How to install 3 nodes Nutanix Cluster in one ESXi 6.0 Server

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　　Nutanix announce a CE edition and could download from The newest version is ce-2015.06.08-beta.img.gz. If you want install it into ESXi 6.0 , please use this version. So what we need to prepare ? Please reference here Joep wrote for install on the Fusion. Website is here
　　http://www.virtuallifestyle.nl/2015/06/nextconf-running-nutanix-community-edition-nested-on-fusion/

　　But I found some tips we need to know when we installed into ESXi. My>　　1. ESXi 6.0 Installed - I think I will skip how to install the ESXi 6.0 and vCenter 6.0, you can find many documents talking about how to install VMware software .
　　2. Create VM - From the beginning , I thought in a nest environment . So I choose the VM type as ESXi6 . But I got kernel panic when I tried to install Nutanix CE. Then suddenly I think Nutanix original base is linux base, so I choose Centos4/5/6 as my VM OS type . Then the kernel panic issue gone. At least 4 vCPU and 16 GB RAM.

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　　Please also click on "Hardware Virtualization"

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　　3. Create All VMDK for nest
　　Nutanix CE used - We need create at least 200 GB SSD, and 500 GB HDD for this VM. If you have enough space to use. You can use thick/eager zeroed thick vmdk format. If you don't have such space , you just use thin format . We also need to attach the Nutanix installation gz file. Untar ce-2015.06.08-beta.img.gz , and you will get a ce-2015.06.08-beta.img file around 7.5 GB rename is as "ce-flat.vmdk. Please also download the ce.vmdk from Joep site. Please those two files in same folder.
　　4. Start install - Boot up this VM , and you will see the login prompt . "Do not type install first" , just login using root / nutanix/4u jogin as root permission .  You need to modified some files. If you do not edit  those files , you always get some errors. we need to change some installation check files. Those files are .
　　4a. go to /home/install/phx_iso/phoenix find one file called minimum_reqs.py , using vi open and edit it. Find the words like
　　-->
　　checkVtd(dmesg)
　　checkSSD()
　　checkDiskModels(param_list)
　　checkInstallationDiskSize(param_list)
　　Change into
　　-->
　　checkVtd(dmesg)
　　#checkSSD()
　　checkDiskModels(param_list)
　　checkInstallationDiskSize(param_list)
　　4b. vi the second file "sysUtil.py" , change the value of these two parameter .
　　SSD_rdIOPS_thresh = 50
　　SSD_wrIOPS_thresh = 50
　　logout , and you will get login prompt again . type "install" . The installation took you about 5-10 minutes to complete .
　　5. Change your network setting in ESXi - Please change your vswitch setting , go security and make Promiscuous mode = Accept . Otherwise your CVM can't ping each other .

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　　6. Create your cluster - I suggest using commend line to create cluster will be easier for you . And all the step you need to do.  I found I need to setup all the steps and make Nutanix CE normal .
　　** Please connect to KVM hypervisor first  , then use ssh nutanix@192.168.5.2 connect to CVM .Then issue the those command to form a cluster .
　　nutanix@cvm$ cluster -s cvm_ip_addrs1, cvm_ip_addrs2, cvm_ipaddrs3  create
　　nutanix@cvm$ cluster start
　　nutanix@cvm$ ncli cluster edit-params new-name=cluster_name
　　nutanix@cvm$ ncli cluster add-to-name-servers servers="dns_server"
　　nutanix@cvm$ ncli cluster get-name-servers Configure the NTP servers.
　　nutanix@cvm$ ncli cluster add-to-ntp-servers servers="ntp_server"
　　nutanix@cvm$ ncli cluster set-external-ip-address
　　After that you could see you have three nodes running in one ESXi Server . Just like this .

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　　and each node almost take 7 GB RAM , and total need is 21 GB around.  See the picture , why I more than 24 GB, because I have one vCenter take 8 GB..

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　　Any comments please let me know ..
　　Albert