Today, 2017-09-06, Nutanix released a new AHV hypervisor version. The latest and greatest version is now 20160925.84. There are quite a few enhancements in this version including e.g.: Random read and write performance has been increased. Improved scheduler logic during live migration and upgrade operations. Security Updates VM power on performance is improved. AHV behaviour …
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Nutanix Cluster Check (NCC) Version 3.1 Released
Quick blog post to let you know that Nutanix Cluster Check (NCC) version 3.1 has been released. You can run NCC via: CVM command line by using command bcc health_checks run_all Via PRISM UI -> Health -> Actions -> Run Checks There are eight new checks, according to the below list, in this release and there …
vRealize Automation and Nutanix Enterprise Cloud
A very short blog post to let you know that I have created a blog post around VMware vRealize Automation (vRA) and the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud on the Nutanix Next community. It is called: vRealize Automation and Nutanix Enterprise Cloud The following is the blog post introduction The Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform is a hardware-agnostic …
Nutanix @ VMworld in Las Vegas 2017
This years US based VMworld conference is just a few days away and this year it will take place at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Convention Center in Las Vegas August 27-31. As I previously blogged about here I have received a VMware blogger pass and will fly in to Las Vegas on Sunday Nutanix will be …
AHV Best Practices Guide Version 3.1 Released
A few days ago an updated version of Nutanix AHV best practices guide (BPG) was released meaning the latest version available is 3.1. The BPG still covers the following areas: Networking Virtual Machine High Availability Acropolis Dynamic Scheduler VM Deployment Nutanix Guest Tools VM Data Protection Hypervisor Mobility and Conversion Live Migration CPU Configuration Memory …
Create Nutanix AHV Virtual Machine Via Command Line
While travelling back home from last weeks Nutanix sales kick off in Las Vegas i tried to do some performance testing in my home lab via the airplane WiFi connection. After a resent request the airline has actually open up for outbound SSH connections so i was able to access my home lab via SSH …
Change Nutanix PRISM UI Login Screen
A quick blog post about how to change the Nutanix PRISM UI login screen look and feel. Another setting is the UI contrast which I tell you how to change in blog post Quick Tip – Adjust/Change Prism UI Contrast. Backup to the login screen, based on the cluster purpose I have some different configurations and …
Nutanix Network Visualization & Arista Switch Configuration
Updated 2019-05-13: Including updated links for AOS 5.10.x including supported switches. —————————————————————- This blog post will cover Nutanix Network Visualization which is pretty handy when you need to further increase visibility into your datacenter infrastructure. The network visualization provides e.g. the logical to physical network mapping in Prism including VMs, AHV Hosts and physical switches and …
Nutanix AHV Version 20160925.71 Released
Updated 9/8 – New Metadata JSON file available via Nutanix Portal Two days ago, 2017-07-18, Nutanix released a new version of its hypervisor AHV. The latest and greatest version is now 20160925.71. Acropolis Operating System (AOS) formerly known as Nutanix Operating System (NOS) version 5.1.1.1 is required to run AHV 20160925.71. There are quite a few …
Microsoft Management Console Snap-In For Nutanix AFS Available
A few days ago, (2017-07-18) Nutanix released a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Snap-In for Nutanix Acropolis File Services (AFS). This means you can now perform top level directories (TLD) actions such as the below once via a Microsoft MMC which you have pointed to the AFS name space: Create top-level directories Delete top-level directories Change …
Nutanix .Next Conference 2017 In Washington Starts Tomorrow
So we are 14 hours away from this years US based Nutanix .Next event which will take place June 28 – 30, 2017 at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center. I have been in Washington for a few days already and have had some time to catch …
Import Windows Virtual Machine Using EFI Boot From VMware ESXi To Nutanix AHV
There are quite a few ways to migrate virtual machine (VM) from existing virtualisation solution to a Nutanix solution depending on e.g.: Source hypervisor Target hypervisor Keeping existing hypervisor or changing existing hypervisor. Moving VMs from non Nutanix system to Nutanix system Moving VMs between Nutanix systems. This blog post will cover a specific …
List number of VMs per Nutanix AHV host
Got a question a few days ago about how to list number of virtual machines (VMs) per Nutanix AHV host. From the top of my head I can think of two ways: PRISM Script PRISM It’s really simple to either view VMs per AHV Hosts direct in the UI and even export the information to a …