VxRail 7.0 – Shut-down Via API
The VxRail REST API provides a programmatic interface for performing VxRail administrative tasks. There are many ways to interact with the VxRail API functions, in this example I cover the […]
VxRAIL 7.0 – Upgrade Bundles Explained
When performing a local offline upgrade of VxRAIL you will need to download the required upgrade composite bundle(s) from dell.com/support/ to complete your upgrade as guided by the associated VxRail SolVe procedure. There is no need to load the software composite file locally when performing an Internet-connected upgrade – The upgrade file(s) is automatically downloaded from Dell online. When performing […]
VxRail – Enable LLDP On vDS
Link Layer Data Protocol (LLDP) can be enabled from the vSphere Distributed Switch in vCenter as follows: Log in to vCenter and select the Networking tab and right-click the vDS. Navigate to Settings and […]
VxRail – TPM 2.0 Device Detected
If you receive the following alert in vCenter then some BIOS Security settings may need to be configured which I will detail below: Detailed information from VMware in relation to […]
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 […]
VxRAIL – API PowerShell Module Examples
One method of consuming the available VxRail APIs is by leveraging the VxRail API PowerShell Modules Package from within your Windows OS using PowerShell. Each public API has a corresponding […]
VxRail – Lookup Service Tag/Serial Number
See also related Post: https://davidring.ie/2019/09/18/vxrail-lookup-model-psnt/ In addition to the physical tag at the front of the VxRail appliance you may also leverage PowerCLI, ESXi console or vCenter GUI to pull the ST/SN of each VxRail appliance. PowerCLI Get-Hosts -Server VxRailManager_IP -Username administrator@vsphere.local -Password PW |ft sn, hostname ESXi Console Per individual host: /opt/vxrail/tools/ipmitool fru print 17 vCenter UI With the […]
VxRAIL – Installing API PowerShell Modules
One method of consuming the available VxRail APIs is by leveraging the VxRail API PowerShell Modules Package from within your Windows OS using PowerShell. Each public API has a corresponding PowerShell cmdlet included in the VxRail PowerShell modules starting with VxRail 4.7.300. The API User Guide can be found here: https://support.emc.com/docu91468_VxRail-Appliance-4.5.x,-4.7.x,-and-7.0.x-API-Guide.pdf?language=en_US Steps to install the VxRail API PowerShell Modules Package […]
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 […]
VxRail – Single vCenter Managing Multiple VxRail Clusters
‘Can a single vCenter server support/manage multiple VxRail clusters?’ Let me first explain the two methods of deploying a vCenter server to support a VxRail cluster: VxRail Managed vCenter Server […]
VxRail 7.0 – Useful Log File Information
The following log files can be accessed either via console or SSH to VxRail Manager. Useful VxRail Manager 7.0.010+ Log Files Note: SLES15 is the OS used for VxRail Manager. Monitor VxRail bring-up logs: dayone.log , short.term.log & firstboot.log: dayone.log – detailed information in relation to initial first run configuration. (/var/log/microservice_log/dayone.log) short.term.log – micro services related information. (/var/log/microservice_log/short.term.log) firstboot.log – detailed information […]
VxRail 7.0 – Install Notes
For VxRail 4.7 please see earlier post: VxRail 4.7 – Install Notes Note: this is an example for reference only please use the VxRail installation procedures provided by Dell EMC. […]
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 On VxRail 3.9 – vROPs Expansion & Enable HA
VMware VCF version: 3.9.1 In this post we detail how to Expand a VCF deployed instance of vRealize Operations Manager (vROps) leveraging automation that is built-in to VMware SDDC Manager. […]
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 […]
VCF On VxRAIL 3.9.1 – Walkthrough
The following detailed post provides an example walkthrough covering the process of: Deploying a VxRail Management Workload Domain cluster Deploying VMware CloudBuilder for VxRail Bring up of VCF Deploying a […]
VxRail – How To Restart ‘CLOMD’ vSAN Service (CLOMD liveness)
CLOMD (Cluster Level Object Manager Daemon) runs on every ESXi host that makes up a vSAN Cluster, some of the functions CLOMD is responsible for within a vSAN cluster include: […]
VxRail – Physical Health View ‘Refresh Data’
On the rare occasion you may encounter a scenario where VxRail ‘Physical View’ displays missing/lost components incorrectly for a specific host. All other hosts in the cluster may display a […]
VCF On VxRAIL – A Federated View
IMPORTANT FEATURE UPDATE: JULY 2022 As of VCF 4.4 Multi-Instance Management is deprecated. VMware Cloud Foundation 3.9 on Dell EMC VxRail 4.7.300 Multi-Instance Management code named ‘Pantheon’ is a new […]
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