Introduction Every environment faces moments of failure. Whether from guest corruption, misconfigurations, or broken updates, virtual machines sometimes need urgent rescue. This guide offers a pre-built Bash-based emergency toolkit using acli to snapshot VMs, reassign NICs, attach recovery ISOs, and power cycle problematic VMs. My Personal Repository on GitHub Nutanix Repository on GitHub Diagram: Rescue … 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 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
