Nutanix has been speaking publicly about their Software-Only offering for a while, but it was never formally announced. Today we had the NTC briefing for this offering, so here is the breakdown. Continue reading Nutanix Software-Only Offering
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Nutanix AOS 5.5 Released
Nutanix has released version 5.5 (codename “Obelix”) of their Acropolis Operating System (AOS). For Nutants, this release is the capstone of Nutanix goodness. Be aware that the full list of Obelix features could not fit into one major release and is actually being released over the coming months as a series of minor releases (5.5.0, 5.5.1, 5.5.2, etc.).
This obviously also means that the supporting components of the Nutanix eco-system also have new releases to complement AOS, namely AHV, Prism Central, NCC, LCM and Foundation. Please refer to the resources section at the end for links to downloads and release notes.
VCDX – Enhanced Design Decisions
As a VCDX Mentor and NPX Panelist, I review many designs. During a recent review I saw an interesting twist to the design documentation that could be of benefit to all VCDX and NPX candidates.
Nutanix .NEXT EU Announcements
Last week, Nutanix .NEXT EU was held in Nice, France. There were four announcements of note:
- Nutanix announces support for Intel Skylake processors with Enterprise Cloud OS – their new G6 platform will be available soon.
- How Nutanix Marketplace Brings Developers and IT Together – as part of the impending Calm release, the marketplace for code will be available for the rapid deployment of complex application blueprints.
- Reimagine Object-based Storage in a Multi-cloud Era – Acropolis Object Storage Service will soon be a reality. Existing Acropolis services are ABS, AFS and ACS.
- Flexibility and Expanded Application Support with Compute Cloud – support for compute-only nodes.
VCDX – Throwing Bones
In movies about courtroom dramas, you will commonly hear objections from the prosecution or the defence to the judge about leading the witness. That is, the witness has to think and speak independently without live coaching or prompting. The panel-based defences for VCDX, CCAr and NPX have the same premise.
DISCLAIMER: This article is completely based upon my experiences as an NPX Certified Examiner. However, my panel training was by former VCDX panelists and moderators.
Nutanix Xtract for VMs is now GA
At .NEXT 2017 US, Nutanix announced Xtract for VMs. Today it has been released.
Directly modifying ESXi host managed by vCenter Server
In the world of Nutanix HCI on vSphere, you sometimes do not have access to the vCenter Server, but you do have the root credentials of the ESXi host. However, when you try to make your changes, the ESXi host returns the message, “Access to resource settings on the host is restricted to the server that is managing it”.
There is one particular administrator task where this workaround comes into play: the Nutanix CVM resizing procedure to increase/decrease vCPU and RAM. I always forget the exact details of this workaround and then spend 30 minutes searching for it, so here it is. If this was a Production system, then obviously you would have an approved Change Request before you executed the workaround.
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