Category: VCF on VxRail

  • Configuring File-Based Backups in VCF on VxRail

    So now that you have your new VCF on VxRail environment setup, one of the first things you should do is configure backups in SDDC Manager. The first thing we are going to cover in this post is how to configure a Linux (Ubuntu, in this case) server to act…

  • VCF & VxRail Workflows and LCM Automation: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    The Automation Conundrum “if an automated system has an error, it will multiply the error until its fixed or shutdown. Efficient Automation makes humans more important, not less”. (Kaufman, 2010) Whether manufacturing parts or in our case the application of software updates and workflows, errors during an automated process are…

  • VCF & VxRail Workflows and LCM Automation: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Part 1)

    The Automation Conundrum “if an automated system has an error, it will multiply the error until its fixed or shutdown. Efficient Automation makes humans more important, not less”. (Kaufman, 2010) Whether manufacturing parts or in our case the application of software updates and workflows, errors during an automated process are…

  • Cloud Foundation on VxRail Shut Down and Startup (VCF 4.X)

    1. Overview For VCF (4.X) on VxRail, the sequence of steps should be first and foremost in our mind when shutting down and then starting up a VCF on VxRail environment. Not following the correct procedure could result in corruption within the environment and the loss of ability to start-up…

  • Federated Security with VxRail

    Philip and Cory from the GEOS team discuss software defined network security concepts in the context of multi-region NSX-T. They demo security groups, policy creation, micro-segmentation, and global policy enforcement in a multi-instance VCF on VxRail environment.

  • VCF Skip Level Tool

    The VCF Skip Level Tool (SLT) facilitates software upgrades of VCF on VxRail to either the latest or a specified target version. The tool enables preceding versions of software to be skipped, speeding up upgrade. The 4 clips here discuss and demonstrate the SLT. Part 1 of 4 / clip…

  • VCF on VxRail 4.2 – Walkthrough (Part 2: 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 second VDS dedicated to NSX-T traffic: Versions used in this example are VCF 4.2 & VxRail 7.0.131.…

  • VCF 4 on VxRail Architecture Diagrams

    This post contains some sample high-level, non-official VCF 4 on VxRail architecture diagrams and notes that I have put together for enablement purposes, and may be of use to others. These diagrams are reflective of VCF 4.2 on VxRail, and are based on the following supported architectures: Standard Architecture Consolidated…

  • VCF on VxRail 4.2 – Walkthrough (Part 1: 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 cluster Deploying VMware CloudBuilder for VxRail Bring-Up of VCF 4.2 Versions used in this example are VCF 4.2…

  • VCF 4.2 On VxRail – Validate Thumbprints

    In order to prevent the opportunity of a Man In The Middle (MiTM) attack VMware have introduced a security feature which validates the SSH RSA fingerprint and SSL thumbprint of both vCenter Server and VxRail Manager along with the SSH fingerprints of the ESXi hosts during initial deployments. This feature…