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content_type.label.conversation Time Synchronization on Nutanix Cluster

Reliable and Accurate Time Sync is mandatory for distributed services to work in a reliable / efficient manner.Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used across different devices and services on a network to maintain reliability and integrity of services, data and other critical functions.Nutanix - AOS, bu...

content_type.label.conversation AHV - vDisk - Part - 3 : Creating an Image of or From an Existing vDISK

In our previous post, we explored “where are vdisks stored for AHV VMs and how to access or download them”. In this post, we will briefly go through the AOS Image service, which contains all ISO images, disk images etc.What is AOS Image Service:The image service feature enables you to import the ima...

content_type.label.conversation How to Shutdown and Restart a Nutanix Cluster

Shutting down and Restarting a Nutanix Cluster requires some considerations and ensuring proper steps are followed - in order to bring up your VMs & data in a healthy and consistent state. Nutanix is a Hypervisor agnostic platform, it supports AHV, Hyper-V, ESXi and XEN. This makes it all the mo...

content_type.label.conversation Migrating VM Disk to a Different Container on AHV

There are times, when we need to move a vm disk to a different container on the same AHV Cluster.For e.g. : We may want to move this VM Disk on a container with De-Dupliction Disabled. To relocate a virtual machine’s disk to a different container on the same AHV cluster, following steps are required...

content_type.label.conversation ESXi - Shutting down the cluster - Maintenance or Re-location

In this post we will go through the steps required to shut down and power off all hosts in a VMware vSphere cluster on AOS to perform maintenance or other tasks such as physical hardware relocation. Note: Upgrade to the most recent version of NCC before proceeding with the following steps. Points to...

content_type.label.conversation Physical Node Removal - Nutanix Cluster

In some cases, you might have to permanently remove a physical node / host from a Nutanix cluster. There are two scenarios in node removal. Permanently Removing an online node Removing an offline / not-responsive node in a 4-node cluster, at least 30% free space must be available to avoid filling an...

content_type.label.conversation Hardware Compatibility with AOS & Hypervisors

In order to check Nutanix AOS, AHV or 3rd Party Hypervisor Compatibility with certified hardware, you can visit the Nutanix portal and select "Compatibility Matrix". Home > Documentation > Compatibility MatrixYou can check compatibility for:Hardware model, for e.g. NX, HPE, Dell, Cisco UCS AOS...

content_type.label.conversation Re-IP - Nutanix AHV Hosts

Nutanix Cluster is comprised of several critical software and hardware components. All communication happens on a IP network. CVM - Controller Virtual Machine (AOS) Hypervisor - (AHV | ESXi | Hyper-V | XEN) IPMI - (Out of band management for the hosts) Each CVM communicates with its respective Hype...

content_type.label.conversation Nutanix Files - FSVM Max Connections Notification

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...

content_type.label.conversation Nutanix Files (AFS) - Graceful Shutdown and Start-up

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, le...

content_type.label.conversation AHV - vDisk - Part - 2 : Accessing and Downloading vDisks

Understanding and knowing where a Virtual Machine stores its vDisk is important for Admins. In our previous post we explored a couple of ways, we can use to find where Virtual Machine vDisks are stored on a AHV / AOS Cluster. Quick Recap:VM Disks (vDisks) are stored in a Container on AOS Cluster Acr...

content_type.label.conversation AHV - Shutting down the cluster - Maintenance or Re-location

Nutanix offers a distributed data and control plane, so it’s fairly easy to start, stop and graceful shutdown a cluster. Even, in abnormal / dirty shutdowns, Nutanix cluster has powerful self-healing capabilities - as all data & meta-data is distributed across the cluster which significantly red...

content_type.label.conversation AHV - vDisk - Part - 4 : Changing BUS Type of a vDISK

In our previous posts, we briefly explored some basics of vdisk management on AHV via Acropolis cli (acli). You can explore further namespaces in acli by logging on to any CVM and entering the acli shell.In some scenarios you may need to move disk from IDE to SCSI bus or vice versa. Sample scenarios...

content_type.label.conversation Nutanix Files 3.x - Expanding File Server Storage

A Nutanix Files cluster is a single namespace that includes a collection of file systems used to support the SMB and NFS shares. These file systems use Nutanix volume groups as storage. Volume groups enable both high availability and scale-out for the file systems. A volume group is a collection of...

content_type.label.conversation Nutanix Files - Changing IP Addresses for Existing FSVMs

Nutanix Files Cluster comprises of multiple virtual machines or FSVMs, which require both internal (Storage) and external (Client) IP Addresses. Files Cluster with 3 x FSVMs require at least 7 IP Addresses (3 x Internal + 3 x External + One Internal IP). Storage Network ( Internal Network ) needs to...

content_type.label.conversation Nutanix Files - Load Balancing

Nutanix Files is a scalable File Serving solution, which can be accessed by hundred’s or thousands of users. High availability is a core tenet of Nutanix Files, but how does Nutanix Files load-balance client requests in order to ensure consistent response times and performance? Nutanix Files offe...

content_type.label.conversation Upgrading Nutanix Files 3.x

Nutanix Files is a software-defined, scale-out file storage solution that provides a repository for unstructured data, such as home directories, user profiles, departmental shares, application logs, backups, and archives. Nutanix Files comprises of 3 x File Server virtual machines which forms a high...

content_type.label.conversation Nutanix Files - High-Availability

Nutanix Files is a software-defined, scale-out file storage solution with inherent high-availability. File services contribute to important business functions in enterprises (VDI / Home Directories / Legal etc.), which is why Nutanix Files offers transparent HA for the Files Cluster VMs (FSVMs). Whe...

content_type.label.conversation 3rd Party Hypervisors - New Version Support policy

Nutanix offers compatibility with all major hypervisors (Hyper-V, ESXi, XEN) to be able to host virtual machines on it and leverage the benefits of a truly distributed scale out storage fabric.Nutanix qualifies all releases of 3rd Party hypervisors in order to ensure smooth operations for customers...

content_type.label.conversation Nutanix AOS - ESXi - Intel 82599 and X540 ixgbe Driver upgrade

Nutanix AOS supports multiple hypervisors and supports a variety of hardware components. Nutanix qualifies hardware components to ensure optimal performance and minimal disruption. Nutanix AOS with ESXi supports Intel’s 10Gb (ixgbe) Ethernet Network Adapters. It is important to ensure that all netw...

content_type.label.conversation Nutanix 1 - Click Upgrades - Network Ports

Nutanix AOS offers simplicity in managing traditional complex infrastructure tasks. From Virtual machine management, Storage operations, replication - and of course Cluster software and hardware upgrades. As Infrastructure admins, we are well aware of the operational pain points, when it comes to up...

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