VxRail Hardware Models
Generation 14 Model Type Railkit Nodes Drive Slots Display Text CPU Vendor D560 Hybrid 1U1N 1 8 D560 Intel D560F Flash 1U1N 1 8 D560F Intel E560 Hybrid 1U1N 1 […]
VxRail Deployment Wizard Fails To Load
This post explains how to resolve issues where the VxRail Deployment Wizard fails to load or the VMware Marvin service does not start because of an IPv6 address conflict. Troubleshooting command for startup failures, crashes, or runtime issues with the VMware Marvin component: journalctl -xeu vmware-marvin.service On the vxrail manager in /var/log/messages there are events indicating a duplicate IPv6 address […]
VxRail 8.0 – Useful Log File Information
Troubleshooting a VxRail environment often starts with knowing where to look. VxRail 8.0 builds on the existing architecture but introduces a few changes in file locations, log collection practices, and […]
VxRAIL – Identify NVMe Drive Model Details
You can query the NVMe drive inventory from the ESXi console using the following command: esxcli storage core nvme path list | grep “Device Display Name” In this example, the […]
VxRail 8.x – Customer-managed vCenter Interoperability Matrix
The table below highlights which customer-managed VMware vCenter Server versions align with each supported VxRail 8.x release, making it easy to confirm compatibility before you deploy or upgrade when leveraging a customer-managed vCenter. Be sure to check the Dell Knowledge Base for the newest information and any extra details you may need: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-ie/000157682/vxrail-vxrail-and-external-vcenter-interoperability-matrix VxRail Release ESXi Version – Build Minimum […]
VxRail 8.0 – Flush DNS Cache
If you modify ESXi hostnames or management IP addresses, you’ll need to flush the cache services on both vCenter and VxRail. Likewise, if you’re experiencing name-resolution issues in your VxRail […]
VMware VCSA 8.0 – Clear Cache
If you encounter name-resolution problems in your vSphere environment, a helpful troubleshooting step is to flush the local DNS cache on the vCenter VCSA. The VCSA maintains its own DNS […]
VCF on VxRail: 5.2.1.1 to 5.2.2 Upgrade (Management WLD)
In this post I will provide an example walk-thru upgrade of a VCF Management Workload Domain with vLCM enabled.: VCF 5.2.1.1 (VxRail 8.0.322) -> 5.2.2 upgrade (VxRail 8.0.361) One of the […]
VCF On VxRAIL – Flexible BOM Upgrade
Starting with VCF on VxRail 5.2, the Upgrade Planner introduces enhanced functionality that allows administrators to select specific target versions for each individual VMware Cloud Foundation component during an upgrade. […]
VCF On VxRail – DepotConnectionFailureException: Error downloading bundle
While working with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) on VxRail, you may run into an issue during LCM (Lifecycle Management) operations where bundle downloads fail with the following error: This error […]
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.2 Now Available on Dell VxRail 8.0.361
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.2 on Dell VxRail 8.0.361 is now GA (Generally Available) as of September 25th 2025. Dell Technologies and Broadcom are thrilled to announce the General Availability of VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.2. Building on our strong partnership, this announcement marks a significant milestone. This release supports ESXi 8.0 U3g and vCenter Server 8.0 U3g, and introduces several new […]
VCF 5.2.1 On VxRail – ‘Failed to retrieve silenced health checks’
The SDDC Manager GUI displays an alert indicating a failure to fetch silenced health checks: ‘Failed to retrieve silenced health checks. Invalid vsan health check query id’ You may find […]
VCF 5.2 On VxRail – Reset SDDC Manager Root Password
Before proceeding, take a snapshot or backup of the vCenter Server Appliance. Open the VM console from the vCenter HTML client and reboot the appliance, then press e during startup […]
VCF 5.2 On VxRail – Expired vCenter Root Password
An account will be marked as Disconnected if the SDDC manager cannot verify that the account is still active. SDDC runs a nightly API call to check whether the password […]
VCF On VxRail – Asynchronous SDDC Manager Upgrades
VCF 5.2 introduced the capability to enable independent versioning and updating of SDDC Manager to: As per Release Notes: ‘Asynchronous SDDC Manager Upgrades: VCF users can now upgrade SDDC Manager independently […]
VCF On VxRAIL – Improved Out-of-Band (OOB) Inventory Sync
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5.2 introduces an in-product mechanism in SDDC Manager that allows customers to perform inventory version synchronization for key products, including: This enhancement provides automatic in-product recovery […]
VCF 5.2.1 On VxRail – Walkthrough (Part 8: VI WLD ‘Reduce Cluster’)
PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 PART 6 PART 7 PART 8 This post provides a detailed walkthrough of the procedure for decommissioning a host from a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) […]
VCF 5.2 On VxRAIL – New Dedicated Service Accounts
The creation of new dedicated service accounts for SDDC Manager communications with both VxRail and vCenter addresses previous issues caused by the use of a superuser account (administrator@domain) for invoking VxRail APIs. The reliance on the superuser account introduced security vulnerabilities during communication with VxRail. Additionally, since the superuser account is managed by the user, any password changes could disrupt […]
VCF SDDC Manager – Operation not allowed due to System Lock held by Password Manager
SDDC Manager oprations may not be allowed due to System Lock held by Password Manager operation in progress. A password rotation task may have failed on individual components for various […]
VCF 5.2.1 On VxRail 8.0.310 – Walkthrough (Part 7: VI WLD ‘Expand Cluster’)
PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 PART 6 PART 7 PART 8 This is the 7th in a series of posts covering VCF 5.2.1 On VxRail 8.0.310. The following post provides an example walkthrough covering the […]
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