Virtualization & Storage
PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 PART 6 PART 7 PART 8 This is the 6th in a series of posts covering VCF 5.2.1 On VxRail 8.0.310. The following post provides an example walkthrough covering the […]
PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 PART 6 PART 7 PART 8 This is the 5th in a series of posts covering VCF 5.2.1 On VxRail 8.0.310. The following post provides an example walkthrough covering the […]
This blog provides the steps to delete a failed workflow in VMware Cloud Foundation. This example uses VCF 5.2.1. Expand the failed workflow in the Tasks list, and then click […]
You can view the VxRail host details that are stored in the SDDC Manager database leveraging the following 3 tools. 1. Using Power-VCF: https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/PowerVCF/2.4.1.1000 Request-VCFToken -fqdn sddcmgr -username administrator@vsphere.local -password […]
PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 PART 6 PART 7 PART 8 This is the 4th in a series of posts covering VCF 5.2.1 On VxRail 8.0.310. The following post provides an example walkthrough covering the […]
PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 PART 6 PART 7 PART 8 This post provides a detailed guide on deploying VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle in VCF mode as part of a […]
PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 PART 6 PART 7 PART 8 This is the second post in a series exploring VCF 5.2.1 on VxRail 8.0.310. This detailed guide walks you […]
The Compliance Drift Report helps identify when VxRail components are no longer at the recommended version. This process reviews all sub-components within the cluster, providing a detailed summary of their […]
Note: this is an example for reference only please use the VxRail installation procedures & services provided by Dell. PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 PART 6 PART 7 PART […]
LCM Modes in VxRail: Enhancement in Version 8.0.300: Starting with VxRail version 8.0.300, users can select their preferred LCM mode (Legacy LCM or vLCM) during first setup. Eliminates the need […]
Starting with VCF 5.2, VMware enforced a minimum 15-character password length for both Cloud-Builder (admin/root) & SDDC Manager (root/vcf). VMware enforced this change as part of STIG compliance for Photon […]
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1.1 on Dell VxRail 8.0.311 is now GA (Generally Available) as of December 5th 2024. Dell Technologies and VMware are thrilled to announce the General Availability of VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1. This release introduces new features and enhancements, including support for in-place upgrades to VCF 5.2.1.1 from existing VCF 5.2 and higher environments, and most notably support for vSAN […]
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1 on Dell VxRail 8.0.310 is now GA (Generally Available) as of October 24th 2024. Dell Technologies and VMware are thrilled to announce the General Availability of VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1. Building on our strong partnership, this announcement marks a significant milestone. This release supports ESXi 8.0 U3b and vCenter Server 8.0 U3c, and introduces several new […]
Quick TIP Using cURL commands from SDDC Manager to query VxRail manager: API for VxRail system details: curl -k -X GET –user ‘administrator@vsphere.local:password’ https://vxrail-ipaddress/rest/vxm/v1/system |jq API for Getting discovered hosts […]
Quick Tip The vxrail-primary command is used to configure VxRail Manager on Day 0 before its initial run. Previously, this was a binary command accessible through the system path. However, […]
Users seeking detailed information about product lifecycles for VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x & 5.x – Product Lifecycle as of October 2024. For the latest information on lifecycle support, including any […]
Quick TIP Using curl command from SDDC Manager console: TOKEN=$(curl -X POST -H “Content-Type: application/json” -d ‘{“username”: “administrator@vsphere.local”,”password”: “Vcfxxxxx123!”}’ http://localhost/v1/tokens | jq -r ‘.accessToken’) curl ‘https://localhost/v1/manifests/’ -k -X GET -H […]
Beginning with VCF 4.4, SSH is disabled by default on all ESXi hosts to minimize security risks. However, if there is an external dependency requiring SSH access to ESXi hosts, […]
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 on Dell VxRail 8.0.300 is now GA (Generally Available) as of August 29th 2024. Building on our strong partnership, Dell Technologies and VMware are thrilled to announce the General Availability of VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 on Dell VxRail 8.0.300. This release supports ESXi 8.0 U3 and vCenter Server 8.0 U3a, and introduces several new features and […]
Upgrade from VCF 5.1.1 on VxRail 8.0.210 to VCF 5.1.1 on VxRail 8.0.212, using the VMware Async Patch (AP) tool v1.1.0.2. For a detailed overview of the AP Tool please […]
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