Scope of this blog post is to implement Runecast Version: 4.5.0.0 with vCenter 6.7 U3 and NSX 6.4.6 in my lab environment.Test the strength and capabilities for Predictive analytics & security compliance!Upcoming posts will cover – How to fix reported issues. To be frank, i didn’t anticipate that this implementation and configuration would be this … Read more
I switched my job in March 2020, right in the middle of pandemic with lot of excitement for my new endeavour. During pandemic, i thought the best way to utilize my spare time is to build my new home lab which will help me to explore new products/features of VMware and some other technologies as … Read more
Continuing the last post, now we will be converging vCenter Server with External PSC to vCenter server with Embedded PSC using vSphere Client.We can still use the scripted procedure which was available in vSphere 6.7 U1 but for the ease of demonstration i am using vSphere 6.7 U2 with vSphere client (GUI). Important Notes and … Read more
In the series of VMware Component upgrade, Next component we are going to reflect on is “vCenter Server 6.5 (vCSA) with External Platform Service Controller (PSC)”. vCenter 6.7 onward, the topology of External PSC is depreciated. Hence we will work on convergence in next post. Final Target topology is depicted below: Current Topology –> Target … Read more
Now you must be thinking, why am i writing about such a small and common topic which is widely covered by many bloggers.Reason: i was looking for after effects of disabling HA to a VM! didn’t find anyone mentioning about that. (Maybe i didn’t look hard enough) First, lets disable HA for a VM and … Read more
One of my friends asked me to help on this topic. Thanks to him i got the idea for next blog. What is VMDirectPath I/O? This feature is available from vSphere 5.1 onwards. Using this feature, we can assign the HBA card available to ESXi host to Virtual machine. Benefit: Potentially improving performance. Disclaimer: Before … Read more
