VMware vCSA – Health Status
VAMI Login to the VAMI https://vcsa_ip:5480 as root and click on Summary to get an overall health status: Click on Monitor and Disks tab:
VxRail – ‘vCenter Server 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 the user gets removed from […]
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 Console (RVC). Begin by logging […]
VMWARE VVD 5.0.1 – BOM
Previous posts:VMware VVD 4.2 – BOMVMware VVD 4.3 – BOMVMware VVD 5.0 – BOM VMware Validated Designs 5.0.1 The following is a list of all the components and their versions as per VMware Validated Design 5.0.1. As of this release Cloud Builder appliance can be leveraged in both VMware Validated Design and VMware Cloud Foundation solutions. Note: the list below and what’s new can […]
VMware – Useful Links
A general list of VMware sites which I use on a regular basis: VMware Lifecycle Product Matrix VMware Product Interoperability Matrices VMware Compatibility Guide VMware Configuration Maximums VMware Downloads VMware Knowledge Base VMware vSphere Documentation vSphere Central VMware Storage Technical Documents VMware vSAN Documentation VMware Validated Design Documentation VMware Validated Design (VVD) Bill of Materials VMware Cloud Foundation Documentation vRealize […]
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 Automation, vRealize Operations Manager vRealize […]
AVAMAR VE – Proxy Client Already Exists #202
Besides the obvious, you may encounter the following error while attempting to deploy an Avamar Proxy agent using the same hostname as one previously removed/deleted: ‘202:Proxy client already exists as […]
VMware vRSLCM 2.0 – Delete an Environment
VMware vRSLCM 2.0 – Delete an Environment: Quite a useful feature especially in a lab environment from where I normally operate! As you may gather from the versions specified below, this […]
VMware VVD 5.0 – BOM
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 […]
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 run VVD. For a list […]
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 all VxRail series appliances both […]
vRSLCM – Add a vROps Remote Collector
One of the cool things about vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager is the capability to add components to an existing LCM configured vROps. In this example it is demonstrated how to […]
vRSLCM 2.0 – ‘Patch 1’ Install
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 […]
VMware ESXi – How to Determine Build Number via CLI
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 […]
VMware vRSLCM 2.0 – Import Brownfield Environment
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 […]
VxRail – Basic vSAN Overview
The following post provides a basic overview of how the VxRail Appliance disk groups are configured and viewed from both the VxRail Manager and the vSphere Client. The VxRail Appliance […]
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 host. If you are experiencing […]
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 provides an example use case […]
VxRail Manager 4.5 – 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’ tab: From CLI, ssh […]
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 an example of a manual […]
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