Category: Virtual Machine
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How to get information about a specific VM
We have two options to do this. It can be through NCLI or ACLI. nutanix@NTNX-XXXXXXXXXX-A-CVM:200.86.244.111:~$ ncli vm list name=VM_1 Id: 0005a48c-d7d8-6469-639b-ac1f6b3bb906::e9b8b1d5-25b4-473f-abab-d24b038e37fb Uuid: e9b8b1d5-25b4-473f-abab-d24b038e37fb Name: VM_1 VM IP Addresses: 157.86.11.67 Hypervisor Host Id: 0005a48c-d7d8-6469-639b-ac1f6b3bb906::24 Hypervisor Host Uuid: 8e5902f8-306f-448a-ac43-5fcf92e0e2df Hypervisor Host Name: AHV-TPP17 Memory: 32 GiB (34,359,738,368…
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Clone disk between VMs on Nutanix cluster
How to move the disks from one VM to another VM In some scenarios, you may want to move the disks from one VM to another VM. In such cases, you may add VM disk to the Image service as described in the How to make Image from VM disk section or you can also…
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Changing the Storage Container VM
When creating a virtual machine in the wrong storage container, with this command you can place your virtual machine in the correct storage container. Syntax Command: acli vm.update_container [VM NAME] container=[destination container] wait=false Command examples: acli vm.update_container nxctic002 container=SelfServiceContainer wait=false acli vm.update_container exchange03 container=CONT_RF2_GEN_WORKLOADS wait=false
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All Flash Virtual Machines, where do they live?
We must be cautious when using Flash Mode in virtual machines, the total storage space of the Virtual Machine cannot exceed 25% of the total SSD storage in the Cluster, remembering that the Nutanix algorithm already automatically balances hot data on the SSD and cold data on the HDD, in clusters with these two types…