Nutanix Guest Tools Not Responding

If there is an error in Prism that suggests NGT isn’t reachable, run through the following:

1. Log into th eVM and uninstall Nutanix Guest Tools
*Do NOT uninstall Nutanix VirtIO drivers
2. Log into Prism Element via SSH
3. Run the following command to get the VM UUID:
ncli vm ls | grep -e Name -e UUID
4. Run the following commands:
ncli ngt unmount vm-id=[VM UUID Here]
ncli ngt disable vm-id=[VM UUID Here]
ncli ngt delete vm-id=[VM UUID Here]
5. Proceed to mount and install NGT on the VM

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