Nutanix CE Notes
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Verify all hosts and CVMs are in the same time zone.
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If putting the CVMs and hosts in a different native VLAN, it is easier to do before creating VMs, but can be done afterwards if down time is not an issue.
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Get cluster parameters -
ncli cluster get-params
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Set Cluster time zone =
ncli cluster set-timezone timezone=America/New_York
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Cluster status =
cluster status
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Check /etc/resolv.conf on the hosts. Mine was missing after the initial install, and started throwing errors after a few days. I resolved it by creating the file with similar DNS servers as the CVMs.
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Nutanix Cluster Check (NCC)
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Run Multiple checks:
ncc health_checks system_checks plugin_list=cluster_version_check,cvm_reboot_check
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Run all:
ncc health_checks run_all
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Rerun failing checks:
ncc --rerun_failing_plugins=True
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Checks can be run in parallel with
--parallel=4
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Display status in terminal with –use-npyscreen
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Power Off all VMs that are powered on:
for vm_name in `acli vm.list power_state=on | grep -v ^'VM name' | awk '{print $1}'`; do acli vm.force_off $vm_name; done
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Change CVM vlan:
change_cvm_vlan VLAN_ID
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Set the OpenVSwitch Vlan on the host:
ovs-vsctl set port br0 tag=10
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Power on all powered off VMs:
for vm_name in `acli vm.list power_state=off | grep -v ^'VM name' | awk '{print $1}'`; do acli vm.on $vm_name; done