Hi All, Writing this blog to assist with replication setup. Traffic isolation is key. Here is what this looks like. Ref: https://docs.vmware.com/en/vSphere-Replication/8.4/com.vmware.vsphere.replication-admin.doc/GUID-16677363-4265-4815-9C1C-DAAA3AE500CD.html?hWord=N4IghgNiBcIC4CcwDNkEsDGACNBnA9hGHGvgHYgC+QA Adding 2 NICs to the 8.4 appliance requires … Continue Reading Dramatically improve replication performance and avoid RPOs.
Things to know. SRM solution user should match the VRUI user. See example /usr/lib/vmidentity/tools/scripts/lstool.py list –url http://localhost:7080/lookupservice/sdk –type VCDR RESULT SRM-5abc29cb-fc9a-46b4-a157-72be62820b34@vsphere.local /usr/lib/vmidentity/tools/scripts/lstool.py list –url http://localhost:7080/lookupservice/sdk –type VRUI RESULT Service ID: … Continue Reading Remove stale/duplicate SRM entries from PSC 2.0
More and more we see NTP of VMs is getting overlooked. Now we have COVID-19 Infra and System admins need to have a NTP strategy that is robust and does … Continue Reading Set NTP on all VMs ESXi
Please read the article below to see how I managed to clear the VCAP Deploy exam. Both offer a different set of challenges. The VCAP deploy is all hands on … Continue Reading The VCIX Journey.
This is a common issue and happens when we get a certain combination of vCenter 6.5 and most notably vSphere Replication 8.1.0. To resolve the issue follow the steps in … Continue Reading Tampered Keystore vSphere Replication 8.x
The health check for SRM involves the following. Check protection groups for errors. Check recovery plans: Validate the resource mappings. Ensure they include ESXi resource mappings. Validate the SRA … Continue Reading SRM Health Check
Here is an example of a failed recovery test recovery plan. 018-09-12T14:03:08.744-03:00 error vmware-dr[00352] [SRM@6876 sub=Recovery ctxID=652c898a opID=5688b3ef-4d94-4134-aa1d-a61e19733b64:f43d:6d7e:a4ba:1a65:823:2d26] [df57903e-fbaa-409e-adfb-024e004a9ff9.failoverOrchJob] IP customization failed for VM vmName01 [vm-318]: (vmodl.fault.SystemError) { –> faultCause … Continue Reading VMware Tools is it fully installed and what happens during a Site Recovery Test Failover?
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Many times it’s not practical to modify the IP addresses of every individual VM as they are configured. Luckily VMware has provided a way to bulk upload IP addresses. From … Continue Reading Bulk IP Customization
For all those using Load balancing with VMware, you will need to configure a NLB portgroup to avoid port flooding. To prevent RARP packets being sent every time vMotion or … Continue Reading Configuring VMware Switch for NLB
Vmware » vSphere » 10 Ways to Troubleshoot Poor vSphere Performance 10 Ways to Troubleshoot Poor vSphere Performance 25 Sep 2017 by Jason Fenech 0 vSphere A poorly performing virtual machine is probably one of the topmost … Continue Reading
Some time ago, I was engaged in a discussion with one of our customers to investigate the possibility of VMware Site Recovery Manager implementation in their datacenter. The discussion turned … Continue Reading RPO, RTO, WRT, MTD…WTH?!
#Export the CVS from the flash client 6.5. #Save your ExportList.csv. Import-Csv ExportList.csv | foreach { #Pulls the var from the CSV #”guestToolsUnmanaged|10304″ is a test value I want to … Continue Reading Upgrade VMware Tools
Recently I had to upgrade my laptop to windows 10 so I needed to reinstall the SRM-DB tool. Here is one of the challenges I faced. While listing recovery plans … Continue Reading Common SRM DB tool errors.
Oneliners to speed up troubleshooting common NTP related issues. Connect-ViServer <vCenter address> -user administrator@vsphere.local -password VMware123! Check NTP Server is configured. Get-VMHost |Sort Name|Select Name, @{N=“NTPServer“;E={$_ |Get-VMHostNtpServer}}, @{N=“ServiceRunning“;E={(Get-VmHostService -VMHost … Continue Reading NTP check with Powercli
