vCenter VCSA – How to Add a ‘localos’ User
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 […]
VxRail Manager – Using ‘pam_tally2’ to reset ‘Mystic’ user account due to failed logins
Due to repeated failed login attempts via SSH a user account may get locked out. The following provides steps on how to reset the VxRail Manager ‘mystic’ account (SUSE Linux). […]
VxRail iDRAC – ESXi Shell Access via DCUI
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 […]
VVD on VxRail – Sizing
VMware Validated Design (VVD) for SDDC on Dell EMC VxRail Accelerating the path to the VMware Software Defined Data Center (SDDC). Offering VVD with complete vSAN, NSX and vRealize capabilities […]
VMware VVD 4.3 – BOM
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 […]
VVD on VxRail – Shared Edge & Compute Domain (External vCenter Installation)
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 […]
Windows RDP – CredSSP encryption oracle remediation
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 […]
VMware VVD 4.2 – BOM
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
Windows 2016 – Mount An NFS Share
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 […]
VMware vSAN – Enable Provision of VM SWAP Files as Thin
The following steps detail how to enable vSAN to provision the Virtual Machine Swap files as thin. vSAN Sparse Swap Files allow you to conserve space in the vSAN datastore […]
vCenter VCSA 6.5 – Repoint to New PSC
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 […]
Windows Powershell – Setting Environment Variable
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 […]
VMware VCSA – How to Determine Build Number
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 […]
VCF SDDC Manager – Account Credentials
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 […]
vRA 7.x – Using Cloud Client to remove virtual machines
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 […]
vRA VAMI – ‘root’ Password Expires
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 […]
vRealize Automation – Shutdown / Startup Sequence
In order to verify that the services are REGISTERED log into the VAMI (Virtual Appliance Management Infrastructure): https://vra01.domain.local:5480 as root and click on Services:
VMware VVD – Standard vs Consolidated SDDC Architecture
VMware Validated Designs (VVD) are prescriptive SDDC blueprints with comprehensive deployment and operational practices. Standard SDDC Architecture This VMware Validated Design SDDC ‘Standard Architecture’ is Based on the ‘two-pod’ design where the management workloads & compute and edge workloads are segregated. The management workloads have their own dedicated vSphere cluster while the compute and edge reside on a separate vSphere cluster […]
Dell EMC – VxBlock System 1000
‘Welcome to the New era of Dell EMC CI’ Some brief highlights and related articles covering the next generation of Dell EMC CI – VxBlock System 1000 4X Storage […]
vCenter Server & PSC Appliances 6.x – Applying Patches (Shell/UI)
The following applies to a vCenter Server Appliance that contains a vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller, a vCenter Server with an external Platform Services Controller, or a Platform Services Controller. Note: Please perform during a maintenance […]
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