Name: Richard Arsenian NPX Number: 009 Employer: Nutanix Inc Blog URL: http://headintotheclouds.com Twitter: @richardarsenian Virtualisation background:Working with VMware technologies since 2005 Storage Background: Shared storage experience with a wide range of technology vendors, in particular EMC Hyper Converged Infrastructure background: Whilst at VMware I began to see a growing trend with hyper Convergence technology coupled with …
Category Archive: Nutanix
Nutanix Xpress
Yesterday, 2016-05-24, Nutanix announced a new offering that will bring the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud to the SMB market. If you find this interesting i suggest you sign up for the virtual launch even that will be held June 28 using the following link. The Nutanix Xpress software edition will include the following capabilities and features: …
Data Protection For Nutanix AHV Based VMs
Updated 2017-10-05 – Data Protection for Nutanix AHV Based VMs Version 1.1 released —————————————————————————————————————————————- I have seen a lot of requests regarding data protection options for Nutanix AHV (formerly known as Acropolis Hypervisor) based VM and i’m happy to let you know that a tech note i have put together covering this has been released. The technical note …
Nutanix OpenStack Part II – Project & User Management
This will be the second part of my Nutanix OpenStack blog series. The first one was about the Deployment and can be found here. Now when we have the solution up and running it’s time to create the Projects needed and for those of you who have never worked with OpenStack a project can be …
Nutanix OpenStack Part I – Deployment
This will be the first blog post in a series that will cover the Nutanix OpenStack solution and what could be better than starting with the deployment. I will not spend much time explaining the architecture but i’ll mention the three main components in the Nutanix OpenStack solution: Acropolis OpenStack Services VM (OVM) – This …
Install And Manage Nutanix Guest Tools
Updated 2018-06-25: Link to blog post to Manage Nutanix Guest Tools For Cloned VMs Updated 2017-11-15:Information about how to check NGT status in Linux based VMs ————————————————————————————— In the Nutanix Guest Tools blog post i explained what Nutanix Guest Tools (NGT) is and what features it provides. This blog post will focusing on the installation of NGT in …
Nutanix Guest Tools
As mentioned in the blog post Acropolis Base Software 4.6 released the Nutanix Guest Tools (NGT) is now general available for virtual machines (VMs) and no longer a tech preview as in Acropolis Base Software 4.5. NGT is a software package distributed and maintained by Nutanix and its purpose is to provide advanced VM management functionality. …
Acropolis Base Software 4.6 released
So yesterday, 2016-02-22, Nutanix released Acropolis Base Software version 4.6 formerly known as Nutanix Operating System (NOS). Even though it is just a dot release it contains a lot of feature enhancement, performance enhancements and also new features. This is the next step in the Nutanix journey to make the cloud invisible and it continues to …
Meet the new NPX Program Manager – Chris Skinner
A few months back Mark Brunstad, former Nutanix Platform Expert (NPX) Program manager moved on to another role at Nutanix and the Chris Skinner is now the the new NPX Program Manager. I’m very glad Chris had the time to answer almost the same questions as Mark and below you’ll find the answers. Name: Chris Skinner Employer: Nutanix …
Nutanix Support app on your mobile device
Just a quick post if you haven’t seen already. The Nutanix Support app version 1.0.1 is available for download via iTunes here or for Android here. You can use the app for various purposes e.g. Manage support cases View Create Update Get push notifications for your support cases Check documentation including knowledge base articles Check support contract …
Acropolis Base Software 4.5.2 released
Just wanted to mention that Acropolis Base Software, formerly known as Nutanix Operating System (NOS) version 4.5.2 was released 2016-02-03. In this dot dot release update there is a really useful update included meaning that you can use the Nutanix 1-Click upgrade for BIOS and BMC firmware. This is really cool and will make operation even more …
Meet NPX 008 – Rene Van Den Bedem
Name: Rene Van Den Bedem NPX Number: 008 Employer: Saudi Telecom Company Blog URL: http://vcdx133.com Twitter: @vcdx133 Virtualisation background: vSphere 4.0 to 6.0, with just over 6 years in the virtualisation space. Storage Background: IBM DS8800, IBM SVC, IBM Storwize V7000, HDS USP-100, EMC Symmetrix VMAX20K & XtremeIO, with just over 6 years in the storage space. …
Meet NPX 005 – Magnus Andersson
This feels a bit weird but i have talked to the mirror and asked myself the same questions i have asked my fellow NPX colleagues. So this is my interview with myself:) Name: Magnus Andersson NPX Number: 005 Employer: Nutanix Blog URL: http://magander.se Twitter: @magander3 Virtualisation background: Started back in the days playing with VMware workstation and continued …
Nutanix Technical Champions for 2016 announced
A few months ago Nutanix opened the Nutanix Technology Champion (NTC) Program application for 2016. You can read more about the application process and NTC program here. Today, 2015-12-03, Nutanix announced the lucky once that got the title for 2016 and i’m happy to see that a lot more people applied this year and a lot more people were …