Virtualization & Storage
VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5.1 on Dell VxRail 7.0.450 is now GA (Generally Available). The following is a list of all the components and their versions as per VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5.1 Note: the BOM below can be officially referenced in the Release Notes: VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x on Dell VxRail Release Notes VCF 4.5.1 release BOM includes the following updates: VMware Cloud […]
VxRail 7.0.410 includes an a very useful feature; the ability to download the Day 1 configuration file. A JSON file containing the configuration data that was used to deploy the […]
The VxRail REST API provides a programmatic interface for performing VxRail administrative tasks. There are many ways to interact with the VxRail API functions, in this example I cover the Return […]
First release of VCF On VxRail 4.x was May 2020 (VCF 4.0/VxRail 7.0.000) and the most recent release being December 2022 (VCF 4.5/ VxRail 7.0.410). Please always refer to the […]
The VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager automates the LCM of the vRealize Suite. It must be deployed before any vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Operations, or vRealize Automation components can be […]
Part1: https://davidring.ie/2022/11/11/vcf-on-vxrail-4-5-walkthrough-part1-bring-up/ This is the second in a series of posts covering VCF 4.5 On VxRail 7.0.400. The following detailed post provides an example walkthrough covering the process of: Prior to VCF 4.3 […]
Note: this is an example for reference only please use the VxRail installation procedures & services provided by Dell. This is the first in a series of posts covering VCF 4.5 […]
The VxRail REST API provides a programmatic interface for performing VxRail administrative tasks. There are many ways to interact with the VxRail API functions, in this example I cover the […]
VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5 on Dell VxRail 7.0.400 is now GA (Generally Available). The following is a list of all the components and their versions as per VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5. Note: the BOM below can be officially referenced in the Release Notes: VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x on Dell VxRail Release Notes VCF 4.5 release BOM includes the following updates: VMware Cloud […]
VxRail 7.0.400 GA September 2022 This is a feature packed release! Future posts will highlight some of these features but for now here is a snippet. VxRail 7.0.400 BOM 7.0.400 release BOM includes the following updates: VxRail System 7.0.400 build 27701512 VxRail Manager 7.0.400 build 27701512 VxRail Manager vCenter Plugin 9.1.0.0 VMware ESXi 7.0 U3g build 20328353 VMware vCenter Server […]
When performing a local offline upgrade of VxRAIL you will need to download the required upgrade composite bundle(s) from dell.com/support/ to complete your upgrade as guided by the associated VxRail SolVe procedure. There is no need to load the software composite file locally when performing an Internet-connected upgrade – The upgrade file(s) is automatically downloaded from Dell online. When performing […]
VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4.1 on Dell VxRail 7.0.371 is now available. The following is a list of all the components and their versions as per VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4.1. Security Update: VCF 4.4.1 On VxRail 7.0.371 includes the following security bug fixes (DSA Site): DSA-2022-084 DSA-2022-056 DSA-2021-255 Some other notable highlights of this VCF 4.4.1 release include: New VxRail LCM logic improvements New […]
Link Layer Data Protocol (LLDP) can be enabled from the vSphere Distributed Switch in vCenter as follows: Log in to vCenter and select the Networking tab and right-click the vDS. Navigate to Settings and […]
If you receive the following alert in vCenter then some BIOS Security settings may need to be configured which I will detail below: Detailed information from VMware in relation to […]
PART1 PART2 Note: this is an example for reference only please use the VxRail installation procedures & services provided by Dell. This is the third in a series of posts covering VCF On […]
Part1: https://davidring.ie/2022/03/04/vcf-on-vxrail-4-4-walkthrough-part1-bring-up/ This is the second in a series of posts covering VCF On VxRail 4.4. The following detailed post provides an example walkthrough covering the process of: Prior to VCF 4.3 Application […]
Note: this is an example for reference only please use the VxRail installation procedures & services provided by Dell. This is the first in a series of posts covering VCF On […]
VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4 on Dell VxRail 7.0.320 is now available. The following is a list of all the components and their versions as per VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4. Security Update: VCF 4.4 On VxRail 7.0.320 includes the critical Apache Log4j Remote Code Execution Vulnerability fixes. Some other notable highlights of this VCF 4.4 release include: vRealize LCM initiated from vRSLCM […]
The definition of a VxRail Dynamic node: ‘VxRail systems that are compute-only nodes used to form a vSphere cluster.’ This essentially means that a VxRail Dynamic node cluster relies on having external storage acting as primary. Support for HCI Mesh and FC based external storage compute-only clusters was introduced as part of the VxRail 7.0.240 release. These compute-only ESXi VxRail […]
One method of consuming the available VxRail APIs is by leveraging the VxRail API PowerShell Modules Package from within your Windows OS using PowerShell. Each public API has a corresponding […]
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