To install Nutanix Community Edition on a machine which only has 2 drives we always suggested to install AHV on a USB drive. In this blogpost I will describe how to install CE on a machine with 2 disks in total. So 1 disk will be the AHV disk and…
Reserve Rebuild Capacity – Turn it On or Off?
When deploying a Nutanix cluster and looking into all configuration settings you have probably seen the “Reserve Rebuild Capacity” option. In this blogpost I will explain what it is and how it works. You can find this option in Prism Element –> Settings –> Rebuild Capacity Reservation. The default setting…
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…
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.
Citrix ShareFile User Migration Script
Here is a nice PowerShell script I’ve created to migrate user from a specific Storage Zone to another Storage Zone. You can batch migrate users so it will only do the amount specified. Run the script and it will ask for ShareFile credentials. Those will be saved in a file…
Create local ISO Storage in XenServer from remaining space on boot Disk
When installing a XenServer there is a question in the setup wizard which asks where to place the virtual machine files. You can choose your storage and even the remaining space on the boot disk. But where to place to ISO files then? You have to create a NFS share…
Prevent SCCM from installing files on a specific drive
By default, the Configuration Manager 2007 site server role component installation files are installed on the first available NTFS formatted disk drive with the most available free disk space. However, some files are not installed in the default installation folder. For example, files are installed in the following folders: The…