Nutanix extension classes
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Summary of Nutanix extension classes
TheCMDB CI Class Modelsapp from the ServiceNow Store enhances your Configuration Management Database (CMDB) by adding or updating classes specific to Nutanix infrastructure. These classes extend the existing CMDB class hierarchy, enabling applications like Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns to accurately identify and populate Nutanix configuration items (CIs).
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This extension supports detailed modeling of Nutanix components such as clusters, nodes, storage pools, and virtual machines, reflecting your Nutanix Enterprise Cloud platform within the ServiceNow CMDB.
Key Features
- New Nutanix-specific classes: Includes classes like Nutanix Prism Central, Nutanix Cluster, Nutanix Controller VM, Storage Container, Storage Pool, Host, and Virtual Machine Instance.
- Class extensions: Each Nutanix class extends relevant base CMDB classes such as
cmdbcivmobject,cmdbciappl,cmdbcistoragevolume, and others, ensuring compatibility and integration with the existing CMDB model. - Detailed attributes: Classes include identification rules, descriptions, and where applicable, dependent relationships for comprehensive CI modeling.
- Versioned releases: Classes and their attributes have been incrementally added and updated through several releases (1.1.4 through 1.6.0), reflecting ongoing enhancements.
- Class columns: Key Nutanix classes have detailed columns added such as cluster serial numbers, UUIDs, subnet information, hypervisor types, memory sizes, power states, compression and deduplication settings, replication factors, and more.
Practical Application for ServiceNow Customers
By installing and using the CMDB CI Class Models app with Nutanix extensions, your organization can:
- Accurately represent Nutanix infrastructure components in your CMDB with native class support.
- Leverage automated Discovery and Service Mapping to populate Nutanix-related CIs, improving visibility and management of your virtualized environments.
- Enhance impact analysis and change management by including Nutanix resources and their relationships within the CMDB.
- Ensure alignment with Nutanix Enterprise Cloud platform architecture, facilitating better operational insights and governance.
Key Outcomes
- Comprehensive Nutanix infrastructure modeling integrated into the ServiceNow CMDB.
- Improved discovery accuracy and CI lifecycle management for Nutanix environments.
- Ability to track detailed Nutanix cluster and virtual machine attributes for advanced reporting and operational intelligence.
- Support for ongoing updates and enhancements through ServiceNow Store app releases, ensuring up-to-date Nutanix CI coverage.
The CMDB CI Class Models app adds or updates classes for Nutanix.
CMDB CI Class Models is a ServiceNow Store app that adds class models that extend the CMDB class hierarchy. The new or updated classes include class descriptions, identification rules, identifier entries, and, if applicable, dependent relationships. You can use the added classes just like any other CMDB class. Applications such as Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns can use the class extensions to populate CIs and discover technologies and software.
See the release notes for all CMDB CI class models.
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Nutanix Enterprise Cloud platform
The Nutanix Enterprise Cloud platform is a converged, scale-out compute and storage system that hosts and stores virtual machines. All nodes in a Nutanix cluster share the management of cluster resources. The foundational unit for the cluster is a Nutanix node which runs a standard hypervisor and contains processors, memory, and local storage (SSDs and hard disks). A Nutanix Controller virtual machine runs on each node, enabling the pooling of local storage from all nodes in the cluster.
Classes
This section lists the classes that the CMDB CI Class Models app adds or updates. See the class columns table for further details about the columns added for each class.
| Class | Extends | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nutanix Prism Central [cmdb_ci_nutanix_prism_central] |
Virtual Machine Object [cmdb_ci_vm_object] |
Multi-cluster manager responsible for managing multiple Acropolis Clusters to provide a single, centralized management interface. |
| Class | Extends | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nutanix Cluster [cmdb_ci_nutanix_cluster] |
Virtual Machine Object [cmdb_ci_vm_object] |
Cluster comprising of the physical nodes running Nutanix software. |
| Nutanix Controller VM [cmdb_ci_nutanix_controller_vm] |
Application [cmdb_ci_appl] |
Nutanix controller virtual machine that is present in each node and that provides the storage clustering and management capabilities. |
| Nutanix Storage Container [cmdb_ci_nutanix_storage_container] |
Storage Volume [cmdb_ci_storage_volume] |
Subset of Nutanix storage pool used to apply policies such as reserved capacity, replication factor, and storage optimization options. |
| Nutanix Storage Pool [cmdb_ci_nutanix_storage_pool] |
Storage Pool [cmdb_ci_storage_pool] |
Grouping of physical disks within a Nutanix cluster which is typically used to create physical separation between virtual machines. |
| Nutanix Host [cmdb_ci_nutanix_host] |
Virtualization Server [cmdb_ci_virtualization_server] |
Physical host on which all the virtual machines run. |
| Nutanix Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_nutanix_vm_instance] |
Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vm_instance] |
A virtual machine that runs on Nutanix infrastructure. |
| Class | Extends | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nutanix Cluster [cmdb_ci_nutanix_cluster] |
Virtual Machine Object [cmdb_ci_vm_object] |
Cluster comprising of the physical nodes running Nutanix software. |
| Nutanix Controller VM [cmdb_ci_nutanix_controller_vm] |
Application [cmdb_ci_appl] |
Nutanix controller virtual machine that is present in each node and that provides the storage clustering and management capabilities. |
| Nutanix Storage Container [cmdb_ci_nutanix_storage_container] |
Storage Volume [cmdb_ci_storage_volume] |
Subset of Nutanix storage pool used to apply policies such as reserved capacity, replication factor, and storage optimization options. |
| Nutanix Storage Pool [cmdb_ci_nutanix_storage_pool] |
Storage Pool [cmdb_ci_storage_pool] |
Grouping of physical disks within a Nutanix cluster which is typically used to create physical separation between virtual machines. |
| Nutanix Host [cmdb_ci_nutanix_host] |
Virtualization Server [cmdb_ci_virtualization_server] |
Physical host on which all the virtual machines run. |
| Nutanix Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_nutanix_vm_instance] |
Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vm_instance] |
A virtual machine that runs on Nutanix infrastructure. |
| Nutanix Cluster [cmdb_ci_nutanix_cluster] |
Virtual Machine Object [cmdb_ci_vm_object] |
Cluster comprising of the physical nodes running Nutanix software. |
| Nutanix Controller VM [cmdb_ci_nutanix_controller_vm] |
Application [cmdb_ci_appl] |
Nutanix controller virtual machine that is present in each node and that provides the storage clustering and management capabilities. |
| Nutanix Storage Container [cmdb_ci_nutanix_storage_container] |
Storage Volume [cmdb_ci_storage_volume] |
Subset of Nutanix storage pool used to apply policies such as reserved capacity, replication factor, and storage optimization options. |
| Nutanix Storage Pool [cmdb_ci_nutanix_storage_pool] |
Storage Pool [cmdb_ci_storage_pool] |
Grouping of physical disks within a Nutanix cluster which is typically used to create physical separation between virtual machines. |
| Nutanix Host [cmdb_ci_nutanix_host] |
Virtualization Server [cmdb_ci_virtualization_server] |
Physical host on which all the virtual machines run. |
| Nutanix Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_nutanix_vm_instance] |
Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vm_instance] |
A virtual machine that runs on Nutanix infrastructure. |
Class columns
CMDB CI Class Models: Release 1.6.0 adds no columns to the Nutanix Prism Central [cmdb_ci_nutanix_prism_central] class.
CMDB CI Class Models: Release 1.2.0 adds the following columns to the respective classes.
| Added columns | Description |
|---|---|
| Block Serial Numbers | Serial numbers of blocks that are connected to the cluster. |
| Cluster ID | UUID (Universal Unique Identifier) of the cluster. |
| External Subnet | Subnet of the external IP address of the cluster. |
| Full Version | Full version of the cluster. For example: el7.3-release-euphrates-5.10.3.1-stable-655d4def34bf18785782f2adb8cdd5f8457d1fe3 |
| Hypervisor Types | Types of hypervisors that are related to this cluster. |
| Internal Subnet | Subnet of internal IP addresses. |
| NCC Version | Nutanix cluster check version. |
| NTP Servers | NTP servers that are related to this cluster. |
| Number of Nodes | Number of nodes that are connected to the cluster. |
| Timezone | Time zone of the cluster. |
| Version | Version of the cluster. For example: 5.10.3.1 |
| Added columns | Description |
|---|---|
| Hypervisor Type | Type of hypervisor. |
| Memory (MB) | Amount of memory (in MB) available on the controller. |
| State | On/off power state of controller. |
| VM ID | UUID of the controller virtual machine. |
| Object ID | ID of the controller virtual machine. |
| Added columns | Description |
|---|---|
| Compression | Indicates whether compression is enabled. |
| Container ID | UUID of the container. |
| Deduplication | Indicates whether on disk deduplication is enabled, that is dedup compression applied to data on hard disks (HDD). Performance tier deduplication is a prerequisite for on disk deduplication. |
| Erasure Code | Indicates whether erasure coding is enabled. |
| Replication Factor | Number of maintained data copies. The replication factor is specified (2 or 3) when the container is created. |
- Nutanix Storage Pool [cmdb_ci_nutanix_storage_pool]
- Nutanix Host [cmdb_ci_nutanix_host]
- Nutanix Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_nutanix_vm_instance]
CMDB CI Class Models: Release 1.1.5 adds the following columns to the respective classes.
| Added columns | Description |
|---|---|
| Block Serial Numbers | Serial numbers of blocks that are connected to the cluster. |
| Cluster ID | UUID (Universal Unique Identifier) of the cluster. |
| External Subnet | Subnet of the external IP address of the cluster. |
| Full Version | Full version of the cluster. For example: el7.3-release-euphrates-5.10.3.1-stable-655d4def34bf18785782f2adb8cdd5f8457d1fe3 |
| Hypervisor Types | Types of hypervisors that are related to this cluster. |
| Internal Subnet | Subnet of internal IP addresses. |
| NCC Version | Nutanix cluster check version. |
| NTP Servers | NTP servers that are related to this cluster. |
| Number of Nodes | Number of nodes that are connected to the cluster. |
| Timezone | Time zone of the cluster. |
| Version | Version of the cluster. For example: 5.10.3.1 |
| Added columns | Description |
|---|---|
| Hypervisor Type | Type of hypervisor. |
| Memory | Amount of memory (in MB) available to the virtual machine. |
| State | On/off state of power. |
| VM ID | UUID of the controller virtual machine. |
| Object ID | ID of the controller virtual machine. |
| Added columns | Description |
|---|---|
| Compression | Indicates whether compression is enabled. |
| Container ID | UUID of the container. |
| Deduplication | Indicates whether on disk deduplication is enabled, that is dedup compression applied to data on hard disks (HDD). Performance tier deduplication is a prerequisite for on disk deduplication. |
| Erasure Code | Indicates whether erasure coding is enabled. |
| Replication Factor | Number of maintained data copies. The replication factor is specified (2 or 3) when the container is created. |
- Nutanix Storage Pool [cmdb_ci_nutanix_storage_pool]
- Nutanix Host [cmdb_ci_nutanix_host]
- Nutanix Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_nutanix_vm_instance]
CMDB CI Class Models: Release 1.1.4 adds the following columns to the respective classes.
| Added columns | Description |
|---|---|
| Block Serial Numbers | Serial numbers of blocks that are connected to the cluster. |
| Cluster ID | UUID (Universal Unique Identifier) of the cluster. |
| External Subnet | Subnet of the external IP address of the cluster. |
| Full Version | Full version of the cluster. For example: el7.3-release-euphrates-5.10.3.1-stable-655d4def34bf18785782f2adb8cdd5f8457d1fe3 |
| Hypervisor Types | Types of hypervisors that are related to this cluster. |
| Internal Subnet | Subnet of internal IP addresses. |
| NCC Version | Nutanix cluster check version. |
| NTP Servers | NTP servers that are related to this cluster. |
| Number of Nodes | Number of nodes that are connected to the cluster. |
| Timezone | Time zone of the cluster. |
| Version | Version of the cluster. For example: 5.10.3.1 |
| Added columns | Description |
|---|---|
| Hypervisor Type | Type of hypervisor. |
| Memory | Amount of memory (in MB) available to the virtual machine. |
| State | On/off state of power. |
| VM ID | UUID of the controller virtual machine. |
| Object ID | ID of the controller virtual machine. |
| Added columns | Description |
|---|---|
| Compression | Indicates whether compression is enabled. |
| Container ID | UUID of the container. |
| Deduplication | Indicates whether on disk deduplication is enabled, that is dedup compression applied to data on hard disks (HDD). Performance tier deduplication is a prerequisite for on disk deduplication. |
| Erasure Code | Indicates whether erasure coding is enabled. |
| Replication Factor | Number of maintained data copies. The replication factor is specified (2 or 3) when the container is created. |
- Nutanix Storage Pool [cmdb_ci_nutanix_storage_pool]
- Nutanix Host [cmdb_ci_nutanix_host]
- Nutanix Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_nutanix_vm_instance]