vSAN ESA 2-Node Cluster Guide and Recommendations This Guide will help you in your Design Considerations and during the Deployment of a 2-Node vSAN Cluster. Assumptions The following assumptions where made when creating this blog post. You have vSAN Ready Nodes or all Hardware is on the vSAN Hardware Compatibility …

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vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) Some Guidance when troubleshooting Issues with vSphere Lifecycle Manager and HPE OneView for vCenter as a HSM (Hardware Support Manager). Log Files The General Log File for vLCM is here: Log File: /var/log/vmware/vmware-updatemgr/vum-server/vmware-vum-server.log To see error from this …

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Deployment Mode: Installed Provisioned Infrastructure OpenShift Installer-Provisioned Infrastructure (IPI) is a deployment method for OpenShift Container Platform that provides a full-stack automated installation and setup process. The installer manages all aspects of the cluster deployment, including the underlying …

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Getting started with the vSphere API The vSphere REST API, introduced in vSphere 6.5, represents a significant leap forward in managing and automating VMware environments. This modern, developer-friendly interface offers a more streamlined approach to interacting with vSphere compared to its predecessor, the SOAP-based …

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vSphere Monitoring with TIG (Telegraf, InfluxDB, Grafana) This blog post describes a solution for monitoring SDDC infrastructure using Telegraf, InfluxDB, and Grafana. This solution is based on Docker and displays graphs and metrics via Grafana. All metrics are described in the telegraf.conf file. TL;DR: …

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Quick Tip: vSphere with Tanzu an HA-Proxy This is a short article with tips and tricks I experienced when deploying vSphere with Tanzu and HA-Proxy as a Load Balancer. Deploying Ha-Proxy OVA Network Alwasys use three NICs when deploying in a production environment. It is very important that these IP addresses do not …

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