AOS 5.0 – Virtualization, DBaaS & Whatever Crosses My Mind

Nutanix AHV Network Configuration – Only Use 10Gbps NICs

magander — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 08:20:46 +0000

When you implement Nutanix AHV (Acropolis Hypervisor) all the available network cards (NICs) will by default be added the the single bridge (br0) created during the AHV installation and all the NICs attached to a network switch will be used. There are two ways available to determine the actual configuration: PRISM Click the Network link in …

Manage vSphere Virtual Machines in Nutanix PRISM

magander — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:59:26 +0000

With the Nutanix AOS 5.0 release it is now possible to manage VMware vSphere ESXi based virtual machines (VMs) via Nutanix PRISM. VM management is controlled via the VM section in PRISM which you’ll reach by: Selecting VM in the main drop down menu Click Table and you’ll see all the VMs in table format. Both …

Change AHV Based Nutanix Controller Virtual Machine (CVM) RAM

magander — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 14:01:25 +0000

A few days ago i changed Nutanix Controller Virtual Machine (CVM) Memory configuration for a customer. There is a Nutanix KB about this which can be found here here but since it includes manual steps i figure i create a script which you can run from the AHV host. This blog post is divided into the following sections: …

Nutanix Self Service Portal Part VI – Catalog Items

magander — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 12:06:12 +0000

This is the fifth blog post in the Nutanix Self Service Portal (SSP) blog post series. The other blog posts in the series are: Nutanix Self Service Portal Part I – Preparation & Initial Configuration Nutanix Self Service Portal Part II – Projects Nutanix Self Service Portal Part III – Roles Nutanix Self Service Portal Part IV – Images Nutanix Self Service …

AHV Best Practices Guide Version 3.0 Released

magander — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 14:32:03 +0000

Just wanted to let you know that a new version of the Nutanix AHV Best Practices guide, version 3.0, was released today. This is to keep up with the new features available in Nutanix AOS 5.0 released end of 2016 and reflects the features available as of today, 20170113, and it includes the following topics: Networking Virtual …

Nutanix Self Service Portal Part V – VM Management

magander — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 10:47:01 +0000

Nutanix Self Service Portal Part IV – Images

magander — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 13:51:32 +0000

This is the forth blog post in the Nutanix Self Service Portal (SSP) blog post series. The other blog posts in the series are: Nutanix Self Service Portal Part I – Preparation & Initial Configuration Nutanix Self Service Portal Part II – Projects Nutanix Self Service Portal Part III – Roles Nutanix Self Service Portal Part V – VM management Nutanix …

Nutanix Self Service Portal Part III – Roles

magander — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 07:16:33 +0000

This is the third blog post in the Nutanix Self Service Portal (SSP) blog post series. The other blog posts in the series are: Nutanix Self Service Portal Part I – Preparation & Initial Configuration Nutanix Self Service Portal Part II – Projects Nutanix Self Service Portal Part IV – Images Nutanix Self Service Portal Part V – VM management Nutanix Self …

Nutanix Self Service Portal Part II – Projects

magander — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 10:36:14 +0000

This is the second blog post in the Nutanix Prism Self Service (SSP) blog post series. The other blog posts in the series are: Nutanix Self Service Portal Part I – Preparation & Initial Configuration Nutanix Self Service Portal Part III – Roles Nutanix Self Service Portal Part IV – Images Nutanix Self Service Portal Part V – VM management …

Nutanix AOS version 5.0 and more released

magander — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 07:19:16 +0000

Yesterday, 2016-12-22, Nutanix released a new major version of AOS formerly known as Nutanix Operating System (NOS). This means version 5.0 also known internally as Asterix announced during .Next In Las Vegas earlier this year is available for all customers. I wrote about the announcements from .Next in Las Vegas here so i will not include all the new features …