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
Migration options
1) Xtract
2) In place conversion
3) Cross hypervisor DR
Xtract
1) Migrate from vSphere to Nutanix
2) Free appliance
3) Replicates VMs to Nutanix
4) Source VM remains active until cutover
In-place conversions
1) Converts from ESXi on Nutanix to AHV
2) Shutdown VMs
3) Install AHV
4) COnvert VM
Cross hypervisor DR
1) Prod to DR: VSphere on Nutanix to AHV
AHV Benefits
- Integrated management
- No additional license cost
- Feature rich
AHV Features at a glance
- HA
- ADS
3 Multiple migration options - Snapshot
- Distributed Networking
- CPU compatibility
- API
