Overview
Virtual platforms offer the ability to control various aspects of your Nasuni Edge Appliance. This chapter presents procedures for these control functions. Because these controls depend on third-party virtual platforms, you should follow the procedures for your specific virtual platform.
Tip: Before moving a Nutanix cluster, power down the Edge Appliance.
Caution: Do not reboot or power off the appliance during the first boot. After the first boot completes, you may reboot or power off the appliance as needed.
Shutting down the Nasuni Edge Appliance or NMC
To shut down the Nasuni Edge Appliance, use the Web UI as described in chapter 3 of the Edge Appliance Administration Guide. To shut down the NMC, use the NMC as described in chapter 5 of NMC Guide.
Caution: Always shut down the NEA or NMC before shutting down the VM.
Caution: Do not reboot or power off the appliance during the first boot. After the first boot completes, you may reboot or power off the appliance as needed.
Shutting down the virtual machine
As an alternative to shutting down the Nasuni Edge Appliance or NMC as described above, you can perform a “graceful” or “soft” shutdown of the virtual machine.
To shut down the Nasuni Edge Appliance on the Nutanix platform using the Prism Web Console, follow these steps:
On the Main Menu, click Explore at the top left. The Entities list appears on the left.
In the Entities list on the left, click VMs. A list of VMs appears.
From the list of VMs, select the Nasuni Edge Appliance virtual machine.
From the Actions drop-down menu, select Power Off. The Power off VM dialog box appears.
Select Guest Shutdown, then click Submit.
The virtual machine shuts down.