Ever wondered what firmware is included in the LCM Payload that you are about to deploy? Nutanix provide a handy KB article which lists out which versions are included in the update. This is useful information to know especially if you have a Nutanix cluster with Dell XC and Dell PowerEdge and you want to … Continue reading Nutanix LCM Payload Matrix →

The latest version of Nutanix Files went GA today and is available on the Nutanix Portal for download. There lots of improvements in this release but a few of the headlines include: Network File System v3 (NFSv3) Support - Files now supports the NFSv3 protocol in addition to NFSv4 Multi-Protocol Support for Shares and Exports … Continue reading Nutanix Files 3.5 Released →

The new version of Nutanix Community Edition has just been released. This brings the latest release to version 5.10. The Community Edition is perfect for testing out Nutanix especially in a homelab and a small scale POC. The link download to the components can be found here on the Nutanix Portal. You will need to … Continue reading Nutanix CE 5.10 Released →

Introduction Nutanix have recently introduced a new feature which allows tagging in their license portal. This means each license can be tagged with the cluster it is associated with. This feature is good for keeping the License Portal organized and makes it easier to search. Procedure Log onto the Nutanix Portal - Launch Support Portal … Continue reading Creating Tags in Nutanix License Portal →

Introduction Over time old logs and old software starts to build up in the CVM /home directory. The following error will be observed in Prism Proceedure Log onto a CVM of the cluster in question with the 'nutanix' account. The default password is 'nutanix/4u' but this may have been changed in your environment. Check the … Continue reading Nutanix CVM Error – Disk Space Usage /home On Controller exceeded 80% →

I noticed today some of our clusters had very old versions of Nutanix Life Cycle Manager (LCM) installed so thought I would put together a blog post on how to upgrade the LCM component while I was doing it. It is pretty straight forward and a nice thing to keep up to date as features … Continue reading Upgrading Nutanix LCM →