You need to create the cluster after installation. So login (via ssh) into the cvm and give the command: cluster -s –redundancy_factor=1 create

im installed nutanix ce host and cvm ip able acces in ssh but cvm ip not accessible in web console

Probably the physical machine has not 64GB of ram free.

No that is not possible. Nutanix is tightly integrated into the hypervisor that it also needs to install it as well. So what you want is not possible. Not in ce not in commercial version.

Thanks for the update. Is there any other version which can used with vSphere8? What I want to know is, is it possible to add only CVM to the existing vSphere without reinstalling/installing the hypervisor. Just want to add the CVM, thank you

No that is not possible. And CE2.1 is only available in AHV.

I already have a vSphere8 cluster (4 node-ESXi8) running on VMware workstation(Home Lab). Now, i want to install\add only Nutanix CVM to these ESXi host machine to create a Nutanix cluster. Is it possible? Please let me know the steps to add only CVM to the existing ESXi hypervisor, thank you.

Note: Am trying to install Community Edition (CE) 2.1

Thank you Jeroen for a timely response. I didn’t get the router table updating part since I’m provisioning machines on vmware workstation why would I update the router.
Starting over again should I configure both server and nutanix again with NAT or bridged?
Do I install dhcp server role and create a dhcp scope in my server also Dns or not required ?
Keep the ips auto or assign them manually ? Because I remember even though I setup the vm on nat I was seeing class c ips on other interfaces in nutanix vm while the ahv was class b ip that I configured .

Thank you

dont change ahv/cvm network settings with linux commands. always use the nutanix methods (can be found on the nutanix portal). But before you make a nutanix environment make sure your network is currect. You cannot just change the gateway ip, you should also change your router ip/routing tables etc. So start over and make sure your network is correct.

I’m experiencing connectivity issues with my current setup:

I have a Windows Server 2022 machine configured with NAT as follows:

IP Address: 172.16.10.10/24
Gateway: Initially set to 172.16.10.1 but changed to 192.168.206.2 (to enable communication with the network and Nutanix VM)
DNS: 172.16.10.10
For my Nutanix setup:

AHV IP: 172.16.10.30
CVM IP: 172.16.10.31
Gateway: Initially 172.16.10.1, but I changed it to 192.168.206.2 in both the AHV and CVM configurations (via network scripts and interface settings).
Despite these changes, Nutanix AHV and CVM cannot access the internet or ping the gateway, though they can still ping the server. After modifying the br0 interface IP in the AHV’s system config (via network scripts), the network became unreachable. For the CVM, I made a similar modification to the eth0 interface with the same result.

I’m able to ping the server, but I’m completely lost on how to fix the connectivity issues.

Please advise. Thank you!

You need more ram on the vm or reduce the cvm ram.