Kubernetes important core concepts! In this blog, I am going to cover a basic overview of the Kubernetes Cluster Architecture. We will drill down to each of these components, we will see roles & responsibility of these components. The Kubernetes cluster consists of set of nodes which may be physical or virtual, they could be located on-premises or on public clouds that hosts applications in form of containers. Kubernetes Architecture Core Concepts – Now, somebody needs to load, control and manage the containers therefore there are control or master nodes in the cluster. The master nodes are responsible to manage the Kubernetes cluster by storing information of nodes, planing…
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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…
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VMware vRealize Operations (vROPS) Management Pack for DellEMC VxRail by BlueMedora
VMware vRealize Operations (vROPS) Management Pack for DellEMC VxRail by BlueMedora. In this blog post I am going to cover VMware vRealize Operations Manager integration with DellEMC VxRail. I will be using vROPS Management Pack for DellEMC VxRail made available by BlueMedora. In case you need more information BlueMedora Management Pack, please refer to the official documentation from BlueMedora. The VMware vRealize Operations Management Pack for DellEMC VxRail extend vRealize Operations to DellEMC VxRail environment. It exposes key DellEMC VxRail Performance Metrics for detail insights, Disks, Memory, Performance and Status. The Management pack support vRealize Operations Manager with Standard, Advanced, or Enterprise Editions. You can download the BlueMedora VxRail Management…
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VCF on VxRail Integration & Use-Cases Testing with VMC on AWS Blog Series – Part 3: Hybrid Cloud Extension (HCX) Configuration Walkthrough
VCF on VxRail Integration & Use-Cases Testing with VMC on AWS Blog Series – Part 3: Hybrid Cloud Extension (HCX) Configuration Walkthrough 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 this part 3 of 5 parts blog series, I will cover how to establish the state of hybridity. It is the foundation for Cross Cloud Mobility. HCX state of hybridity is made up…
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VCF on VxRail Integration & Use-Cases Testing with VMC on AWS Blog Series – Part 2: Hybrid Cloud Extension (HCX) Deployment on ‘On-Premises’ & ‘VMC on AWS’
VCF on VxRail Integration & Use-Cases Testing with VMC on AWS Blog Series – Part 2: Hybrid Cloud Extension (HCX) Deployment on ‘On-Premises’ & ‘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 this part 2 of 5 parts blog series, we will see how to Install & Configure Hybrid Cloud Extension (HCX) feature on VMC on AWS and On-Premises VCF running on VxRail. HCX will be used later in the blog series to perform Bi-Directional Migration & Disaster Recovery to VMware Cloud on AWS.…
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VCF on VxRail Integration & Use-Cases Testing with VMC on AWS Blog Series – Part 1: IPsec VPN & Hybrid Linked Mode (HLM)
VCF on VxRail Integration & Use-Cases Testing with VMC on AWS Blog Series – Part 1: VPN & Hybrid Linked Mode (HLM) VMware Cloud Foundation on DellEMC VxRail has been acclaimed as the simplest and quickest path to a hybrid cloud. In this part 1 of 5 parts blog series, I will provide an overview of VMC integration with VCF on VxRail, walkthrough various Use-Cases and provide detail technical aspects that I captured during the testing. Before we discuss VMC Integration and Use-Cases, please go through Dell EMC VxRail and VMware Cloud Foundation solutions & offering. Having a good understanding of each of these respective offerings will be helpful throughout this blog series. Let’s proceed with…
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Automating the enterprise storage PowerMax using Ansible Modules
Automating the enterprise storage PowerMax using Ansible Modules In this blog, I am going to cover Automating the enterprise storage PowerMax using Ansible Modules. It has become very successful the way you manage storage, my first experience with EMC storage arrays was back in 2004 where I was tasked to work on Symmetrix 8800. Now we are into the PowerMax generation with NvME thus the product came long way so do we. As we largely look at automation and orchestration as part of delivering modern infrastructure & application services, its an important to automate storage tasks that never going to get old-fashioned. These tasks are mainly creation and provisioning of a…