2019-11-14T06:33:00Z

What needs improvement with Nutanix Prism?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
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Real User
Top 20
2023-12-20T09:22:10Z
Dec 20, 2023

The UI offered by the solution is okay. Some of our company's customers who use the product ask for some granular level reports which make up for an area where improvements are required. If users want to check the top five high-performance virtual machines in their environment, then the tool should provide them with granular-level reports. In relation to the product's reporting capabilities, some features need to be improved. Currently, there are different products in Nutanix, especially in the area of databases. Nutanix is also working on the AI part presently. The tool should try to consolidate all applications in one single platform and give the customers a good view of all the applications that are being managed by OpenShift or any containerization platform while differentiating them from the applications that are monolithic. The product currently fails to provide a complete view to customers. From an improvement perspective, provision for a complete view might help the product's customers to improve their experience with the tool.

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Vuong Pham - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 20
2023-08-29T17:25:00Z
Aug 29, 2023

Prism is made to do multi-cloud and multi-site tasks. Some of the products are not interoperable for multi-cloud or multi-site tasks. Nutanix Flow doesn’t work well between sites.

GK
Real User
Top 10
2023-07-27T20:27:00Z
Jul 27, 2023

I would like more insights about virtual machines. It would be helpful to have more detailed information about resource allocation and usage, so we can distribute resources and reassign them more efficiently. There was a previous issue with multi-sites in which elements are in different regions, but I think this issue has been resolved in the latest release. We have multiple sites throughout North America and some in Europe. It was difficult to manage those sites. Now Prism is multi-region, so you can manage all the assets in different regions from a single console.

DP
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2023-07-21T16:51:00Z
Jul 21, 2023

The licensing cost has room for improvement.

TN
Real User
Top 20
2023-05-17T10:38:00Z
May 17, 2023

The VM backup could be better, and its licensing could be better. We have had some licensing issues with Nutanix Files. The default license should be 1 TB or more. Currently, for Nutanix Files sharing, we can only use 500 Gigabytes.

KK
Real User
Top 10
2022-12-13T23:45:00Z
Dec 13, 2022

There are a few areas related to visibility on the dashboard that can be improved. It's good, but the visibility can be improved in terms of single locations. It's not a show-stopper, but because Prism is one of the most popular products from Nutanix, it is an area that can be improved.

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JS
Real User
Top 10
2022-12-13T21:38:00Z
Dec 13, 2022

We're running VMware's ESX hypervisor and a lot of networking isn't done in Prism, it's done at the vCenter level. But for the few proofs of concept that I've done, Prism hasn't been a good experience because there's a lot of command-line work that needs to be done to configure the network. The experience with networking hasn't been great. I'm not a big fan of running things on the command line, just because I know for a fact that it can be done easily in something like VMware. They've done a great job of that. I hope that, one day, Nutanix can replicate that experience.

JK
Real User
Top 20
2022-12-13T21:26:00Z
Dec 13, 2022

The network visibility is okay. It's good. It's a little bit tough to drill down to get to everything that I want, but it's all there. The one caveat that I would have on that is that it doesn't allow you to connect to outside storage, other than cloud-based. That is something I would prefer for disaster recovery, to be able to send things out that way. Even at an ISCSi level, even though you may not be able to run servers off it, connecting to outside storage is my biggest caveat. But other than that, it's great.

DK
Real User
Top 20
2022-12-13T04:06:00Z
Dec 13, 2022

There is some room for improvement. I wish the main landing page, the dashboard, could be organized in a way where, when there is an alert because something is wrong, I would not have to click three or four times to get to what actually happened. I wish it were quicker to get to the bottom of the problem.

YS
Real User
Top 20
2022-12-12T07:50:00Z
Dec 12, 2022

When we get a request from a user for a file-level recovery, there are self-recovery options, but they only work if the replication is available to that cluster locally. Our company policy is to have 30 days of backup at DR sites and just the last backup at our production site. Whenever we have a request, we just have one copy at the production site. In VMware, we could restore a VM and attach the hard drive to any other server and copy the file easily. But that kind of facility is not available in AHV. Either we have to migrate that snapshot to VMware or we have to find the hard drive ID and then turn it into a disk image and then we have to attach that disk to a VM to copy that particular file. That's really time-consuming for us, compared to VMware. If they could improve that scenario, that would be great. Or even if we are not able to attach that hard drive, if they could make the snapshots we have at DR sites available so that we could also see them on the production site, that would be great. That would save time and make our life easier.

TB
Real User
Top 20
2022-12-12T07:50:00Z
Dec 12, 2022

The three clusters we have at our remote offices are just one-node clusters. If there were an easier way to upgrade items such as the BIOS, SATA drives, the BMC, et cetera, on those, that would be helpful.

ST
Real User
Top 20
2022-12-09T22:18:00Z
Dec 9, 2022

In our environment we are using it alongside VMware, so some integration with that would be nice. VMware has SHD (Skyline Health Diagnostics) which diagnoses health and gives suggestions. A plug-in for taking information out of it would be helpful.

RS
Real User
Top 10
2022-12-09T21:30:00Z
Dec 9, 2022

The simplicity that Prism provides is something of a dual-edged sword. It can be almost too simple at times. When there is an issue and something is really wrong, it can make it a little more difficult to track it down because the Prism interface is very limited for drilling down into those highly technical or highly complicated errors. That's usually when you have to break out the admin guide, look up the commands, and log in to the backend hardware. You don't get good, in-depth troubleshooting through the Prism interface.

DP
Real User
Top 20
2022-12-06T00:05:00Z
Dec 6, 2022

Before the latest version, there were a lot of things that I would have liked to see added, but those have been added in the most recent version. But one thing I would like to see is one-click migration. I know that's on the roadmap, but we don't have it yet.

Shahriyar Atayev - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-12-05T20:52:00Z
Dec 5, 2022

The processing of updates and upgrades could be faster. Also, sometimes the life cycle management function of Nutanix can't find the latest version of the firmware. The lifecycle management product could be more up-to-date.

LB
Real User
Top 5
2022-12-04T18:18:00Z
Dec 4, 2022

They don't have many organized documents for troubleshooting problems. If you look at the support portal or the website, you will not get detailed information about problems or redirection to more information. They should continue working on the software solution but enlarge the documentation.

Vishwambhar Bandal - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-10-10T22:03:45Z
Oct 10, 2022

Performance metrics and analytics could be improved.

Ozgur_Ekinci - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2022-10-07T14:48:24Z
Oct 7, 2022

PaaS services are a bit complex to implement so should be strengthened and developed. We struggled to integrate so did not have the courage to implement PaaS services. The process should be easier to understand. The solution does not support creating hybrid disc clusters that include SSD disc configuration servers with hybrid disc configuration servers in the same cluster.

SK
MSP
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-09-16T21:52:26Z
Sep 16, 2022

The process of converting and importing virtual machines to the Nutanix environment is quite complicated. The interface could also be improved, and there's an issue that some features can't be managed from Prism Central, meaning you have to switch to Prism Element.

Mizanur-Rahman - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-09-08T09:12:32Z
Sep 8, 2022

The replication we have does not have any backup systems built-in. We have to separate license records for backup, like onboard. We would like to have this in a future release.

Infraprojman677 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-08-10T12:54:00Z
Aug 10, 2022

There is a bug with the HTML5 interface. I don't know if it is recorded to my laptop or the application, but sometimes we have to restart the CVM.

HH
Real User
Top 5
2022-07-25T14:39:22Z
Jul 25, 2022

We definitely have some issues with Nutanix Prism. Our main issue is that we cannot operate the database. It would seem that less configuration would be desirable, because between Nutanix and the Oracle database on Windows, there tends to be problems. When we took our initial problems with the database to Nutanix support, they gave us some configurations to try out, but these did not solve anything. So the problems remain, and that is why we are only using Nutanix Prism for our application. We didn't have the time to find a working configuration for the database, and thus we migrated the database to another solution. Their support seems to have some problems, too, because when we opened a ticket the one time, the lower level of support connected to take the ticket and the technician said that it was a false positive, meaning that they could not reference the error. However, Prism clearly stated to us that there was an error, despite the technician checking the system and telling us, "No, there are no more errors." I wanted the technician to clarify what had happened, but he merely told me the fault is inaccessible.

Siddhesh Sawant - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-05-13T15:34:42Z
May 13, 2022

Prism is not very user-friendly, particularly in its upgrade process, compared to vSAN. They don't really provide support for long-term services but offer upgrades very frequently, which means we don't always have the time to update to the newest version. Both configuration and manageability are complicated too.

YL
Real User
Top 5
2022-05-03T17:06:00Z
May 3, 2022

Nutanix Prism needs more flexibility commercially and more flexibility with its licensing. Currently, they're very fixed on their licensing model, for example, it's based on terabyte calculation.

AE
MSP
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-04-07T05:13:30Z
Apr 7, 2022

Nutanix Prism could improve by having more features or configurations in the web interface. We should not have to use the command-line interface(CLI). For some clients using the CLI can be difficult.

LO
Real User
2022-02-17T17:32:00Z
Feb 17, 2022

The solution should offer the ability to change network settings without removing the network card from the virtual machine. I don't know the solution very well. I need more time to really explore it. What I need may already be available.

PP
Real User
2021-12-01T14:55:00Z
Dec 1, 2021

One problem I faced when creating a VM and adding a hard disk is that Nutanix Prism did not allow me to reduce that VM's hard disk. This is an issue because I could not find a solution. Also, in a session I had with Nutanix Prism today, I was told that they are going to include Kubernetes deployment in the next release. That is a good approach from my perspective. It's important for solutions to stay on the cutting edge.

SL
Real User
2021-10-14T09:21:00Z
Oct 14, 2021

In terms of what could be improved or simplified, they have an active software as a business continuity using Acropolis Hypervisor with the Syncro Disaster recovery, and they have made a good improvement with live upgrade with the LCM, but I would say there should be additional improvements on the live upgrade. In the next release, I think it should have the integration monitor from a server component because I have some issues with the integration with the third party monitoring tool. I would also like to see additional improvements in the dashboard.

AL
Reseller
Top 20
2020-11-14T09:51:45Z
Nov 14, 2020

The life cycle management or LCM feature is the most complicated. It takes really long and is unpredictable for our use cases. They should provide more detailed information about the kind of LCM to go for, various errors, and different kinds of tasks. For analytics for certain configurations, we require more details with the report. Sometimes, not all elements are present for support, management, and configuration. For troubleshooting, it would be very easy and useful if we can analyze log files directly from Prism, that is, not from the command line but directly from Prism.

SB
Real User
2020-10-06T06:57:47Z
Oct 6, 2020

The only issue with Nutanix is that when you want to take a snapshot, you have to power down and then back up, which creates a short period of downtime. This is a negative point for Nutanix because, in our environment, downtime is not something that we get easily. VMware does not have this issue. I would like to have more control from Prism so that you can control everything from there, as it does with vCenter. Nutanix does not support all of the Linux distributions, so we have to use VMware in some cases.

MA
Real User
2020-09-27T04:10:03Z
Sep 27, 2020

I would like to see the capability to use FC SAN storage. Currently, this technology is not supported.

MA
Real User
2020-08-23T08:17:28Z
Aug 23, 2020

I'm still learning about the solution. I haven't explored the entire solution just yet. The life expectancy of the solution should be improved. It would be ideal if there was more of a community around the solution so that it would be easier to learn things about the solution from other users. We've had hardware compatibility issues.

YN
Real User
2020-08-16T08:00:20Z
Aug 16, 2020

We've been waiting a long time for micro application using a company's provider, that would be a good improvement. The cost of the solution is quite high and I'd like to see that lowered.

EI
Real User
2020-07-07T19:32:00Z
Jul 7, 2020

It seems to me that everything is in gear as it should be, every time an update or new package appears it never ceases to amaze me as it helps us with a 100% stable technology, to add something would be to have clear the new needs of the human being. Each era every year, new economies arise and ways to develop the platform to improve both the interface with the end-user and to make the main load more flexible to the specialized user of the platform. Nutanix is ​​at the forefront and changes the paradigm with other providers because it allows simplifying daily work.

MS
Real User
2020-06-01T05:06:30Z
Jun 1, 2020

I would like to have some cluster management tools included.

RC
Real User
Top 20
2020-06-01T05:06:30Z
Jun 1, 2020

The solution could be improved if you combined Nutanix with AHV, because when you install Prism to manage AHV, there are a lot of commands. It might be better to integrate the commands with Prism and that would enable Prism to manage AHV. This is not currently in the command line.

Aliu Balogun - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2020-05-21T06:20:00Z
May 21, 2020

Although this solution has very good analytics capabilities, it can be even more granular.

Vishwambhar Bandal - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2020-03-16T06:56:21Z
Mar 16, 2020

The solution could be a bit more user-friendly. The dashboard and configuration should be much easier to use. The migration from Nutanix to other platforms, like VMware and hypervisor, needs improvement. That is a difficult task right now, because we cannot run the two separately. It's a bit tricky.

AW
Real User
2020-03-04T08:49:32Z
Mar 4, 2020

I think perhaps they can improve on the price but it is a good product.

NK
Consultant
2020-03-04T08:49:00Z
Mar 4, 2020

I think that the Nutanix Prism Pro the terms it uses, it's not very user-friendly. Those terms should be a little more user-friendly. What terms they use should be more user-friendly.

JG
Real User
2020-02-16T08:27:31Z
Feb 16, 2020

If I am comparing it with VMware, it is still not as compatible. I am not comfortable in working with the automation in Nutanix Prism or the SAN side. The automation needs to be improved, as there are several challenges.

MarcMermuys - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2020-01-26T09:26:00Z
Jan 26, 2020

The main area where an improvement could be made would be the pricing. Aside from that, it's a very good product. An additional feature that could be included would be to make an easy connection to closed systems such as Azure.

DM
Real User
2019-12-16T08:14:00Z
Dec 16, 2019

In the next release, I would like the ability to browse data stores directly from the Prism interface instead of using third party product.

MC
Real User
2019-11-14T06:33:00Z
Nov 14, 2019

Perhaps the interface can be more intuitive. It's easy, but it is very slow at the beginning.

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