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The NIOS 8.6 release includes the following new features and enhancements:

vNIOS for VMware on ESX/ESXi Servers

The Infoblox vNIOS on VMware software can run on ESX or ESXi servers that have DAS (Direct Attached Storage),or iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface) or FC (Fibre Channel) SAN (Storage Area Network) attached.
You can install the vNIOS software package on a host with VMware ESX or ESXi 7.0.3, 7.0.2, 7.0, 6.7, 6.5.x, 6.0.x installed, and then configure it as a virtual appliance. Note that VMware ESX/ESXi 7.0 is not supported on NIOS versions earlier than 8.5.3.
vSphere vMotion is also supported. You can migrate vNIOS virtual appliances from one ESX or ESXi server to another without any service outages. The migration preserves the hardware IDs and licenses of the vNIOS virtual appliances. VMware Tools is automatically installed for each vNIOS virtual appliance. Infoblox supports the controlbfunctions in VMware Tools. For example, through the vSphere client, you can shut down the virtual appliance. You can deploy certain vNIOS virtual appliances with different hard disk capacities. Some vNIOS appliances are not supported as Grid Masters or Grid Master Candidates. For more information about vNIOS on VMware, refer to the /wiki/spaces/NVIGdraft/overview.

vNIOS for Microsoft Server 2019 and 2016 Hyper-V

The Infoblox vNIOS virtual appliance is now available for Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2016 that have DAS (Direct Attached Storage). Administrators can install vNIOS virtual appliance on Microsoft Windows® servers using either Hyper-V Manager or SCVMM. A Microsoft Powerscript is available for ease of installation and configuration of the virtual appliance. Note that for optimal performance, vNIOS for Hyper-V is not recommended as a Grid Master or Grid Master Candidate. For more information about vNIOS for Hyper-V, refer to the Infoblox Installation Guide vNIOS for Microsoft Hyper-V.

vNIOS for KVM Hypervisor

The Infoblox vNIOS for KVM is a virtual appliance designed for KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) hypervisor and KVM-based OpenStack deployments. The Infoblox vNIOS for KVM functions as a hardware virtual machine guest on the Linux system. It provides core network services and a framework for integrating all components of the modular Infoblox solution. You can configure some of the supported vNIOS for KVM appliances as independent or HA (high availability) Grid Masters, Grid Master Candidates, and Grid members. For information about vNIOS for KVM hypervisor, refer to the Infoblox Installation Guide for vNIOS for KVM Hypervisor and KVM-based OpenStack.

vNIOS for AWS (Amazon Web Services)

The Infoblox vNIOS for AWS is a virtual Infoblox appliance designed for operation as an AMI (Amazon Machine Instance) in Amazon VPCs (Virtual Private Clouds). You can deploy large, robust, manageable, and cost effective Infoblox Grids in your AWS cloud, or extend your existing private Infoblox NIOS Grid to your virtual private cloud resources in AWS. You can use vNIOS for AWS virtual appliances to provide carrier-grade DNS and IPAM services across your AWS VPCs. Instead of manually provisioning IP addresses and DNS name spaces for network devices and interfaces, an Infoblox vNIOS for AWS instance can act as a standalone Grid appliance to provide DNS services in your Amazon VPC, as a virtual cloud Grid member tied to an on-premises (non-Cloud) NIOS Grid, or as a Grid Master synchronizing with other AWS-hosted vNIOS Grid members in your Amazon VPC; and across VPCs or Availability Zones in different Amazon Regions. For more information about vNIOS for AWS, refer to the

Infoblox Installation Guide for vNIOS for AWS.

vNIOS for Azure

The Infoblox vNIOS for AWS is a virtual Infoblox appliance designed for operation as an AMI (Amazon Machine Instance) in Amazon VPCs (Virtual Private Clouds). You can deploy large, robust, manageable, and cost effective Infoblox Grids in your AWS cloud, or extend your existing private Infoblox NIOS Grid to your virtual private cloud resources in AWS. You can use vNIOS for AWS virtual appliances to provide carrier-grade DNS and IPAM services across your AWS VPCs. Instead of manually provisioning IP addresses and DNS name spaces for network devices.

vNIOS for GCP

Infoblox vNIOS for GCP is an Infoblox virtual appliance that enables you to deploy robust, manageable, and cost effective Infoblox appliances in the Google Cloud. Infoblox vNIOS provides core network services and a framework
for integrating all the components of the modular Infoblox solution. It provides integrated, secure, and easy-to manage DNS (Domain Name System) and IPAM (IP address management) services. For more information, see the Infoblox Installation Guide for vNIOS for GCP.

vNIOS for Nutanix AHV

Infoblox vNIOS for Nutanix enables you to deploy large, robust, manageable, and cost-effective Grids. Infoblox NIOS virtual appliance for Nutanix functions as a hardware virtual machine guest on the Linux system. It provides integrated, secure, and easy-to-manage DNS, DHCP, and IPAM services and a framework for integrating all the components of the modular Infoblox solution. For more information, see the Infoblox Installation Guide vNIOS for Nutanix AHV.

vNIOS for Red Hat OpenShift

Infoblox vNIOS for Red Hat OpenShift is a virtual appliance designed for deployment on Red Hat® OpenShift®, an enterprise-ready Kubernetes container platform. The virtual appliance enables you to deploy large, highperformance,
robust, manageable, and cost-effective Infoblox Grids. The NIOS virtual appliance for Red Hat OpenShift functions as a virtual machine running on KubeVirt virtualization. It provides integrated, secure, and easy to-manage DNS and DHCP services. For more information, see the Infoblox Installation Guide vNIOS for Red Hat OpenShift.

vNIOS for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Infoblox vNIOS for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is a virtual appliance designed for deployment on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, an infrastructure as a service that is offered by Oracle. The virtual appliance enables you to deploy large, robust, manageable, and cost-effective Infoblox Grids. The NIOS virtual appliance for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure functions as a hardware virtual machine guest on the Linux system. It provides integrated, secure, and easy-to-manage DNS, DHCP, and IPAM services. It also provides a framework for integrating all components of the modular Infoblox solution. Currently, only CP-V2205 is supported on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. This appliance runs only as a Grid member; you cannot deploy it as a Grid Master or Grid Master Candidate. For more information, see the Infoblox Installation Guide vNIOS for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Enabling and Disabling DNS Traffic Control Objects (RFE-7088)

NIOS 8.6.2 introduces the Enable Traffic Management Objects and the Disable Traffic Management Objects screens using which you can enable or disable individual DNS Traffic Control objects. You can also disable the health monitoring of a particular object to stop performing health checks. You can access the new screens from the Traffic Control panel on the Data Management > DNS > Traffic Control tab. For more information about enabling and disabling DNS Traffic Control objects, see the Managing DNS Traffic Control Objects.

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IB-V5005 support is now extended to vNIOS for Azure and vNIOS for AWS. For detailed information see the Infoblox Installation Guide for vNIOS for AWS and the Installation Guide for vNIOS for Microsoft Azure available at docs.infoblox.com.

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