Attempting to connect to HP Restful API service Smart Storage Administrator...
I was recently attempting to install an additional hard disk drive attached to the HPE Dynamic Smart Array B140i Controller of my HPE ProLiant DL160 Gen9 server. When I launched the Smart Storage...
View ArticleBuilding a Nested VMware Cloud Foundation Lab: Part 1 – Hardware Selection
In this series of articles, I wanted to share my experience with running VMware Cloud Foundation in a nested environment to help those who are interested in getting more “hands-on” experience with the...
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Adding Static Routes to Apple Mac (Sierra)
I connect my MacBook directly to my lab environment router, which is isolated from the Internet, using an Apple Thunderbolt to Gigabit Network Adapter. At the same time I have a Wi-Fi connection to...
View ArticleDeploying an OVF using VMware OVF Tool 4.3 for MAC
My browser was acting up and I needed to deploy an OVF on a VMware 6.7u1 Server in my Lab Environment. Here are the steps I took: Download the VMware OVF Tool for MAC Install the tool Open Terminal...
View ArticleBuilding a Nested VMware Cloud Foundation Lab: Part 2 – Preparing the ESXi Host
Now that you have selected the hardware that you intend to use, the next step is to prepare the ESXi host you will be using for your Nested Environment. My ESXi host is a HPE ProLiant DL160 Gen9 Server...
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Building a Nested VMware Cloud Foundation Lab: Part 3 – Deploy the vCenter...
I use a vCenter Server Virtual Appliance to manage the ESXi host that I use for my nested environment. The vCSA allows me to leverage features such as vApps, Cloning, and MAC Learning. I deploy the...
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Building a Nested VMware Cloud Foundation Lab: Part 4 – Enable MAC Learning
vSphere 6.7 supports Native MAC Learning, this feature improves Network Performance in a Nested ESXi environment which is important for vSAN. You can read more about it here in William Lam’s Native...
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Building a Nested VMware Cloud Foundation Lab: Part 5 – Create the Nested...
To prepare your nested environment for VMware Cloud Foundation 3.0. You will need to create four virtual machines, I use the following names: sfo01m01esx01, sfo01m01esx02, sfo01m01esx03, and...
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Building a Nested VMware Cloud Foundation Lab: Part 6 – Install ESXi on the...
If you followed the instructions in Part 5 – Create the Nested ESXi Virtual Machines you should be able to power-on each virtual machine and the installation of ESXi should begin. Its important to...
View ArticleBuilding a Nested VMware Cloud Foundation Lab: Part 7 – Configure DNS
VMware Cloud Foundation 3.0 requires an External DNS server. In my lab environment I have a Windows Server 2012 R2 virtual machine that I use a a DNS Server. If you are only planning on deploying the...
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Failed to mount NFS datastore vSphere 6.7 Error Message
I recently changed the IP Address of a QNAP TS-231 NAS Appliance that I was using to mount .ISO files to virtual machines. I disconnected all virtual machines from the datastore (SharedISO) and then...
View ArticleDeploy VMware Cloud Foundation Cloudbuilder VM with VMware OVF Tool
Download the VMware Cloud Foundation Cloudbuilder .ova file to the machine you will execute the OVF Tool from. Here is a sample of the command I used: ./ovftool --acceptAllEulas -dm=thin -ds="NVMe-m01"...
View ArticleChange the Default Gateway of Cloud Builder VM
Recently I deployed a new Cloud Foundation Cloud Builder VM, after the deployment I was unable to ping it from my laptop. I logged into the direct-console and verified the IP Address using the...
View ArticleDisk Space Requirements for NSX-v Based VI Workload Domain in Cloud...
If you are creating a new NSX-v based VI Workload Domain you will need a minimum of 120GB of disk space in the Capacity Tier for your vSAN cluster. In my lab environment I use 30GB capacity disks for...
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QNAP TS-251 VAAI 10G Performance Test
The interesting finding was that when using a 10G NIC there wasn’t a significant reduction in the amount of time it took to clone the VM. VAAI OFF VAAI ON Start Time 11:00:28 4:26:37 End Time 11:59:47...
View ArticleRecover Cisco Catalyst 2960-CG Series Switch SYST FLASHING
I recently was unable to boot a Cisco Catalyst 2960-CG Series Compact Switch (WS-C2960CG-8TC-L v03). The IOS image would hang during loading causing the SYST light to flash constantly. To complicate...
View ArticleConnecting Cisco Catalyst 2960-CG and C3560-CX Series Switches
I currently have a Cisco Catalyst C3560-CX Series switch (WS-C3560CX-8XPD-S) in my lab environment. C3560-CG is a compact switch and only has eight (8) ethernet ports. I recently purchased four new...
View ArticleUnable to negotiate with IP Address port 22: no matching cipher found error...
Recently attempted to open an ssh session from my MacBook Pro with macOS Big Sur to a Cisco Catalyst WS-C2960CG-8TC compact switch running Cisco IOS 15.0 and received the following error message:...
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