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Nutanix CVM Maintenance Mode

magander — Fri, 29 May 2020 06:21:10 +0000

Nutanix Controller Virtual Machine (CVM) maintenance mode is the topic i’ll cover in this quick blog post. Reason being i have been asked about this a few times recently. First – Yes – CVM and hypervisor maintenance mode are two different things. Hypervisor maintenance mode means no virtual machines (VMs) will run on the hypervisor …

Nutanix Guest Tools Report Via REST API

magander — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 22:22:40 +0000

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 …

Manage Nutanix Guest Tools For Cloned VMs

magander — Tue, 26 Jun 2018 03:16:43 +0000

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 …

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 …

Create Nutanix AHV Virtual Machine Via Command Line

magander — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 06:59:03 +0000

While travelling back home from last weeks Nutanix sales kick off in Las Vegas i tried to do some performance testing in my home lab via the airplane WiFi connection. After a resent request the airline has actually open up for outbound SSH connections so i was able to access my home lab via SSH …

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 Pulse

magander — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 01:36:11 +0000

A few questions i receive from time to time when talking to customers and potential customers are: What is Pulse? What information is included in Pulse data? How to configure Pulse? How does Pulse work? Almost all of the above information can be found on the Nutanix Portal but i’ll include a short summary in …

Nutanix Cluster Timezone configuration

magander — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 08:00:06 +0000

One question i receive from time to time during Nutanix discussions, Nutanix implementations and via twitter is how to configure the correct timezone for the Nutanix components e.g. Nutanix Cluster and Nutanix Controller Virtual Machines (CVMs). After an installation you’ll have the PST (America/Los_Angeles) timezone configured and unless you are in that region it might be …

Upgrade Nutanix Operating System to version 4.0

magander — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 07:42:48 +0000

A few days ago i did a Nutanix Operating System (NOS) upgrade from version 3.5.4 to version 4.0. This blog post will describe the steps i took during the upgrade of a Nutanix 1350 Block just to outline how easy it actually is to upgrade the distributed Nutanix storage system. There are a few steps you manually need …