AOS 5 – Virtualization, DBaaS & Whatever Crosses My Mind

Nutanix AHV VM Reporting Via REST API Version 2.2

magander — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 09:08:02 +0000

Another release of the AHV VM Reporting script using Nutanix REST API. Two new columns are included in this version: VM Description vNUMA Configuration The VM Description information is available via Prism Element (Nutanix Cluster) but the vNUMA Configuration information is only available via Prism Central (PC) so you need to decide if you want …

Nutanix AHV VM Reporting Via REST API Version 2.1

magander — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 07:45:55 +0000

A new release, version 2.1, of the AHV VM Reporting script using Nutanix REST API. I have been asked a few times about how to add information about when a VM was created and it is included in this version. However, the information is available via Prism Central (PC) so you need to decide if …

Create & Configure Nutanix Cluster via command line

magander — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 00:02:26 +0000

Updated 2018-04-27: Updated Set new Nutanix Cluster Admin Password Updated 2018-01-18: Updated Directory Authentication section to match AOS 5.5 requirements. Updated 2017-09-06: Updated to include local PRISM users Updated 2017-05-31: Updated to include Network Visualization Updated 2017-05-31: Updated to include configure External Data Services IP address Updated 2017-05-31: Updated the section where a new container is created and …

Nutanix AHV VM Reporting Via REST API Version 2.0

magander — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 03:23:06 +0000

So this will be the third release, version 2.0, of the AHV VM Reporting script using Nutanix REST API. You might be aware of that Nutanix moved Self Service Portal functionality from Prism Element (management of single Nutanix cluster) to Prism Central which can manage many Nutanix clusters (PEs) in AOS version 5.5. What you …

Nutanix AHV VM Reporting Via REST API Version 1.1

magander — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 12:00:46 +0000

A while ago I published a blog post that includes a script you can use to create Nutanix AHV VM reports. The blog post can be found here. Now it’s time for version 1.1 and it comes with additional VM information to make it more useful. The new metrics included are: Remote Protection Domain …

List number of VMs per Nutanix AHV host

magander — Fri, 12 May 2017 16:53:06 +0000

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 …

Nutanix AHV Network Configuration – Change Load Balancing

magander — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:00:04 +0000

A while ago I published a blog post about how to configure the 10 Gbps Network cards (NICs) as the only active NICs for a specific AHV based Open vSwitch (OVS) bond which default is br0-up (previously bond0) on AHV. Read that blog post here. This blog post will be about changing the load balancing …

Nutanix AOS 5.0.2 & more updates released

magander — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 08:31:14 +0000

Today, 2017-04-04, Nutanix released an AOS (Acropolis Operating System), formerly known as NOS (Nutanix Operating System) update meaning it is now at level 5.0.2. In addition to the AOS release there has been a few additional releases for PRISM Central 5.0.2 and Metro Witness 5.0.2. AOS 5.0.2 Its a maintenance release and includes new features …

Change Nutanix AHV Virtual Machine Network Placement

magander — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 06:51:47 +0000

Updated 2018-08-17: If you want to change virtual network for multiple VMs same time, check out Nutanix AHV – Change Virtual Network For Multiple VMs This blog post will cover how to change virtual machine (VM) network adapter (NIC) to AHV network mapping. You got two options to do this: PRISM – You need to delete …

Change Nutanix AHV Virtual Machine Disk Bus Type

magander — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 00:25:27 +0000

I have had a few questions about how to change bus type for a Nutanix AHV based virtual machine (VM) over the past month so this blog post will be how to change the disk bus type for a CentOS 7.3 based VM running on the Nutanix hypervisor AHV. You can add new disk and also delete …

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 Self Service Portal Part I – Preparation & Initial Configuration

magander — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 09:06:42 +0000

Nutanix Self Service Portal (SSP) is the user interface (UI) for the Nutanix Prism Self Service feature released with Nutanix AOS (formerly known as NOS or Nutanix Operating System) version 5. The following blog posts are included in the blog post series: Nutanix Self Service Portal Part II – Projects Nutanix Self Service Portal Part III – Roles Nutanix Self …

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 …