One method of pulling useful VxRail node details such as: VxRail Model Hostname ESXi version Service tag details NIC MAC Addresses VMkernel interfaces Firmware details
Category: VxRAIL
VVD on VxRail – VMware vCSA 6.5->6.7 Upgrade
For each VVD Region there exists 4x vCSA appliances, this includes a load balanced pair of PSC’s and 2x vCenter’s per Region. The two vCenters
VVD on VxRail – Deploy vRealize Suite Leveraging vRSLCM (Part2 – vRA)
PART1: VVD on VxRail – Deploy vRealize Suite Leveraging vRSLCM (Part1 – vRA) Specifically posts Part1&2 in this series focus on deploying vRealize Automation (vRA).
VxRail – Identify NIC Type & Status
2 ways to identify which type of NIC cards are installed on your VxRail and check their connection status. 1 – ESXi Shell esxcli network
VMware vCSA 6.7 – Schedule Backup
A very cool feature available from within the vCSA VAMI is the capability to schedule file-level backups (v.important admin task imo). This procedure can be
VxRail – ‘vCenter Sever Mgmt A/C Changed’
You may encounter this error due to various reasons such as password change or account lockout or if in this example for some odd reason
VMware vSAN – Viewing Disk Capacity (RVC)
There are multiple ways to skin this cat, in this example I will show how to view % disk capacity utilization leveraging the Ruby vSphere
VVD on VxRail – Deploy vRealize Suite Leveraging vRSLCM (Part1 – vRA)
VMware VVD solutions leverage vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager (vRSLCM) tool for the automated deployment and the lifecycle management of the vRealize Suite products, namely: vRealize
VxRail – VVD 4.3 (Notes)
VMware Validated Design for SDDC on VxRail Dell EMC VxRail and VMware Validated Design (VVD) brief notes: VxRail was the first HCI appliance certified to
VxRail – Visio Stencils
Thanks to our prod marketing team for creating these VxRail stencils which can be used in Microsoft Visio. The zip download below contains images of
VxRail – Basic vSAN UI Overview
The following post provides a basic UI overview of how the VxRail Appliance disk groups are configured and viewed from both the VxRail Manager and
VxRail – How to Check ‘PTAgent’ Status
VxRail manager utilizes the PTAgent running on the ESXi hosts as part of a VxRail cluster in order to pull hardware related information from the
VxRail Mgmt Pack for vROPS – Example Alert
For a detailed overview of the VxRail Management Pack for vROps please refer to the excellent post by Steve Hegarty: VxRail Management Pack for vROps This post
VxRail Manager – View Version Number
Quick ‘How to’ on looking up the current running version of VxRail Manager. Login to VxRail Manager UI: Navigate to ‘Config’, click on the ‘General’
VxRail Manager – Manual Backup
Note: Please refer to the DELL EMC Solve procedures before performing this task, this is for example purposes only, running VxRail code 4.5.210. This is
VxRail Manager – Using ‘pam_tally2’ to reset user account due to failed logins
Due to repeated failed login attempts via SSH a user account may get locked out. The following provides steps on how to reset the account
VxRail iDRAC – ESXi Shell Access via DCUI
A very useful benefit of iDRAC Console is that it allows you access to ESXi DCUI thus providing access to the ESXi Shell. The following
VVD on VxRail – Sizing
VMware Validated Design (VVD) for SDDC on Dell EMC VxRail Accelerating the path to the VMware Software Defined Data Center (SDDC). Offering VVD with complete
VVD on VxRail – Shared Edge & Compute Domain (External vCenter Installation)
Note: this is an example for reference only please use the VxRail ‘External vCenter’ installation procedures provided by Dell EMC. The following will require an
vCenter VCSA 6.5 – Repoint to New PSC
Please also see related post: VCSA 6.0U2 Lookup SSO Domain Name & Site Name The following details how to repoint a vCenter VCSA using an
