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On the Ground at .NEXT: Why Nutanix’s Annual Conference Is a Must-Attend Event

Mike Dent May 5, 2025May 5, 2025 Updates No Comments Read more

Nutanix March Releases: Key Features & Fixes

It’s New Release Wednesday from Nutanix (3.19.25), with new releases for AHV, AOS and Prism Central, bringing some fixes and nice new features. March has been a busy month for Nutanix, dropping a number of different product updates (shown below),

Mike Dent March 19, 2025March 19, 2025 Updates No Comments Read more

Issues with DCBX and LLDP on NX-OS 10.x

I recently deployed a new Nexus 93180YC-EX switch into my home lab, to replace the aging 9372PX. Sure, for a home lab this was fine, but I wanted to get up to some 25Gbe speeds! I’ve got various equipment connected

Mike Dent March 14, 2025 Tech Tips No Comments Read more

Join me for Nutanix .Next 2025

Join me for Nutanix .Next 2025

Are you ready for Nutanix .Next 2025 in Washington DC? It’s almost here, May 7-9, 2025! For me personally, this is easily one of my favorite events of the year! Nutanix’s premier event, .Next, is coming soon to the nation’s

Mike Dent March 14, 2025March 14, 2025 Updates No Comments Read more

A Journey of Collaboration and Growth: 9 Years as a Nutanix Technical Champion

A Journey of Collaboration and Growth: 9 Years as a Nutanix Technical Champion

As I enter my 9th year as a Nutanix Technical Champion (NTC), I find myself reflecting on what makes this program truly exceptional. Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of being part of a group that isn’t just about technical

Mike Dent December 11, 2024December 11, 2024 Updates No Comments Read more

Accelerating AI Adoption with Nutanix Enterprise AI – A Practical Start

Accelerating AI Adoption with Nutanix Enterprise AI – A Practical Start

Disclaimer: I felt the need to write this post to highlight the work Nutanix is doing to bring a simple and powerful AI platform to the market, while also introducing some of the AMAZING work that the Data and AI

Mike Dent December 4, 2024December 11, 2024 Technology No Comments Read more

Understanding DNS Changes in Nutanix DR Recovery Plans

Updated 10.31.24! I modified the script from using the vm_recovery.bat to do everything, to calling a powershell script since that gave some extra flexibility in validating the current IP and DNS settings. One of the best features of the Nutanix

Mike Dent October 25, 2024October 31, 2024 Tech Tips No Comments Read more

Validating Performance and Resiliency with Nutanix X-Ray

Validating Performance and Resiliency with Nutanix X-Ray

So you just unboxed, racked, and deployed a new Nutanix cluster, and your boss comes to you and asks how we know it’s ready to handle workloads. I mean, you can be confident in saying that it’s ready, but what

Mike Dent October 25, 2024October 25, 2024 Technology No Comments Read more

Zerto – Virtual Replication Deployments

With the first post in the Zerto series, I ran through the history of Zerto and some features that Zerto Virtual Replication provides. Continuing the series on Zerto, with the second post, we’ll cover the typical Zerto Virtual Replication deployment

Mike Dent October 24, 2024October 25, 2024 Tech Tips No Comments Read more

Nutanix NTC Tech Summit Recap

Spoiler Alert: No Spoilers in this post 🙂 We just wrapped up the inaugural Nutanix NTC Tech Summit in San Jose at the Nutanix Headquarters, sitting here reviewing my notes and adding additional thoughts has me revisiting the last 48

Mike Dent October 22, 2024October 22, 2024 Updates No Comments Read more
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