One of the VMs forming a Prism Central instance. For nCLI hardening and SSH rules it is treated separately from a CVM.
Also called PCVM.
Read more: Nutanix docs
In the Ultra Transcenders books
Each book explains Prism Central VM in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.
Terms in this definition
- Virtual machines
Infrastructure-as-a-service compute giving complete control of the operating system, making it a fit for lift-and-shift moves and for software relying on OS-level pieces like COM.
- Prism Central
A standalone instance, made up of either one VM or three in scale-out form, for monitoring and managing many clusters centrally.
- SSH
Protocol for remote sessions, chiefly on Linux, using TCP port 22.
- CVM
A VM required on the hypervisor of every node in a Nutanix cluster, with AOS as its operating system. Every one needs a static IP address of its own.
Related terms
- Rule realisation
Tells you if a policy change, migration, categorisation or VM power-on has truly resulted in programmed Flow Network Security rules. Check it on a Prism Central VM with the rule_realisation_status commands.
- X-Small Prism Central
A one-node Prism Central VM aimed at small deployments with no more than five clusters. It cannot scale out and has no Marketplace support.