Citrix has released a Nutanix AHV version of the NetScaler. This runs on a Linux kernel while the older model was running on a BSD kernel. At the moment if you want to upgrade to the latest version you will see this message: So the traditional upgrade method will not work anymore and you need […]

During my consultancy journey at different companies I have seen many different setups for Nutanix Micro segmentation (Flow). With Flow you can create security policies to secure network traffic between virtual machines (and outside the cluster) without relying on traditional network firewalls. This is often called east-west firewalling. In this blogpost I will give you […]

In this blogpost I will show you how to deploy Nutanix Central on-premises. This will allow you to manage multiple Prism Central’s from one single pane of glass. Nutanix Central (v1.7.1) release notes can be found here: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Release-Notes-Nutanix-Central-Onprem-v1_7_1:Release-Notes-Nutanix-Central-Onprem-v1_7_1 The complete admin guide can be found here: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/list?type=software&filterKey=software&filterVal=Nutanix%20Central Prism Central Requirements are: So that will cover […]

Frequently I’m asked why I always recommend building and testing a defensive design, one that has a chance of surviving first contact. The answer is simple, I’ve been burnt, and seen others burned by design decisions that made sense at the time but didn’t stand the test of time or the ‘what if?’ test. A […]

A totally shameless plug to join some of us talking NKP, the cloudy future of applications, and how us traditional IT infrastructure people have had to learn some new tricks to innovate and support our developer communities. Taming Cloud Chaos: The Nutanix Champions Perspective

It all started a week or so ago with the having to restart my Windows workstation each morning before my day started because it was painfully laggy, and showing read latency on the boot disk that only seemed to ease up after a reboot, for a short while. Nothing fun in resource monitor to show […]

In this short article, we will look at the procedure for configuring backups of VMware vSphere VMs stored on HPE Alletra using the Veeam Backup from Storage Snapshots feature. For those who don’t know, this feature allows us to reduce the virtual machine snapshot lifetime from minutes or hours to just seconds, and it is […]

A few months ago, I wrote about the new Nutanix Certification – Nutanix Certified Professional – Network & Security (NCP‑NS) 7 – and now, the certification is leaving the beta state and open for scheduling. As always, there is a great opportunity for the first 250 test-takers; you can schedule this exam for free, just […]

Veeam released a new version of the Backup & Replication product with the number 13.0.1.2067 addressing some critical security issues. You can find more info in the following KB 4831. CVE-2026-21669, CVSS v3.1 Score: 9.9 – A vulnerability allowing an authenticated domain user to perform remote code execution (RCE) on the Backup Server. Affects Windows-based […]

In an earlier post, I described and showed how to deploy Nutanix Files within a Prism Central instance. This post ended with a promise to […]

This blogpost will show you how to install Nutanix Files using Prism Central. But before we are going to install Nutanix Files, let’s first look […]

As we step into a new year, I want to take a moment to thank you for being part of this journey. Whether you’ve been […]