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What is VMware vSphere Replication
VMware vSphere replication is a proprietary solution by VMware for data protection and disaster recovery of virtual machines. This is integrated with VMware vCenter Server, providing host-based, asynchronous replication of virtual machines. Major use cases for vSpehere Replication are data center migration and disaster recovery. Key benefits: >It comes as virtual appliance so it is…
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HCX Bulk migrations failed at 90%.
Issue: HCX Bulk migrations failed at 90% for virtual machine with an error code”Virtual machine is not configured for replication” Cause: It was found that if other type of replication configured (VMware replication ) along with HCX replication than HCX replication get invalid and mmigration gets fail. Resolution: VMware recommends not to configure VMware replication…
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Unable to find Virtual Machines in Migration Palette of HCX UI
Issue: Users are unable to find virtual machines in migration Palette of HCX UI. Cause: It is found to be known issue where migration palette keeps only data of 15 days with HCX version 3.5.1.8852579 or previous version. Resolution: Upgrade HCX version to 3.5.1.9064170 to resolve this issue. Thanks for visiting here. Share this article…
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IT Interview Questions for Freshers
1. How to learn windows server 2016? Answer: – To learn Windows Server 2016, you could go through online training cursers and certificates or classroom training provided by coaching centers. Please watch training videos and theory available on Internet. Also please go through below mentioned course and exam. Introducing the Windows Server 2016 MCSA and…
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Verify Operation | OpenStack Swift – Part 8
We are done with all installation and deployment. Now it’s time to validate and verify the operations. Perform below steps on controller node ( Proxy server node). swift stat Related Topics: An Overview of Swift – An Object Storage Service | OpenStack Swift – Part 1 Deploy Multi node Openstack Swift – Queens Configuration…
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Migrating VMware workload to Cloud
Companies are moving their workload to cloud as it gives you agility, security, reliability and global scale while reducing your overall cost of infrastructure. Today we are going to discuss migration tools which can help to migrate VMware workload from on-premises to cloud. First we will talk about Azure, Azure offers many services out of…
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Create and Distribute Initial Rings | OpenStack Swift – Part 7
Before starting the Object Storage services, you must create the initial account, container, and object rings. The ring builder creates configuration files that each node uses to determine and deploy the storage architecture. For simplicity, this guide uses one region and one zone with 2^10 (1024) maximum partitions, 3 replicas of each object, and 1…
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Install and configure components | OpenStack Swift – Part 6
Perform these steps on each storage node: $yum install openstack-swift-account openstack-swift-container openstack-swift-object Obtain the accounting, container, and object service configuration files from the Object Storage source repository: $curl -o /etc/swift/account-server.conf https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/swift/plain/etc/account-server.conf-sample?h=stable/queens $curl -o /etc/swift/container-server.conf https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/swift/plain/etc/container-server.conf-sample?h=stable/queens $curl -o /etc/swift/object-server.conf https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/swift/plain/etc/object-server.conf-sample?h=stable/queens Edit the /etc/swift/account-server.conf file: [DEFAULT] bind_ip = 10.0.0.4 bind_port = 6202 user = swift swift_dir =…
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Install and Configure the Storage Nodes | OpenStack Swift – Part 5
This section describes how to install and configure storage nodes that operate the account, container, and object services. For simplicity, this configuration references two storage nodes, each containing three empty local block storage devices. The instructions use /dev/sdb , /dev/sdc and /dev/sdd, but you can substitute different values for your particular nodes. Prepare storage node3…
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Install and Configure Proxy Server Components | OpenStack Swift – Part 4
In this topic, we are going to Install and configure proxy server components for OpenStack Swift. Enable Openstack queens Repositories on node1, node3 and node4: $ yum install centos-release-openstack-queens $ yum update Install required packages for proxy server on node1: $ yum install openstack-swift-proxy python-swiftclient python-keystoneclient python-keystonemiddleware memcached Obtain the proxy service configuration file from…
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Configuring Keystone | OpenStack Swift – Part 3
Configuring Keystone:- Source the admin credentials to gain access to admin-only CLI commands: – $ source adminrc.sh Create the swift user: $ openstack user create –domain default –password-prompt swift Check if user is created successfully: openstack user show swift Add the admin role to the swift user: $ openstack role add –project admin –user swift…
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Deploy Multi node Openstack Swift – Queens Configuration | OpenStack Swift – Part 2
In this session, we will deploy Multi node Openstack Swift – Queens Configuration. Lab Setup: Server Names : node1, node3 and Node4 OS : CentOS 7.3 – 64 bit Enabled Internet Connection Prerequisites Make sure each hosts are reachable. I make an entries in hosts file only. Verify the internet connection, bcos we use public…
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Dr Pranay Jha
Dr. Pranay Jha is a Cloud and AI Consultant with 18+ years of experience in hybrid cloud, virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure transformation. He specializes in VMware technologies, multi-cloud strategy, and Generative AI solutions. He holds a PhD in Computer Applications with research focused on Cloud and AI, has published multiple research papers, and has been a VMware vExpert since 2016 and a VMUG Community Leader.
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