I recently had the pleasure of upgrading one of my older environments running VMware vCenter 6.5 U2 to vCenter 6.7 U3 and thought i would share my experience. I know a lot of people who are planning for this upgrade by the end of the year so I hope this helps everyone out. If you … Explore: Upgrade of VMware vCenter 6.5 U2 to vCenter…
I know I am a terrible test taker. Point in fact, the only “exams” I recall being easy/best for me is when I would sit at a terminal and be given tasks to complete in a lab. Taking the educated guess that there are plenty of people like me in the world, I thought I … Explore: VCP-NV 2019 (NSX-T 2.4) (2V0-41.19 exam) Exam Prep
I just wanted to take a moment to write a quick article on some useful commands I use for troubleshooting NSX-T 2.4 By no means is this everything and I will update this article routinly. How to find VTEP (Tunnel End Points)From NSX Manager#get logical-switch vtep From ESXi Host to display TEP end point#esxcfg-vmnic -land#esxcli … Explore: Useful Cheat Sheet CLI for VMware NSX-T
Every so often I will get the question, “I need to log into the iDRAC on Host X, do you have it’s IP.” I thought I would put together this quick article with the command to provide this information. StepsIssue the following command from the ESXi host you are attempting to gather the iDRAC IP … Explore: How to Discover iDRAC IP on VxRail Node
Many asked so here it is. A how to guide on leveraging Tags and Security Groups to apply Firewall Policies/Rules to groups of VMs. My main goal for this article is to simplify a complicated 2.4 Admin Guide, which does not spell out how to do this in step by step options. The Admin Guide … Explore: NSX-T Applying Micro-Segmentation with Tags
Quick answer: distributed switch versus port group A vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS) is the datacenter-level switch configuration that vCenter Server applies consistently across multiple ESXi hosts. A distributed port group is a policy-defined set of ports on that switch for a specific network or traffic type. Create the vDS first, create and validate its port … Explore: Create a vSphere Distributed Switch and Port Groups
In my previous article I showed everyone how to install the latest vCenter 6.5 U2d. Now I will show how to upgrade your existing vCenter to 6.5 U2b and why created new vCenter’s with embedded Platform Services Controllers will make upgrades even easier. Before we begin, always remember to take a snapshot before upgrading any … Explore: Upgrade vCenter with external PSC to 6.5 U2b
As we are all aware vCenter is at the heart of our vSphere environments. Whether deploying a lab or a net new datacenter with vSAN/VxRail, you will require a new vCenter. Before I begin, embedded vs external Platform Services Controller (PSC). I say treat any net new install as embedded PSC only. VMware is in … Explore: How to Install a vCenter (VCSA) 6.5 U2d
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