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vRealize Automation 7.1 – Directory Sync Running Endlessly
Reference KB: Directory sync is running endlessly in vRealize Automation 7.x (2146237) While the above Kb refers to a known issue affecting VMware vRealize Automation 7.0.x, I also encountered this...
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vRealize Automation 7.1 – Create Machine Prefix, Business Group & Add...
vRealize Automation 7.1 – Create Endpoints & Fabric Groups (Part 3) Before creating the Business Group we firstly need to create a Machine Prefix which can be used by the Business Group to create...
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vRealize Automation 7.1 – Create a Service & Entitlement (Part 5)
vRealize Automation 7.1 – Create Machine Prefix, Business Group & Add Reservation (Part 4) 1. Create a Service VMware Services Definition: Services are used to organize catalog items into related...
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vRealize Automation 7.1 – Create a Blueprint, Configure Catalog Item &...
vRealize Automation 7.1 – Create a Service & Entitlement (Part 5) 1. Create a ‘vSphere’ Machine Blueprint VMware Machine Blueprint Definition: A blueprint that contains a machine component...
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VxBlock & Vblock – Core Storage Systems
A frequent question I receive: “What is the primary production storage system included in a VxBlock / Vblock?” Answer: Note: Enterprise Hybrid Cloud (EHC) STaaS leverages EMC ViPR Controller as the...
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ViPR Controller – Ingest V(x)Block UCS Boot Volumes
The following provides guidance in a scenario where your ESXi host boots from SAN, for example this is the standard configuration for Cisco UCS blades included in a Vblock/VxBlock. These boot volumes...
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VxRail – Welcome Enterprise Hybrid Cloud (EHC)
Introducing ‘EHC on VxRail’! Introduced as part of the EHC 4.1.1 release (Code named “Challenger”) – GA March ’17 Simple, Easy, Start Small, Scalable! VxRAIL HCI Appliance now has the option of...
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V(x)Block – AMP VUM & SQL Active Directory Integration
When a VxBlock is shipped from the factory all Windows & SQL user/db accounts are setup as local accounts, due to obvious reasons (customer AD does not exist in factory!). This post details the...
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RP4VM 4.3 – Enable VM MAC Address Replication
Dell EMC Reference KB 483591 Note:MAC address replication is enabled by default on RP4VM 5.X. The following steps are specific for RP4VM 4.3 as per KB 483591. Production VM MAC: Replica VM MAC: As per...
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RP4VM – iSCSI Configuration to Support ESXi Splitter to vRPA Communication
Each ESXi Host in a vSphere cluster hosting the RP4VM vRPA’s (virtual appliances running on ESXi hosts) require the iSCSI channel to allow communication between the ESXi hosts kernel embedded I/O...
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EHC 4.1: ESXi Host Migration Process (vCenter Host Migration with ViPR Export...
This procedure details the steps to execute in order to remove an ESXi host from a source ViPR Export Group and add to an existing target Export Group. Note: this procedure applies to ViPR 3.0 and...
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vRealize Orchestrator – Configure Connection to vCenter Server Instance
The following steps detail how to configure the vCenter plugin by running the ‘Add a vCenter Server instance’ workflow from the Orchestrator client in order to create the connection between...
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DellEMC ViPR 3.6 – Install&Config for VMAX AFA
This post details the wizard driven installation steps to install ViPR Controller and configure for a VMAX AFA system. Recommendation when deploying on a vSphere cluster is to deploy the ViPR...
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Dell EMC – Enterprise Hybrid Cloud (EHC) 4.1.2
EHC (Enterprise Hybrid Cloud) which is the DellEMC turnkey VMware (vRealize Suite) based cloud offering has made great strides in recent releases transforming the cloud strategy for CPSD CI/HCI, namely...
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Dell EMC ViPR 3.6 – VMAX Export Path Adjustment
A very useful new feature in ViPR 3.6 is the ability to increase/decrease the number of fibre channel paths on an existing VPLEX or VMAX export (host/cluster). The following example showcases the...
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DellEMC EHC –‘Onboarding A Local Cluster’ (Part 1)
The following two-part post details how to add an Enterprise Hybrid Cloud (EHC) vSphere Local Cluster, in EHC terms we refer to this cluster type as LC1S (Local Copy on One Site) other EHC cluster...
View ArticleDellEMC EHC – ViPR vPool Volume Migration
This post details the procedure and EHC validation steps to execute in order to move an EHC ViPR provisioned volume to a different ViPR virtual pool leveraging the ViPR Change Virtual Pool services....
View ArticleDellEMC VxBlock – Cisco UCS Ethernet Adapter Policy
The following details the creation of a VxBlock Cisco UCS ‘Ethernet Adapter Policy’ for a compute B-Series blade running VMware ESXi. This policy is leveraged by a service-profile which gets associated...
View ArticlevRA 7.1 – Reconfigure a Virtual Machine
The following post details how to reconfigure both the CPU & Memory of a specific VM from within a vRealize Automation console. Enable The Reconfigure Entitlement Begin by enabling the Reconfigure...
View ArticleDellEMC EHC –‘Onboarding A Local Cluster’ (Part 2)
The following two-part post details how to add an Enterprise Hybrid Cloud (EHC) vSphere Local Cluster, in EHC terms we refer to this cluster type as LC1S (Local Copy on One Site). There are a number of...
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