VCF on VxRail: 5.2.1.1 to 5.2.2 Upgrade (Management WLD)
In this post I will provide an example walk-thru upgrade of a VCF Management Workload Domain with vLCM enabled.: VCF 5.2.1.1 (VxRail 8.0.322) -> 5.2.2 upgrade (VxRail 8.0.361) One of the […]
VCF On VxRail – Asynchronous SDDC Manager Upgrades
VCF 5.2 introduced the capability to enable independent versioning and updating of SDDC Manager to: As per Release Notes: ‘Asynchronous SDDC Manager Upgrades: VCF users can now upgrade SDDC Manager independently […]
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1.1 on Dell VxRail 8.0.311 Release
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1.1 on Dell VxRail 8.0.311 is now GA (Generally Available) as of December 5th 2024. Dell Technologies and VMware are thrilled to announce the General Availability of VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1. This release introduces new features and enhancements, including support for in-place upgrades to VCF 5.2.1.1 from existing VCF 5.2 and higher environments, and most notably support for vSAN […]
VCF 5.1.1 On VxRAIL: Async Patch To VxRAIL 8.0.212
Upgrade from VCF 5.1.1 on VxRail 8.0.210 to VCF 5.1.1 on VxRail 8.0.212, using the VMware Async Patch (AP) tool v1.1.0.2. For a detailed overview of the AP Tool please […]
Dell VxRail – Pre-upgrade Health Check Tool (2024 Edition)
VxVerify – Pre-upgrade Health Check Tool A previous edition of this post demonstrated a VxRail system running code version 7.0.100 using VxVerify 3.x which can be found here. In this […]
VxRAIL Update Setting – Skip Host On Maintenance Mode Failure
During an upgrade if a host fails to enter maintenance mode, VxRail Manager will skip the upgrade process on that host and continue to upgrade the next host in the […]
VCF on VxRail: 5.1 to 5.1.1 Upgrade (Part 2: VI WLD vLCM)
In this 2 part series I will provide an example walk-thru upgrade of: VCF 5.1 (VxRail 8.0.200) -> 5.1.1 upgrade (VxRail 8.0.210) Part 1 covered upgrading the management domain. In […]
VCF on VxRail: 5.1 to 5.1.1 Upgrade (Part 1: Management WLD)
In this 2 part series I will provide an example walk-thru upgrade of: VCF 5.1 (VxRail 8.0.200) -> 5.1.1 upgrade (VxRail 8.0.210) One of the great advantages of a VCF On […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
VVD on VxRail – VMware vCSA 6.5->6.7 Upgrade
For each VVD Region there exists 4x vCSA appliances, this includes a load balanced pair of PSC’s and 2x vCenter’s per Region. The two vCenters are deployed to the first […]
EXSi 5.5 to 6.0 Upgrade: Remove Mellanox Conflicting VIBs
We encountered the following “Conflicting VIBs” blocker, while upgrading ESXi 5.5 hosts to 6.0: The Mellanox driver is required for infiniBand, as we do not have a requirement for infiniBand […]
EMC VNXe – Code Upgrade
Before proceeding with any upgrade of code on the VNXe please reference the target code release notes on https://support.emc.com/. The VNXe landing page: http://emc.com/vnxesupport will provide you with all the […]
Cisco MDS – Upgrading Firmware
MDS 9000 Series Firmware Upgrade It is always good practice to read the software ‘release notes’ before proceeding with an upgrade. The ‘Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS and SAN-OS Software’ release […]
EMC VNX&VMAX – Updating EMULEX HBA Firmware On LINUX
Firstly download the latest version from the EMC-approved section of the Emulex website for EMC VNX/VMAX: http://www.emulex.com/downloads/oem-qualified/emc/ In this example we are downloading the Emulex LPe16002 Firmware and BootCode version […]
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