Nutanix Migrating Nutanix Files Today, we will be Migrating Nutanix Files using Data Protection and simulating a site failover using the built in Nutanix DR tools for Files. This guide is broken down into
Nutanix Changing AHV Hostname Over the years, Nutanix has made several changes in the way it handles node hostnames. Thankfully, as of 5.20 a simplified command line tool was added to change AHV
Nutanix Uninstalling PTagent from Dell ESX nodes I recently came across an issue that required PTagent to be removed from a couple of Dell XC Nutanix nodes. Thankfully, the removal is fairly straight forward. Connect to your
Nutanix AHV VM High Availability Reservations > VM high availability (VMHA) ensures that VMs restart on another AHV host in the cluster if a host fails. - Nutanix When deploying Nutanix AHV, you may notice the
Nutanix Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) on Nutanix AHV > Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) is a next-generation identity and access control policy platform that enables enterprises to enforce compliance, enhance infrastructure security, and streamline their service operations. -
AHV Creating AHV VM's with E1000 NICs Recently I had a requirement to use a legacy E1000 NIC on an AHV VM. Unfortunately, there is no way to choose what type of NIC a VM uses in
Security Ransom on Hyper-V Nutanix Cluster Last year, I was engaged to assist in a severe ransomeware event for a third party organization. Unfortunately, when I arrived most of the network had been impacted and the
Nutanix Creating an Image on AHV Creating an image on Nutanix AHV can be challenging, so I have created a guide to simplify the process. 1. Identify the VM name of what you will be creating
Nutanix Deleting Users from Prism Central Deleting users from Prism Central can become challenging at times. I recently came across a scenario in which trying to remove a user didn't work. Removing a user
Nutanix Nutanix Leap vs Xi Leap Nutanix Xi Leap Nutanix introduced Xi Leap a couple of years ago to bring disaster recovery to any Nutanix cluster. Xi Leap allows customers to connect their clusters and begin
Nutanix Prism Central Image Placement Polices When managing multiple Nutanix AHV clusters, image management will become quickly become a top priority. How do we maintain a multitude of images across multiple clusters? Thankfully, with Prism Central,
Nutanix Prism Central Hung Create VM Task You may run into a situation where a Prism Central task becomes hung and is not, or will not progress. Thankfully there's a simple fix for that using
Nutanix Nutanix Cluster Maintenance Tools (CMU) Those using LCM may have noticed a new set of software being pushed via LCM as of late. The ability to update CMU came with LCM starting in version 2.
Nutanix Deleting Nutanix Files Previous Version Snapshots Nutanix Files can be configured for self-service restore. When a share is configured for SSR, the FSVM's will take internal snapshots of the shares. These snaps will consume
Nutanix AHV/CentOS Root Lockout You may find yourself in a situation where you have been locked out of interactive login on the root account of your AHV node. The good news is, assuming you
Nutanix Curator Data Reduction Occasionally it may be important to calculate the actual data savings occurring within your Nutanix cluster. Curator actually has a simple command to generate a storage reduction report. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nutanix@
Nutanix AHV Hypervisor impersonates Hyper-V One of the first discoveries I made with AHV was the impersonation functionality. I came across this as we began deploying qcow images for Infoblox. Infoblox noted in their documentation
Nutanix Shutting Down a CVM/AHV This may be my favorite post yet. There will come a time when you need to shutdown your cvm and AHV node.
Nutanix When Nutanix LCM Fails From time to time, the unexpected can happen. Several weeks ago, I was working with the Life Cycle Manager to perform firmware updates. While LCM was in progress, it attempted
Nutanix Using Nutanix CVM Maintenance Mode Redirect node storage traffic by utilizing Nutanix cvm maintenance mode.
