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 […]
VxBlock + VMAX 950F/FX
VxBlock offers the award-winning all-flash enterprise storage VMAX 950F – Either with a VxBlock 740 as primary storage or as a VxBlock Storage Technology Extension (STE) add-on to a VxBlock 350, […]
DellEMC EHC – ‘Onboarding A Local Cluster’ (Part 2)
The following two-part post details how to add an Enterprise Hybrid Cloud (EHC) vSphere Local Cluster, in EHC terms we refer to this cluster type as LC1S (Local Copy on One Site). There […]
vRA 7.1 – Reconfigure a Virtual Machine
The following post details how to reconfigure both the CPU & Memory of a specific VM from within a vRealize Automation console. Enable The Reconfigure Entitlement Begin by enabling the […]
DellEMC VxBlock – Cisco UCS Ethernet Adapter Policy
The following details the creation of a VxBlock Cisco UCS ‘Ethernet Adapter Policy’ for a compute B-Series blade running VMware ESXi. This policy is leveraged by a service-profile which gets […]
DellEMC EHC – ViPR vPool Volume Migration
This post details the procedure and EHC validation steps to execute in order to move an EHC ViPR provisioned volume to a different ViPR virtual pool leveraging the ViPR Change […]
DellEMC EHC – ‘Onboarding A Local Cluster’ (Part 1)
The following two-part post details how to add an Enterprise Hybrid Cloud (EHC) vSphere Local Cluster, in EHC terms we refer to this cluster type as LC1S (Local Copy on […]
Dell EMC ViPR 3.6 – VMAX Export Path Adjustment
A very useful new feature in ViPR 3.6 is the ability to increase/decrease the number of fibre channel paths on an existing VPLEX or VMAX export (host/cluster). The following example showcases […]
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