I have always been a fan of leveraging community resources when studying for certification exams. The VCAP study guides here, and here were invaluable when I was studying for those exams. When I began preparing for the Nutanix NCP, I was a little bummed out when I couldn’t find any community resources like these. I…
Hardware components (nodes and disks) can be removed from a cluster or reconfigured in other ways when conditions warrant it. Note: If the Data-at-Rest Encryption is enabled then before removing a drive or node from a cluster, test the certificates again by clicking Test all nodes and ensure that testing is successful and the status is Verified. In…
Start Node VMware Using the vSphere client, take the ESXi hosts out of maintenance mode Power On the CVM SSH into the CVM, and issue the following command: ncli cluster status | grep -A 15 cvm_ip_addr Validate that the datastores, are available and connected to all hosts within the cluster Stop Node VMware GUI Using…
Start Cluster Using the vSphere client, take the ESXi hosts out of maintenance mode Power on the CVM’s within the cluster SSH into one of the CVM’s, and issue the following command: cluster start Once completed, it will report back showing that all services are running on all the CVM’s within the cluster Validate that…
Install Generate a cluster summary file in the Prism web console. Open Licensing from the gear icon in the Prism web console for the connected cluster. Click Manage Licenses in the dialog box, then click Generate to create and download a cluster summary file. The cluster summary file is saved to your browser’s download directory…
The Portal Connection feature simplifies license management by integrating the licensing workflow into a single interface in the Prism web console. Once you enable this feature, you can perform most licensing tasks from Prism without needing to explicitly log on to the Nutanix Support Portal. It is disabled by default. Nutanix Xtreme Computing Platform Licenses…
If the customer site cannot send traffic to a Nutanix service center directly, an HTTP proxy is required.
Upgrading NCC by Uploading Binary and Metadata Files Installing NCC from an Installer File Installs the Nutanix Cluster Check (NCC) health script to test for potential issues and cluster health. Download the installation file to any controller VM in the cluster and copy the installation file to the /home/nutanix directory. Check the MD5 value of the file….