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  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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

  • How to list SSD and HDD capacity and usage of Nutanix cluster

    With this command, we can immediately list the total storage capacity of Nutanix separated by SSD and HDD (or other) tier. ncli storagetier ls