Category: VxRail

  • VxRail & PowerFlex – When choose one over the other?

    The breadth of the Dell Technologies Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) portfolio offers choice to customers, but also sometimes causes the question of when to choose one technology over the other.   In this blog post I want to take a deeper look into VxRail and PowerFlex to come up with some…

  • Can’t Judge a Book by its Recover ! Cyber- Recovery: VCF & VxRail

    This year, an increasing number of customers began asking us the same question relating to their infrastructure: “How do we Recover …from a cyber-attack?! How serious is the problem and why can’t you depend on your standard Disaster Recovery type implementations and backups to recover from cyber-attacks? click here to…

  • VxRail: Create SRs directly from vCenter

    Opening service requests is sometimes a necessary evil but with the recently introduced feature in VxRail 7.0.400, you can do it quickly from the vCenter Server plugin. That is right, no need to find the login details for the support website and locate your node serial numbers. Continue reading at…

  • VxRail Video Update (VVU) Episode 8

    UPDATES!! VxRail, VCF, APEX and more! Welcome to the 8th episode of VxRail Video Update (VVU) where Philip Armstrong, Curtis Edwards, Joe Mauer and Jeremy Merrill are joined by Allan Scott to discuss the recent releases for VCF (4.5), VxRail (7.0.400) and APEX hybrid and public cloud releases. In addition,…

  • VxRail: How to rename ESXi and vCenter hostnames

    In this post we are exploring how to rename ESXi and vCenter hostnames as part of VxRail. In my scenario, I’m using an external DNS and internal vCenter. VxRail vCenter FQDN rename functionality was introduced with VxRail 7.0.400. Continue reading at CloudSquared Blog

  • VxRail at the Edge – Satellite node introduction

    Overview For your standard VxRail cluster you need a minimum of three nodes for each cluster deployment (yes, yes, there is also a 2-node option) – but what if you already have a VxRail environment and want to deploy a VxRail system to an Edge location? That is…an Edge location…

  • VxRail VMware Explore recap (VVU Ep. 7)

    Welcome to the 7th episode of VxRail Video Update (VVU) where Philip Armstrong, Curtis Edwards, Joe Mauer and Jeremy Merrill discuss VMware Explore and some of the VxRail announcements from the conference. We discuss updates to the platform and new options that will be available in the future, including DPUs,…

  • VxRail Lifecycle Management via APIs

    In this blog post we are exploring the use of APIs for VxRail Lifecycle Management (LCM) operations. This is particular important when managing multiple clusters or automating upgrades. I’m using the REST client “Insomnia” in this example, a lightweight client I personally like but any REST client can obviously be…

  • NSX-T on Brownfield VxRail in 6 Minutes…… (Part 1 Geneve Overlay)

    A VxRail customer of mine recently asked the question whether they could deploy NSX-T on an existing brownfield cluster deployment. The system is in production and running workload. There was no Day 0 requirement for NSX-T at time of deployment but requirements have changed in the interim. My stance normally…

  • Getting the best VxRail User Experience with ProSupport Enterprise Suite

    ProSupport for Enterprise is one single source for all comprehensive VxRail hardware and software support. Overcome the complexity of infrastructure from the datacenter to the edge with unwavering support for hardware, software, and a smart way to manage the mix of vendors in your environment. ProSupport for Enterprise offers a…