Yesterday, 2017-09-28, Nutanix released an updated version of its Acropolis Operating System (AOS) formerly known as Nutanix Operating System (NOS) for IBM Power Systems meaning the latest and greatest release for IBM Power Systems is now 5.2.0.2. I wrote a blog post about the initial AOS release for IBM Power Systems a while ago which …
vCloud Director 9.0 Released
Yesterday, 2017-09-28, exactly one month after the announcement which I wrote about here VMware released VMware vCloud (vCD) director 9.0. Below are some of the new features ans functionality included in the new release: New HTML5 based UI which can be accessed via: https://{vCD _URP_IP}/Tenant/{organization_name} However, the old Flex based UI is still available. New …
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 …
Update ESXi Fails With “DependencyError, Requirement Cannot Be Satisfied Within The ImageProfile”
Was contacted a few days ago by customer who got the following error when trying to upgrade their ESXi hosts. [DependencyError] VIB VMware_bootbank_esx-base_6.0.0-2.43.4192238 requires vsan >= 6.0.0-2.43, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile. VIB VMware_bootbank_esx-base_6.0.0-2.43.4192238 requires vsan << 6.0.0-2.44, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile. Please refer to the …
VeeamOn Tour Virtual December 2017
Just wanted to take the time and let you know that Veeam is hosting a Virtual Availability Event later this year with same setup as last year when 2 400 users attended the show. The setup means you can participate in the event from your home or office chair (no travel included) since it is in …
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 …
Nutanix AHV Version 20160925.84 Released
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 …
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 …
VMworld 2017 Breakout Session – Troubleshooting vSphere 6 Made Easy
Session “Troubleshooting vSphere 6 Made Easy: Expert Talk – INF9205R” was presented by Ragavendra Kumar who works as a Technical Support Supervisor at VMware and Abhilash Kunhappan who is a Staff Technical Support Engineer at VMware. The following areas were covered: vCenter Server ESXi Server Network Storage The session included both methodology & actually tips and …
VMworld 2017 Las Vegas – Day 2 General Session Summary
Today I managed to get a blogger/press table at the general session on time, skipping breakfast was the key, and not like yesterday when I got my place 5 min after the general session started:) Pat Gelsinger started with inviting Michael Dell on to the stage and they answered pre-prepared questions from the audience. You …
VMworld 2017 Breakout Session – Extreme Performance Series: vSphere Compute & Memory Schedulers
One of the longest blog post headings I have seen:) After 30 min lunch break which meant I didn’t get lunch i attended the breakout session “Extreme Performance Series – vSphere Compute & Memory Schedulers SER2344” presented by Xunjia Lu who is a Staff Engineer. !! Resources coasts money so we have to schedule them …
VMworld 2017 Breakout Session – Distributed Networking and Security Services NET1932
After the initial General Session between 09:00-10:30 I went on with a breakout session “Distributed Networking and Security Services – NET1932” presented by Anirban Sengupta who is a Sr Direcrot NSX and Jayjant Jain who is a NSX Architect. The session started with a lesson in traditional datacenter and application setup meaning the protecting of …
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 …