Virtualization & Storage
VCF Flexible vRealize Suite LCM: Starting with VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4 and vRealize Lifecycle Manager8.6.2, upgrades and deployments of the vRealize Suite products is managed by vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager […]
For details on VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5 on Dell VxRail 7.0.410 please see post here. Note: For 7.0.410 and upcoming out of band upgrade, please follow VMware KB 88287 and use APTool to […]
First release of VCF On VxRail 4.x was May 2020 (VCF 4.0/VxRail 7.0.000) and the most recent release being December 2022 (VCF 4.5/ VxRail 7.0.410). Please always refer to the […]
PART1 PART2 PART3 Note: this is an example for reference only please use the VxRail installation procedures & services provided by Dell. This is the fourth in a series of posts covering VCF […]
VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5 on Dell VxRail 7.0.410 is now GA (Generally Available). The following is a list of all the components and their versions as per VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5. Please note the VCF 4.5 BOM is unchanged from the initial GA of VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5 on Dell VxRail 7.0.400: https://davidring.ie/2022/10/14/vcf-4-5-on-vxrail-7-0-400-release/ Note: the VCF On VxRail BOM below can be […]
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 & services provided by Dell. This is the first in a series of posts covering VCF 4.5 […]
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 […]
Encountered the following error whilst performing an upgrade from VCF 4.4 TO 4.4.1.1: The following KB provided the fix in this case: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/77551 Issue resolved:
As part of security hardening VMware removed bash shell history in SDDC Manager from VCF 4.3 onwards. You can simply enable history for an open session by issuing the following […]
Over time there may be a build-up of downloaded bundles which can consume a lot of space on the SDDC Manager bundle repo. In this case during an upgrade Pre-Check […]
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 […]
PART1 PART2 PART3 PART4 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 deployed. The vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager contains the functional elements that collaborate to orchestrate the LCM operations of the vRealize Suite environment. vRLCM VM is deployed […]
PART1 PART2 PART3 This is the fourth 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 NSX-T Edge nodes into the VI Workload Domain using the SDDC automation. The end result of this example build is that of a single site VCF on VxRail solution including a single NSX-T VI Workload Domain (thanks to @HeagaSteve for the architectural […]
PART1 PART2 Note: this is an example for reference only please use the VxRail installation procedures & services provided by Dell. This is the third in a series of posts covering VCF On […]
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 […]
Note: this is an example for reference only please use the VxRail installation procedures & services provided by Dell. This is the first in a series of posts covering VCF On […]
The following provides a method of cleaning out unwanted bundles from SDDC Manager. Firstly browse to the Bundle section on SDDC UI, select the bundle you wish to remove and click view details: From here you can gather the Bundle ID which is required by the bundle cleanup utility: At this point it is good practice to take a snapshot […]
In this scenario I upgraded from 3.10 to 3.11 in advance of deploying vRSLCM; this required me to reset feature.vcf.avn.freenfield to status of ‘true’:
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