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
VCF 3.x On VxRail – Look Up Credentials
As of VCF 3.9.0 (VxRail 4.7.300) there is a requirement for dual authentication in the form of a privileged user. The task described here requires this privileged user to perform […]
VCF ON VXRAIL – CONFIGURE DUAL AUTHENTICATION
As of VCF 3.9.0 (VxRail 4.7.300) there is a requirement for dual authentication in the form of a privileged user. In addition to configuring NSX Manager backups this privileged user […]
VxRail – How To Restart ‘CLOMD’ vSAN Service (CLOMD liveness)
CLOMD (Cluster Level Object Manager Daemon) runs on every ESXi host that makes up a vSAN Cluster, some of the functions CLOMD is responsible for within a vSAN cluster include: […]
VxRail – Physical Health View ‘Refresh Data’
On the rare occasion you may encounter a scenario where VxRail ‘Physical View’ displays missing/lost components incorrectly for a specific host. All other hosts in the cluster may display a […]
VCF On VxRAIL – A Federated View
IMPORTANT FEATURE UPDATE: JULY 2022 As of VCF 4.4 Multi-Instance Management is deprecated. VMware Cloud Foundation 3.9 on Dell EMC VxRail 4.7.300 Multi-Instance Management code named ‘Pantheon’ is a new […]
VMware VCSA 6.7 – Clear Cache
If for some reason you are experiencing name resolution issues in your vSphere environment one useful troubleshooting task is to perform a flush of the local DNS cache on the […]
VCF On VxRAIL 3.9 – Deploying vRealize Suite (Part2 – vROPs)
VMware VCF Version: 3.9.0 Part 1: VCF On VxRAIL – Deploying vRealize Suite (Part1 – vRSLCM) In Part2 of this series we detail how to deploy vRealize Operations Manager (vROps) […]
VCF On VxRail – SOS Utility Health Check
The SDDC Manager inbuilt Python tool referred to as Supportability and Serviceability utility (SOS) is a very useful method for performing system checks on your VCF environment and help to […]
VCF On VxRAIL 3.9 – Deploying vRealize Suite (Part1 – vRSLCM)
VCF Version: 3.9.0 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 SDDC Manager – Reset ‘vcf’ User A/C Due To Failed Login Attemtps
For example; due to repeated failed login attempts via SSH/SCP the SDDC Manager ‘vcf’ user account may get locked out. The following provides steps on how to reset the account […]
VMware Cloud Foundation – 3.8.1 -> 3.9 Upgrade
Example VCF 3.8.1 -> 3.9 upgrade In order to check the availability of Update/Patches from within the SDDC manager console navigate to Inventory->WLD->Update/Patches. In this example we see that VCF 3.9.0.0 update […]
VCF On VxRail – Identify Version Via vCenter
Useful tip to identify quickly if vCenter is part of a VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail solution and whether it is used for a Management or a VI Workload Domain. […]
VCF 3.9 – “Got bad CSRF token; invalid CSRF token”
The following is a known VCF 3.9 error that may appear on the SDDC Manager GUI: “Got bad CSRF token; invalid CSRF token” As per the VCF 3.9 Release Notes: […]
VxRail 4.7 – IPV6 Node Discovery Test
Loudmouth requires IPv6 multicast in order for VxRail Manager to perform a successful VxRail node discovery. IPv6 multicast is required only on the ‘Private Management Network’, this is an isolated […]
VxRAIL 4.7 – Shutting down a Cluster
The following details the steps involved when performing a shutdown of a VxRail Cluster. This task can easily be performed from within the vSphere HTML client through the VxRail plugin. […]
VXRAIL 4.7 – VIEW VERSION NUMBER
Previous post: VxRail 4.5 – View version vCenter HTML Client: From the vSphere client navigate to Cluster->Configure->VxRail->System ESXi SHELL: You can check the installed VxRail code from the ESXi host SHELL […]
VCF on VxRail 3.8.1 – Walkthrough
Note: this is an example for reference only please use the VxRail installation procedures & services provided by Dell. The following provides an example walkthrough covering the process of: Deploying […]
VxRAIL – Convert vCenter Mode
Previous to 4.7.300 we used the following python script /mystic/util/vvd_vc_conversion.pyc in order to perform a conversion of vCenter and its associated PSC from internal mode (which implies control of vCenter & […]
VMware – Install PowerCLI on Offline Machine
In most cases a machines are connected to the internet which allows a PowerCLI user download the modules directly from the web using: Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI In the event the […]
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