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In this blogpost series I will explain how-to setup and get running with Nutanix Flow Network Security Next-Gen (FNS). In this first part we will deploy and setup the environment and will create some Security Policies. The cluster being used is a single node NX-3060-G7 with the following versions: Some…
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be presenting at Nutanix .NEXT 2025 in Washington, D.C. this May! From May 7-9, 2025, thousands of global business and tech leaders will gather in the city of Washington, D.C. to explore the rapidly evolving hybrid multicloud landscape. This event promises to be a…
In this blog post I will show you how to create a Windows Server template and how to maintain it. Templates are virtual machines to be used to create new virtual machines. So, for example, if you need to install a new Windows Server it is easier to just deploy…
If you have a running cluster and need expansion to get more resources (storage, cpu, ram, etc) then you need to do a cluster expansion. Is this blogpost I will show you how to do this. First you can use Prism Central Cluster Runway to see the needed hardware for…
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…
In this blogpost we will explain how to do a physical to virtual conversion from a server/desktop to Nutanix.
When installing the Nutanix Guest Tools (NGT) in your virtual Machines you are doing this for 1 of the following reasons: When one (or more) applies then you will install the NGT. But there is some extra support/maintenance you need to do when installing the tool. For example, you need…
!!! 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…
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…
In a previous blogpost I showed how-to repurpose old Nutanix hardware for a lab, by running Nutanix Community Edition on it. Now let’s try to do the same but with the latest Community Edition (2.1) and an even older cluster (NX-3060-G4) and try to update it to the latest versions…
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…
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…
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