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
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 […]
VMware vCSA – Health Status
VAMI Login to the VAMI https://vcsa_ip:5480 as root and click on Summary to get an overall health status: Click on Monitor and Disks tab:
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 […]
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 […]
Deploying VCSA 6.0 with External PSC (New Site Joining Existing SSO Domain)
The following provides a step-by-step walkthrough for deploying an external PSC Appliance into a new site, while joining an existing SSO Domain, followed by the installation of VCSA 6.0. This scenario […]
VMware VCSA 6.x – Lookup SSO Domain Name & Site Name
Begin by SSH to your platform services controller (PSC). Run the following command to discover your SSO Domain Name: /usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/vmafd-cli get-domain-name –server-name localhost
vSphere VCSA 6.0 Sizing
“The vCenter Server Appliance is a preconfigured Linux virtual machine, which is optimized for running vCenter Server and the associated services on Linux.” Detailed VMware overview of VCSA found here. The following tables […]
vSphere VCSA 6.x – Enabling Bash Shell (SCP Access)
This post was a result of requiring access to the VCSA BASH Shell console in order to perform such functions as certificate-manager (/usr/lib/vmware-vmca/bin/certificate-manager). The default Shell access when you initially login to […]
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