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 :...

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Nutanix : Reset Prism stuck/incomplete task

1. SSH to Cluster of CVM IP 2. Enter the following to list running/failed tasks #ecli task.list include_completed=false 3. Enter the following to cancel required task #ergon_update_task --task_uuid='ENTER_TASK_UUID_HERE' --task_status=succeeded 4. Enter “Y” – Remember you do so at you own risk 5. Enter the following to confirm task have been completed/failed #ecli task.list include_completed=fals...

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Windows : Reset Administrator Password Windows 2012 R2 on Nutanix

Solution: 1. Load the Nutanix driver into VM (source : https://next.nutanix.com/prism-infrastructure-management-26/booting-vm-to-cd-no-drives-present-31800) Mount Windows setup ISO as the first CD/DVD. Mount NutanixVirtIO as the second CD/DVD. Once it loads into the Windows Server 2012 setup, select the language/keyboard and press Next. It will give you the option to repair or install. Press...

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Nutanix : Prism Central kernel panic

solution : https://next.nutanix.com/discussion-forum-14/prism-central-nested-esxi-6-7-31...

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Nutanix : Create, Cloning and Detele used acli

AHV is very powerful from a scripting interface the so called acli. The flowing section is providing some basic scripts/commands that can be used in the acli interface. Creating a VM using a script Cloning a VM using a script Delete a VM using a script 1. Create VM acli vm.create testVM memory=1024M num_vcpus=1; acli vm.disk_create testVM create_size=30G container=SelfServiceContainer acli vm.on...

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