One of the most popular posts on my blog is "Nutanix: Restarting Prism", the Nutanix user interface which I wrote way back 2015. Three years is a long time in technology, especially in the hyper-converged world so I thought it was time for a quick update. The...
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Nutanix – Redeploying nodes with Foundation
Problem I recently deployed a Nutanix cluster which was a combination of old and new 3000 series nodes. Setup of the new machines went according to plan, however I found the old servers were reporting incorrect block IDs and/or positions. For those who...
Nutanix: Restarting Prism
UPDATE: The new version of "Nutanix: Restarting Prism" can be found here. _________________________ While running NOS 4.0.2.2 on a cluster of 3061s, there's a bug that causes the Nutanix Web Interface, Prism, to become unresponsive. After raising a...
Nutanix Hidden Contrast Feature for Google Chrome
A few months back I was speaking with Sudheesh Nair, (@sudheenair on twitter) from Nuntaix about the slightly washed out look of the Nutanix Prism interface. Both myself and a colleague mentioned the interface was difficult to present on a large screen, something we'd...
Nutanix Prism Central Basic Setup and Config
Recently I've been working with the hyper-converged compute and storage platform Nutanix. For those who haven't heard of it, check out the Nutanix Bible written by Steven Poitras for all the in and outs of the product, including actual technical explanation of how it...