VMAX AFA – Compression Notes
VMAX All Flash compression feature – released with HYPERMAX OS 5977.945.890 Some key points: 1. This new feature compresses data before it is written to flash drives. 2. Compression is […]
vRealize Automation 7.1 – Installation (Part 1)
This post will provide a step-by-step walk through installation of vRA 7.1, utilising the vRA wizard based install and configuration utility. This example focuses on the ‘Enterprise Install’ for a […]
VMware VCSA 6.x – Lookup SSO Domain Name & Site Name
Begin by SSH to your platform services controller (PSC). Run the following command to discover your SSO Domain Name: /usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/vmafd-cli get-domain-name –server-name localhost
DellEMC EHC 4.x ‘Hybrid Management Model’ (VxBlock/VxRack)
This post provides a high level overview of the Enterprise Hybrid Cloud 4.x ‘Hybrid Management Model’, which is the default model used for VxBlock & VxRack EHC solutions. The following DellEMC acronyms […]
Disassociate Host From vCenter Server
Disassociate Host From vCenter Server There maybe many reasons to perform such an action, but mine was due to not removing ESXi 6.0 hosts from a Lab vCenter before destroying […]
EXSi 5.5 to 6.0 Upgrade: Remove Mellanox Conflicting VIBs
We encountered the following “Conflicting VIBs” blocker, while upgrading ESXi 5.5 hosts to 6.0: The Mellanox driver is required for infiniBand, as we do not have a requirement for infiniBand […]
vSphere VCSA 6.0 Sizing
“The vCenter Server Appliance is a preconfigured Linux virtual machine, which is optimized for running vCenter Server and the associated services on Linux.” Detailed VMware overview of VCSA found here. The following tables […]
vCenter Deploying OVF – ‘A connection error occurred’
During the process of deploying an OVF (Log Insight in this example) using the vSphere Web Client running on a local windows vCenter instance, I encountered the following error: ‘A […]
ViPR Controller -Configuring AD Authentication
The default built-in administrative accounts may not be granular enough to meet your business needs, if this is the case then adding an authentication provider such as Active Directory which […]
vSphere VCSA 6.x – Enabling Bash Shell (SCP Access)
This post was a result of requiring access to the VCSA BASH Shell console in order to perform such functions as certificate-manager (/usr/lib/vmware-vmca/bin/certificate-manager). The default Shell access when you initially login to […]
RecoverPoint GEN6 Hardware Appliance
New RecoverPoint Hardware Platform Introducing the latest generation of RecoverPoint Appliance the ‘EMC Europa 1U’ Gen6 which replaces the ‘Intel R1000’ Gen5 Appliance. The Gen6 RPA is available from RP […]
Embedded Managment for VMAX All Flash and VMAX3
The following is an excellent post written by Paul Martin (@rawstorage) which details the eMGMT feature available on VMAX All Flash and VMAX3 Systems: Embedded Managment for VMAX All Flash and VMAX3 – Part 1 Introduction to Embedded Management and Configuring Client Server Access Two key questions that have come up recently and is addressed in Paul’s post: What can I do with […]
How to Identify a VMAX3 / VMAX All Flash System from the Serial Number
See also: EMC VMAX – Build Location and Model Type The following table lists the serial numbers associated with VMAX3(100K,200K&400K) and VMAX All Flash(250F,450F&850F) systems: Update: additional systems include [x977 VMAX […]
vCenter – HA Error: The number of heartbeat datastores for host is 1
The following steps detail how to suppress the vCenter cluster warning: The number of heartbeat datastores for host is 1, which is less than required: 2 You may encounter this […]
Cisco UCS – Determining ESXi FNIC&ENIC via PowerCLI
The following script allows the user to retrieve a listing of Network (ENIC) & Storage (FNIC) firmware drivers installed on Cisco UCS blades at a per vSphere cluster level. You may download the ‘Cisco_FNIC_ENIC.ps1‘ script here: […]
EMC XtremIO: VMware ESXi Multi-Array Settings
The following table represents the recommended VMware vSphere ESXi host settings to be applied when an ESXi host(s) is connected to a single array and also details multi-array settings when at […]
EMC Isilon -Shutdown via CLI
The following procedure uses Isilon CLI commands to shut down the entire cluster. Cluster Shutdown Procedure: 1. SSH connect to node1 of the cluster and log in as the root user. 2. From the command prompt, type the following commands in this order: isi_for_array isi_flush isi config shutdown all If a specific node does not power down follow these steps […]
vCenter 6.0 – Active Directory Identity Source
There are two options for Active Directory Identity Sources with PSC (SSO) 6.0: Active Directory (Integrated Windows Authentication) Active Directory as an LDAP server Note: there are underlying issues using ‘AD Integrated Windows […]
EMC AVAMAR – Login Error Invalid Certificate
This post addresses an issue where you experience the following error while logging into the Avamar Administrator Console: “Invalid Certificate. Install a valid certificate and try again. You can use the Java Control […]
Windows Server – File Share Permissions Not Propagating
If you are experiencing file share permission issues where user permissions are not propagating down to the subfolder level then the following post may help with your troubleshooting. Scenario: While […]
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