Author: Danilo

The 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 I access the Acropolis Command Line? To access the Acropolis CLI, log on to a Controller VM (CVM). You can choose to log in to any controller VM. Access it by SSH and type “acli” at the shell command line. You will notice that the command line will…

A 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 is built for ease of use, offering features like one-click VM management, seamless scaling, and built-in security. It leverages the underlying Nutanix architecture, enabling users to utilize features like data locality, high availability, and disaster recovery without deploying third-party hypervisors. AHV supports various workloads, making it a versatile…

Integrating 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 service used by many customers worldwide. Configuration Steps – Preparing the AD domain Since your Active Directory domain was installed, creating organization units (OUs) to segment the domain objects is an option. In our case, for instance, our domain name is “lab.local,” and we have created some OUs…

Migrating 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 default, the storage container used by the vDisk is the “default-container”: Our test VM “Windows01′ was installed using the default storage container, as we can see in the following figure: How can I change the Storage Container in a running VM? 1- Select and access by SSH one…

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…