VCF ON VXRAIL 4.1 – NEW ACCOUNT ‘ADMIN@LOCAL’
VCF 4.1 introduced a new account ‘admin@local’ which is configured as part of a greenfield installation of VCF. If you have upgraded to VCF 4.1 then you will encounter the […]
VCF 4.0 On VxRail – “Hostkey Has Been Changed”
Upgrading VxRail Manager to 7.0.010 fails with message: VxRail component upgrade failed with error HostKey has been changed This is a known issue and expected behavior as part of the […]
VCF ON VXRAIL 4.0 – DEPLOYING VREALIZE SUITE (PART1 – VRSLCM)
VCF Version: 4.0.1.1 Note: ensure ‘My VMware’ creds are entered successfully in the SDDC Manager repository settings and the list of available products are being displayed in the SDDC Manager […]
VCF On VxRAIL – Multi Instance SSO Domain
The ability to link multiple VCF Management Domains to the same SSO Domain was introduced as part of the VCF 3.9.1 / VxRail 4.7.410 release. This is especially desirable where […]
VCF On VXRAIL – UPGRADE TO 4.0.1.1 ‘mystic’ user password reset
Please also refer to the Release Notes for this known issue: Upgrading VxRail Manager to 7.0.010 fails with message VxRail component upgrade failed with error Auth Fail VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0.1 […]
VCF ON VXRAIL – 4.0.1.0 -> 4.0.1.1 UPGRADE (PART2: VI WLD)
Part 1: Walk-thru upgrade of a VCF MGMT Workload Domain In the 2nd part of this series I will provide an example walk-thru upgrade of a VCF VI Workload Domain: VCF […]
VCF On VxRail – 4.0.1.0 -> 4.0.1.1 Upgrade (Part1: MGMT WLD)
Part 2: Walk-thru upgrade of a VCF VI Workload Domain In this 2 part series I will provide an example walk-thru upgrade of: VCF 4.0.1.0 (VxRail 7.0.000) -> 4.0.1.1 upgrade […]
VxRail 4.7 – Flush DNS Cache
If modifying ESXi hostnames or management IP addresses a flush of both vCenter and VxRail cache services are needed, or if for some reason you are experiencing name resolution issues […]
VxRail – Locating VxRail Manager UUID
On a rare occasion you may be required to reference the VxRail Manager UUID; for example during a support call or to just confirm the UUID is in sync between […]
VXRAIL 4.x – USEFUL LOG FILE INFORMATION
The following log files can be accessed either via console or SSH to VxRail Manager. Useful VxRail Manager Log Files /var/log/vmware/marvin/tomcat/logs/marvin.log /var/log/vmware/loudmouth/loudmouth.log /var/log/vmware/marvin/tomcat/logs/DellPTAgentResponse.log /var/log/mystic/connectors-cluster.log /var/log/mystic/connectors-esrs.log /var/log/mystic/lcm.log /var/log/mystic/management-account.log /var/log/mystic/hibernate.log /var/log/mystic/proactive_precheck.log /var/log/mystic/web.log ###Useful Log analysis commands### # less /var/log/vmware/marvin/tomcat/logs/marvin.log # cat /var/log/vmware/marvin/tomcat/logs/marvin.log # tail -f marvin.log # tail -f marvin.log | grep ERROR # tail -f marvin.log | grep ERROR –color # […]
VCF On VxRail – 3.9.0 -> 3.9.1 Upgrade (Part2: VI WLD)
Part 1: Walk-thru upgrade of a VCF MGMT Workload Domain In this post I will provide an example walk-thru upgrade of a VCF VI Workload Domain: VCF 3.9.0 (VxRail 4.7.300) […]
Dell EMC VxRail – Introducing VCF 4.0
Dell EMC VxRail – Introducing VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0 VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0 software is now generally available (GA) as a jointly-engineered & integrated system
VCF On VxRail – 3.9.0 -> 3.9.1 Upgrade (Part1: MGMT WLD)
Part 2: Walk-thru upgrade of a VCF VI Workload Domain In this 2 part series I will provide an example walk-thru upgrade of: VCF 3.9.0 (VxRail 4.7.300) -> 3.9.1 upgrade […]
VCF On VxRail 3.9 – vROPs Expansion & Enable HA
VMware VCF version: 3.9.1 In this post we detail how to Expand a VCF deployed instance of vRealize Operations Manager (vROps) leveraging automation that is built-in to VMware SDDC Manager. […]
VCF 3.x On VxRail – Update/Rotate Passwords
SDDC Manager provides a centralized mechanism for password management from within the manager UI. As of code releases VxRail 4.7.410 & VCF 3.9.1; SDDC Manager now includes the ability to […]
VCF On VxRAIL 3.9.1 – Walkthrough
The following detailed post provides an example walkthrough covering the process of: Deploying a VxRail Management Workload Domain cluster Deploying VMware CloudBuilder for VxRail Bring up of VCF Deploying a […]
VxRail Local Update – 4.7.300 -> 4.7.410
In this post I will step through the process of upgrading to 4.7.410 from 4.7.300 using the VxRail Manager plugin Local Update method, this method allows the user to upload […]
vCenter Server Scalability Enhancements 6.7 vs 7.0
vSphere 6.7 compared to vSphere 7 (Maximums) Reference: configmax.vmware.com
VMware – Introducing VCF 4.0
Introducing – VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0 Here I will highlight some key points from this new release of VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0 which is powered by vSphere 7.0, vSAN 7.0 […]
VxRAIL 4.7 – Versions And Build Numbers For ESXi & vCenter
VxRail Support Matrix: https://support.emc.com/docu82227_VxRail-Support-Matrix.pdf?language=en_US Useful shell lookup commands: vCenter# vpxd -v ESXi# vmware -v
