Virtualization & Storage
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 provided by Dell. This is the first in a series of posts covering VCF 4.5 On VxRail […]
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 This is the third in a series of posts covering VCF On VxRail 4.4. The following detailed post provides an example walkthrough covering the process of deploying a VI Workload Domain using the Workflow Optimization […]
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 […]
This is the first in a series of posts covering VCF On VxRail 4.4. The following detailed post provides an example walkthrough covering the process of: Deploying a VxRail Management Workload Domain cluster […]
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 […]
See also related Post: https://davidring.ie/2019/09/18/vxrail-lookup-model-psnt/ In addition to the physical tag at the front of the VxRail appliance you may also leverage PowerCLI, ESXi console or vCenter GUI to pull the ST/SN of each VxRail appliance. PowerCLI Get-Hosts -Server VxRailManager_IP -Username administrator@vsphere.local -Password PW |ft sn, hostname ESXi Console Per individual host: /opt/vxrail/tools/ipmitool fru print 17 vCenter UI With the […]
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 PowerShell cmdlet included in the VxRail PowerShell modules starting with VxRail 4.7.300. The API User Guide can be found here: https://support.emc.com/docu91468_VxRail-Appliance-4.5.x,-4.7.x,-and-7.0.x-API-Guide.pdf?language=en_US Steps to install the VxRail API PowerShell Modules Package […]
This is the second in a series of posts covering VCF On VxRail 4.2. The following detailed post provides an example walkthrough covering the process of deploying a VI Workload Domain with a […]
This is the first in a series of posts covering VCF On VxRail 4.2. The following detailed post provides an example walkthrough covering the process of: Deploying a VxRail Management Workload Domain […]
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