• AZURE

    How to Install the Azure Stack Development Kit – ADFS (Disconnected)

    How to Install the Azure Stack Development Kit – ADFS (Disconnected) In this article I am going to cover how to install the Azure Stack Development Kit also known as ASDK in disconnected mode using Active Directory Federated Service (ADFS) as an Identity provider. Download the ASDK from Microsoft site   Run the Azure Stack Downloader app to download the kit   The download may take some time as it is about +12 GB of size   After the download has finished, you will need to extract it to a folder.   The CloudBuilder.VHDX is an important image that provide all Azure Stack services. This image will be used later…

  • VMWARE

    ESXi 6.7U1b Brand New Install – Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password

    Here is the procedure to fix login error. Brand new fresh install of vSphere ESXi 6.7U1B encountered login issue. It reported incorrect User Name or Password. To fix the issue, you will need access to the ESXi console. Once you login to the console, access the System Customization menu by hitting F2. Select Troubleshooting Options. In Troubleshooting Mode Option, select ‘restart management agent’ option. Confirm restart management agent now. Proceed to log in again into the ESXi. The issue shall be resolved now. Hope you enjoyed this post, I’d be very grateful if you’d help to share it on Social Media. Thank you!     DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on…

  • VMWARE

    vSAN load testing using HCI Bench 2.0

    vSAN load testing using HCI Bench 2.0 This blog will showcase how to run performance test for vSAN using HCI Bench load testing tool. In vSAN storage each compute server is configured to contribute for the storage capacity thus performance test should run by invoking many test VMs and each VM must access multiple VMDK disks using vSAN. Such test patter will simulate a busy cluster. To fulfill such load testing pattern and requirements VMware releases a performance testing automation tool called as HCI Bench. It uses VDbench testing tool in backend. HCI Bench instruct and automate use of VDbench. Yu will only access the HCI bench UI to define…