Nutanix Multi-Cluster Monitoring
Overview
ManageEngine Applications Manager provides centralized Nutanix multi-cluster monitoring capabilities by leveraging Prism Central for cluster discovery. This monitor helps IT teams automatically identify and onboard all Nutanix clusters managed under a Prism Central instance, ensuring streamlined management of large-scale Nutanix infrastructures.
Creating a New Nutanix Multi-Cluster Monitor
Using the REST API to add a new AIX monitor:Click here
Follow the steps given below to create a new Nutanix Multi-Cluster monitor:
- Click on the New Monitor link and select Nutanix Multi-Cluster under the Converged Infrastructure category.
- Specify the Display Name for the monitor.
- Enter the Prism Central Hostname / IP address.
- Specify the Port at which Prism Central is running. The default port is 9440.
- If you choose the Use Below Credentialsoption, enter the Prism Central credentials:
- UserName — Username with permission to access Prism Central.
- Password — Password for the above user.
- If you choose the Select from credential list option, select a configured credential from the list.
- Specify an optional Discovery Filter (regex) to discover only matching Nutanix clusters.
- Select the Action on Deleted Resource:
- Specify the Discovery Interval (in minutes) for periodic cluster discovery.
- Specify the Polling Interval (in minutes) for data collection.
- Choose the Monitor Group to associate this monitor with (optional).
- Click Add Monitor(s) to initiate discovery from Prism Central.
Prerequisites:- Both Prism Central and all corresponding Prism Element servers must be reachable from the Applications Manager server.
- The same credentials must be valid for both Prism Central and Prism Element.
Note:- Applications Manager uses the Prism Central details only for cluster discovery and Prism Central—level polling.
- Each Nutanix cluster is added as a child Nutanix monitor using the corresponding Prism Element IP.
- Data collection for each discovered Nutanix cluster is performed using its Prism Element.
- The same credentials provided for Prism Central are reused for Prism Element authentication. If credentials differ, update them manually in the Edit Nutanix Monitor page.
- This monitor focuses only on cluster discovery. Aggregated multi-cluster metrics will be introduced in future releases.
Monitored Parameters
The Nutanix Multi-Cluster monitor currently performs cluster discovery only. No metrics are available at this level. All performance and availability metrics are available under each discovered Nutanix (Prism Element) child monitor.
