Nutanix : Restart / Shutdown Cluster for Maintenance

Shutting Down an AHV Cluster for Maintenance

1. Shutdown all the user VMs in the Nutanix cluster.

2. Stop the Nutanix cluster. 

a. Stopping the Nutanix Cluster

• Log on to any Controller VM using SSH with the Nutanix credentials and run the following command to stop the Nutanix cluster: #cluster stop
• Confirm using that the command has stopped the services successfully before continuing : #cluster status

b. Shutting down the Controller VMs

• #cvm_shutdown –P now

3. Shut down each node in the cluster.

• Physically power off each AHV host or login to IPMI and manual power off the AHV

Powering on the nodes and cluster after a shutdown 

1. Physically power on each AHV host OR login to IPMI and manual power on the AHV

2. Start the cluster 

All Controller VMs start automatically after the node powers on. Wait approximately 5 minutes after the last node is powered on to allow services to begin.

• Log on to any one Controller VM in the cluster with SSH using Nutanix credentials.
• Start the Nutanix cluster by issuing the following command: #cluster start
• Confirm that the cluster services are running: #cluster status

3. Power on the guest VMs.