Year: 2024
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Net Acropolis Command-Line Interface (aCLI) Overview
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Net Acropolis Command-Line Interface (aCLI) Overview is an article that demonstrates some useful commands for managing Network components in a Nutanix Cluster. Acropolis provides a command-line interface for managing hosts, networks, snapshots, and VMs. This article will show specific commands to manage Network components. First and foremost, How can I access the Acropolis Command Line?…
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Sharing a Nutanix Volume Group with Windows
Reading Time: 4 minutesSharing a Nutanix Volume Group with Windows shows how to create and share a Nutanix Volume with a Windows Server system. What is a Storage Pool? Definition: A collection of physical storage resources (disks across all nodes in the cluster) aggregated into a single pool. Purpose: It acts as a raw storage…
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Host Acropolis Command-Line Interface (aCLI) Overview
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Host Acropolis Command-Line Interface (aCLI) Overview is an article that demonstrates some useful commands for managing Hypervisors in a Nutanix Cluster. Acropolis provides a command-line interface for managing hosts, networks, snapshots, and VMs. This article will show specific commands to manage Hypervisors. First and foremost, How can I access the Acropolis Command Line?…
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VM Acropolis Command-Line Interface (aCLI) Overview
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe VM Acropolis Command-Line Interface (aCLI) Overview is an article that demonstrates some useful commands for managing Virtual Machines (VMs) in a Nutanix Cluster. Acropolis provides a command-line interface for managing hosts, networks, snapshots, and VMs. This article will show specific commands to manage Virtual Machines (VMs). First and foremost, How can…
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A small explanation about an AHV host
Reading Time: 4 minutesA small explanation about an AHV host looks inside an AHV host and shows some details. First and foremost, what is AHV? Nutanix AHV (Acropolis Hypervisor) is a native hypervisor integrated into the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform. It is designed to run virtual machines (VMs) in a simplified and efficient manner. AHV…
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Integrating a Nutanix Cluster with Active Directory
Reading Time: 4 minutesIntegrating a Nutanix Cluster with Active Directory shows how to integrate Nutanix Cluster with AD for authentication purposes. In this article, we are using a Nutanix Community Edition (CE) version: First and foremost, why integrate your cluster with Active Directory? The answer can be simple: The Microsoft Active Directory is a directory…
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Migrating a vDisk to Another Storage Container
Reading Time: 2 minutesMigrating a vDisk to Another Storage Container shows how to migrate a vDisk from a default storage container to a custom storage container. First and foremost, when a VM is created on a Nutanix CE cluster, we must create a vDisk and assign it to a VM during its creation process. By…
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Quick Tip: Changing the AHV Hostname
Reading Time: < 1 minuteChanging the AHV hostname shows how to replace the default AHV hostname after the Nutanix AHV deployment. If you want to change the AHV hostname after deployment or creating a cluster, you can follow the actions below: 1- Select and access by SSH one Controller VM (CVM), and get the AHV…
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Quick Tip: Setting Up Cluster Name and Virtual IP on the Nutanix CE Cluster
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSetting Up Cluster Name and Virtual IP on the Nutanix CE cluster is a quick tip about changing these important parameters of a Nutanix cluster. After deploying a Nutanix CE cluster, we recommend setting up a cluster name and virtual IP. Both are straightforward tasks, as we can describe below. Set…
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Shutting Down and Powering On the Nutanix CE Cluster
Reading Time: 3 minutesShutting Down and Powering On the Nutanix CE Cluster shows all the necessary steps to shut down and power on the Nutanix CE Cluster. Steps to Shut Down the Nutanix CE Cluster 1- Shut down all virtual machines (VMs) on this cluster. Then, access one Nutanix CVM and run the command below…
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Building Your First Nutanix CE Cluster
Reading Time: 9 minutesBuilding Your First Nutanix CE Cluster shows how to deploy a Nutanix CE Cluster in a lab environment. We will show all the necessary steps to create a cluster in a nested environment. First and Foremost, Get the Nutanix CE Installation File The first step is to get the Nutanix CE installation…
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Getting the Nutanix CE
Reading Time: 2 minutesGetting the Nutanix CE shows all the necessary steps to get the Nutanix Community Edition (CE) installation ISO file. The Nutanix Community Edition (CE) is an exciting way to get hands-on experience with the Nutanix Cloud Platform on your hardware at no cost. If you are like me and love testing everything…