Over the last week, I have been asked questions about how to set the cloud connect feature in Nutanix. One question stuck out. How do I keep my data secure? We need to first look at the requirements for cloud connect. You need to follow ports on your file TCP ports 2009/2020 – AOS communications UDP… Read More »
Over the past couple of months, I have been lacking in my blogs. At first, I was writing an NPX design with a colleague, then I decided that I needed to write my NPX on a design that I had completed without any outside help. So now, it is time to start writing again. Let’s start with… Read More »
Linux VirtIO drivers for Linux Modern Linux Kernels have VirtIO drivers installed but they might not be registered if VM was originally created on ESXi. Login as root (or a sudo user) Run “dracut –add-drivers “virtio_pci virtio_blk virtio_scsi virtio_net” -f -v ” command Make sure the output does not show any errors. This applies to CentOS,… Read More »
Nutanix Christmas has arrived for Xpress customers Nutanix and Lenovo have teamed up and are giving away hyperconverged software and gear! For a limited time, New SMB customers can enter the Ultimate Hyperconverged Contest for a chance to win a Nutanix Xpress platform that’s fully loaded with 1 year of support and software license. But wait, there’s… Read More »
Nutanix File Services Setup When this post was written, the File Services feature was in tech preview A couple weeks ago I helped a client setup file services on a POC (Proof of Concept) cluster. Below is the walkthrough. For this post PRISM has already been completely configured and domain authentication has been setup and… Read More »