Introduction Proper network segmentation is essential for organizing workloads and securing traffic in Nutanix AHV. With acli and Bash, you can define and deploy VLAN-backed networks at scale, ensuring consistency across environments. This guide automates the creation of virtual networks using a repeatable, script-driven approach. My Personal Repository on GitHub Nutanix Repository on GitHub Diagram: … Read more
Introduction Snapshots are a key feature in any backup or testing workflow. Managing them at scale, however, requires automation. With Bash and acli, you can script snapshot creation, enforce retention policies, and delete old snapshots, ideal for daily backup routines or testing environments. My Personal Repository on GitHub Nutanix Repository on GitHub Diagram: Snapshot Management … Read more
Introduction Capacity reporting is a crucial part of maintaining a healthy infrastructure. Instead of checking cluster metrics manually, automate them using Nutanix’s ncli. This script provides daily insights into memory, CPU, and storage availability, perfect for operational dashboards and email alerts. My Personal Repository on GitHub Nutanix Repository on GitHub Diagram: Scheduled Capacity Report Flow … Read more
Introduction Accurate VM inventory reporting is essential for operations, compliance, and capacity planning. Instead of exporting data manually from Prism, use Bash and Nutanix’s acli to automatically generate inventory reports in CSV format. These reports can feed into asset management systems or compliance checks. My Personal Repository on GitHub Nutanix Repository on GitHub Diagram: VM … Read more
Introduction Powering on or shutting down multiple VMs through the Prism interface can be tedious. With Bash and Nutanix’s acli, you can automate batch VM power operations, whether for scheduled maintenance, environment resets, or DR runbooks. This article shows how to control power states for multiple VMs based on name patterns, tags, or input lists. … Read more
Introduction Manual VM creation through Prism becomes inefficient at scale. Using acli, Nutanix’s AHV command-line interface, we can script VM deployment workflows that are reusable, fast, and fully automated. This guide shows how to build a Bash script that reads VM definitions from YAML and provisions them via acli. My Personal Repository on GitHub Nutanix … Read more
Introduction Daily cluster health checks are a best practice for Nutanix administrators. While Prism offers visual insights, Bash scripting combined with ncli allows you to create repeatable, automated health assessments. This guide walks through how to script these checks, log results, and optionally integrate notifications. My Personal Repository on GitHub Nutanix Repository on GitHub Benefits … Read more
Introduction Nutanix’s CLI tools provide the same administrative power as the Prism GUI, but in a faster and more scriptable format. With Bash, infrastructure teams can streamline repetitive tasks, enforce policy compliance, and improve operational speed. This deep dive explores the primary CLI options from Nutanix, and shows how to build intelligent Bash scripts to … Read more
Table of Contents 1. Introduction to Nutanix Asynchronous Replication In today’s enterprise datacenters, disaster recovery (DR) is a top priority. Nutanix Asynchronous Replication (supported on AOS 6.6 and newer) enables organizations to protect workloads with flexible, policy-driven snapshot and replication technology. This capability ensures business continuity without the performance cost of synchronous replication. Using Nutanix … Read more
Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies must evolve to keep pace with modern business demands. Nutanix NearSync Replication offers organizations near real-time data protection, low RPO, and granular failover capabilities. In this article, we dive deep into how NearSync works, prerequisites, configuration, CLI/API automation, best practices, advanced use cases, and troubleshooting—arming Nutanix administrators, architects, and security teams … Read more
Table of Contents 1. Introduction to Nutanix DR Disaster recovery ensures that applications and data remain available, even after catastrophic events. Nutanix delivers integrated DR features across all deployment models, minimizing recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs). Nutanix DR is designed to be hypervisor-agnostic but delivers the richest integration with AHV. It … Read more
Table of Contents 1. Introduction Disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity planning are critical for enterprises relying on cloud-native infrastructure. With increasingly distributed workloads, ensuring that network security policies—especially microsegmentation and flow rules—replicate accurately across sites is essential for both compliance and operational resilience. This guide focuses on how Nutanix Flow enables robust security policy … Read more
Table of Contents 1. Introduction Deep learning workloads are transforming enterprise AI. Running them efficiently at scale requires more than just powerful GPUs. Kubernetes has become the go-to platform for orchestrating modern, containerized machine learning environments. With Kubernetes, you get reproducibility, scalability, and deep integration with DevOps workflows. This tutorial and proof-of-concept guide shows how … Read more
Nutanix Flow has rapidly evolved from simple microsegmentation to a robust enterprise security, automation, and network visibility suite. If you want to “go god mode” in Nutanix Flow—meaning complete, surgical control and insight over your application networks—this guide is your step-by-step blueprint. I’ll cover: Table of Contents 1. Introduction: What Does “God Mode” Mean in … Read more
Introduction As modern data centers and hybrid clouds expand, securing workloads and networks at scale has become both mission-critical and complex. Nutanix Security Central delivers a centralized, SaaS-based solution that empowers Nutanix administrators, architects, and security teams to manage security policy, compliance, and visibility across all Nutanix environments from a single, unified portal. This guide … Read more
Table of Contents 1. Introduction: Why Service Central Matters Nutanix Central is a unified management portal that consolidates and simplifies the oversight of multiple Prism Central (PC) instances, spanning datacenters, geographies, and tenants. For organizations managing complex environments, Service Central is the key to streamlined operations, consistency, and scalable governance. 2. Prerequisites and Planning Before … Read more
Introduction The modern enterprise’s attack surface has never been larger, especially in hybrid cloud and on-premises environments powered by Azure Local (Azure Stack HCI with SDN Express). With evolving threats like ransomware, insider risk, and advanced persistent threats, it is essential to continuously validate both your controls and your team’s readiness to respond. Security war … Read more
Executive Summary Modern cyber threats do not discriminate. Enterprises in healthcare, finance, and manufacturing all face advanced ransomware, insider threats, and cloud-specific attacks. Traditional security training is not enough. Network architects and engineers need to simulate real attacks and validate their tools and teams. Enter Flow Security War Games: realistic, actionable exercises using Nutanix Flow … Read more
Introduction Overlay networking is the backbone of modern cloud and datacenter designs. With Nutanix Flow VPC, the platform has evolved from VXLAN to Geneve encapsulation to deliver next-generation virtual network overlays. Geneve enables more extensible, SDN-friendly, and future-proof networking for Nutanix environments. But how does this work at the packet level? Let’s take a “day … Read more
Introduction: Why Microsegmentation Matters in Modern Data Centers Microsegmentation has become a foundational element of modern data center security. Traditional network security often relies on perimeter-based controls, but as workloads shift to virtualized environments, lateral movement within the data center becomes a critical threat. Microsegmentation addresses this by enforcing granular, application-aware security policies—restricting traffic between … Read more
