Virtualization & Storage
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1.1 on Dell VxRail 8.0.210 is now GA (Generally Available) as of March 26th 2024. This is the first VCF release to support VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA for AI workloads within the VMware Cloud Foundation ecosystem. The collaboration with NVIDIA provides optimized support for AI and machine learning tasks, leveraging NVIDIA’s specialized hardware for accelerated […]
Prior to VCF On VxRail 5.1 both Management VMs (vCenter server, VxRail Manager,SDDC Manager, NSX components, etc) Network and the ESXi VMkernel Network distributed virtual port groups (DvPG) had a requirement to […]
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 […]
One of the cool things about vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager is the capability to add components to an existing LCM configured vROps. In this example it is demonstrated how to […]
The following is a list of all the components and their versions as per VMware Validated Design 4.2. Note the list below can be officially found @VMware VVD 4.2 Release Notes
During the process of deploying an OVF (Log Insight in this example) using the vSphere Web Client running on a local windows vCenter instance, I encountered the following error: ‘A […]
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 […]
The following steps detail how to suppress the vCenter cluster warning: The number of heartbeat datastores for host is 1, which is less than required: 2 You may encounter this […]
The following table represents the recommended VMware vSphere ESXi host settings to be applied when an ESXi host(s) is connected to a single array and also details multi-array settings when at […]
Experiencing issues connecting to an ESXi host from vCenter Server? A good place to start your troubleshooting is by restarting the ESXi management agents. The following method uses the CLI […]
The following script allows the user to Enable/Disable SSH at a per vSphere cluster level. You may download the ‘SSH.ps1‘ script here: SSH.ps1 (Remove the .doc extension). The script will begin by prompting you to […]
A Quantum Leap in Hyper-Converged Appliances EMC|VCE and VMware have added a Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Appliance (HCIA) offering named VxRail to the existing CI portfolio of Vblocks, VxBlocks, VxRacks (Blocks,Racks,Appliances). VxRail […]
You may encounter a scenario where a vCenter server is not part of a solution and SVMotion is not an option to migrate a VM from one VMFS datastore to […]
This post outlines how to create the VMAX Masking view for Gatekeeper RDM volumes and the Script to Automate Adding RDM Disk’s to a VMware MGMT VM. First some notes on Gatekeeper volumes: SE(CLI) and Unisphere(GUI) are the main tools used to manage a VMAX Array, Gatekeeper volumes are required in order to carry these commands from both CLI&GUI and […]
The following script allows the user to modify an MS Windows Guest VM IP and DNS configuration. You may download the ‘IP&DNS_Modification.ps1‘ script HERE (Remove the .doc extension). Begin by […]
In this post I will detail how to increase an XtremIO volume and extend the associated VMware VMFS volume. As can be seen form the XtremIO management interface the existing […]
The VMware vSphere Host storage path limit as of vSphere 5.5 is 1024 and the maximum LUNs per host is 256. Maximum LUNS PER ESXi HOST = 256 Maximum FC […]
Part 1 Part 2 This is the third part in the series on configuring the VNXe via command line. Here I will detail the Steps involved in adding VMware ESXi […]
See also: VMware PowerCLI – Adding VMFS Datastore’s After creating the required LUN’s on your storage array and mapped the LUN’s to your ESXi hosts then you may use PowerCLI […]
Thank you Cliff, Steve and Luc for helping me out with this task. After you have created the required LUN’s on your storage array and mapped the LUN’s to your ESXi hosts, at this stage you may use PowerCLI to add these new LUNs as VMFS datastore’s. 1. Connect to vCenter: Connect-VIServer -Server “vcenter_IP” -User UserName -Password Password If you […]
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