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Category: CVM

  • Identifying snapshots in Prism Elements CLI (cvm)

    PS: Access to the CVM and PCVM bash shells will be gradually removed; depending on when you read this post, some of these commands may no longer work as expected. For more information, see the link below: End of Support Life (EOSL) for SSH Bash Shell Access Identifying PD (Protection Domain) snapshots Protection Domains regularly…

  • Scale out your Nutanix Cluster

    HI friends, another article for those starting on the Nutanix journey! 👋 Ever felt like your IT infrastructure is bursting at the seams? Like a closet that just can’t hold any more clothes? Well, if you’re working with Nutanix, you’re in luck because scaling up your cluster is surprisingly easy! One of the coolest things…

  • Run Cisco ISE on Nutanix AHV

    What is Cisco ISE? Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) is a Cisco security platform that manages network access and enforces security policies. It enables organizations to control who can access the network and what resources they can use. ISE acts as a policy decision point, authenticating users and devices and ensuring that only trusted users…

  • Sending files larger than 25 Mb (e-mail limit) to Nutanix Support

    Uploading the Log Files by using the Customer PortalTo upload the log files using the Customer Portal, do the following: Uploading the Log Files to the Nutanix FTP Server using FTP commandFollow the steps below to upload the files using the FTP command to the Nutanix FTP server. root@linux# ftp ftp.nutanix.com The following are the…

  • Opening the remote support tunnel in Prism Central and Prism Elements via command line (pcvm and cvm)

    1440=24 Hours No Prism Central: nutanix@NTNX-XXXXXX-A-PCVM:~$ ncli cluster start-remote-support duration=1440 To get the current status of the remote support tunnel. nutanix@NTNX-XXXXXXXX-A-PCVM:~$ ncli cluster get-remote-support-status No Prism Elements: nutanix@NTNX-XXXX-A-CVM:XXXX:~$ ncli cluster start-remote-support duration=1440 To get the current status of the remote support tunnel. nutanix@NTNX-XXXXXXX-A-CVM:XXXXXX:~$ ncli cluster get-remote-support-status

  • Advanced CVM Cleaning (preferably for Nutanix Support to perform)

    funcionou nutanix@NTNX-XXXXXX-A-CVM:200.96.243.3:~$ allssh “df -h /home”================== 200.96.243.10 =================Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on/dev/md2 40G 22G 18G 55% /home================== 200.96.243.11 =================Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on/dev/md2 40G 22G 18G 55% /home================== 200.96.243.4 =================Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on/dev/md2 40G 22G 18G 56% /home================== 200.96.243.5 =================Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on/dev/md2 40G 21G…

  • 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…

  • How to list information of a specific image

    How to list images: How to list all images in your Nutanix cluster – sondermann.cloud With UUID of image use the command:  nuclei image.get UUID nutanix@NTNX-XXXXXXXXX-A-CVM:200.86.244.111:~$ nuclei image.get 1509d273-7e69-44df-8e75-54918a5d20832023/05/23 19:21:34 Connected to 200.86.244.111:98762023/05/23 19:21:34 Authenticating connection 0x02023/05/23 19:21:34 nuclei is attempting to connect to Zookeeper2023/05/23 19:21:34 Authenticated: id=0x2882b85260892ac, timeout=20000api_version: ‘3.1’metadata:  categories: {}  categories_mapping: {}  creation_time: ‘2023-05-23T19:05:48Z’ …

  • Changing the time zone on a Nutanix cluster

    We must first check the cluster’s current time zone. nutanix@NTNX-20SM57030209-A-CVM:200.86.244..11:~$ ncli cluster info Then we check all the cluster nodes to ensure they are all in the same time zone. nutanix@NTNX-20SM57030209-A-CVM:200.86.244..11:~$ allssh date================== 200.86.244..12 =================Tue Sep 24 12:13:22 -03 2024================== 200.86.244..13 =================Tue Sep 24 12:13:23 -03 2024================== 200.86.244..14 =================Tue Sep 24 12:13:24 -03 2024================== 200.86.244..15…

  • How to list all disks in the Cluster or just in a CVM

    This is a good way to collect all disk serials in a Cluster or CVM, either to locate a faulty disk by its serial (issued as an alert in the Web GUI) or to do a simple inventory with only the available disks. To list all disks of the cluster, log on to a CVM…