Tag: vsphere
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vSphere 6.7 ICM – Topic 9.1 – Explain the vSphere HA architecture
Downtime is something which always costs to company. VMware helps to reduce downtime at each layer. Component Level (NIC multi-pathing ,storage multi-pathing) Server level(vMotion and DRS) Storage level (sDRS) Similarly vSphere HA provides a base level of protection for your virtual machines by restarting virtual machines in the event of a host failure. vSphere HA…
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What is ESXi Direct Console User Interface (DCUI)
Overview (VMware):- Below mentioned steps will provide an overview of the VMware vSphere Host Direct Console User Interface (DCUI). 1. The DCUI is a menu-based interface that is accessed from the host console. 2. Used to configure ESXi running on vSphere hosts. 3. Once connected with vSphere host console on top we could see the…
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How to Assign License Key in vCenter Server 6.5
Please follow mentioned steps Login to Virtual Center using Web or vSphere Client. On top of console, you can see the note saying that licenses in our inventory either expired or not available. Go to Home > Click on Licenses under Administration Tab Click on Manage your Licenses in Getting Started Tab or Go to Licenses Tab. Click on + icon to Create New…
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How to reset or configure iLO password via ESXi shell
Please follow below steps: a. Login into the ESXi shell via putty. b. Go to the directory /opt/hp/tools/ c. Run the command #./hponcfg -w ilo.xml (Where ilo.xml is the file where ”-w’ switch write the configuration of ilo) d. Edit the file ilo.xml using vi editor and fill the highlighted entry with requisites details (i.e…
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vSphere 6.7 ICM – Topic 6.5 – Put VMFS datastore in Maintenance Mode
Happy Thursday to all! Hope your learning is going just fine. Remember “First you learn and then you remove the letter “e” from word learn” ! This blog is mainly aiming on how to put a VMFS datastore in Maintenance mode. Points to Cover– How to put datastore maintenance mode. How to ensure that production…
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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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vSphere 6.7 ICM – Topic 5.3 – Compare vSphere distributed switches and standard switches
vSphere Standard Switch vs vSphere Distributed Switch
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vSphere 6.7 ICM – Topic 5.2 – Configure virtual switch security , traffic -shaping and load -balancing policies
Continuing to vSphere 6.7 Install, Configure, and Manage modules, today we are going to cover vSphere networking which is one of the tough parts to know for VMware admins and have lot of difficulties while applying the network policies. Points to Cover: – Understand Network Policies Security Polices Traffic Shaping Teaming & Failover Understand Load…
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vSphere 6.7 ICM – Topic 6.4 – Extending a VMFS Volume.
Learning is a continuous process and never ends till the grave! As a VMware Admin, the most common & frequent task that falls on your plate is to extend a datastore. This blog is going to explain step by step process to achieve the same requirement. Points to Cover: – Extending a VMFS volume. Increasing…
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vSphere 6.7 ICM – Topic 6.3 – Creating VMFS Volume.
Hello All! Hope you are learning something new everyday. Remember! Together we learn, Together we rise! This blog helps you with the steps required to create a VMFS Volume in vSphere ESXi environment. Points to Cover: – Creating a VMFS Volume. Key Features of VMFS 6 over VMFS 5. Specifying the partition configuration for datastore.…
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vSphere 6.7 ICM – Topic 6.2 – Creating a NFS datastore.
A very Happy Learning to All! This blog explains you on how to create a NFS datastore in vSphere ESXi hosts along with its configuration options. Points to Cover: – Creating a NFS datatore. Brief overview of NFS 4.1 & NFS 3. Providing “NFS share details”. Datastore Name, Moutpoint name and NFS server IP. Brief…
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vSphere 6.7 ICM – Topic 5.1 – Describe, Create, and Manage Standard Switches
Understand Virtual Networking VMware vSphere uses Virtual Networking to establish connection between Hypervisor and Virtual Machines. Hypervisor is connected to Physical Network through physical NICs and switches, whereas Virtual machine is connected through ESXi using Virtual Networking. There is a thin layer of Virtual Networking over the VMkernel which provides entire communication for Virtual Machines…
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