The Nutanix Cloud Bible

The purpose of The Nutanix Cloud Bible is to provide in-depth technical information about the Nutanix platform architecture and how it can enable smooth operations across cloud, edge, and core environments.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites for Move File Migration

Move version 5.0 and later support file migration

Move should be able to reach the destination Nutanix Files server over TCP port 9440

Prerequisites on Target Nutanix Files Server

Files 4.4 and later (migration API support added in Files 4.4)

Configure API user with username and password

NFS/SMB access to source server network from target Nutanix Files server

Target share should not have MaxSize (storage limit) configured

Prerequisites for SMB Source (From Files)

Username and password for the backup operator

SMB version 2 and above

Prerequisites for NFS Source

Disable root squash for share to be migrated.

Make sure sys_auth is supported for share to be migrated

NFS V3 is supported

Best Practices

Currently, only five concurrent migrations are allowed. So, only five share/share paths can be migrated in parallel

Perform a small number of migrations and complete them before starting others. This will ensure the shortest cutover time.

Move will run an incremental sync iteration every 24 hours.

Source share should be in read-only mode before triggering cutover. During cutover, Move will perform the final sync iteration and complete the migration.

Pausing a Migration Plan, which has ongoing sync iteration, doesn’t free up the parallel pipe for other migrations. It is advisable to pause the migration after the ongoing iteration has finished.

Troubleshooting

Support Bundle Collection

Download the Move Support Bundle from the UI