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 […]
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 5.1 On VxRail 8.0.200 – Walkthrough (Part 4: VI WLD vLCM-based)
Note: this is an example for reference only please use the VxRail installation procedures & services provided by Dell. PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 This is the 4th in […]
VCF 5.1.1 On VxRAIL 8.0.210 Release
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 […]
VCF 5.1 On VxRail – ESXi & Mgmt VMs Separated Subnet
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 […]
VCF 3.x On VxRail – Update/Rotate Passwords
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 […]
vRSLCM – Add a vROps Remote Collector
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 […]
VMware VVD 4.2 – BOM
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
vCenter Deploying OVF – ‘A connection error occurred’
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 […]
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 […]
vCenter – HA Error: The number of heartbeat datastores for host is 1
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 […]
EMC XtremIO: VMware ESXi Multi-Array Settings
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 […]
ESXi 6.x -Restart Mgmt Agents via CLI
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 […]
VMware PowerCLI – Enable/Disable SSH Per vSphere Cluster
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 […]
Introducing VCE VxRAIL
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 […]
vSphere – Migrating A VM To A New VMFS Datastore (CLI: VMKFSTOOLS)
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 […]
EMC VMAX3 – Adding Gatekeeper RDM Volumes To VMware MGMT VM
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 […]
VMware PowerCLI – MS Windows Guest VM ‘IP&DNS’ Modification
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 […]
EMC XtremIO – VMware VMFS LUN Expansion
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 […]
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