VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) over Dell EMC VxRail Bill of Materials (BOM) VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell EMC VxRail is a solution offering that provides best-in-class serviceability and lifecycle management capabilities for customers looking to automate the deployment and management of the full VMware Software Defined Datacenter (SDDC) stack on Dell EMC VxRail. The Cloud Foundation software product is comprised of the following software Bill-of-Materials (BOM). The components in the BOM are interoperable and compatible. This article will provide high level glance on some of the important component and their versions needed to make right decision in terms of deployment. Kindly make sure you always go through the VMware Cloud…
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Configuring DELLEMC Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) & Data Domain Virtual Edition (DDVE) for VMware
Configuring DELLEMC Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) & Data Domain Virtual Edition (DDVE) for VMware Environment In this blog post i am going to cover configuration of Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) & Data Domain Virtual Edition (DDVE) Dell EMC Avamar Virtual Edition is great for enterprise backup data protection. Avamar Virtual Edition is optimized for backup and recovery of virtual and physical servers, enterprise applications, remote offices, and desktops or laptops. Key features: Delivers a software-only data protection solution Supports VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V and Azure Provides guest and image-level backup and recovery Enables application-consistent recovery Uses variable-length deduplication Uses AES-256 encryption to secure data in flight or at rest Data…
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VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Stretched Cluster for Workload Domain on VxRail
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Stretched Cluster for Workload Domain on VxRail In this blog post, I am going to share procedure on how to stretch a VCF MGMT Workload Domain configured on VxRail (VxRail is DellEMC HCI Appliance) The vSAN stretched cluster extends the cluster from one data site to two sites for high availability and load balancing. You can stretch the cluster on the management domain as well as the workload domain using the Supportability and Serviceability Utility (SoS). You may want to stretch a cluster for the following reasons. Planned maintenance You can perform a planned maintenance on an availability zone without any downtime and then migrate the…
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Dell EMC VxFlex HCI Platform for Kubernetes Stateful Applications
Dell EMC VxFlex HCI Platform for Kubernetes Stateful Applications This blog showcase VxFlex OS Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver to deliver persistent storage for PostgreSQL database running on Kubernetes Container VxFlex Integrated Systems and VxFlex Ready Nodes, also known as the Flex family, create a server-based SAN by combining storage virtualization software, known as VxFlex OS, with Dell EMC PowerEdge servers to deliver flexibility, scalability, and capacity on demand. Local storage resources are combined to create a virtual pool of block storage with varying performance tiers. The Flex family enables you to start small (with as little as four nodes) and scale incrementally. VxFlex OS is capable of supporting a…
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DELL EMC XtremIO Workflow for vRO
DELL EMC XtremIO Workflow for vRO VMware vRealize Orchestrator is an IT process automation tool that allows automated management and operational tasks across both VMware and third-party applications. The XtremIO Workflows for vRealize Orchestrator facilitates the automation and orchestration of tasks that involve the XtremIO Storage Array. It augments the capabilities of VMware’s vRealize Orchestrator solution by providing access to XtremIO Storage Array-specific management workflows The XtremIO workflows for VMware vRealize Orchestrator contain both basic and high level workflows. A basic workflow is a workflow that allows for the management of a discrete piece of XtremIO functionality, such as Consistency Groups, Clusters, Initiator Groups, Protection Schedulers, Snapshot Sets, Tags, Volumes,…
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Oracle RAC (VMware VMs) Active-Active DC Use Cases using DellEMC PowerMax Storage
Oracle RAC (VMware VMs) Active-Active DC Use Cases using DellEMC PowerMax Storage Below are the some of the quick Use Cases to be demonstrated using Oracle RAC for active-active DC scenarios using Dell EMC PowerMax Storage The Oracle RAC was built on VMware platform. USE CASE 1 Write database index into common DB from both the RAC Nodes. Firstly count index records on both RAC instances before adding new records. I am using simple bash script that uses sqlplus and count the records. The scripts are attached in the bottom section. 2. Add new Index records into both the RAC instances. This action will prove that you can write into…
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DELL EMC VxFlex Manager Walkthough
DELL EMC VxFlex Manager Walkthough Dell EMC VxFlex integrated systems deliver maximum scalability and business agility, enabling companies to start small and grow in flexible, discrete increments. Fully integrated with the industry’s #1 PowerEdge servers, VxFlex supports multi-hypervisor and bare metal environments, two-layer or HCI architectures, and high performance applications and databases. This is the landing page of VxFelx Manager The ‘Getting Started’ Page will provide glance into the discovered resources & deploy services. ‘Dashboard’ menu provides Services, Resources & Appliance overview The ‘Resources’ tab shows information of all the Resources & various relevant information e.g. Heath, RCM Compliance etc When you deep dive into an individual Rack Node, you…