Nutanix Files – formerly known as Acropolis File Services (AFS) – is a complete rethink of file services as it brings the best attributes of NAS and public cloud services together for your enterprise cloud. With Files, customers can consolidate VMs and unstructured data on Nutanix to get a simpler infrastructure stack. With unmatched simplicity,…
Files Features Share-level, Directory-level, and File-level Access Control Lists (security descriptors) Support for Alternate Data Streams, Shared-mode Locks, and OpLock Quota Hard limit only enforceable once user is under limit again (if changing from Soft to Hard) Access-based Enumeration Hourly Snapshots (WPV) and latest 24-hour retention policy AHV and ESXi support Many-to-One Replication Hypervisor-Specific Support…
Click the File Server tab to display the list of file servers. Select the target file server in the table. The Summary line (middle of screen) displays the file server set of relevant action links on the right. The possible actions are: Activate (if file server is deactivated) Protect+ Share Update Join Domain Leave Domain…
After completing the NCP, the NCAP was the next goal on my list. I began to prepare for this in a similar fashion to how I did with the NCP. The first step was of course, to download the Exam Blueprint. As with the NCP guide, a big credit again goes to Steven Poitras, and…
Acropolis Block Services Acropolis Block Services can support use cases including but not limited to: iSCSI for Microsoft Exchange Server. ABS enables Microsoft Exchange Server environments to use iSCSI as the primary storage protocol. Shared storage for Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC). ABS supports SCSI-3 persistent reservations for shared storage-based Windows clusters, commonly used with…
Preparations Ensure each cluster has a minimum configuration of 4 vCPUs and 12 GiB of memory available on each host. Ensure you have configured or defined internal and external networks. An Active Directory, Domain Name Server, and a Network Time Protocol Server. You need Active Directory administrator credentials, enterprise administrator credentials, and at least domain…
Acropolis Block Services (ABS) Exposes backend DSF to external consumers via iSCSI Use Cases: Oracle RAC MSCS Containers Bare-metal Exchange on vSphere Constructs: Data Services IP: Cluster Wide VIP for iSCSI logins Volume Group: iSCSI target/group of disk devices Disks: Devices in Volume Group Attachment: Permissions for IQN access Backend = VG’s disk is just…
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…