I am currently working on a fully new homelab environment running on Dell Poweredge hardware and considered the implementation of a plugin into my VMware vCenter server. Looking into other solutions it shows, in my opinion, that there is no software/hardware which is as tightly cooperating as Dell and VMware with their products and the... Continue Reading →
Part 1 – VxRail 4.7.300 update / external vCSA and non-embedded PSC (Converge Tool)
I was facing the following situation: VxRail Cluster Version 4.7.1xx external vCSA 6.7 U1 external PSC 6.7 U1 Goal was to update the system to the newest VxRail version 4.7.300, converge the PSC into the vCSA and update vCSA to 6.7 U3b. First things first, check the compatibility guide for issues and supported update path.... Continue Reading →
VMware ESXi on Dell PowerEdge internal dual SD module may not be responsive
Last week I came up on a situation on my homelab where one of my VMware ESXi host was not responsive and not connected to the vCSA, even though the virtual machines running on it were not affected. Trying to connect to the host's website I received this error: I connected to the host by... Continue Reading →
Check the time. Like… really! Check it! VMware PSC queries Windows Server NTP Service
I won't forget to double, double, double check a local NTP service ever again. Everyone knows, if something does not work, it's DNS. I agree. But almost as important as the reverse/forward DNS lookup is the correct time given by a local NTP service. I learned it the really hard way and will probably tell... Continue Reading →