Author: Danilo

Changing 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 host list: With this command, you can see the hypervisor IP address. 2- Type the following command to change the AHV hostname: Replace “hypervisor_ip” with your hypervisor IP and “hypervisor_new_hostname” with your hostname. Examples: nutanix@NTNX-58a82a95-A-CVM:192.168.255.142:~$ change_ahv_hostname –host_ip=192.168.255.141 –host_name=NTXNCE012024-09-29 23:49:23,675Z INFO ahv_host_agent.py:813 Event listener thread started2024-09-29 23:49:24,778Z INFO change_ahv_hostname:82 Host…

Setting 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 Up the Cluster Name 1- Select and access by SSH one CVM of the cluster (only one CVM); 2- Type the following command to set up the cluster name (replace “cluster_name” with your cluster name): Set Up the Cluster Virtual IP This is the IP that will be used…

Shutting 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 to stop the cluster service: Waiting a few seconds: 2- Shut down all CVM VMs.We can access each one by SSH (with “nutanix” username) and apply the command “sudo shutdown -P now” or access one CVM VM and apply the following command to shut down all CVMs: 3-…

Building 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 file. We must access our “My Nutanix” account to download this file. We have written an article explaining how to do it: Getting the Nutanix CE – DPC Virtual Tips Nested Lab Environment To create a Nutanix CE Cluster, we will use a lab environment based on an…

Getting 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 in a lab environment, you certainly will like that 🙂 Create Your Account at Nutanix The first step is to create an account at Nutanix. You can do that by accessing the following link: https://www.nutanix.com/products/community-edition/register Under the frame “Get Access Today,” type your email address and click “Get…

Getting Useful vSAN Details with PowerCLI aims to get useful vSAN details or information in a vSAN-enabled cluster. Powershell is a powerful tool embedded in the majority of Windows installations. VMware PowerCLI is a command-line and scripting tool built on Windows PowerShell. It provides more than 800 cmdlets for managing and automating VMware vSphere, VMware Cloud Director, vRealize Operations Manager, vSAN, VMware NSX-T Data Center, VMware Cloud Services, VMware Cloud on AWS, VMware HCX, VMware Site Recovery Manager, and VMware Horizon environments. We have written some articles explaining how to install the PowerCLI. You are more than welcome to check with one…