vSphere 7 with Kubernetes Part 2 – Enable Workload Management In part 1 of this blog series, I covered how to create Storage tag and Policy to be used for the Workload management. In this 2nd Part of blog series, I will cover how to enable Workload Management on vSphere 7. Once we enable the workload management on the vSphere 7, we will able to create namespaces, assign Storage policies and create applications. To enable Workload Management, we need to select a cluster where we like to enable Workload Management on. This will also require steps to configure the cluster with NSX for network Capabilities. Let us see how…
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vSphere 7 with Kubernetes Part 1 – Create Storage Tag & Policy
vSphere 7 with Kubernetes Part 1 – Create Storage Tag & Policy. In this 1st part of blog series, I will cover how to Create Storage Tag and Policy for the vSphere 7 with Kubernetes. Before we enable vSphere with Kubernetes, we will need to create a storage tag and storage policy to be used during enabling Workload management. This Storage Policy and the tag will be also used as part of Namespaces and Persistent Volume Claims. The policies represent datastores available in the vSphere environment. They control the storage placement such as control plane VMs, pod ephemeral disks, container images, and persistent storage volumes. Subject to your vSphere…
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DellEMC PowerProtect Data Manager for Cloud DR with AWS Cloud Part 3 – Recovery to AWS EC2
DellEMC PowerProtect Data Manager for Cloud DR with AWS Cloud Part 3 – Recovery to AWS EC2. In part 1 of blog series, I covered how to deploy Cloud DR using PowerProtect Data Manager (PPDM) for AWS Cloud. In part 2 of blog series, I covered how to create PPDM Protection policy meant for Cloud DR. In this 3rd part of blog series, I will cover recovery of a protected VM to the AWS Cloud using PowerProtect Data Manager (PPDM). At the end of this activity, we will see Cloud DR will create an EC2 instance on your AWS VPC (You select VPC during the recovery) as part of whole orchestration…
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DellEMC PowerProtect Data Manager for Cloud DR with AWS Cloud Part 2 – Protection
DellEMC PowerProtect Data Manager for Cloud DR with AWS Cloud Part 2 – Protection. In part 1 of blog series, I covered how to deploy Cloud DR using PowerProtect Data Manager (PPDM) for AWS Cloud. In this part 2 of blog series, I will cover how to create a PPDM protection policy meant for Cloud DR. It will use AWS S3 bucket as a Cloud Target. Protection policies define sets of objectives that apply to specific time periods. These objectives drive the configuration, active protection, and copy-data management operations. You define the purpose of the policy, the assets that need to be protected, and the backup schedule. Cloud DR supports…
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DellEMC PowerProtect Data Manager for Cloud DR with AWS Cloud Part 1 – Deployment
DellEMC PowerProtect Data Manager for Cloud DR with AWS Cloud Part 1 – Deployment. In this part 1 of blog series, I will cover how to configure PowerProtect Data Manager (PPDM) integrated Cloud Disaster Recovery (Cloud DR) for AWS Public Cloud. In case you like to know how to deploy and configure PPDM, please refer my previous blog. Cloud DR is integrated into PowerProtect Data Manager (PPDM). Cloud DR supports PowerProtect Data Manager (PPDM) as an On-Premises backup source. This feature enables users to protect VMs by uploading VM image backups to the Public cloud object storage, and run automated DR operations on those copies, while providing DR orchestration capabilities.…
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vRealize Automation REST API – Deploy 3-Tier App with NSX Networks.
vRealize Automation REST API – Deploy 3 Tier App with NSX networks On-Demand on VCF on VxRail In this blog, I will cover vRealize Automation operations using REST API via Postman. The main goal of this blog is to provide handy example for vRA operation using API’s. The vRealize Automation REST API provides consumer, administrator, and provider-level access to the service catalog with the same services that support the vRealize Automation console user interface. You can perform vRealize Automation functions programmatically by using REST API service calls. The vRealize Automation REST API offers the multiple services and functions. For detailed offering, please refer VMware Programming Guide for vRA. REST Client…
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VxRail Manager Plugin (4.7.300) is not visible into the vCenter 6.7 U2 – Thumbprint error
VxRail Manager Plugin (4.7.300) is not visible into the vCenter 6.7 U2. Recently I build my lab with VxRail 4.7.300 and deployed VCF 3.9 however, I noticed VxRail plugin was not loaded into the vCenter. Here is the solution that will help to fix the issue. The VxRail plugin will allow administrators to administer their VxRail clusters from the vCenter. VxRail Manger plugin will automatically be installed in your vCenter as part of VxRail Build process. Plugin also being used to update the VxRail system, Add new VxRail Nodes, support activities etc.. Below screenshot shows VxRail plugin is missing from vCenter. Further investigation showed VxRail HTML Client Plugin error as…
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DellEMC PowerProtect for Data Protection in VCF on VxRail – Deploy & Configure PPDM
DellEMC PowerProtect for Data Protection in VCF on VxRail – Deploy & Configure PPDM In this blog, I will cover deployment & Configuration of DellEMC PowerProtect Data Protection Software. Dell EMC PowerProtect Software provides software-defined data protection, duplication, operational agility, self-service and IT governance. Empowers data owners to perform self-service backup and recovery operations from their native applications Provides IT with oversight and governance to ensure compliance and meet even the strictest of service level objectives Maximize investment in protection storage with Dell EMC Data Domain superior deduplication PowerProtect Data Manager resource requirements on VMware environment The PowerProtect Data Manager appliance has the following minimum system requirements for the VMware environment (ESXi…
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VCF on VxRail Integration & Use-Cases Testing with VMC on AWS Blog Series – Part 5 (Last Part): Disaster Recovery (DR) to VMC on AWS
VCF on VxRail Integration & Use-Cases Testing with VMC on AWS Blog Series – Part 5 (Last Part): Disaster Recovery (DR) to VMC on AWS In part 1 of 5 parts blog series, I provided you with an overview & configuration of Hybrid Linked Mode between VMC SDDC Cloud vCenter and On-Premises VCF on VxRail. In part 2 of 5 parts blog series, I provided you with step-by-step guide on Hybrid Cloud Extension (HCX) Deployment on ‘On-Premises’ & ‘VMC on AWS’ In part 3 of 5 parts blog series, I have gone through the Hybrid Cloud Extension (HCX) configuration. In part 4 of 5 parts blog series, I have covered…
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VCF on VxRail Integration & Use-Cases Testing with VMC on AWS Blog Series – Part 4: Live Migration to VMC on AWS
VCF on VxRail Integration & Use-Cases Testing with VMC on AWS Blog Series – Part 4: Live Migration to VMC on AWS. In part 1 of 5 parts blog series, I provided you with an overview & configuration of Hybrid Linked Mode between VMC SDDC Cloud vCenter and On-Premises VCF on VxRail. In part 2 of 5 parts blog series, I provided you with step-by-step guide on Hybrid Cloud Extension (HCX) Deployment on ‘On-Premises’ & ‘VMC on AWS’ In part 3 of 5 parts blog series, I have gone through the Hybrid Cloud Extension (HCX) configuration. In this part 4 of 5 parts blog series, I will cover Live Migration…