Missing driver on Windows 2016
For those using Windows Server 2016 on Nutanix AHV, the device manager shows a non-functioning device called “HID Button over Interrupt Driver”. This is apparently an issue with Windows (details in...
View ArticleDeploy Windows 2019 server on Nutanix AHV
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 is on the market for a few months. Some customers already started deploying Windows Server 2019 on Nutanix AHV. As of today (January 9’th 2019) Nutanix has not released...
View ArticleMigrate Windows 2003 to Nutanix AHV
My previous post – dated on mid-2016 – about a migration of Windows 2003 from VMware ESXi to Nutanix AHV, was mainly focused on manual migration. Back in 2016, there were no tools out... The post...
View ArticleMigrating from Windows 10 to Linux Ubuntu
If you are fed up, as I am, with recent Microsoft’s Windows 10 updates rollouts probably you are looking around for Windows 10 alternative desktop system. There are few options out there like MacOS......
View ArticleWorking with Nutanix Metro Availability – part 3
Configure Nutanix Metro Availability Witness. What is Nutanix Metro Availability Witness? Extract from Nutanix official documentation: A “Witness” is a special VM that monitors the Metro...
View ArticleNutanix Move port diagram for migration from Hyper-V to Nutanix AHV
Nutanix Move supports migrations from many sources like Amazon AWS or VMware vSphere. No surprise, Microsoft Hyper-V is on the list too. Below you can find a diagram showing port requirements. If you...
View ArticleAdding a community repository to Chocolatey
Chocolatey is a software management solution for Windows operating system. You can install a new software package, upgrade it or remove it. All from the command line 🙂 . If you ever worked with... The...
View ArticleMigrate Windows from KVM to Nutanix AHV
In the past several posts I did cover migration scenarios from VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, or Citrix XenServer. In upcoming weeks I will be posting how to migrate from KVM-based hypervisors like...
View ArticleDeploy Windows 2022 on Nutanix AHV
What’s new in Windows 2022 Microsoft released the latest version of its flagship server operating system a few days ago. From the first look at release notes, you can see release was focused on... The...
View ArticleInstall Windows 11 on Nutanix AHV
AOS 6.5.1 and AHV 2022 Nutanix AOS 6.5.1 has been released a few days ago. Among many new features, one of them is critical for successful Windows 11 deployment on Nutanix AHV, vTPM. NOTE:... The post...
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