Download Nutanix AHV Acropolis Hypervisor
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Veritas NetBackup for Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) Administrator's Guide. Last Published: . Product(s): NetBackup (8.2) Introduction to NetBackup for Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) Protect AHV using NetBackup; About the Hypervisor policy type to protect Nutanix AHV VMs Download the Nutanix AHV plug-in binaries.
Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor a.k.a AHV
The factory default credentials for Nutanix CVM, HOST, IPMI along with other infra HCI components like VMware ESXi Server, Move appliance, Windows Hyper-V Server. Nutanix ERA.Software Default credentials Sr. NoSoftware/Management ToolTarget UsernamePassword1vSphere Web ClientESXi hostrootnutanix/4u2vSphere client (Windows)ESXi hostrootnutanix/4u3Nutanix Prism ElementNutanix Controller VMadminNutanix/4u4Nutanix Prism CentralNutanix P Controller VMadminNutanix/4u5Remote desktop/ConsoleWindows Hyper-V HostAdministratornutanix/4u6SSH client or consoleESXI hostrootnutanix/4u7SSH client or console Acropolis Hypervisor(AHV)root nutanix/4u8SSH clientNutanix Controller VMadminnutanix/4u9SSH clientNutanix Controller VMnutanixnutanix/4u10SQL Server Mobility Service VMSQL VMnutanixnutanix/4u11SSH client or consoleAcropolis OpenStack Services VM rootadmin12SSH client or consoleNutanix ERAeraNutanix.113 Console/GUINutanix ERAeraNutanix.114SSH client or consoleXplorer VMnutanxnutanix/4u15SSH client or consoleNutanix Moveadminnutanix/4uHardware/OEM based default credentialsNutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform is also available on industry-leading OEM appliance platforms from HPE, Lenovo, Fujitsu, Dell EMC, local reseller on Cisco, Hitachi, HPE, Intel Data Center Blocks, Klas Telecom, KTNF and NEC x86 servers.Nutanix NX Series default credentials :-Nutanix NX Series family are the NX-1000,NX-3000,NX-6000,NX-8000Sr. NoSoftware/Management ToolTargetUsernamePassword1SSH client or consoleIPMIADMINPassword is Node serial Number 2SSH client or consoleNutanix Controller VMnutanixnutanix/4u3SSH client or consoleAcropolis Hypervisor(AHV)nutanixnutanix/4u Nutanix HPE DX Series HPE DX Series DX2600,DX360,DX380,DX4200,DX560 Sr. NoSoftware/Management ToolTargetUsernamePassword1SSH client or consoleILOAdministratorPassword is Node serial Number 2SSH client or consoleNutanix Controller VMnutanixnutanix/4u3SSH client or consoleAcropolis Hypervisor(AHV)nutanixnutanix/4uNutanix Lenovo HX series Default CredentialLenovo ThinkAgile HX Series family are the HX3375 appliance, HX3376 certified node and HX1021 certified node.Sr. NoSoftware/Management ToolTargetUsernamePassword1SSH client or consoleXClarityUSERIDPASSW0RD (with a zero, not the letter O) 2SSH client or consoleNutanix Controller VMnutanixnutanix/4u3SSH client or consoleAcropolis Hypervisor(AHV)nutanixnutanix/4uNutanix IBM CS Series Default CredentialIBM CS Series family are 8005-12N,8005-22NSr. NoSoftware/Management ToolTargetUsernamePassword1SSH client or consoleIMM – Integrated Management ModuleADMINADMIN2SSH client or Veritas NetBackup for Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) Administrator's Guide. Last Published: . Product(s): NetBackup (8.2) Introduction to NetBackup for Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) Protect AHV using NetBackup; About the Hypervisor policy type to protect Nutanix AHV VMs Download the Nutanix AHV plug-in binaries. | Posted on February 22, 2019 | With the release of Nutanix Move (used to be called Xtract), migrating VM’s from VMware ESXi to AHV is now super simple and the best part of all, automated!Website Landing Page: out the download portal for Move (still called Xtract on download portal for now): OLD PROCESS BELOW – REPLACED BY NUTANIX MOVE ***Moving VM’s from ESXi to the Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) is quite simple. Here are the high-level steps:First, install the Nutanix VirtIO package into the VM(’s) you are moving – driver package can be downloaded here: (or find the latest on the site)Whitelist the subnet (In Prism, Gear icon -> Filesystem Whitelists) so that we can access the Nutanix Distributed Storage Container from any hostMount it as an NFS mount (ESX) or as a SMB Shared Path (Hyper-V) on the hypervisor hosts you are coming “from”Power-off the Source VMClone or Move (your choice) the Source VM onto the shared storage containerCreate a new VM in Prism and specify CPU, RAM and add a NIC/vLan adapterTo add a disk, configure it as follows:Type: DiskOperation: Clone from ADSF fileBus Type: SCSIPath: provide the path to the VM’s Flat VMDK file. To see options, type / to start the autocomplete dropdownOnce VM is configured, power-on and it should boot right upHere’s also a helpful blog post that shows the above with a video: it helps and happy converting! 😉 Post Navigation ← Previous PostNext Post →Comments
The factory default credentials for Nutanix CVM, HOST, IPMI along with other infra HCI components like VMware ESXi Server, Move appliance, Windows Hyper-V Server. Nutanix ERA.Software Default credentials Sr. NoSoftware/Management ToolTarget UsernamePassword1vSphere Web ClientESXi hostrootnutanix/4u2vSphere client (Windows)ESXi hostrootnutanix/4u3Nutanix Prism ElementNutanix Controller VMadminNutanix/4u4Nutanix Prism CentralNutanix P Controller VMadminNutanix/4u5Remote desktop/ConsoleWindows Hyper-V HostAdministratornutanix/4u6SSH client or consoleESXI hostrootnutanix/4u7SSH client or console Acropolis Hypervisor(AHV)root nutanix/4u8SSH clientNutanix Controller VMadminnutanix/4u9SSH clientNutanix Controller VMnutanixnutanix/4u10SQL Server Mobility Service VMSQL VMnutanixnutanix/4u11SSH client or consoleAcropolis OpenStack Services VM rootadmin12SSH client or consoleNutanix ERAeraNutanix.113 Console/GUINutanix ERAeraNutanix.114SSH client or consoleXplorer VMnutanxnutanix/4u15SSH client or consoleNutanix Moveadminnutanix/4uHardware/OEM based default credentialsNutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform is also available on industry-leading OEM appliance platforms from HPE, Lenovo, Fujitsu, Dell EMC, local reseller on Cisco, Hitachi, HPE, Intel Data Center Blocks, Klas Telecom, KTNF and NEC x86 servers.Nutanix NX Series default credentials :-Nutanix NX Series family are the NX-1000,NX-3000,NX-6000,NX-8000Sr. NoSoftware/Management ToolTargetUsernamePassword1SSH client or consoleIPMIADMINPassword is Node serial Number 2SSH client or consoleNutanix Controller VMnutanixnutanix/4u3SSH client or consoleAcropolis Hypervisor(AHV)nutanixnutanix/4u Nutanix HPE DX Series HPE DX Series DX2600,DX360,DX380,DX4200,DX560 Sr. NoSoftware/Management ToolTargetUsernamePassword1SSH client or consoleILOAdministratorPassword is Node serial Number 2SSH client or consoleNutanix Controller VMnutanixnutanix/4u3SSH client or consoleAcropolis Hypervisor(AHV)nutanixnutanix/4uNutanix Lenovo HX series Default CredentialLenovo ThinkAgile HX Series family are the HX3375 appliance, HX3376 certified node and HX1021 certified node.Sr. NoSoftware/Management ToolTargetUsernamePassword1SSH client or consoleXClarityUSERIDPASSW0RD (with a zero, not the letter O) 2SSH client or consoleNutanix Controller VMnutanixnutanix/4u3SSH client or consoleAcropolis Hypervisor(AHV)nutanixnutanix/4uNutanix IBM CS Series Default CredentialIBM CS Series family are 8005-12N,8005-22NSr. NoSoftware/Management ToolTargetUsernamePassword1SSH client or consoleIMM – Integrated Management ModuleADMINADMIN2SSH client or
2025-04-02| Posted on February 22, 2019 | With the release of Nutanix Move (used to be called Xtract), migrating VM’s from VMware ESXi to AHV is now super simple and the best part of all, automated!Website Landing Page: out the download portal for Move (still called Xtract on download portal for now): OLD PROCESS BELOW – REPLACED BY NUTANIX MOVE ***Moving VM’s from ESXi to the Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) is quite simple. Here are the high-level steps:First, install the Nutanix VirtIO package into the VM(’s) you are moving – driver package can be downloaded here: (or find the latest on the site)Whitelist the subnet (In Prism, Gear icon -> Filesystem Whitelists) so that we can access the Nutanix Distributed Storage Container from any hostMount it as an NFS mount (ESX) or as a SMB Shared Path (Hyper-V) on the hypervisor hosts you are coming “from”Power-off the Source VMClone or Move (your choice) the Source VM onto the shared storage containerCreate a new VM in Prism and specify CPU, RAM and add a NIC/vLan adapterTo add a disk, configure it as follows:Type: DiskOperation: Clone from ADSF fileBus Type: SCSIPath: provide the path to the VM’s Flat VMDK file. To see options, type / to start the autocomplete dropdownOnce VM is configured, power-on and it should boot right upHere’s also a helpful blog post that shows the above with a video: it helps and happy converting! 😉 Post Navigation ← Previous PostNext Post →
2025-04-18Deploying other hypervisors and management solutions typically requires considerable design effort and expertise in order to ensure consistent performance and to help minimize risk of downtime while enabling as much agility as possible. Acropolis management requires almost no design at all as the In-built-in management is optimized and highly available out-of-the-box. This enables much faster deployment of AHV than any other hypervisor and associated management components.Regardless of the starting size on an AHV-based environment, all management, Analysis, Data Protection and BC/DR components are automatically deployed and suitably sized. Regardless of the AHV cluster, no management design effort is required. This results in a very fast (typically AHV also provides numerous features which ensure customers can deploy solutions in a timely manner:In-Built Management & AnalyticsThe fact that all tools required for cluster management are deployed automatically with the cluster means time to value is not dependant on design/deployment/validation of these tools. There isn’t even a need to install a client to manage AHV, it is simply accessed via a Web Browser.Out of the box hardened configuration with In-Built Security/Compliance AuditingBeing hardened by default removes the risk of security flaws being introduced during implementation phase while the automated auditing ensures in the event security settings are modified during business as usual operations that the setting/s are returned to the required security profile.Intelligent cloningThe Distributed Storage Fabric combined with AHV to allow near instant clones of a Virtual Machine. This feature works regardless of the power state of the VM, so it’s not restricted to VMs which are powered off as with other hypervisors.For a demo of this capability see: Nutanix Acropolis hypervisor acli cloning operationsNote: Cloning can be performed via Prism or acli (Acropolis CLI)Summary:Minimal design/implementation effort for AHV management is requiredWhere Multi-cluster central management is required, only a single VM is required (Prism Central) which is deployed as a virtual applianceNo additional appliances/components to install for Analytics, Data Protection, Replication or Management High AvailabilityNo Subject Matter Experts required for an optimal Acropolis platform deploymentBack to the Index
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