Running vCD on VxRail

The topic of running VMware Cloud Director (vCD) on VxRail has come up a few times lately, with some varying questions around potential requirements, so I thought that it may be useful to create a post to talk through it at a high level.

VxRail Management Pack for vROps – Privileges

This is a quick post to explain what the minimum required privileges are when configuring a user for the VxRail vROps Management Pack.

Upgrade to VCF 3.10.1 on VxRail

This post provides a high-level walk-through of the upgrade sequence and timings from VCF 3.10.0.1 on VxRail to VCF 3.10.1 on VxRail.

VCF 4 on VxRail Architecture Diagrams

This post contains some sample high-level, non-official VCF 4 on VxRail architecture diagrams and notes that I have put together for enablement purposes, and may be of use to others.

Custom VCF on VxRail vROps Dashboard

This post shows how to create a custom vROps dashboard to monitor VCF on VxRail environments.

Custom VxRail Versions Widget for vROps

A nice custom widget to add to your VxRail dashboard in vROps is a simple diagram to clearly display the various versions of VxRail running in your environment.

VxRail ACE with VCF on VxRail

VxRail ACE uses cluster personalities to enable it to identify the deployment types of the VxRail systems that it manages.

VxRail vROps Reports

The VxRail Management Pack for vRealize Operations Manager provides 5 out-of-the-box VxRail-specific reports to choose from. This post provides details on what these reports provide, how the information is presented, and how to run each report.

Adding unsupported rev of VxRail to VCF – What happens

This post explains how VMware SDDC Manager validates VxRail code levels and rejects VxRail systems that are out of compliance.

Dell EMC VxRail Management Pack for vROps

The VxRail Management Pack for vROps has been released. This post is a quick overview of what this provides and how to install it.

Using VxRail with VCF and vRealize Suite

This is a short post highlighting how some of the vRealize Suite products interact with VxRail, how they connect, and what kind of information is provided by each specific to the VxRail itself.

Sample VCF on VxRail Architecture Diagrams

This post contains some sample high level architecture diagrams that I have put together for enablement purposes.

Deploying VCF on VxRail – Understanding What does What

Published Aug 19th 2019

This post is a result of me wanting to understand the various install-tools, steps, and processes involved in deploying VCF on VxRail.

Using VxRail ACE to identify Performance Anomalies

Published August 1st 2019

VxRail ACE provides the ability to identify performance anomalies on the VxRail system, while at the same time learning which anomalies are to be expected as the norm.

VxRail ACE – A Technical Overview

As of June 3rd 2019 VxRail ACE (Analytical Consulting Engine) is in Early Access availability for VxRail customers. This post should give you a better idea of what ACE is and how it works.