Nutanix AHV – Change Virtual Network For Multiple VMs

About 1.5 years ago I wrote a blog post about how to Change Nutanix AHV Virtual Machine Network Placement. This blog post is similar but the major difference is that you can virtual network for multiple VMs same time. This his is not a UI feature, it’s a script me and my colleague Art Perkins created a …

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Nutanix AOS & Prism Central Version 5.8.1 Released

Today, 2018-08-06, Nutanix released a new version of its Acropolis Operating System (AOS) meaning the latest and greatest version is 5.8.1. Below is an important statement from the official Nutanix web site which you can find here. Important: 5.8.1 is a new AOS Feature Short term Support (STS) Release, which is not Long Term Supported (LTS). …

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Nakivo Version 7.5 Released

NAKIVO has released a new version of their Backup & Replication product meaning the latest version is now 7.5. Two important features are support for: VMware vSphere 6.7 Cross-Platform Recovery –  Export VM data (disks) from a backup and select a disk format that matches the environment where you will run the exported data (disks). Supported …

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Nutanix Cluster Check (NCC) Version 3.6.0 Released

Quick blog post to let you know that Nutanix Cluster Check (NCC) version 3.6.0 was released today 2018-08-02. You can run ncc same way as before meaning via: CVM command line by using command ncc health_checks run_all Via PRISM UI -> Health -> Actions -> Run Checks There are a few new checks included in …

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Nutanix Support For OpenStack Pike Release

Happy to announce that Nutanix has released support for the OpenStack Pike version which was released second half of 2017 and will be maintained to at least 2019-03-03 according to Openstack.Org. There are two new main features included in the support for the Pike release apart from the obvious Pike driver support: Support to select …

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Nutanix VirtIO Driver Version 1.1.3 Available

Quick note to let you know that a new version of Nutanix virtIO has been released meaning the latest and greatest version is now 1.1.3 Focus for this dot dot version update has been availability for guest VM, antivirus and network. In addition the new drivers help ensure a stable environment when using the Windows Container …

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VMware vCenter Server 6.7.0c Released

Three days ago, 2018-07-26, VMware released a patch to vCenter Server 6.7 meaning the newest release is now 6.7.0c. There are no new features included but a few resolved issues that I have seen in the field which is good: A vCenter Server Appliance using DNSSEC enabled DNS server might fail to upgrade vSphere Update …

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Nutanix AOS & Prism Central Version 5.5.4 & More Released

Today, 2018-07-26, Nutanix released a new Long Term Supported (LTS) version of its Acropolis Operating System meaning the latest and greatest LTS version is 5.5.4. The following products and features were also updated: Prism Central is now version 5.5.4 AHV is now version AHV 20170830.156 Metro Availability Witness is now version 5.5.4 From Nutanix official …

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Win VMworld 2018 Tickets Via Veeam

Just wanted to let you know that Veeam once agin gives you a chance to win VMware VMworld tickets. VMworld takes place at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Convention Center Las Vegas 26 – 30 August 2018 and also at Fira Gran Via Barcelona 5-9 November 2018. If you are one of the 10 lucky winners you can either go …

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Chance To Win Prizes On SysAdminDay Via Altaro

Just wanted to let you know that my blog sponsor Altaro has decided to give you a chance to win 1 of 101 prizes on  SysAdmin Day. The contest is open until 31:st of July and the only steps required to get a chance win are: Click the following link Fill out name a and …

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Nutanix .Next 2018 London Blogger Pass Available

The annual Europe based Nutanix .Next Conference will take place in London, Excel Center 27-29 November (2018). I was just informed by Angelo Luciani who is managing the Nutanix .Next Community that they will continue to support it by providing free blogger passes same way as with many conferences before. Great news, right ? Picture borrowed …

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Nutanix Guest Tools Report Via REST API

Just a quick blog post about how you can verify what NGT version is installed in each of your VMs but fist I’ll list some links to other NGT related blog posts which you might find useful NGT Description Install NGT Manage Nutanix Guest Tools For Cloned VMs The below script will give you information …

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Nutanix AOS & Prism Central Version 5.8 & Much More Released

Today, 2018-07-03, Nutanix released a new version of its Acropolis Operating System (AOS) meaning the latest and greatest version is 5.8. The following products and features were also updated: Prism Central is now version 5.8 Acropolis File Services is now version 3.0.1 AHV is now version AHV 20170830.151 Nutanix Cluster Check (NCC) is now version …

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Runecast Analyzer v1.8 Released

Just wanted to let you know that Runecast Analyzer version 1.8 has been released. For my blog readers running vSphere and NSX-V this is great news since support for VMware NSX-V has been added. Below is a summary of added functionality and improvements included in version 1.8: Support for proactive issue detection in VMware NSX-V …

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Manage Nutanix Guest Tools For Cloned VMs

This blog post will cover how you can manage, enable, Nutanix Guest Tools (NGT) for cloned VMs instead of doing it manually for every new clone VM. A description of NGT can be found here. The manual process is described in the Nutanix Prism Web Console Guide but is you create multiple VMs it might be …

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Nutanix AOS & Prism Central Version 5.5.3 & More Released

Today, 2018-06-19, Nutanix released a new maintenance release of its Long Term Supported (LTS) Release 5.5 family meaning the latest and greatest LTS release of AOS is now 5.5.3. Prism Central 5.5.3 was obviously also released (never a new AOS version without a new PC version). Nutanix Acropolis File Services version 2.2.2.1 was also released. …

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