Migrate a Windows VM from VMware ESXi to Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) Easily
With the release of Nutanix Move (used to be called Xtract), migrating VM's from VMware ESXi to AHV is now super simple and the best part of all, automated! Web
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Using SFTP to Transfer Images and Other Files to a Nutanix Storage Container
Several customers have asked if they can post or upload files to the Nutanix storage container, especially when working with automation (like Nutanix Calm) wher
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How-to: Configuring and Using Prism Self Service in Prism Central on Nutanix AOS 5.5
The Prism Self Service (PSS) feature represents a special view within Prism Central. While Prism Central enables infrastructure management across clusters, PSS
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How-to: Configure Prism Central Authentication with Active Directory on Nutanix AOS 5.5
This lesson will show you how to setup Prism Central authentication using Active Directory on Nutanix AOS 5.5. Note, setting up authentication is a requirement
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Deploying and Registering Prism Central on Nutanix AOS 5.5
This article will show you how to deploy Prism Central (PC) on a Nutanix cluster running AOS 5.5 using the One-Click Prism Central deployment wizard. Prism Cent
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Upgrading Nutanix AOS When 1-Click Download Isn't Available
This lesson will show you how to upgrade Nutanix AOS when the 1-click download option isn't available. This might be due to not having internet access to the Nu
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PowerShell Script to Automate Updating Nutanix Guest Tools (NGT)
I was meeting with one of my local customers and they asked me, "hey! how do you automate upgrading Nutanix Guest Tools (NGT) with something like SCCM?" Well, t
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Expanding a Nutanix Cluster with a New Node from the Factory
This article will show you how to expand a Nutanix cluster with a new node received from the factory. This article will also highlight a few common warning aler
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Configuring Acropolis Container Services (ACS) on Nutanix CE
This lesson will describe how to enable Acropolis Container Services (ACS) on Nutanix Community Edition (CE). Make Sure You're On Latest Version To begin, make
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Configuring the Self Service Portal (SSP) on Nutanix AHV and AOS 5.1
This lesson will show how to configure the Self Service Portal (SSP) on Nutanix AHV running AOS 5.1.x. The Prism Self Service Portal (SSP) enables the consumers
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Nutanix AHV - Networking Commands How-To Super Post
This post is meant to be a "quick reference" guide for performing configuration with AHV networking, including Open vSwitch (OVS) configuration, setti
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Using PowerShell to Gather Quick and Easy ESXi Host Level Performance and Datastore Information
Many times when working with customers, we need to gather some quick specs around their existing environment to begin a sizing conversation. While there are man
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Easy Commands to Show BIOS and BMC Firmware Versions for All Hosts in the Nutanix Cluster
# Shows BMC/IPMI version for all hosts in cluster- Run from one CVM in cluster [code language="bash"]for i in `hostips`; do echo AHV HOST $i ; ssh root@$i 'ipmi
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Configuring a VM to VM Anti-Affinity Rule on Nutanix AHV Running AOS 5.0
This how-to will show you how to configure a VM to VM anti-affinity rule on Nutanix AOS 5.0. For reference, the official documentation on this feature is found
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Patching VMware ESXi via Nutanix One-Click Upgrade in Prism on AOS 5.0
This lesson will show you how to patch VMware ESXi using the Nutanix one-click upgrade process in Prism. If you have additional questions not covered in this ho
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Registering vCenter with Prism on Nutanix AOS 5.0
To perform core VM management operations directly from Prism without switching to vCenter Server, you need to register your cluster with the vCenter Server. Thi
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Setting Up and Using Acropolis File Services (AFS) on Nutanix AOS 5.0
This article will show you the steps involved to setup Acropolis File Services (AFS) on a cluster running AOS 5.0. Acropolis File Services (AFS) uses a scale-ou
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Importing an OVF / OVA into Nutanix AHV using Prism
This article will show you how to import a virtual appliance that's in the OVF or OVA format into the Nutanix AHV hypervisor, via the Image Service in Prism. Ex
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Nutanix PowerShell and Other Scripting Resources
Here are some helpful resources for scripting to the Nutanix API via PowerShell or other languages. I'll continue to add more as I come across them. Feel free t
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Nutanix Prism Dashboard for Splunk
The Nutanix App for Splunk allows customers of Splunk® Enterprise and Nutanix to visualize and view the state of their cluster from Splunk. In addition, the app
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Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) - Create an Image Service Template from an Existing VM
This lesson will show you how to create an image service template from an existing virtual machine, without having to export/import the VM. Setup a Template Vir
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Installing the Dell KACE 1000 Systems Management Appliance on Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV)
A few of my customers have asked if the Dell KACE virtual appliance will work on the Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV). So I made a short video below showing t
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Nutanix - Register Prism with Prism Central
I've been asked a few times on how to register Prism with a Prism Central instance and I thought I would make a quick video to show the process. Here it is belo
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Nutanix Community Edition 4 Node Cluster Nested on ESXi 6.0
A very helpful post by Michael Webster showing how to install the Nutanix Community Edition, nested onto ESXi 6.0, which would be perfect for customers who want
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Upgrading the VAAI Plugin for ESX vSphere in a Nutanix Environment
Usually the latest VAAI plugin version is installed/updated along with our Foundation or upgrade process, but if you need to update the VAAI plugin version, jus
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Nutanix Prism - Change or Disable Logout Timeout Setting
You can now set or disable the timeout for Prism within the GUI with NOS 4.1.3, which is now available via one-click upgrade. Prism Web Console/Prism Central Yo
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How to SSH into a Nutanix Controller Virtual Machine (CVM)
This article will explain how to SSH into a Nutanix Controller Virtual Machine (CVM) which might be needed for advanced administration of a Nutanix cluster. SSH
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Change IPMI Passwords for all Nutanix Hosts via Script
Here's a simple script to help change all IPMI passwords for all Nutanix Hosts in a Cluster. Just make sure you update the Current Password and New Password in
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Nutanix License Activation Process
In just 5 easy steps, you can license your Nutanix cluster! Check out this simple overview to help in licensing your cluster: Nutanix License Activation Custome
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Nutanix How-To Videos for 4.x
Check out the over 42 Prism UI how-to videos, which have been updated to NOS 4.0, and 23 of the videos have been updated to 4.0.1! http://download.nutanix.com/g
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How Much Detail Can You Get About a Virtual Machine (VM) from your Storage?
Thanks to Jerome over at http://nutanix.blogspot.com/2013/08/how-much-of-detail-can-you-get-about-vm.html for the below post! Most storage vendors say that they
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Disable Video in Nutanix UI Login Screen
Thanks to Jerome over at http://nutanix.blogspot.com/2014/03/disable-video-in-nutanix-ui-login-screen.html for the below how-to! Some of the customers who are i
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Nutanix Default Cluster Credentials
Reference post - Default Cluster Credentials Interface Target Username Password Nutanix Prism Nutanix Controller VM (CVM) admin admin vSphere client ESXi host r
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Changing Nutanix Passwords
To change passwords of the following cluster components, check out the below link to the user guide for a quick how-to on changing passwords: - Changing User Pa