When doploying a new environment (or when running an environment for years already ;)) you always need to change the password from the default or from something else to something else 😉 (When they expire). I’ve created a nice PowerShell script that will do this automatically for you or you can run the script interactive […]

!!! Always make sure you have a working backup when performing upgrades !!! The last year we had lots of new version in the Nutanix HCI ecosystem. Community Edition (CE) is built on the production version but had some issues with the latest versions. In this blog post I will show you to where you […]

To install Nutanix Community Edition on a machine which only has 2 drives we always suggested to install AHV on a USB drive. In this blogpost I will describe how to install CE on a machine with 2 disks in total. So 1 disk will be the AHV disk and the other the CVM. So […]

12 months on from our 20 years as Cutter 2025 gathering, this week ahead brings the 2026 edition. We return to our home away from home to spend time together “doing the day job” but asking the bigger questions and finding the answers that pave our way for the year ahead. These annual get togethers […]

I, like most people spend a huge amount of time doing boring and mundane things. This leads to procrastination in avoiding those tasks – which is dangerous for those of us of a certain disposition as it normally leads to something destructive. So I needed to rebuild my home lab, because I may or may […]

Back in 2024 Nutanix Technology Champions were invited to Nutanix HQ in San Jose for 2 days of behind the scenes access, and discussions with some of the brightest minds in Nutanix. We also enjoyed social time together as a group including pinball and pizza (and a few cocktails) downtown. Well …. it’s back for […]

One of the most interesting features for me in the latest VBR 13.1 release was VirtIO driver injection, which automatically injects VirtIO drivers when restoring non-KVM backups to Nutanix, Proxmox etc. In this post, we’ll take a look at how it works under the hood.

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the process of managing Nutanix backups using Veeam 13.1 via the Web UI of the Veeam Software Appliance. In this article, we will walk through the following steps:

CAUTION: This is not for production use! Use this method for home labs only. During deploying VVF 9 in my home lab, I’ve faced an issue with the unsupported CPU. Although there was no problem with ESXi 8, during ESXi 9.1 installation, I received an error: Luckily there is a solution. Keep in mind that […]

Real-World HCI Testing with Nutanix X-Ray 7.0 Most infrastructure benchmarks lie to you — not deliberately, but by design. They measure peak IOPS under perfect […]

Right now, we are in the vacuum between the morning sessions and the first keynote of the event. With 5000 attendees, .NEXT is a real […]

Today, the event has the kick-off in McCormick Place in the beautiful city of Chicago. The coming three days, we will be overwhelmed by Nutanix […]