vRealize Automation Blueprint Creation – vSphere Templates not Displaying
While in the process of creating a vRA blueprint, none of my vSphere templates were displaying as an option for selection. This led me to verify some of my previous […]
vRealize Automation 7.1 – Create Endpoints & Fabric Groups (Part 3)
vRealize Automation 7.1 – Create Tenant & Configure Authentication (Part 2) Following on from the tenant & authentication post above, the following steps detail the creation of an Endpoint & Fabric Group […]
vRealize Automation 7.1 – Create Tenant & Configure Authentication (Part 2)
vRealize Automation 7.1 – Installation (Part 1) Following on from the Install post above, the following steps detail the creation of a Tenant in vRA 7.1. Begin by navigating to https://vRA-FQDN […]
Deploying VCSA 6.0 with External PSC (New Site Joining Existing SSO Domain)
The following provides a step-by-step walkthrough for deploying an external PSC Appliance into a new site, while joining an existing SSO Domain, followed by the installation of VCSA 6.0. This scenario […]
vRealize Automation 7.1 Wizard Install – vCenter Agent Name not aligned with IaaS Host
Looks like there maybe a bug in the vRA 7.1 wizard deployment. I’m running vRA version 7.1 build 4270058 and Windows 2012 R2 build 9600. Even though we configured the […]
vRealize Automation 7.1 – Installation (Part 1)
This post will provide a step-by-step walk through installation of vRA 7.1, utilising the vRA wizard based install and configuration utility. This example focuses on the ‘Enterprise Install’ for a […]
VMware VCSA 6.x – Lookup SSO Domain Name & Site Name
Begin by SSH to your platform services controller (PSC). Run the following command to discover your SSO Domain Name: /usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/vmafd-cli get-domain-name –server-name localhost
Disassociate Host From vCenter Server
Disassociate Host From vCenter Server There maybe many reasons to perform such an action, but mine was due to not removing ESXi 6.0 hosts from a Lab vCenter before destroying […]
EXSi 5.5 to 6.0 Upgrade: Remove Mellanox Conflicting VIBs
We encountered the following “Conflicting VIBs” blocker, while upgrading ESXi 5.5 hosts to 6.0: The Mellanox driver is required for infiniBand, as we do not have a requirement for infiniBand […]
Cisco UCS – Determining ESXi FNIC&ENIC via PowerCLI
The following script allows the user to retrieve a listing of Network (ENIC) & Storage (FNIC) firmware drivers installed on Cisco UCS blades at a per vSphere cluster level. You may download the ‘Cisco_FNIC_ENIC.ps1‘ script here: […]
ESXi 6.x -Restart Mgmt Agents via CLI
Experiencing issues connecting to an ESXi host from vCenter Server? A good place to start your troubleshooting is by restarting the ESXi management agents. The following method uses the CLI […]
VMware PowerCLI – Enable/Disable SSH Per vSphere Cluster
The following script allows the user to Enable/Disable SSH at a per vSphere cluster level. You may download the ‘SSH.ps1‘ script here: SSH.ps1 (Remove the .doc extension). The script will begin by prompting you to […]
EMC EHC 3.5 Release
Based on the vSphere v6.0 platform the Enterprise Hybrid Cloud 3.5 solution has a host of new features, code upgrades and converged platforms support which result in an impressive release of […]
vSphere – Migrating A VM To A New VMFS Datastore (CLI: VMKFSTOOLS)
You may encounter a scenario where a vCenter server is not part of a solution and SVMotion is not an option to migrate a VM from one VMFS datastore to […]
VMware PowerCLI – MS Windows Guest VM ‘IP&DNS’ Modification
The following script allows the user to modify an MS Windows Guest VM IP and DNS configuration. You may download the ‘IP&DNS_Modification.ps1‘ script HERE (Remove the .doc extension). Begin by […]
VMware vSphere Host Path Limit
The VMware vSphere Host storage path limit as of vSphere 5.5 is 1024 and the maximum LUNs per host is 256. Maximum LUNS PER ESXi HOST = 256 Maximum FC […]
VMware PowerCLI – Adding RDM Disk’s
See also: VMware PowerCLI – Adding VMFS Datastore’s After creating the required LUN’s on your storage array and mapped the LUN’s to your ESXi hosts then you may use PowerCLI […]
VMware PowerCLI – Adding VMFS Datastore’s
Thank you Cliff, Steve and Luc for helping me out with this task. After you have created the required LUN’s on your storage array and mapped the LUN’s to your ESXi hosts, at this stage you may use PowerCLI to add these new LUNs as VMFS datastore’s. 1. Connect to vCenter: Connect-VIServer -Server “vcenter_IP” -User UserName -Password Password If you […]
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