VirtualG.uk focuses on the latest virtualization and infrastruture topics in the following areas: Dell EMC, VMware vSphere, Site Recovery Manager, vSAN, vRealize and Certification. VirtualG.uk is also home to the free VCAP6-DCV Deployment Exam Simulator that has had over 100 sessions registered since it’s release in late 2016. Please feel free to contact Graham, the… Read More »
In this series of blog posts, time permitting, I’ll go through the base configuration required for the following 2 scenarios (Scroll down for links to the configurations) Configure FX2 chassis with dual FN410S IO Modules to LAN switches and iSCSI storage array (direct iSCSI) Configure FX2 chassis with dual FN2210S IO Modules to LAN & FC switches In both… Read More »
I’ve been putting notes together for a while with regards to vSAN and how it differs from Traditional Storage Arrays. Naturally, the choice between the two depends on your requirements but it’s becoming obvious that the use cases for vSAN are growing on every release. Here are my quick overview notes: It is not usually… Read More »
A few months back I encountered this issue which was stopping the backup exec beremote.exe process which is required to backup Virtual Machines. Insufficient winsock resources available to complete socket connection initiation The cause In my case it was a recent Windows Update that caused hundreds of false sockets to be opened within Windows Server.… Read More »
As I’m preparing for VCDX I have not been as active on the blog as I would like, the good news is that when I have some free time I am working on improving the VCAP6-DCV Deploy Exam Simulator! Since it’s launch late last year, there have been over 100 sessions, mentioned on many blogs and… Read More »
There are three install options for VROps 6.4. Windows, Linux and the OVA. In this post we’ll look at the preferred OVA installation. The OVA can be considered as more secure (Effectively a black box that admins will be less tempted to modify) and performs better since it’s isolated from other 3rd party software. Download the… Read More »
Sometimes a virtual machine will not power off via the web client. To resolve this, the process is very simple: Enable SSH on the host that the VM is running on: 2. Login to the host via SSH 3. Run the following command: esxcli vm process list 4. Find the world ID for the VM… Read More »
vSphere Replication is a nice, simple solution to replicate Virtual Machines from one site to another. It helps protect your business against most common threats to the data center and furthermore it’s included in vSphere standard and above at no extra cost. Some vSphere Replication users will notice an option to enable Point in Time… Read More »
A while back I was looking for a vROps management pack that would ping IP addresses to check availability and response time for a given list of endpoints. A search of the VMware Solution Exchange returned nothing however recently I discovered the Port Adapter management pack. Initially from reading the documentation, I thought that the… Read More »
This short video covers: Enabling vSAN 6.5 Configuring vSAN options Running a VM on vSAN Verifying duplication and compression ratios (See it in action!) Running built-in proactive vSAN tests