Dell EMC VxRail 4.5 – A Few Notes

Dell EMC VxRail 4.5 – A Few Notes

Dell EMC VxRail 4.5 – A Few Notes

VxRail 4.5 was announced in May by Dell EMC and I’ve been a bit slow in going through my enablement on the platform. The key benefit (beyond some interesting hardware permutations that were announced), is support for VMware vSphere 6.5 U1 and vSAN 6.6. I thought I’d cover a few of the more interesting aspects of […]


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Key Manager Concepts and Toplogy Basics for VM…

Key Manager Concepts and Toplogy Basics for VM and vSAN Encryption

Key Manager Concepts and Toplogy Basics for VM…

At VMworld 2017 VM and vSAN Encryption and security of vSphere in general became VERY popular topics. And in those discussions the topic of Key Managers came up and specifically “How many key managers should I have?” was a recurring question. This blog article will give you two examples of key manager topologies and will The post Key Manager Concepts and Toplogy Basics for VM and vSAN Encryption appeared first on VMware vSphere Blog .


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2-node vSAN – witness network design…

2-node vSAN – witness network design considerations

2-node vSAN – witness network design…

It seems that 2-node vSAN for ROBO (remote office/branch office) deployments are becoming more and more popular. The fact that one can now connect the 2 vSAN hosts at the remote office directly back-to-back without needing a 10Gb switch has reduced the cost extensively. And with the introduction of a vSAN Enterprise for ROBO license […] The post 2-node vSAN – witness network design considerations appeared first on CormacHogan.com .


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FYI – Both @VMwareFusion & @vmw_workstation now…

FYI – Both @VMwareFusion & @vmw_workstation now supports Virtual NVMe device (similar to vSphere). You can toggle setting @ disk level

FYI – Both @VMwareFusion & @vmw_workstation now…

FYI – Both @VMwareFusion & @vmw_workstation now supports Virtual NVMe device (similar to vSphere). You can toggle setting @ disk level


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“Unsupported hardware family” when transferring…

“Unsupported hardware family” when transferring from esxi – View the solution on #VMTN

“Unsupported hardware family” when transferring…

Attempting to transfer a vm from esxi 6.5 free to VMware Fusion Pro via the “download from server” Gives a notice: Unsupported hardware family ‘vmx-12’


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Register for the vSAN Troubleshooting Workshop…

Register for the vSAN Troubleshooting Workshop [V6.x] – BETA

Register for the vSAN Troubleshooting Workshop…

VMware Education is excited to offer the VMware vSAN Troubleshooting Workshop on 10/26 – 10/27. This Live Online two-day course will teach you tools and skills necessary to troubleshoot VMware vSAN™ 6.6 implementations. You will gain practical experience with vSAN troubleshooting concepts through the completion of instructor-led activities and hands-on challenge lab exercises. Course Outline 1. The post Register for the vSAN Troubleshooting Workshop [V6.x] – BETA appeared first on Virtual…Read More


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Considerations for using LACP with vSAN

Considerations for using LACP with vSAN

Considerations for using LACP with vSAN

I am a firm believer on spending a good amount of time during the design phase of any deployment. Planning ahead, and knowing your limitations will make your life easier, maybe just a little bit, but every bit helps. If you are planning on using LACP for link aggregation on vSAN, I strongly advise you … Continue reading Considerations for using LACP with vSAN


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vSAN Operations: Use separate SPBM policies for…

vSAN Operations: Use separate SPBM policies for VMs in stretched clusters

vSAN Operations: Use separate SPBM policies for…

vSAN stretched clusters are an easy, fast, and flexible way to deliver cluster level redundancy across sites using a capability built right into vSphere. Since it is enabled at the cluster level, a mix of stretched clusters and non-stretched clusters can easily co-exist and all be managed by the same vCenter server. This flexibility can The post vSAN Operations: Use separate SPBM policies for VMs in stretched clusters appeared first on Virtual Blocks .


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Part 2: Expending vSAN 6.6 Datastore after…

Part 2: Expending vSAN 6.6 Datastore after initial VCSA bootstrap

Part 2: Expending vSAN 6.6 Datastore after…

This post is in continuation with my previous post “Bootstrap vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 on vSAN 6.6” ,refer to the below link: Bootstrap vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 on vSAN 6.6 I will cover the expansion of the vSAN datastore created during the VCSA bootstrap in the previous blog post. The first thing after vCenter deployment is…


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