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The Nutanix Technology Champion Program
In the rapidly changing world of technology, the Nutanix Technology Champion (NTC) program is a top program. It helps professionals who know a lot…
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Deploying eG Innovations to monitor Nutanix Cluster(s)
In this blogpost I'm showing you how to request a trial for eG Innovations and how to deploy the agent to monitor a Nutanix Infrastructure.
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Nutanix Community Edition 2.1 Released – Create The Single Node Cluster
Nutanix Community Edition 2.1 is released. There is no more option to use ESXi as hypervisor and the automatic cluster creation is removed. Here is a blog post how to create the single node cluster.
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Install Nutanix Community Edition on Proxmox
In this blogpost we will describe howto install a Nutanix Community Edition node in a Proxmox environment.
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Delete VM and keep snapshots
In this blogpost Jeroen is explaining how to find, reuse and delete orphaned snapshots.
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Slipstream VirtIO Drivers into Windows ISO to use on Nutanix AHV
This PowerShell script creates a Windows ISO with VirtIO drivers included, enabling the installation of a virtual machine on Nutanix AHV. Created by Jeroen Tielen, the script checks for admin rights, installs necessary tools, and processes ISO files accordingly. A demonstration video and the script are provided.
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Nutanix X-Small Prism Central
Nutanix has released AOS 6.8 (Link) and Prism Central 2024.1(Link). With this new release there is a new option to deploy a “X-Small” Prism…
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Smart Tiering Nutanix Files to Azure Cool Blob Storage
This blog post outlines the process to configure an Azure Storage Account with cold blob storage integrated with Nutanix Files for smart tiering. It describes how to offload data from the Nutanix cluster, thus freeing up resources, while clarifying that Nutanix Files licenses remain in use.
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Nutanix Cluster Expansion on ESX
I needed to expand a cluster running Nutanix on ESX. There is a cluster expansion guide available from Nutanix which can be found here:…
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Single Sign On Nutanix Prism Central
This post provides a guide on setting up Prism Central (2023.4) to integrate with Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) for Single Sign-On (SSO) using SAML. It outlines the steps to configure SAML authentication by downloading metadata from Prism Central, creating a custom application in Microsoft Entra, assigning users or groups, uploading metadata back to Prism Central, and setting up role mapping. It also discusses limitations like the inability to add user groups to role mappings and suggests further refinements with custom claims and conditional access controls.
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Repurpose old Nutanix hardware
Revive old Nutanix clusters by installing Nutanix Community Edition. Document all node IP addresses and ensure proper switch connection. Use a bootable USB with MBR scheme or mount the CE installer ISO via IPMI. Select the correct disks matching the CE requirements and input the proper IP configurations during installation.