im pretty sure anyone who is either a Nutanix employee or a customer that uses the product on a daily basis has a list somewhere of the commands they use.  I decided to create a blog post to become a living document with the most used commands.  It should get expanded and be kept up to date over time.

AHV

configure mgt IP address / network

vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br0

VLAN tag mgt network

ovs-vsctl set port br0 tag=####

Show OVS configuration

ovs-vsctl show

Show configuration of bond0

ovs-appctl bond/show bond0

Show br0 configuration (for example to confirm VLAN tag)

ovs-vsctl list port br0

List VMs on host / find CVM

virsh list –all | grep CVM

Power On powered off CVM

virsh start [name of CVM from above command]

Increase RAM configuration of CVM

virsh setmaxmem [name of CVM from above command] –config –size ram_gbGiB

virsh setmem [name of CVM from above command] –config –size ram_gbGiB

ESXi

Show vSwitch configurations

esxcfg-vswitch -l

Show physical nic list

esxcfg-nics -l

Show vmkernel interfaces configured

esxcfg-vmknic -l

Remove vmnic from vSwitch0

esxcfg-vswitch -U vmnic# vSwitch0

Add vmnic to vSwitch0

esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic# vSwitch0

Set VLAN for default VM portgroup

esxcfg-vswitch -v [vlan####] -p “VM Network” vSwitch0

Set VLAN for default management portgroup

esxcfg-vswitch -v [vlan id####] -p “Management Network” vSwitch0

Set IP address for default management interface (vmk0)

esxcli network ip interface ipv4 set -i vmk0 -I [ip address] -N [netmask] -t static

Set default gateway

esxcfg-route [gateway ip]

List VMs on host/find CVM

vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | grep -i cvm

Power on powered off CVM

vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on [vm id# from above command]

CVM

VLAN tag CVM  (only for AHV or ESXi using VGT)

change_cvm_vlan ####

Show AHV host physical uplink configuration

manage_ovs show_uplinks

Remove 1gb pNICs from bond0 on AHV host

manage_ovs –bridge_name br0 –bond_name bond0 –interfaces 10g update_uplinks

Configure mgt IP address / network

vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

Create cluster

cluster -s [cvmip1,cvmip2,cvmipN…] create

Get cluster status

cluster status

Get detailed local to current CVM services’ status

genesis status

Restart specific service across entire cluster (example below:  cluster_health)

allssh genesis stop cluster_health; cluster start

Show Prism leader

curl localhost:2019/prism/leader

Stop cluster

cluster stop

Start a stopped cluster

cluster start

Destroy cluster

cluster destroy

Discover nodes

discover_nodes

Gracefully shutdown CVM

cvm_shutdown -P now

Upgrade non-cluster joined node from cluster CVM without expanding the cluster

cluster -u [remote node cvmip] upgrade_node

Check running AOS upgrade status for cluster

upgrade_status

Check running hypervisor upgrade status for cluster

host_upgrade_status

Get CVM AOS version

cat /etc/nutanix/release_version

Get cluster AOS version

ncli cluster version

Create Prism Central instance (should be ran on deployed PC vm, not cluster CVM)

cluster –cluster_function_list multicluster -s [pcipaddress] create

Run all NCC health checks

ncc health_checks run_all

Export all logs (optionally scrubbed for IP info)

ncc log_collector –anonymize_output=true run_all

ipmitool (NX platform)

(hypervisor agnostic), leading / required for ESXi (/ipmitool)

Configure IPMI to use static ip

ipmitool lan set 1 ipsrc static

Configure IPMI IP address

ipmitool lan set 1 ipaddr [ip address]

Configure IPMI network mask

ipmitool lan set 1 netmask [netmask]

Configure IPMI default gateway

ipmitool lan set 1 defgw ipaddr [gateway ip]

Configure IPMI VLAN tag

ipmitool lan set 1 vlan id [####]

Remove IPMI VLAN tag

ipmitool lan set 1 vlan id off

Show current IPMI configuration

ipmitool lan print 1

Show IPMI mode (failover/dedicated)

ipmitool raw 0x30 0x70 0x0c 0

The result will be one of the following

1. 00 = Dedicated
2. 01 = Onboard / Shared
3. 02 = Failover (default mode)

Get IPMI user list

ipmitool user list

Reset IPMI ADMIN user password back to factory (trailing ADMIN is the password)

ipmitool user set password [# of ADMIN user from command above] ADMIN

Reboot the BMC (reboot the IPMI only)

ipmitool mc reset cold

URLs

CVM built-in foundation

http://[cvmip]:8000/gui

Legacy cluster-init (should attempt redirect to foundation on newer AOS)

http://[cvmip]:2100/cluster_init.html

Get cluster status

http://[cvmip]:2100/cluster_status.html

 

 

 

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