--- title: "How to Manage Virtual Machines in Nutanix" description: "Find out how to manage virtual machines in a Nutanix cluster, and how to create and migrate a virtual machine." url: https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/hosted-private-cloud/nutanix-on-ovhcloud/manage-virtual-machines-nutanix lang: en --- > For AI agents: the complete documentation index is available at https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/llms.txt, the full documentation bundle is available at https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/llms-full.txt. # How to Manage Virtual Machines in Nutanix **Find out how to manage virtual machines in a Nutanix cluster, and how to create and migrate a virtual machine.** ## Requirements - a Nutanix cluster in your OVHcloud account - access to the [OVHcloud Control Panel](https://manager.us.ovhcloud.com/#/hub) - You must be connected to Prism Central on the cluster ## Overview of Virtual Machine Management in Prism Central The Nutanix system uses the same interfaces to manage storage and virtualization and it can be installed with multiple hypervisors (**Hyper-V, VMware ESXi, AHV**). **AHV** comes with Nutanix without the need to purchase additional licenses for the hypervisor. The OVHcloud solution is delivered with the **AHV hypervisor**. **AHV** enables: - Using virtual machines on Windows and Linux. - Migrating virtual machines from one node to another in a cluster. - Micro-segmentation and network security between virtual machines using **Flow** software. The **Move** tool makes it easy to migrate existing virtual machines in other environments (**ESXi, Hyper-V & AWS**) to Nutanix and its **AHV** hypervisor. ## Instructions The following instructions show the creation of a virtual machine in Windows Server 2022 and the migration of a virtual machine. ### Creating a Virtual Machine for a Windows 2022 Operating System Installing a virtual machine on Windows Server 2022 requires a particular setup because Microsoft does not provide the driver for the **AHV** hypervisor disk controller. #### Creating a Windows Server 2022 VM In the left-hand menu of **Prism Central**, expand `Compute & Storage` and click `VMs`.   Click the `Create VM` button.   Type a name in `Name`, choose the options in `VM Properties`, and click `Next`.   ##### **Adding a system disk** Click the `Attach Disk` button.   Enter **60** in the `Capacity` field and click `Save` to create a 60 GB disk. ##### ##### **Adding Windows Server 2022 Installation ISO Image** The image must be imported before it can be used in a new virtual machine. Click `Attach Disk`.   Change the `Type` settings to **CD-ROM**, `Operation` to **Clone from Image**, `Image` to **WS2022EN.ISO**. Click `Save`. ##### ##### **Adding an ISO image containing AHV-specific drivers** This image contains the disk controller driver and should also be imported. It is available on the Nutanix website if you have a Nutanix customer account. Click `Attach Disk`.   Change the `Type` settings to **CD-ROM**, `Operation` to **Clone from Image**, `Image` to **Nutanix-VirtIO-1.1.7.iso**. Click `Save`. ##### ##### **Network configuration** Click `Attach Subnet`.   Leave the default fields and click `Save`.   Click `Next`.   Select your timezone and click `Next`.   Click `Create VM`.   The newly created virtual machine will then appear in the dashboard.   #### Windows Server 2022 setup Select the virtual machine on which you want to install Windows Server 2022, by ticking the box to the left of the VM. ##### ##### **Powering on the virtual machine** Click the `Actions` menu then `Power ON`. ##### ##### **Launching the console** Click the `Actions` menu then `Launch Console`. ##### ##### **Starting the installation** Choose your local settings and click `Next`.   Click `Install now`.   Select **Windows Server 2022 Standard (Desktop Experience)** and click `Next`.   Review the Microsoft software license terms and conditions, accept them, and click `Next`.   Click `Custom: Install Microsoft Server Operating System only (advanced)`.   Click on `Load driver`.   Click `Browse`.   Select the correct folder `e:\Windows Server 2022\amd64` and click `OK`.   Select these drivers: - `Nutanix VirtIO Balloon Driver` - `Nutanix VirtIO Ethernet Adapter` - `Nutanix VirtIO SCSI pass-through controller` - `QEMU FWCfg Device` Click `Next`.   The 60 GB disk will appear, click `Next`.   Enter and confirm the password in both fields and click `Finish`.   Windows Server 2022 and WS2022 specific drivers for the **AHV** hypervisor have been installed. #### #### Installing NGT (Nutanix Guest Tools) NGT are tools that enable better interaction with Nutanix, particularly in terms of backups and snapshots. Start the virtual machine console, right-click a CDROM drive, and click `Eject`.   Go back to Prism Central and select the virtual machine.   On the `Actions` menu, click `Install NGT`.   Click `Confirm & Enter Password`.   Click `Skip and Mount`.   Return to the virtual machine console and right-click the CDROM drive containing the NGT. Click `Install Nutanix Guest Tools`.   Review the terms and conditions, accept them, then click `Install`.   The installation will then begin.   Once the installation is complete, close the installation wizard using the `Close` button. The installation of a virtual machine on Windows is then complete. ### ### Migrating a virtual machine Migrating a virtual machine involves moving a hot VM from one node to another in a cluster. If you have several clusters and the appropriate licenses, you can also migrate a VM from one cluster to another. This guide only shows you how to migrate a VM within the same cluster. In Prism Central VM Management, click `WS2022N`.   Check which node the VM is currently running on. It is displayed next to **Host**.   Click the `More` button, then `Migrate`.   Choose a destination node.   The name of the new node will appear next to **Host** if the migration is complete.   ## Go further Browse all the [Nutanix guides](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/hosted-private-cloud/nutanix-on-ovhcloud/landing-page-nutanix-on-ovhcloud.md). Browse the rest of the [OVHcloud US documentation](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/index.md) for guides on our other products and services. Learn more about [Nutanix on OVHcloud](https://us.ovhcloud.com/hosted-private-cloud/nutanix/) on the OVHcloud US website.