VCF On VxRAIL – Pre-Check Error ‘LCM Bundle Repo Disk Space’
Over time there may be a build-up of downloaded bundles which can consume a lot of space on the SDDC Manager bundle repo. In this case during an upgrade Pre-Check […]
VCF On VxRail 4.4 – Walkthrough (Part5: Deploy vRSLCM)
PART1 PART2 PART3 PART4 The VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager automates the LCM of the vRealize Suite. It must be deployed before any vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Operations, or vRealize Automation components can be deployed. The vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager contains the functional elements that collaborate to orchestrate the LCM operations of the vRealize Suite environment. vRLCM VM is deployed […]
VCF On VxRail 4.4 – Walkthrough (Part4: NSX-T Edge Automation)
PART1 PART2 PART3 This is the fourth in a series of posts covering VCF On VxRail 4.4. The following detailed post provides an example walkthrough covering the process of deploying a NSX-T Edge nodes into the VI Workload Domain using the SDDC automation. The end result of this example build is that of a single site VCF on VxRail solution including a single NSX-T VI Workload Domain (thanks to @HeagaSteve for the architectural […]
VCF On VxRail 4.4 – Walkthrough (Part3: VI Workload Domain)
PART1 PART2 This is the third in a series of posts covering VCF On VxRail 4.4. The following detailed post provides an example walkthrough covering the process of deploying a VI Workload Domain using the Workflow Optimization […]
VCF On VxRail 4.4 – Walkthrough (Part2: NSX-T Edge & AVN)
Part1: https://davidring.ie/2022/03/04/vcf-on-vxrail-4-4-walkthrough-part1-bring-up/ This is the second in a series of posts covering VCF On VxRail 4.4. The following detailed post provides an example walkthrough covering the process of: Deploying a NSX-T Edge Cluster […]
VCF On VxRail 4.4 – Walkthrough (Part1: Bring-Up)
This is the first in a series of posts covering VCF On VxRail 4.4. The following detailed post provides an example walkthrough covering the process of: Deploying a VxRail Management Workload Domain cluster […]
VCF 4.4 On VxRAIL 7.0.320 Release
VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4 on Dell VxRail 7.0.320 is now available. The following is a list of all the components and their versions as per VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4. Security Update: VCF 4.4 On VxRail 7.0.320 includes the critical Apache Log4j Remote Code Execution Vulnerability fixes. Some other notable highlights of this VCF 4.4 release include: vRealize LCM initiated from vRSLCM […]
VCF On VXRAIL 4.2 – Walkthrough (Part3: NSX-T EDGE AUTOMATION)
This is the third post in a series of posts covering VCF On VxRail 4.2. The previous posts detailed an example walkthrough covering the process of: Deploying a VxRail Management Workload Domain cluster Deploying VMware CloudBuilder for VxRail Bring-Up of VCF 4.2 Deploying a VI WLD Part 1 & Part 2 Versions used in this example are VCF 4.2 & VxRail 7.0.131. Release Notes: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Cloud-Foundation/4.2/rn/vmware-cloud-foundation-on-dell-emc-vxrail-22-release-notes.html […]
VCF On VxRAIL 4.2 – Walkthrough (Part2: VI Workload Domain)
This is the second in a series of posts covering VCF On VxRail 4.2. The following detailed post provides an example walkthrough covering the process of deploying a VI Workload Domain with a […]
VCF On VxRAIL 4.2 – Walkthrough (Part1: Bring-Up)
This is the first in a series of posts covering VCF On VxRail 4.2. The following detailed post provides an example walkthrough covering the process of: Deploying a VxRail Management Workload Domain […]
VCF 4.2 On VxRAIL – ‘Validate Thumbprints’
In order to prevent the opportunity of a Man In The Middle (MiTM) attack VMware have introduced a security feature which validates the SSH RSA fingerprint and SSL thumbprint of […]
VCF 4.1 ON VXRAIL – REDUCE A CLUSTER (REMOVE NODE)
In a previous post I provided an example walk-through of the process for adding a new host to an existing VCF 4.1 on VxRail ‘VI Workload Domain (WLD)’: https://davidring.ie/2020/12/16/vcf-4-1-on-vxrail-expand-a-cluster-add-node/ In this post I will provide an example walk-through of the process for removing a host from a VCF 4.1 on VxRail ‘VI Workload Domain (WLD)’. There are various reasons you may wish to perform this task […]
VCF 4.1 ON VXRAIL – EXPAND A CLUSTER (ADD NODE)
In this post I will provide an example walk-through of the process for adding a new VxRail node to an existing VCF on VxRail ‘VI Workload Domain (WLD)’. At a high level there are […]
VCF 4.1 ON VXRAIL – “HOSTKEY HAS BEEN CHANGED”
Upgrading VxRail Manager to 7.0.100 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 4.1 – NSX-T EDGE AUTOMATION
Since the release of VCF 4.0 NSX-T is now used exclusively across both the Mgmt and VI Workload Domains (WLDs). As per previous releases the Management WLD cluster requires a […]
VCF ON VXRAIL – NSX-T PASSWORD MANAGEMENT (Expired p/w)
By default NSX-T user passwords (NSX-T Manager: root & admin | NSX-T Edge: root, admin & audit) expire after 90 days. In a VCF On VxRail environment it is good […]
VCF ON VXRAIL – NSX-T MANAGER ENABLE SSH
By default SSH is disabled on the NSX-T managers. To enable SSH open the NSX-T Manager VM console from the vSphere client: Log in to the CLI as admin and […]
VCF ON VXRAIL – DFW EXCLUSION LISTS
As per VVD guidance the following layer2 management VMs are excluded from any distributed firewall rules in a VCF On VxRail solution: VxRail Manager WLD VCSA Appliances NSX Managers SDDC […]
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 […]
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