AHV Flashcards
AHV
KVM + Enterprise Features + Management Components
Image Service
Repository of images
Host Affinity
Pin the VMs to specific nodes
Create VM
Menu > VM > Table > Create VM
HA
- Ability of a VM to be restarted on another node
- Is an optional feature on a best effort
- however capacity can be reserved for this feature
- VM are restarted considering policies
Configure HA within Prism
Settings > Manage VM HA > Enable VM HA
Which components provide distributed networking?
OpenVSwitch
Feature of distributed networking
1) DHCP
2) Distributed virtual network
3) vLAN
4) Enable bonding physical adapter
Add a new network in AHV
Settings > Network Configuration > User VM Interfaces > Create network
Show graphical representation of my network
Menu > Network
CPU Compatibility
1) Nutanix can support different CPU within the cluster
2) Utilize the capabilty of the least featurich CPU
3) Automatic
Upgrade AHV
Settings > Upgrade software > Hypervisor
How to upgrade an offline cluster
1) Download the binary
2) Follow the upgrade procedure
3) Upload the binary
What is pre-upgrade?
Upgrade healthcheck (like dry run)
AH Management
1) Distributed = no dedicated infra node
2) Management svc is spread on all nodes