Nutanix Daily Operations Dashboard via Bash

Introduction

Admins often need a quick overview of their Nutanix cluster each morning. Instead of logging into Prism, a Bash dashboard script can collect essential data, health, VM counts, storage use, and alerts, and consolidate it into a timestamped report. This article walks you through building a reliable CLI-driven Nutanix daily report.

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Diagram: Daily Dashboard Script Flow

What the Dashboard Includes

• Cluster name and version
• Cluster health state
• VM count and power status
• Total and used storage
• Active alerts
• Certificate expiration (optional)

Bash Script: nutanix_daily_dashboard.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

report="/var/log/nutanix_daily_report_$(date +%F).log"

{
  echo "======== Nutanix Daily Operations Dashboard ========"
  echo "Generated: $(date)"
  echo ""

  echo "[Cluster Info]"
  ncli cluster get-summary
  echo ""

  echo "[Health Check]"
  ncli cluster get-health
  echo ""

  echo "[VM Inventory]"
  total=$(ncli vm list | grep -c "^|")
  powered_on=$(ncli vm list | grep -c "ON")
  echo "Total VMs: $total | Powered On: $powered_on"
  echo ""

  echo "[Storage Usage]"
  ncli container list
  echo ""

  echo "[Active Alerts]"
  ncli alert list severity=critical categories=all
  echo ""

} >> "$report"

echo "Report generated at $report"

Sample Output (Truncated)

======== Nutanix Daily Operations Dashboard ========
Generated: 2025-07-23

[Cluster Info]
Name: prod-cluster
Version: 6.5.x

[Health Check]
Overall Status: OK

[VM Inventory]
Total VMs: 58 | Powered On: 56

[Storage Usage]
Container: prod-container | Used: 18TB | Free: 4TB

[Active Alerts]
None

Schedule It

15 6 * * * /usr/local/bin/nutanix_daily_dashboard.sh

Runs every morning at 6:15 AM.

Optional Delivery

Email the report:

mailx -s "Nutanix Daily Dashboard" admin@example.com < "$report"

Summary

A daily Bash dashboard gives your team a low-overhead, high-visibility operational view into Nutanix health, inventory, and alerts. Extend it to meet compliance or SRE handover needs.

External Documentation:

• Nutanix ncli Cluster Commands