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Migrate Physical Machine (Linux) To Nutanix AHV

In my previous blogpost I showed you how easy it is to migrate a physical Windows machine to Nutanix AHV (Link). I got a couple of questions about Linux 😉 Now lets do the same again but with a Linux machine. I got myself a freshly install Ubuntu desktop as…

Installing Nutanix Community Edition (CE) on Microsoft Hyper-V

!!! WORK IN PROGRESS !!! In this blogpost I’m trying to get the latest Nutanix Community Edition (CE 2.1) installed nested in Microsoft Hyper-V (Windows 2019 version). Before we continue there are some requirements: The requirements for Nutanix CE are: (Link) There are some “rules”: Before we continue I assume…

Adding extra disk to Nutanix Community Edition

In this post I will describe how-to add an extra data disk to a single node Nutanix Community Edition (CE) cluster. Before we start I want to point out that more then 4 disks is not within the requirements for CE. See: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Nutanix-Community-Edition-Getting-Started-v2_1:top-sysreqs-ce-r.html (Boot drive is not counted within those…

PowerShell IPMI commands

We all know the little ipmitool or smcipmitool tools to script some commands against a node. But did you know there is a native PowerShell cmdlet you can use as well? On the Microsoft website we can find all the cmdlets we can use: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/pcsvdevice/?view=windowsserver2025-ps Lets create some PowerShell and…

Nutanix Community Edition != The Commercial Version

As you might know I’m a Nutanix NTC for a couple of years know. And I’m very active on the Nutanix forums. I’m helping people out installing Nutanix CE (Community Edition) virtual but also physically. During these sessions I always get the same comment: I’m writing this blog to make…

My trip to Silicon Valley

So I got some spare time during my Nutanix trip in San Jose. As San Jose is based in Silicon Valley my nerd hearth started beating and all those companies to visit 😉 Well lets start with some companies I visited: (Forgot to take a picture at the Apple sign…

My Two Days at Nutanix HQ: NTC Tech Connect

As a Nutanix Technology Champion (NTC) we have some perks. One of them is to come over to the Nutanix HQ in San Jose (California) for the NTC Tech Connect days. During these days we are hearing from the product teams about the roadmaps and some in-depth information. This year…

HYCU Backups with Prism Central Categories

In this blog post I will demonstrate how-to setup HYCU to use categories configured in Prism Central. VM’s attached to the category will automatically being back upped according to the HYCU policy. Please make sure a default HYCU policy is not configured as this will already attach a HYCU policy…

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