Deploying the Nutanix Community Edition (CE) on nested ESXi can be slightly tricky, but in this blog post, I will guide you through the process in just a few easy steps with the help of a script I have produced. *-flat.vmdk” -exec dirname {} \; | sed “s|^\.||”)/temp vmdkfolder=$(echo $vmdktempfolder | sed ‘s/.\{4\}$//’) vmname=$(basename $vmdkfolder) vmdkdisk1=$(echo $vmname\_1.vmdk) vmdkdisk2=$(echo $vmname\_2.vmdk), echo % Renaming Nutanix CE image mv $vmdkpath ${vmdkfolder}${vmname}-flat.vmdk, echo % Creating temporary working folder mkdir $vmdktempfolder, echo % Creating new disk descriptor file and temporary -flat.vmdk file vmkfstools -c $vmdksize -d thin $vmdktempfolder/$vmname.vmdk, echo % Deleting temporary -flat.vmdk file rm $vmdktempfolder/${vmname}-flat.vmdk, echo % Moving new disk descriptor file to same folder as the uploaded nutanix ce image mv $vmdktempfolder/$vmname.vmdk $vmdkfolder, echo % Removing temporary working folder rmdir $vmdktempfolder, echo % Creating 200 GB virtual SSD hot tier VMDK – thin provisioned vmkfstools -c 214748364800 -d thin $vmdkfolder$vmname\_1.vmdk, echo % Creating 500 GB HDD cold tier VMDK – thin provisioned vmkfstools -c 536870912000 -d thin $vmdkfolder$vmname\_2.vmdk, echo % Creating VMX file with customized settings vmxnvram=$(echo $vmname.nvram) cat <> $vmdkfolder/$vmname.vmx .encoding = “UTF-8” config.version = “8” virtualHW.version = “13” nvram = “$vmxnvram” pciBridge0.present = “TRUE” svga.present = “TRUE” pciBridge4.present = “TRUE” pciBridge4.virtualDev = “pcieRootPort” pciBridge4.functions = “8” pciBridge5.present = “TRUE” pciBridge5.virtualDev = “pcieRootPort” pciBridge5.functions = “8” pciBridge6.present = “TRUE” pciBridge6.virtualDev = “pcieRootPort” pciBridge6.functions = “8” pciBridge7.present = “TRUE” pciBridge7.virtualDev = “pcieRootPort” pciBridge7.functions = “8” vmci0.present = “TRUE” hpet0.present = “TRUE” floppy0.present = “FALSE” numvcpus = “4” memSize = “16384” bios.bootRetry.delay = “10” powerType.powerOff = “default” powerType.suspend = “soft” powerType.reset = “default” tools.upgrade.policy = “manual” sched.cpu.units = “mhz” sched.cpu.affinity = “all” sched.cpu.latencySensitivity = “normal” vm.createDate = “1552034628071900” scsi0.virtualDev = “pvscsi” scsi0.present = “TRUE” sata0.present = “TRUE” svga.autodetect = “TRUE” scsi0:0.deviceType = “scsi-hardDisk” scsi0:0.fileName = “$vmname.vmdk” sched.scsi0:0.shares = “normal” sched.scsi0:0.throughputCap = “off” scsi0:0.present = “TRUE” scsi0:1.deviceType = “scsi-hardDisk” scsi0:1.fileName = “$vmdkdisk1” scsi0:1.virtualSSD = 1 sched.scsi0:1.shares = “normal” sched.scsi0:1.throughputCap = “off” scsi0:1.present = “TRUE” scsi0:2.deviceType = “scsi-hardDisk” scsi0:2.fileName = “$vmdkdisk2” sched.scsi0:2.shares = “normal” sched.scsi0:2.throughputCap = “off” scsi0:2.present = “TRUE” ethernet0.virtualDev = “vmxnet3” ethernet0.networkName = “VM Network” ethernet0.addressType = “generated” ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = “FALSE” ethernet0.present = “TRUE” sata0:0.deviceType = “atapi-cdrom” sata0:0.fileName = “/vmfs/devices/cdrom/mpx.vmhba64:C0:T0:L0” sata0:0.present = “TRUE” displayName = “$vmname” guestOS = “other-64” vhv.enable = “TRUE” bios.bootDelay = “5000” toolScripts.afterPowerOn = “TRUE” toolScripts.afterResume = “TRUE” toolScripts.beforeSuspend = “TRUE” toolScripts.beforePowerOff = “TRUE” tools.syncTime = “FALSE” uuid.bios = “56 4d fe 2a 63 f7 10 22-a1 84 e7 d8 2f 20 6e 23” uuid.location = “56 4d fe 2a 63 f7 10 22-a1 84 e7 d8 2f 20 6e 23” uuid.action = “create” vc.uuid = “52 c0 0c 4c 3b a9 bb 9d-05 aa 9b ba 72 31 f0 80” sched.cpu.min = “0” sched.cpu.shares = “normal” sched.mem.min = “0” sched.mem.minSize = “0” sched.mem.shares = “normal” EOT, vim-cmd solo/registervm $vmdkfolder/$vmname.vmx, Thanks to Jorge de la Cruz for the awesome guide in Spanish, make sure you check out his blog post for additional screenshots, Filed Under: Nutanix Tagged With: ce, community, edition, nutanix. Create a folder on your target datastore with the same name as you would like the virtual machine to be named. We also get your email address to automatically create an account for you in our website.

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