Sometimes the list of shared computers on the network will not refresh within Finder. To fix this issue, re-launch the Finder, from the dock. You can do this by: – Hold down the Alt key and right-click on the Finder icon in the dock. The pop-up menu should include Relaunch as the last item. Click […]
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How-To Unlink a Phone Number from Apple ID, iMessage and Facetime
I received a new iPhone with a new number so I wanted to cancel my previous iPhone and number. I wanted to remove this number from my Apple ID so that it was removed from being used in iMessage and Facetime on all of my devices. UPDATE : NOVEMBER 18th, 2014 Apple has released a […]
Nutanix License Activation Process
In just 5 easy steps, you can license your Nutanix cluster! Check out this simple overview to help in licensing your cluster: Nutanix License Activation Customer Chart Also, check out this video which guides you through the process: Installing a New License on a Connected Cluster Hope it helps! 😉
Nutanix How-To Videos for 4.x
Check out the over 42 Prism UI how-to videos, which have been updated to NOS 4.0, and 23 of the videos have been updated to 4.0.1! http://download.nutanix.com/guides/d_4_0/xhtml/index.html#oxy_ex-1/topics/wc/video_library_wc_r.html Enjoy!
How Much Detail Can You Get About a Virtual Machine (VM) from your Storage?
Thanks to Jerome over at http://nutanix.blogspot.com/2013/08/how-much-of-detail-can-you-get-about-vm.html for the below post! Most storage vendors say that they are VM aware, but it is difficult for the centralized storage vendors to identify VMs, even getting host level statistics is pain, because you need map a LUN to WWNN/iSCSI initiator and then WWNN/iSCSI initiator to a host. With Nutanix, […]
Disable Video in Nutanix UI Login Screen
Thanks to Jerome over at http://nutanix.blogspot.com/2014/03/disable-video-in-nutanix-ui-login-screen.html for the below how-to! Some of the customers who are in a home office or on a slow connection managing the Nutanix cluster in a remote datacenter, the loading of the video ( though cool) might take longer. To disable the video, please append the url with novideo=true https://demo01-c1.nutanix.com:9440/console/#login?novideo=true ( […]
Nutanix Default Cluster Credentials
Reference post – Default Cluster Credentials Interface Target Username Password Nutanix Prism Nutanix Controller VM (CVM) admin admin vSphere client ESXi host root nutanix/4u SSH client or console ESXi host root nutanix/4u SSH client or console AHV host root nutanix/4u SSH client Nutanix Controller VM (CVM) nutanix nutanix/4u IPMI web interface or ipmitool Nutanix node ADMIN ADMIN IPMI web […]
Changing Nutanix Passwords
To change passwords of the following cluster components, check out the below link to the user guide for a quick how-to on changing passwords: – Changing User Password (default admin user, etc) – Changing the Controller VM Password – Changing the ESXi Host Password – Changing the Hyper-V Host Password – Changing the KVM Host […]
How-To Flush DNS on Mac OS X Mavericks
OS X Mavericks, Mountain Lion, and Lion Use the following Terminal command to reset the DNS cache in OS X v10.9.5 and earlier: sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
How to Make a Bootable Mavericks Install Drive
I needed to make a bootable Mavericks install drive using a USB flash drive. I followed option 1 from the below site and it worked perfectly! http://www.macworld.com/article/2056561/how-to-make-a-bootable-mavericks-install-drive.html Copied here for future reference: Option 1: Use createinstallmedia Hidden inside the Mavericks installer is a Unix program calledcreateinstallmedia, provided by Apple for creating a bootable Mavericks installer. […]