Virtualization & Storage
Previous posts: VMware VVD 4.2 – BOM VMware VVD 4.3 – BOM VMware Validated Design 5.0 The following is a list of all the components and their versions as per VMware Validated Design 5.0. This new VVD 5.0 release includes for example vSphere 6.7 U1, NSX 6.4.4, vSAN 6.7 U1, vRealize Log Insight 4.7, vRealize Business 7.5, vRealize Operations 7.0 […]
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 run VVD. For a list […]
For details of vRSLCM Patch 1 and associated fixes please refer to VMware KB59658 Note: It is best practice to snapshot vRSLCM before proceeding with the update. From the top […]
One quick method to discover your ESXi build number and version is to connect via ssh and run the following command from the ESXi console: vmware -vl The output displays […]
vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager (vRSLCM) v2.0 is a centralized way to manage the vRealize suite of products from a single pane of glass, allowing users to perform tasks such as […]
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’ tab: From CLI, ssh […]
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 an example of a manual […]
Access the VCSA shell and log in as a user who has a super administrator role such as ‘root’. Begin by creating a group for the user in this example […]
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 steps provide detail on how […]
The following is a list of all the components and their versions as per VMware Validated Design 4.3 This new VVD 4.3 release includes for example vSphere 6.5 U2, NSX 6.4.1, vSAN 6.6.1 U2, vRealize Log Insight 4.6, vRealize Business 7.4, vRealize Operations 6.7 and vRealize Automation 7.4. Note: the list below can be officially found @VMware VVD 4.3 Release […]
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 understanding of the VVD on […]
I have encountered this error on several systems over the past couple of months while attempting to create an RDP session to a Windows remote machine: I found adding the […]
The following is a list of all the components and their versions as per VMware Validated Design 4.2. Note the list below can be officially found @VMware VVD 4.2 Release Notes
Following steps detail how to mount an NFS share in Windows 2016. Note: The method uses mapping a network drive to Mount the NFS share. Begin by installing the NFS […]
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 external PSC within the same […]
The following describes how to leverage the $ENV:PATH syntax within powershell to add a value to the Path environment variable, please note changing the environment variables using this method only […]
One quick method to discover your VCSA build number is to run the following command from an ssh console: vpxd -v You can then lookup your vCenter version from the […]
The following post details how to lookup the credentials for accounts that are managed by SDDC Manager. SSH using root credentials to the SDDC Manager VM: In order to utilize […]
There are different scenarios for taking this course of action as detailed in VMware KB2144269 in my case this was a result of losing my lab vCenter which resulted in a […]
The error ‘Unable to authenticate’ may be because the root password has expired. The root account password by default is set to expire after 365 days and if the password is not […]
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