Enable VLAN trunking on Nutanix AHV VM
Nutanix AHV offers several different options to configure VM networking. One of them is change vNIC from access mode to trunked mode. VM with vNIC with access mode enabled can send or listen traffic......
View ArticleChange network on Nutanix AHV VM
From time to time you have to move a virtual machine from one network subnet to another. Nutanix Acropolis offers the functionality to change network on Nutanix AHV VM network adapter without the...
View ArticleNutanix AHV networking cheatsheet
This blog post is to help you to understand and manage the network on Nutanix AHV. You can find here the most popular commands, its examples, terminology “translation” between Nutanix AHV admin, VMware...
View ArticleNutanix Acropolis 5.10.5 is ready to download
Finally, I found time to upgrade Nutanix clusters to the latest Acropolis version 5.10.5. Acropolis 5.10.5 is an LTS (Long Term Support) branch of the software. Release 5.10.5 is mainly bug fixes and...
View ArticleNutanix Acropolis 5.11 is ready for download
The long-anticipated release of Nutanix Acropolis 5.11 is ready for download from Nutanix portal. What’s new in AOS 5.11 Added ESXi Support for Nutanix Guest ToolsVMware ESXi support to install and...
View ArticleNutanix Move port diagram for migration from Hyper-V to Nutanix AHV
Nutanix Move supports migrations from many sources like Amazon AWS or VMware vSphere. No surprise, Microsoft Hyper-V is on the list too. Below you can find a diagram showing port requirements. If you...
View ArticleCool Tools – RVTools like for Nutanix AHV
I’m sure most of VMware and Nutanix admins know about RVTools. It is an excellent tool to pull full inventory of your virtual environment running on top of VMware vSphere. It does work great... The...
View ArticleNutanix Private Cloud Reference Architecture
Long waited by customers, partners and prospects Nutanix Private Cloud reference architecture document is available publicly. It is version 1 focused on Nutanix core features, networking, security,...
View ArticleNutanix AHV networking configuration and mass deployment.
In Nutanix AHV networking terminology the network (in VMware vSphere world you call it portgroup), is a logical component of the networking stack where Virtual Machine virtual NIC is plugged in to. In...
View ArticlePowerShell script to collect vCPU to pCPU ratio on Nutanix AHV cluster.
My good friend, Stephane Bourdeaud, wrote a PowerShell script that pulls vCPU to pCPU ratio on Nutanix AHV clusters connected to Prism Central. Link to Stephane’s Git repo with the latest script...
View ArticleMigrate Windows from KVM to Nutanix AHV
In the past several posts I did cover migration scenarios from VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V or Citrix XenServer. In upcoming weeks I will be posting how to migrate from KVM based hypervisors like...
View ArticleMigrate Linux from KVM to Nutanix AHV
Migrate Linux from KVM to Nutanix AHV is very similar to migrate Windows from KVM to Nutanix AHV (Link here)/ There is one difference, no need to install Nutanix VirtIO drivers. To find list... The...
View ArticleVM CPU pinning on Nutanix AHV
You can do VM CPU pinning on Nutanix AHV as well. It is available from the command line as a parameter when you create or update VM. To enable or disable vCPU pinning for... The post VM CPU pinning on...
View ArticleNutanix AOS 5.17 and PC 5.17 is ready for download.
Nutanix Acropolis 5.17 family software is out and ready for downloads!!! Included are, AOS 5.17.0.2 PC 5.17.0.2, Witness 5.17.0.2, AHV 20190916.189, NCC 3.9.4.1, Foundation 4.5.2 and 4000+ bug fixes....
View ArticleNutanix AHV Synchronous replication port diagram
With AOS 5.17 version recently released, Nutanix introduced support for AHV Synchronous replication (RPO=0) with Nutanix Leap. Nutanix Leap helps streamline and orchestrate disaster recovery for...
View ArticleNutanix Leap Asynchronous replication port diagram
In this blog post, you will find the Nutanix Leap Asynchronous replication port diagram. Support for Asynchronous replication in Nutanix Leap was introduced with Nutanix AOS 5.11. With Nutanix...
View ArticleTOP 10 Nutanix Next sessions to watch on demand
Nutanix Next conference was a great online event. Plenty of content, very interesting speakers, a lot of good technical stuff to watch and listen to. All that goodness can be watched on demand. I......
View ArticleAutomate Nutanix cluster deployment
Automation is everywhere, in the public cloud, private cloud, security, software development, sysadmin day to day tasks. Basically, any repeatable task is usually automated one way or another. In this...
View ArticleHow to install NGT on Linux
Nutanix Guest Tools (NGT tools) is a package of drivers and services. Drivers for Virtual Machine storage controller and network adapter. Along with drivers, you can install two additional services:...
View ArticleNutanix Xi Leap port diagram
What is Nutanix Xi Leap Xi Leap is a Disaster Recovery as a Service offered by Nutanix. It is available in the United States (two regions), Europe (3 regions), and APJ (one region). Regardless... The...
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