Port1 will be configured as a Trunk port, for which the CVM/AHV VLAN and User VMs VLANs will be de

how do 3 node cluster  guest os migrate to 2 node cluster ?

Currently I have 2 Cluster of 2 CPU with 2 core per CPU. so haw I calculate vCPU:pCPU Ratio?

Operation failed. Reason: Update of failed on 172.16.31.106 (environment phoenix) at stage 1 with error: [Failed to update firmware. Error: Failed to upgrade 3IE3. Information: [cmd: ./mp_64 -d /dev/sdg -c 1 -u -k -r -X 3 -Y 3 -v 0 dir_name: S740305N cwd: /home/nutanix/tmp/lcm_staging/S740305N ldir: ['SYS_S.bin', 'sram.bin', 'mp_64', 'mp_32', 'JMMPTOOL.ini', 'flash.ini'] x: [True, True, True, True, True, True]], Output: [ ************************************************************ * Innodisk MPTool V3.1.0 2020/03/04 * ************************************************************ Model Name : SATADOM-SL 3IE3 V2 Serial Num : B0021805110110184 FW Version : S671115N 1. TH58TFT0DDLBA8H Flash : TH58TFT0DDLBA8H Write code ....... [libjmmp.c][write_code():#2171] erase_flash fail ch : 0 blk : 2 [1;31mFail !! [m[1;31mUpgrade Fail !! [m], Error: [], return code: [4]] Logs have been collected and are available to download on 172.16.31.103 at /home/nutanix/data/log_collector/lcm_logs__172.16.31.103

We have Red Hat Virtualization from where we are going to migrate to Nutanix AHV. Virtual machines in RHV are LVM, not disks, because we are using fibre channel. How can we migrate virtual machines from RHV to AHV?

Can someone chime in on how Licensing woudl work when using AHV? For example, we currently have Windows 2012R2 Datacentre edition on each host and we have the ability to have unlimited licensed Windows Servers virtualised. I know that AHV doesn't require a license but does that mean that a license for each Widnows Virtual Server will need to be purchased hence invalidating our Datacentre license???

I want to Install Nutanix with VMware 6.7 on DELL XC 740XD Core, I use foundation 5.0.1 and AOS 5.20 (as recomendation on hardware compability), but we stuck at imaging process and log showed dependencies not met. any sugestion?I grab the log, 2021-06-04 06:27:46,980Z DEBUG Setting state of <ImagingStepValidation(<NodeConfig(10.14.43.12) @c990>) @cc10> from PENDING to RUNNING2021-06-04 06:27:46,985Z INFO Running <ImagingStepValidation(<NodeConfig(10.14.43.12) @c990>) @cc10>2021-06-04 06:31:25,810Z DEBUG Cache HIT: key(<function common_validations at 0x450a938>_()_{'global_config': <foundation.config_manager.GlobalConfig object at 0x7f3554120f50>})2021-06-04 06:31:25,813Z DEBUG Setting state of <ImagingStepValidation(<NodeConfig(10.14.43.12) @c990>) @cc10> from RUNNING to FINISHED2021-06-04 06:31:25,814Z INFO Completed <ImagingStepValidation(<NodeConfig(10.14.43.12) @c990>) @cc10>2021-06-04 06:31:25,824Z DEBUG Setting state of

Has anyone ever attempted a Host book disk repair and encountered this issue before?     All cables and SFPs are plugged in as if it were still in production. Have not yet attempted to rebuild via foundation as these were the steps provided by Nutanix support:  https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Hypervisor-Boot-Drive-Replacement-Platform-v510-Multinode-G3G4G5:Hypervisor-Boot-Drive-Replacement-Platform-v510-Multinode-G3G4G5   Steps Taken: Downloaded and burnt phoenix.iso to USB Booted USB into Phoenix Kicked off Repair Host boot Disk and uploaded whitelisted ESXi image Encountered error I have a case open with support and have escalated and figured that while i’m waiting I could ask the community. Will provide a response here once we figure out the issue. Cheers All!   (Edit: I posted this in the CE forum by accident)

Has anyone been able to enable bitlocker on a drive within Server 2019 or 2022? Or is there an update regarding this article? Bitlocker cannot be enabled on Windows Server 2019 in VM running on AHV (nutanix.com)

Hi. I’m looking for some experiences in migrating windows user vms from acropolis hypervisor to vmware esxi. I tried and followed severals KBs and articles but none were successful. After powering on windows VM on esxi, they immediately go to the famous “blue screen” and don’t recognize the disk. Articles that I followed: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/kbs/details?targetId=kA032000000PMcKCAWhttps://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/kbs/details?targetId=kA03200000098T7CAIhttps://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Prism-Central-Guide-Prism-v5_19:mul-vm-export-as-ova-pc-t.htmlhttps://next.nutanix.com/move-application-migration-19/want-to-export-a-vm-from-ahv-here-s-how-37275Has anyone has experience with this ? Can you help me ? Best regards

So - I have been trying to get some sort of automation of my Ubuntu VM creation in Prism, either by setting up a template machine that I would later modify using cloud-init custom scripts, or even better using a custom cloud-init script at creation to run through the “Ubuntu autoinstall”  I have tried a few times now to install an Ubuntu server by clicking my way through the GUI and then using the resulting .yml file to try and install a VM from scratch… Using “clone” from a template I can use a custom script to change hostname and so forth, but still having some problems changing the network settings (saying they are disabled by system.cfg). I guess I will be able to figure that part out eventually, but my main goal is to be able to register a new machine in Netbox, and from the info I have entered there automatically create a cloud-init fileand use that to trigger VM creation in Nutanix…  When I try to create a new VM - mounted with the Ubuntu 20.04.4 installer ISO and a 100GB disk -

Hi!If you have several Virtual machines on an AHV cluster that must be deleted, can you delete  them at the same time from Prism Central or should you remove them one by one from Prism Element?Also, is there any Rest API or PowerCLI to do that process? Thanks

Hello,I need to create several Windows Server 2019 standard, virtual machines that run in AHV (Nutanix cluster of 3 nodes nx-3170-g8, with 2x16 cores in each node) hosts that i need to buy licenses for. But i do not seem to find a calculation method for licenses).I found that i can go for per core licensing of physical cores (3*2*16 = 96 cores) which would help reduce costs since the total number of virtual cores that need to be configured is more than 200 v-cores.i would like to confirm if this approach is correct? i.e. licensing the number of the physical cores of nutanix appliances? and if anyone did it successfully?Thank you in advance,

Hello,We are buying a Nutanix Cluster of 3 nodes nx-3170-g8, but the management, also intending to buy vSphere 7 licenses thinking to replace the Hypervisor in the Nutanix boxes.I would like to know, if this can be done? and if yes, what documents or procedures must be followed?Thank you in advance,

I read that we can able to export the AHV VM in OVA format via Prism central GUI if we have both AOS and Prism central supported version. I need to know is there any way to do the same via PRISM CLI. If so,please share me any link for that. Thanks. -JAI

I’m trying to uninstall VMware tools from VMs running on AHV version 20201105.2244. I am following the KB to uninstall VMware tools: Unable to Uninstall VMware Tools in Windows after Migration by Move from ESXi to AHVI mount the ISO in windows on the VM and run the ‘setup64.exe /c’ command and immediately notice EventID 1000 and 1005 in the application logs. They are application errors not being able to launch the VMware installer process. I have tried this on two separate VMs on different clusters. Has anyone else seen this before?Event ID 1000Faulting application name: setup64.exe, version: 11.0.5.17716, time stamp: 0x5e0aa12fFaulting module name: setup64.exe, version: 11.0.5.17716, time stamp: 0x5e0aa12fException code: 0xc0000096Fault offset: 0x0000000000077c3fFaulting process id: 0xb4cFaulting application start time: 0x01d81df06bb35ef0Faulting application path: E:\setup64.exeFaulting module path: E:\setup64.exeReport Id: 2dc8bb34-f3b9-40d1-859f-0f8f5b772fefFaulting package full nam

New to Nutanix and trying to understand HA for management like in VMware.  In VMware we setup vCenter HA with an active/passive/witness.  Is there something similar in Nutanix?

HiI'm hoping someone has a similar setup.  We have a 2 sites connected by fast links with one Nutanix cluster at each site (16 nodes in each cluster).  We use Metro availability to replicate between sites.  We have 1 stretched ESXi cluster hosting mainly Window servers.We have a number of VM guest failover SQL clusters (2 nodes in each cluster)  which require shared storage and therefore require the use of Nutanix Volume groups.  Each VM is connected to the volume group via ISCSI.We can't use Metro replication to replicate these VMS and their associated volume groups to the other site as you can't replicate volume groups with Metro availability - it's not supported.So, the only other option is to use Async replication.  Here are my questions:In the manual the conditions for Async say  "Do not have VMs with the same name on the primary and the secondary clusters. Otherwise, it may affect the recovery procedures"Q: If we failover the async protection domain containing the cluster node VM

Hi all, I’m trying to create additional admins accounts with LDAP authentication on Nutanix. I’ve got clusters up and running, got LDAP working, and the generic RBAC ‘VM admin/VM read only’ etc accounts (that I’m creating) are all good. But I thought Nutanix had added the ability to create a full cluster admin with AD authentication rather than creating local ones on something like prism central now? Or am I mistaken? (If someone has a way of doing this, it would be much appreciated). Kind Regards,SiW

I used X-Ray to do a performance testing for the Nutanix cluster. After added the target, and I do a Peak Performance Micro benchmark test. All the process has worked well. but when the performance testing is running, there is no I/O performance graph, only display the 3 graphs as cluster CPU usage,cluster network received, and cluster network transmitted. I cannot find the I/O performance information from the graph. I have meet this kind of problem many times. and the x-Ray version is 3.11.As the beginning test, the timezone is not right and I have ever adjust the time of X-Ray VM. 

HiI used X-Ray 4.1.3 to do a test of VM High Availability in a cluste which includes 6 Lenovo HX nodes installed ESXi 7.0 U2, I tested several times and all are failed. The test failed in the phase of after poweroff the Host and reestablish the workload in 120 seconds. All are time out in 120 secs. I checked the VM which has already HA to another host, and the VM is already restated and the IP already obtained. So this is the timeout issue. seems if the timeout  value is larger, the test will be successfully. but I cannot find the place to adjust the 120 secs value.My question  is “ Is there any way to adjust the 120 sec value for the VM high Availability test”? 

Hi All,I want to test block storage, file storage and object storage. How many nodes are needed for the minimum cluster size? Is there a recommended configuration？

Hi We have 2 sites with fast links between them with 1 Nutanix cluster on each site.  All the hosts are running the ESXi 6.7 hypervisor. We use Metro availability so we have 1 ESXi cluster stretched across both sites. Currently Prism central runs on a VM in located on hosts in the primary site in a Metro availability enabled container\DS.  We looking into scaling out our Prism Central installation from 1 node to 3 nodes. Ideally I was thinking we could spread the Prism Central nodes across the two sites, perhaps by having 1 node on site 1 and 2 nodes on site 2. However, the Prism Central scale out manual states the following: “All scale out Prism Central VMs must run on the same cluster. For example, running two VMs in cluster_1 and one VM in cluster_2 is not supported".   Is this referring to one ESXi cluster or one Nutanix Cluster - I just want to be sure? Thanks in advance.

Looking for anyone that has been successful with installing windows 11 on Nutanix AHV?I have tried, in my VM creation i have selected UEFI and Secure Boot. What I can’t seem to get to is how to enable TPM? When VM boots there is no way to get into bios to enable TPM. So how do you do that?Thanks