You read the release notes cover to cover before every upgrade, right? This one almost caught me. I was prepping a cluster for an upgrade to AOS 7.5.1 when a known issue in the release notes gave me pause. A quick look at the upgrade history confirmed the cluster was squarely in the affected population, and the upgrade …

If you have ever cloned a Windows VM on Nutanix and watched five identical machines come up with the same hostname, the same SID, and a domain join you have to redo by hand, you already know why guest customization matters. For years my workflow involved hand-rolling an unattend XML file for each new template, version …

Over the past couple of posts, I have covered what MST is and how to choose between Zero Compute and Pilot Light deployment models. Throughout that series, I mentioned that a new capability in Prism Central 7.5.1 was what prompted me to revisit MST in the first place. This is that post. If you're new to MST, check out …

In my previous post, I covered what Multicloud Snapshot Technology (MST) is, the object stores it supports, and where it fits in your DR strategy. Now I want to dig into the decision that shapes most of your MST architecture: which deployment model to use. Nutanix offers two distinct approaches, Zero Compute and Pilot …

I have been recently revisiting Nutanix Multicloud Snapshot Technology, aka MST. What prompted the fresh look was the Instant Restore capability that shipped with Prism Central 7.5.1. When a feature fundamentally changes the recovery time story for an entire DR approach, it is worth going back and re-evaluating the …

Last week I had the opportunity to attend CentralSquare Engage 2026, and as always, it was a reminder of why this space matters. Representing eGroup at this event is something I genuinely look forward to. We have been supporting Public Safety and Public Administration agencies for over ten years, and conferences like …

I've spent the past several months diving into automation for Nutanix, and the learning curve has been steeper than I expected. Not because the tools are bad, but because each one approaches automation differently, and figuring out which tool fits which task took more trial and error than I anticipated. My goal was …

When Nutanix and Pure Storage announced their partnership at .NEXT 2025 in May, it turned heads across the industry. Two companies that had previously competed were now working together to deliver something customers have been asking for: the operational simplicity of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure combined with the raw …

Over the past nine posts, I've journeyed from the fundamental question of "why disaster recovery matters" through the technical details of implementing comprehensive business continuity with Nutanix. We've covered the risks, the solutions, the configuration, the testing, the operational procedures, advanced automation, …

Even the best-designed DR strategy only works if your replication is healthy, protection policies execute successfully, and recovery points are current. This post focuses on monitoring replication health, tracking protection policy status, and catching issues proactively using Prism Central dashboards, NCC health …