Solutions for Preflight Check Items of Nutanix AHV VMs
Other References:
- Solutions for Preflight Check Items of VMware VMs
- Solutions for Preflight Check Items of Hyper-V VMs
The following tables describe the solutions to help you resolve errors and warnings from your Preflight Check results for Nutanix AHV VMs:
Nutanix Guest Tools (NGT)
Status |
Message |
Solution |
Warning |
Not running |
Enable the Nutanix Guest Tools for the VM. |
Warning |
Tools Enabled |
Guest Tools enabled but not running. Install the Guest Tools in the VM. |
Power State
Status |
Message |
Solution |
Warning |
Powered off |
Power on the virtual machine. |
Warning |
Suspended |
Continue the virtual machine. |
Data Consistency
Status |
Message |
Solution |
Warning |
Nutanix AHV does not support application-consistent quiescing for a VM that has IDE disks. |
Create an agent-based backup plan in Arcserve UDP or use Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) to back up the Microsoft SQL Server and Exchange Server data. |
Warning |
Nutanix AHV does not support application-consistent quiescing for a VM that has SATA disks. |
Create an agent-based backup plan in Arcserve UDP or use Arcserve UDP Agent to back up the Microsoft SQL Server and Exchange Server data. |
Warning |
Nutanix AHV does not support application-consistent quiescing because enough SCSI slots are not available. |
Create an agent-based backup plan in Arcserve UDP or use Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) to back up the Microsoft SQL Server and Exchange Server data. |
Warning |
Not verified because the application failed to access the virtual machine. Verify that the user credentials are correct and have administrative privileges. |
Provide the built-in local administrator or domain administrator credentials to log into the virtual machine guest operating system. |
Warning |
Unable to verify whether data-consistent backup is possible because the virtual machine is not powered on. |
Refer to the Power State column. |