What software can I install on Nutanix AHV?
Customers keep asking me “can I install my backup agent on Nutanix AHV?” or “Can install my monitoring agent on Nutanix AHV?”. My answer is always the same: No, you can’t install any third... The post...
View ArticleNutanix network visualization
Network visualization is one of those features which are underrated but extremely useful (for example: during network issues troubleshooting) for sysadmins and network admins. Network visualization is...
View ArticleNutanix Xtract – an easy way to migrate to Nutanix – Part 1
Migration to Nutanix Acropolis from VMware vSphere is still hot topic. Customers does see value in Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (aka Nutanix AHV) and looking for solutions which will help them move to...
View ArticleWhere to find network switch information on Nutanix AHV
Managing and troubleshooting virtual guests network connectivity issues is quite difficult, if you do not have right information about upstream switches. It is crucial to know where are Nutanix hosts...
View ArticleEnable Nutanix Flow
What is Nutanix Flow. Nutanix Flow networking is a software defined networking (SDN) solution option tightly integrated into Nutanix AHV and Prism Central. Flow provides rich visualization, automation,...
View ArticleSecurity policies in Nutanix Flow
Nutanix Flow is Nutanix’s Software Defined Networking (SDN) product filling a gap in its portfolio. One of the features is Microsegmentation based on flexible security rules. Read myblog post Enable...
View ArticleNutanix AOS and Prism Central 5.8 is ready for download
Last week, on July 6’th, Nutanix released a new version of its flagship products, AOS 5.8 and Prism Central 5.8. In Acropolis 5.8, Nutanix’s engineering put main focus on security, product stability...
View ArticleNutanix software data encryption with native key management server
Since AOS 5.5 you can use software encryption to secure data on Nutanix instead of SED drives. To enable encryption, with AOS 5.5 you have to have external Key management system (KMS) to manage...
View ArticleHow to create and apply security policy in Nutanix Flow – part 1
How to create category in Nutanix Flow To get a better understanding of how Nutanix Flow policies work, have a look at my blog “Security Policies in Nutanix Flow”. How to enable Nutanix Flow... The...
View ArticleNutanix Acropolis 5.9 is ready for download
Following Nutanix software release roadmap, today Nutanix released Acropolis in version 5.9. Acropolis 5.9 is STS (Short Term Support) software fork. What’s new in Nutanix Acropolis 5.9 Nutanix AOS...
View ArticleHow to monitor VM snapshot usage on Nutanix Acropolis
Virtual Machine snapshot is an excellent feature which helps quickly rollback changes if something goes wrong. However, many users or Admins are using snapshots as “backups”. Basically, they create a...
View ArticleMissing driver on Windows 2016
For those using Windows Server 2016 on Nutanix AHV, the device manager shows a non-functioning device called “HID Button over Interrupt Driver”. This is apparently an issue with Windows (details in...
View ArticleDeploy Windows 2019 server on Nutanix AHV
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 is on the market for a few months. Some customers already started deploying Windows Server 2019 on Nutanix AHV. As of today (January 9’th 2019) Nutanix has not released...
View ArticleNutanix Xtract – an easy way to migrate to Nutanix – Part 2
Back in December 2018 Nutanix released Xtract in version 2.0. Major enhancements are support for Amazon AWS EC2 VM migrations and redesign tools architecture. Amazon AWS EC2 support With Nutanix Xtract...
View ArticleNutanix DR runbooks – part 2
In first part of my Nutanix DR runbook series, I did describe the architecture and provide high level overview. Read it first, so you will have better understanding of the terminology going through...
View ArticleNUtanix Acropolis 5.10.2 is out
Few days back Nutanix released Acropolis software in version 5.10.2. Acropolis 5.10.2 is a Long Term Support branch In addition to AOS a new version of the following products were also released: Prism...
View ArticleCreate migration user on Amazon AWS
Before you start the migration from Amazon AWS to Nutanix AHV you have to prepare user with access rights to the AWS VPC. You could leverage root user but I do recommend to create... The post Create...
View ArticleAdd Amazon AWS region to Nutanix Move
Nutanix Move is a great migration tool which helps you to move workloads from different on-prem solutions or clouds to Nutanix AHV. One of the supported clouds is Amazon AWS. Before you add Amazon......
View ArticleNutanix Move – an easy way to migrate to Nutanix – Part 3
With Nutanix Move the migration from Amazon AWS was never easier. Nutanix Supports migration from Amazon AWS for several guest operating systems, see the list below: Windows 2016 Windows 2012 RHEL 6.X...
View ArticleNutanix basics – configure remote syslog server on Nutanix
Sending logs to an external syslog server is very common practice across many industries. The main reason to send logs to the external location is security or industry compliance. It helps to find...
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