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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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vRA 7.x IAAS encountered “Server Error 401 – Unauthorized: Access is denied due to invalid credentials”
vRA 7.x IAAS encountered “Server Error 401 – Unauthorized: Access is denied due to invalid credentials” In my experience vRA is extremely stable component from the vRealize Suite product portfolio. Perhaps when I received below error that self explain something not right regards to the credentials. Thats Easy!! However when noticed no issues with the credentials, it was purely misleading error message. The real reason behind this error was something else. Thats the HARD part. Where to start?? Since the vRA Infrastructure Tab reported error, decided to start looking into the IaaS configuration and server status. Noticed ‘RepositoryAppPool’ service was stopped in IaaS Application Pools. Tried to start the…