Yesterday, 2024-05-15, Nutanix released a new version Prism Central meaning the latest and greatest PC is now 2024.1
This Prism Central (PC) release includes many new and enhanced features such as:
- Prism Central Backup and Restore – Prism Central can be backed up to as many as three Nutanix on-prem clusters and in addition to one S3 object-based storage.
- X-Small Prism Central which requires only 4 vCPUs and 18 GB memory.
- High Availability in Prism Central – For more information, check out the section High Availability in Prism Central in Prism Central Infrastructure Guide
- Secure Snapshots
- great security improvement where for example deletion of snapshots requires approval.
- Enhanced role based access control (RBAC)
- Policy Engine Enablement Through Prism Central Admin Center
- Storage Stats and Usage Reporting Improvements
- Storage Containers List Tab Fields Description
- Storage Usage Graph Under Metrics Tab
- Storage Container Details View
- Storage Container Creation Window
- Automatic Cluster Selection for VM Placement
- VM Rightsizing Configurability Enhancements
- Rebuilt IAM Interface in Prism Central to enhance user experience
- Advanced Processor Compatibility in AHV
- Smart Rebuild as default setting for Cluster Resiliency Preference
- Create & Destroy (better word might be delete) Nutanix Cluster
- On-Demand Cross Cluster Live Migration (OD-CCLM) Support for vTPM enabled VMs
- Floating IP Address Configuration for On-prem Availability Zones in a Recovery Plan
- Virtual Private Cloud Support for On-demand CCLM
- Bulk Delete of Entity Recovery Points
- Default Storage Policy
- Pre-defined Storage Roles
- Traffic Mirroring to Destination on Remote Host
- Service Manager for Prism Central Services and Applications
- Release Candidate (RC) version of the Nutanix v4 APIs and SDKs – this requires both AOS 6.8 and Prism Central version pc.2024.1
- v4 API documentation
- API and SDK reference documentation
- As usual, RC and Tech preview features are not supported for production environments
Bundled software in the release are:
- pc.2024.1
- Self Service (Calm) 3.8
- MSP 2.5.0
- Nutanix Cluster Check (NCC) 5.0.0
- Objects Manager 4.3.0.2
- Nutanix Kubernetes Engine (Karbon) 2.2.3
- Life Cycle Manager (LCM) 3.0
Important
Nutanix supports DR workflows between N to N-2 Prism Central versions for cross PC availability zone disaster recovery (DR). See KB 16005 for more information
Useful links
- PC 2024.1 Download
- PC 2024.1 Release Notes
- Upgrade Path
- Nutanix Compatibility Matrix
- Software Product Interoperability
Enjoy the new version and its capabilities..