Yesterday, 2017-12-04, Nutanix has released new versions for a bunch of their products including: Acropolis Operating System (AOS) formerly known as Nutanix Operating System (NOS) version 5.5 AHV version 20170830.58 Prism Central version 5.5 Nutanix Cluster Check (NCC) version 3.5 Foundation version 3.11.2 LifeCycle manager (LCM) 1.3 There are a ton of new features and enhancements so …
Category Archive: Nutanix
Nutanix AHV VM Reporting Via REST API Version 1.1
A while ago I published a blog post that includes a script you can use to create Nutanix AHV VM reports. The blog post can be found here. Now it’s time for version 1.1 and it comes with additional VM information to make it more useful. The new metrics included are: Remote Protection Domain …
Meet NPX 013 – Wayne Conrad
Name: Wayne Conrad NPX Number:013 Employer: Nutanix Blog URL: N/A Twitter: @wjconrad Virtualisation background: I started using ESXi 3.5 in 2007 or so on a small 3 host environment to run our corporate network. The consulting firm I was internal IT for at the time had been thinking of starting a VMware practice. The environment was …
Nutanix Acropolis File Services 2.2.1 Released
Today, 2017-11-09, Nutanix released a new version of Acropolis File Services meaning the latest version is now 2.2.1. Even though the new version includes mainly bug fixes there are two new features included which I know some customers will find useful and will make AFS a more likely option none AFS customers: AFS AV supports …
Nutanix vRealize Automation Reference Architecture v3.0 Released
Happy to let you know that the latest VMware vRealize Automation on Nutanix Reference Architecture is available for download. Most recent version is now 3.0 and it includes the following software versions from Nutanix and VMware. vRealize Automation 7.3 vSphere 6.5 Nutanix AOS 5.1 vRealize Automation is a framework, multiple infrastructure like components required, for …
Nutanix Xtract For Virtual Machine
In nearly every discussion I have with potential customers the questions comes up about how do we migrate existing workloads to Nutanix. Until today, 2017-10-09, the simple answer has been and still is that it depends on what you actually want to do. Lets say you run hypervisor X today and want to continue running …
Data Protection for Nutanix AHV Based VMs Version 1.1 Released
A bit more than a year ago I create a blog post around the Data Protection for Nutanix AHV Based VMs. Initially the data protection options available were the once built into the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform, Cloud options such as Azure and AWS and also one third-party vendor Commvault. Over the past year a …
Apply for Nutanix Technology Champion (NTC) 2018
A few days ago, 2017-10-02, Nutanix opened the application for their Nutanix Technical Champion Program (NTC) for 2018. If you’re a Nutanix expert that constantly contribute to the community you should apply via this link for NTC before 7:th November 2017 to hopefully be included in the 2018 NTC announcement during December 2017. The following are …
Nutanix AHV VM Reporting Via REST API
Some time ago I provided a virtual machine reporting script for Nutanix hypervisor AHV virtual machines via the blog post “Nutanix AHV VM Reporting”.That script was running on a Nutanix Controller Virtual Machine (CVM) so it had some shortcomings in terms of flexibility and scheduling options. This new script provides all the output parameters included …
Turbonimic 6.0 Released
A few days ago, 2017-09-27, Turbonomic, a long time VCDX56 blog sponsor, released a new version of their software which continuously analyzes real-time workload demand and matches it to compute, storage and network resources in a virtualized, private or public cloud environment. This means the latest & greatest Turbonomic version is 6.0 and it brings …
Nutanix OpenStack Virtual Machine Version 4.0 Released
A few days ago, 2017-09-20, Nutanix released a new version of their OpenStack Virtual Machine (OVM) so the current version is now 4.0. There major enhancement with this version is that it includes Acropolis OpenStack Newton driver. The follow software was also release same time as the new OVM: Nutanix drivers (in rpm format) meaning …
Download Image From Nutanix Image Configuration Via REST API
The Nutanix Image Configuration available in Nutanix hypervisor, AHV, based Nutanix Clusters is used to hold Disk and ISO files from which you want to create create new virtual machines from or use during operations system (e.g. VirtIO) or other software installations. It is easily accessible via: Nutanix PRISM -> Gear Icon (in the top …
Need A Nutanix .Next 2017 Europe Blogger Pass?
I’m happy to let you know that Nutanix will give away a limited number of blogger passes for the Nutanix .Next user conference in Nice November 7-9 2017. And of course the event will be held in the Acropolis Conference Center:) The blogger pass you have a chance to get provides you with a complimentary conference …