Useful tip to identify quickly if vCenter is part of a VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail solution and whether it is used for a Management
Category: VxRAIL
VxRail 4.7 – IPV6 Node Discovery Test
Loudmouth requires IPv6 multicast in order for VxRail Manager to perform a successful VxRail node discovery. IPv6 multicast is required only on the ‘Private Management
VxRAIL 4.7 – Shutting down a Cluster
The following details the steps involved when performing a shutdown of a VxRail Cluster. This task can easily be performed from within the vSphere HTML
VXRAIL 4.7 – VIEW VERSION NUMBER
Previous post: VxRail 4.5 – View version vCenter HTML Client: From the vSphere client navigate to Cluster->Configure->VxRail->System ESXi SHELL: You can check the installed VxRail
VCF on VxRail – Walkthrough
The following provides an example walkthrough covering the process of: Deploying a VxRail Management Workload Domain cluster Deploying VMware CloudBuilder for VxRail Bring up of
VxRAIL – Convert vCenter Mode
Previous to 4.7.300 we used the following python script /mystic/util/vvd_vc_conversion.pyc in order to perform a conversion of vCenter and its associated PSC from internal mode (which
VxRAIL – Lookup MODEL & PSNT
In addition to the physical tag at the front of the VxRail appliance you may also leverage the ESXi console or vCenter GUI to pull
VxRail – NTP Configuration
VxRail Manager NTP If you wish to change the current NTP server on the VxRail Manager then use vi /etc/ntp.conf and click ‘i’ to modify the
VCF on VxRail – Useful Log File Information
The following log file info is especially useful during the implementation stage, new WLD or LCM tasks: VxRail – marvin.log, loudmouth.log: /var/log/vmware/marvin/tomcat/logs/marvin.log /var/log/vmware/loudmouth/loudmouth.log VC Conversion
VxRAIL – Close iDrac Virtual Console Session VIA CLI
Error attempting to connect over iDRAC Virtual Console due to another session still running: SSH to the VxRAIL iDRAC IP. List open sessions: racadm getssninfo
VxRAIL – ADD DISK GROUP
In this post I will provide an example walk-through of the process for adding a new Disk Group to an existing VxRail cluster node. The VxRail
VCF ON VXRAIL – REDUCE A CLUSTER (REMOVE NODE)
In a previous post I provided an example walk-through of the process for adding a new host to an existing VCF on VxRail ‘VI Workload Domain (WLD)’:
VxRAIL – Validation Error ‘Mixing hybrid & all-flash disk groups not supported’
While performing the Validation during a VxRail install we hit the following error: Unable to complete configuration: Mixing hybrid and all flash hosts is not
VCF on VxRAIL – Expand A Cluster (Add Node)
In this post I will provide an example walk-through of the process for adding a new host to an existing VCF on VxRail ‘VI Workload Domain
VxRAIL – 4.7 Install Notes
Note: this is an example for reference only please use the VxRail installation procedures provided by Dell EMC. Prerequisites for installation include: Create all relevant
VxRail iDRAC – Get Sysinfo Via SSH
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
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
