Nutanix AHV data collector

07/14/2026 Contributors

The Nutanix AHV collector acquires Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) inventory and virtualization performance from Nutanix Prism Central using Prism Central v4 REST APIs (Cluster Management and Virtual Machine Management namespaces). It reports data in the virtualization OData model (VirtualizationRoot and related entities: hosts, virtual machines, datastores, virtual disks, and relationships).

Terminology

Vendor/Model Term	Data Infrastructure Insights Term
AHV Node (Host)	Host
Prism Central Cluster	Hypervisor (Virtual Server)
Acropolis VM	Virtual Machine
Storage Container	Data Store
ADSF Volume Group	LUN
VM Disk	Virtual Disk

Vendor/Model Term

Data Infrastructure Insights Term

AHV Node (Host)

Host

Prism Central Cluster

Hypervisor (Virtual Server)

Acropolis VM

Virtual Machine

Storage Container

Data Store

ADSF Volume Group

LUN

VM Disk

Virtual Disk

Note: These are common terminology mappings only and might not represent every case for this data collector.

Requirements

Prism Central IP address or Fully Qualified Domain Name
Prism Central local or LDAP username and password (read-only account is sufficient for inventory and performance; Admin is not required)
Port requirement: HTTPS 9440
Prism Central version pc.2023.x or later (v3 API); pc.7.x or later recommended (v4 API)
Performance metrics require Prism Central with API v4.0.b1 or later (pc.7.3+). On older versions, inventory is still collected but no performance data is reported.

Configuration

Field	Description
Prism Central IP Address	IP address or FQDN of the Prism Central instance
User name	Prism Central username
Password	Prism Central password

Field

Description

Prism Central IP Address

IP address or FQDN of the Prism Central instance

User name

Prism Central username

Password

Prism Central password

Advanced configuration

Field	Description
TCP port	TCP Port used to connect to Prism Central. The default is 9440.
Inventory poll interval (min)	Interval between inventory polls. The default is 60 minutes.
Performance poll interval(sec)	Interval between performance polls. The default is 300 seconds.
HTTP timeout (sec)	HTTP request timeout. The default is 60 seconds.
HTTP retry count	Number of HTTP retries on transient failures. Default is 3.

Field

Description

TCP port

TCP Port used to connect to Prism Central. The default is 9440.

Inventory poll interval (min)

Interval between inventory polls. The default is 60 minutes.

Performance poll interval(sec)

Interval between performance polls. The default is 300 seconds.

HTTP timeout (sec)

HTTP request timeout. The default is 60 seconds.

HTTP retry count

Number of HTTP retries on transient failures. Default is 3.

Troubleshooting

Additional information on this Data Collector may be found from the Support page or in the Data Collector Support Matrix.