Nutanix Prism & Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) VM inventory collection

Each Nutanix server operates on the Acropolis Hypervisor platform and can host multiple virtual machines, each with its own set of software installations.

Once the inventory is collected within IT Asset Management, a license compliance position can be generated for VM-Host and Host-Cluster relationships managed by Nutanix Prism. For software inventory collection, the ndtrack component is used, and either needs to be installed locally or run remotely from the appropriate inventory beacon.

To ensure an accurate license compliance position, IT Asset Management collects both the Nutanix VM infrastructure inventory (clusters, pools, hosts) and the software inventory installed on virtual machines. The complete Nutanix VM infrastructure hierarchy is displayed on the Virtual Devices and Clusters page within IT Asset Management.

For audit purposes, customers who wish to use FlexNet inventory for sub-capacity license calculations instead of an IBM tool like ILMT (which also captures snapshots for licensing history every 30 minutes) can enable frequent scanning of all inventory VMs hosted by Nutanix. For more information on using FlexNet inventory for sub-capacity licensing calculations, see IBM High-Frequency Scanning in the Online Help.

For more information on collecting Nutanix inventory, see Nutanix Prism & Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) VM Inventory in the Online Help.