Article Summary
This article provides how to check the version of the Nutanix Guest Tool (NGT).
You can install NGT in a guest virtual machine (Microsoft Windows or Linux) to enable the advanced VM management features provided by Nutanix. See the Nutanix Portal manual for details.
https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Web-Console-Guide-Prism-v5_20:man-nutanix-guest-tool-c.html
How to Confirm Versions
- Log in to any CVM of the cluster with SSH as nutanix user.
- Run this command on the CVM.
$ ncli ngt list vm-names="xxx"
Note: Enter the target virtual machine name in "xxx" of the command.
- Check the VM_UUID of the virtual machine from the "VM Id", and confirm that "NGT Enabled" is True.
Note: The character string after :: of "VM Id" is the VM_UUID.
This is an example output when the target virtual machine name is
"Test-VM".
- Run this command on the CVM, and check the value of "ngt_version".
$ nutanix_guest_tools_cli query_vm_tools_entity "yyy" | grep ngt_version
Note: Enter the VM_UUID checked in step 3 in "yyy" of the command.
This is an example output when the VM_UUID is
"a20d96e4-b2e4-4273-893c-a608ef56dfd9".