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<s>[INST] Has anyone had an issue on a PS6500 when a disk has a history of failures? The disk in question has been replace twice but the message does not disappear and cannot be used? Does anybody know of a way to clear this message. Thanks Chris [/INST] Hello Chris, Where did you get the drives from? HOF is stored on the failed drive not on the controller. Regards, Don </s> |
<s>[INST] I want to start my dell certification path, do I necessarily have to start from associate level or can some stages be exempted especially if I have related certification in other vendors like Cisco? please advise. [/INST] Welcome to the community Abilalink! While you can take the exams in any order, certifications will only be earned when all prerequisites have been met. In most cases this does require an associate level certification. Have you checked out the Information Storage and Management v3 Exam Description? </s> |
<s>[INST] Interesting behaviour when apply firmware as part of Firmware baseline. I discovered a test R730 with firmware baseline. OME detailed all of the updates applicable. I selected the disk microcode updates noting these did not require a reboot. Job ran, but issued a reboot of the server. Can you explain this behaviour? If there is a risk of reboot I will be unable to apply updates without securing a maintenance window. [/INST] Hi, My bad I missed the fact that I had a NIC card selected hence reboot. </s> |
<s>[INST] A weekly backups was set to infinite retention instead of 14 days we have changed it to the correct retention , but we understand this new retention policy will kick in only for new backups? Question is can we run a report to find out all those weekly backups with infinite retention and then apply a script and delete? what report would I run to get the details of those backups with intention retention [/INST] There is a utility called "modify-snapups" that will do what you need: [URL] Please be extremely careful with it as misuse could cause significant data loss. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi! I have a R710 with a perc6i (soon to be 700), where because of the lack of jbod i created a virtual disk for every physical hard drive. i dont want to use hardware raid because of drive mix and match limitations, where unraid os gives me more freedom. now if i want to plug that drive into a simple desktop machine for whatever reason (eg hardware failure of the server, but i need that data before the replacement part comes), would i be able to do that or is there a seperate layer created between os and filesystem which i would only be able to pass with a perc controller? before you ask: yes, they are sata drives so i have the physical means to attach it ;) [/INST] i just tried with my test system with success config: r710 with perc6i all disks have their own raid0 virtual disk os unraid shutdown the server and plugged one of the unraid data drives (sata) to an external hdd adapter for ubuntu 16.4, which could read the contents of the disk just fine. so for my configuration and my usecase its working. heres hoping that the h700 will handle the disks the same way. </s> |
<s>[INST] [IMAGE] After upgrading EQL6100 firmware from version 7 to 8, SANHQ 3.0 no longer allow me to save SupportAssist configuration. I tried both local and domain admin accounts. [/INST] Issue resolved after I fill up the contact details. It isn't obvious that this got wipe off and need to be filled also after the uninstall and reinstall. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hello! I need to download Watch4Net 6.8u2, but I can not find the link. Please, give a link to download. [/INST] Hello, Thank you for reaching out. Let me know if the link below works for you. Also, our newest version is 6.8u5 which you will also find on the link: [URL]#q=m%26r%206.8u2&sort=relevancy&f:iuxType=[Drivers%20%26%20Downloads]&f:langFacet=[en] Regards, Mirza Hassan </s> |
<s>[INST] Using 6 drives for the RAID 5- no hot spare. If a drive fails and I replace it, do I have to manually rebuild the RAID or is it automated? If not, what steps do I have to go through to rebuild while staying online? Thanks [/INST] Pmkdatabase, The process is normally automated, as long as the drives are hotswappable, then after a few moments insert the replacement, then it should start rebuilding on its own. If it doesn't automatically start the rebuild then you can assign it as a hotspare, which would then cause it to rebuild to the Virtual Disk. With OpenManage installed you can do all of this from within the OS. Hope this helps. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi, can anyone with a deeper knowledge of ASL help with this and/or suggest an easier way. I am integrating the CISCO-BGP4-MIB into Smarts and for some reason Cisco have decided to append the BGP remotePeerIP address to the end of the SNMP objectID, why they did not put it into one of the varbinds I don't know, probably a variant/hybrid of the IETF BGP4-MIB. The EMC ASL_Ref.pdf does mention that this is common practice, what I need to do is extract this IP to use within the notification, here is the issue: OID2=.1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.187.1.2.5.1.3.10.236.48.23 The only sustainable way I can think is to use ASL to repeat over the line from the right hand side & maybe using a "." as a file separator, how to achieve this though is beyond me. I want to end up with 2 variables - cleaned_oid & cleaned_ip for use within the notification itself. thanks for any help. Mark.V2V [/INST] Hi Mark, I was able to separate the oid and ip address with the below example code using the substring function: test.asl file START { a:rep(word) eol } do { print("Value".a); oid=substring(a,5,30); ip=substring(a,36,50); print("OID ".oid); print("IP ".ip); } DEFAULT { ..eol } fs_match.txt OID2=.1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.187.1.2.5.1.3.10.236.48.23 run output: ./sm_adapter --file=fs_match.txt test.asl ValueOID2=.1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.187.1.2.5.1.3.10.236.48.23 OID .1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.187.1.2.5.1.3 IP 10.236.48.23 Reference to the use of the substring function can be found in the 9.2 ASL Reference guide on page 85 Ron Miller Advisor, Enterprise Technical Services </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi, Can I use HDD 400-AJPH SAS 10K in my MD3420? Many websites have this disc as compatible with it, but I can't find any official information on DELL's sites. Thanks for any answer. [/INST] Hello Sam, Thanks, it helped. Regards, Peter </s> |
<s>[INST] Installed server administrator and OpenManage per Dell's "guides". Launch localhost:1311 fine, but every time I try to log in I get the error "Login failed: connection error"ensured the admin account had a password and all permissions, tried using localhost, 127.0.0.1, hostname, IP, and even the iDRAC IP. Same error. What am I doing wrong? [/INST] Since whichever Dell moderator can't read and keeps merging these unrelated requests, I'm going to mark this as the solution to close this thread out and post it for the third time. Hopefully they'll stop merging all my threads together and I can get an actual answer from somebody. Horrible software, horrible customer support. Never buying Dell again. </s> |
<s>[INST] I have a Dell r620 that had ver 1.23 IDRAC firmware on it. I downloaded the firmimg.d7 for v 1.46.45 (thinking to do an incremental update to the current version). The firmware seemed to work, and the server rebooted, but the firmware update tab has disappeared. The left side menu shows IDRAC Settings / Network / User Authentication / Sessions / CMC. The old firmware update tab had a rollback option which I would use, but I can't roll it back because there is no tab. Do I need to install a supported OS and run the update from there? The server is running VMware ESXI 6.5 [/INST] Hi, I would try doing a idrac reset and see if the option shows up again. You shouldn¡¯t need to step up the firmware either. </s> |
<s>[INST] Good evening everyone ! I am new here and I am looking for help. We set up a very simple telephone system in our office, with an external service provider. The phones and the PABX (IPBX) are connected on the switch in port access VLAN 10 simple: no LLPD MED, no TAG, no VOICE VLAN etc ... (I know - this is not the best solution - but I did not choose ? it¡¯s a provider¡¯s solution.. by the way). We have totaly 3 DELL switches: N3048P, 6248P and 5524P. The VOIP provider has asked that the VLAN 10 (the voice vlan) be prioritized over the entire network. Our PCs and servers are also in access mode on the VLAN 20 (data). We also have a management VLAN 1. I am looking for a simple configuration to prioritize the VLAN 10 in COS 6 .. or another solution so that it can be prioritized over the VLAN 20 (DATA). Knowing well the range of 5524P switch, I set up the following configuration, which works pretty well - test done with Wireshark: qos advancedip access-list extended VOIPpermit ip any anyexitclass-map TOIPmatch access-group VOIPexitpolicy-map TOIPclass TOIPset cos 6 interface gigabitethernet1/0/1description IPBXspanning-tree portfastservice-policy input TOIPswitchport access vlan 10 interface gigabitethernet1/0/24description TRUNK_SWITCHspanning-tree portfastservice-policy input TOIPswitchport mode trunk spanning-treespanning-tree mode RSTP qos basicqos trust coseee enable By cons I am a little lost on the 6248P and N3048P, which have a different CLI. I tried to put this configuration, but I'm afraid it is a little weak and it does not fulfill its mission well: [IMAGE] Do you have any suggestions or solutions so that my QOS rules can be homogeneous across the network? I know you're going to talk about changing settings and switching to the VOICE VLAN that "does the job all by myself", but I'm unfortunately forced to stay in that configuration. I thank you ALL in advance for any help or advice you could bring me. Very good evening. Rider641 [/INST] You will want to place these on the phone facing interfaces, not the switch to switch connections. By default, the switch is in trust mode, so it will keep the value when received on the Trunk interface connecting the switches together. </s> |
<s>[INST] We are migrating from VNX to Unity both at Prod and DR. We want to use Native SMB Import for Migrating VDMs on VNX to Unity. Our question here is During the Import Session is in Progress can I create a Replication the NAS server & resources to a DR Unity before the Cutover. [/INST] No, you should not create the replication session on the target prior to completing the migration. See: 520686 : Dell EMC Unity: VDM migration may be incomplete if user creates destination snapshots or replication sessions prior to cutover (User Correctable) [URL] </s> |
<s>[INST] I have been successful in creating snapshots using the CLI but when I try to add the -replicate option I get an error message: Operation failed. Error code: 0x1000017 Command line parsing failed near "-replicate" token. The command string that fails follows: uemcli /prot/snap create -name OracleFRA_2018-09-12_01:57:45 -source res_4 -keepFor 30d -access ckpt -replicate yes -keepSameAsSource -allowRemoteAutoDelete yes If I remove everything having to do with replication - the command works uemcli /prot/snap create -name OracleFRA_2018-09-12_01:57:45 -source res_4 -keepFor 30d -access ckpt Any ideas On what I am doing wrong ?? [/INST] Hi SJRWMD, I'm not an engineer, but I'm looking into this from a documentation perspective. This switch has changed a couple of times since Unity came out, so because it could depend on your OE, I'd recommend running the -h option on /prot/snap create to get the correct info. I believe the switch should be -replicateSnap and you should drop the "yes" after it. /prot/snap create [ -async ] -source [ -name ] [ -descr ] [ -access { ckpt | share } ] [ { -keepFor | -allowAutoDelete { yes | no } } ] [ -replicateSnap [ { -keepSameAsSource | -keepRemotelyFor | -allowRemoteAutoDelete { yes | no } } ] ] Hopefully I can confirm this shortly with Engineering and get the document updated for our next release. Thanks, Holly </s> |
<s>[INST] Any help on this topic would be gratefully appreciated. Can anyone tell me what graphics cards are suitable for the PowerEdge T110 with Service Tag (removed by moderator) and Reg Model E11S. Thanks Duncan [/INST] Hi Duncan, The only supported GPU I could find is the AMD Radeon HD6350 which would go into PCIe slot 2 on the motherboard. Thanks, </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi experts, Can i ask several questions regarding Brocade FC-FC Routing ? 1. Can I implement FC-FC Routing between two NO Virtual Fabrics-capable switches ? Or between one Virtual Fabrics-capable switch and one NO Virtual Fabrics-capable switch? Since the NO Virtual Fabrics-capable edge switches doesn¡¯t have a Fabric ID, how can I setting the edge fabric ID on the FC router ? 2. How can i connect two fabric with the same FID via FC-FC routing ? For example, two virtual fabric with the same default FID 128, should I change the FID in one fabric ? 3. How to change the FID ? Is it disruptive or non-disruptive ? Will the zone configuration still be valid after the FID change ? 4. Can I implement FC-FC Routing via a FC router or router-capable switch instead of the virtual fabric base switch inside the Virtual Fabrics-capable switch ? See the topology below. [IMAGE] Thanks. [/INST] Hi, That are indeed several questions. 1. Can I implement FC-FC Routing between two NO Virtual Fabrics-capable switches ? A: yes Or between one Virtual Fabrics-capable switch and one NO Virtual Fabrics-capable switch? A: also yes. Since the NO Virtual Fabrics-capable edge switches doesn¡¯t have a Fabric ID, how can I setting the edge fabric ID on the FC router ? A: That can be done with the ¡°portcfgexport ?f¡± option. Fabric ID Rules: If there are multiple EX or VEX ports connected to the same fabric then they must have the same FID. If EX or VEX ports are connected to different edge fabrics, then they must use unique FIDs for each edge fabric. If two different backbone fabrics are connected to the same edge fabric then the two backbone fabrics must have unique FIDs. 2. How can i connect two fabric with the same FID via FC-FC routing ? A: See the page 541, of the Fabric OS Administrator guide 7.4.1, Chapter ¡°Using FC-FC Routing to Connect Fabrics¡±. For example, two virtual fabric with the same default FID 128, should I change the FID in one fabric ? A: No, it should be possible, because the EX port on the router will get the FID you set on the EX port. 3. How to change the FID ? A. I assume you meant in a Virtual fabric -> that can be done with the lscfg command. See the Fabric OS Command Reference Guide. Is it disruptive or non-disruptive ? A. Setting up a new LS with a new FID will be disruptive. Will the zone configuration still be valid after the FID change ? A. No, all zoning is gone and need to be re-applied. 4. Can I implement FC-FC Routing via a FC router or router-capable switch instead of the virtual fabric base switch inside the Virtual Fabrics-capable switch ? See the topology below A. Yes, that should be possible. I recommend you to contact our DELL EMC local team to get the real Implementation specialist, who should be able to design and assist you with the Fibre Channel Routing tailored to all your needs. Best Regards, Ed </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi, I have tried to upgrade the switch IOS however both images have been corruped. I am unable to get to the boot menu. Once the switch has been restarted it goes directly on u-boot > please see the following script Writing to Nand... done /image1 not found ! ubifsload - load file from anUBIFS filesystem. Can someone please advise. [/INST] With the first method, you will need to be sure the switch has a connection to the server hosting the file. With the second method, you will need to send the file to the switch via the terminal software. Here is an example of how to send the file: [URL] Let me know if this is what you are doing and it still is not working. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi Team, We have EMC Networker 9.1.1.5 and we have configured VNXe 3200 CIFS server backups using NDMP backups and backups are successfull. I want to know that can we recover those backups to and alternate location which is not NDMP or NAS server. I want to recover that on backup server local drive. Can we do that recovery? Regards Nabeel [/INST] Thanks for the reply and below is the answer 4. Can i restore NDMP backups to local drive of newly installed server? No. NDMP backup can only be recovered to NDMP clients. I think it would be possible for NDMP backups using the DSA method. But even if my technical assumption would be true such will be suppressed by NW itself. Otherwise you will not be able to recover the metadata properly and bypass the owner's rights etc. Such will be prevented. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi CommunityMy old but reliable PowerEdge works fine but for a few days ago:Turn system power on... the system status indicator (blue) is on & caution (amber) is off, Ok.Between begin postscreen and Windows start... the system status indicator is off & caution is blinking, Why?When starting Windows... the system status indicator changes to on & caution to off, Ok.- No faults displayed on power supplies & discs LED's- All (visible) LED's inside are on green & constant- No error messages during post- Diagnostic does not report any problemsI'm a bit baffled...Does anybody know something about this behaviour?Cheers Jurg [/INST] Kashikomari, I would start with making sure the server is up to date. Normally issues like this are due to it being very behind in updates, but you may also want to clear the hardware logs as well. Let me know if this helps. </s> |
<s>[INST] #sh ver Dell EMC Real Time Operating System Software Dell EMC Operating System Version: 2.0 Dell EMC Application Software Version: 9.13(0.1P1) Copyright (c) 1999-2018 by Dell Inc. All Rights Reserved. Build Time: Mon Mar 12 07:59:04 2018 Build Path: /build/build01/SW/SRC Dell EMC Networking OS uptime is 16 week(s), 2 day(s), 8 hour(s), 14 minute(s) System image file is "system://A" System Type: S3048-ON #show interfaces port-channel 47 b Codes: L - LACP Port-channel O - OpenFlow Controller Port-channel A - Auto Port-channel I - Internally Lagged LAG Mode Status Uptime Ports L 47 L2 up 01:40:08 Gi 1/47 (Up) Gi 1/48 (Up) show interfaces port-channel 47 does not show me that as well. Thanks! [/INST] Default hashing is 0. You can change the hash algorithm with the command #hash-algorithm. The CLI guide details all the different options available to this command. Page 601: [URL] Hope this helps. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi! I have two Unity400 with asynchronous replica for NAS service. I have configured the NAS to serve CIFS in the CPD1 with the name REPODOC and the IP 10.250.10.50, the replica is configured to the CPD2. In the CPD1 I have configured another NAS as Proxy with the IP 10.250.10.51 and I access the files of REPODOC correctly through \\Proxy\REPODOC The question is how can I access the snapshots of the CPD2 NAS through the proxy? In the documentation on the matter I can not find configurations about it or if it is possible or not to access the content. Thanks [/INST] on the primary side you can simply browse C$ to see the NAS server root including all the file systems and snapshots or you can create a NFS/CIFS share for a particular snapshot on the secondary (readonly) side the same can be achieved through the new NAS server proxy functionality The easiest way to restore files from the secondary side (without actually failing over) is through the proxy NAS server you can just browse into the snapshot file system can copy from there Other options are listed in the Unity DR access and testing technote - they also apply if you are running an older version of the Unity OE before proxy NAS was introduced In that technote there is a screenshot - the directories there that start with UTC_201x are the snapshots created through the scheduler Rainer </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi All, Need your help to disable multiple networker clients from networker server.Can you please provide me a script (networker) that will disable client in single shot. Networker Server version : NetWorker 8.2.4.4.Build.1366 NetWorker Source Capacity Data Zone Enabler. Appreciate your help! Thank you..... Regards Sivaji [/INST] You can of course use a script to do that but there are other methods available in NW 8.2.4 ... 1. NW Admin GUI Changing the parameter for multiple resources. In your case, - Go to Configuration > Clients - Select the clients of your choic - Move the cursor to the column 'Scheduled backup' - Open the context menu with a right mouse-click [IMAGE] - Uncheck the option 'Scheduled backup' and click OK [IMAGE] 2. nsradmin If you want to use a script, prepare a text file containing these nsradmin sub-commands - for each client: . type: nsr client; name: update scheduled backup: disabled .... Then apply the nsradmin command as follows: nsradmin -i and watch the command execution. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hello I just got DELL R320 with H310 controller. Is R320 have embedded controller I don't need RAID just need to have a single SSD for the OS Thank you [/INST] Power down the server, remove the power cords, then hold the power button for a several seconds to drain the flea power. Once that is complete then open the cover and locate the NVRAM jumper on the motherboard, as seen below.[IMAGE] Move the NVRAM jumper over and reapply power and start the server, once you clear the NVRAM then power back down and restore the jumper. Then power the server and let me know if you get past the Initialization complete section. If not then you may need to replace the systemboard to resolve. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi everyone, Due to a wrong initialization I'm trying to use the RASR tool to reset factory a VxRail E660F node. In the past I already did it on another vxrail model but here I can't find any Internal SD card or port with the RASR tool at the Boot menu. Is there any other way like making a bootable USB key or anything I'm missing? Thanks for helping. [/INST] Thanks Lex, Boot into the bash: prepare iDRAC console to host Put host into maintenance mode Reboot host During boot, press F11 in iDRAC console select "one-shot boot menu select [Hard Drive] internal SD-iDSDM Press alt + F2 to load into the bash shell.try the following commands to make sure it is installed properlychange the working directory to /mnt/RASR/release with the command "cd mnt/RASR/release"Run the command "cat esxtmp.tar.* | tar tvf - | grep -i recoverybundle" If that doesn't help. You can get the image from [URL] if you login. </s> |
<s>[INST] [IMAGE] What is this? [/INST] Hi,Thank you for your question.[URL] bundleThe last life cycle management feature that I want to focus on is about smart bundles. The term ¡®smart bundle¡¯ refers to a space-efficient LCM bundle that can be downloaded from the Dell cloud. For VxRail users who are using CloudIQ today to manage their VxRail clusters, this feature is familiar to you. A space-efficient bundle is created by first performing a change analysis of the VxRail Continuously Validated State currently running on a cluster versus the target VxRail Continuously Validated State that a user wants to download for their cluster. The change analysis determines the delta of install files in the full LCM bundle that is needed by the cluster to download and update to the target version. Let us know if there is anything else we can help you with. </s> |
<s>[INST] Has anyone taken the online/virtual version of VXRail Training (VxRail Installation and Implementation / ES524CPX00074 for example)? Did they provide you with remote access to the iDRACs and/or another iVKM? And also to an RDP/Citirix session where one can point a browser at vCenter / vSphere after the initial setup wizard is completed? Any feedback would be helpful in deciding if/whether to wait for a Classroom-course. Thanks, ~BRIAN [/INST] Sorry I missed your original post. I'm one of the Dell instructors; our VxRail Installation and Implementation class covers the preparation, network validation, and pre-build state of the nodes. We then do a software build of a 3-node cluster and perform post-build validation. Finally, the class covers some day-two activities like vSAN management and adding an additional node. We use a remote lab environment that provides vSphere and ESXi consoles throughout the build process. The ESXi servers, the vCenter server, and any other services we need are 100% real software on virtual machines. These simulate the VxRail install experience in every way except for those that require hardware. Which means we can only discuss (not perform) these topics in the class: Our Online/Virtual class offering uses the same lab as the Classroom offering (if you can find one). This is the same course the Dell Services team attend, though they go through a series of shadowing engagements before doing an independent build. </s> |
<s>[INST] what is the steps to upgrade my Log Insight version 8.2 to newer version. i am using standalone without cluster [/INST] Assuming you're running something prior to VxRail version 8, open a ticket with Dell and ask them to provide the update or updates. Current version seems to be 8.12 and there will probably be multiple updates to apply to get there. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi guys, is someone upgraded to 8? If yes, everything's good during upgrade? Is it pretty stable? [/INST] Everything stable, no errors, no problems itself with images, it depends on the existing cluster health, but at all the procedure runs smooth. With new update there is a ton of underline hardware firmware updates for 15G like idrac, bios, disk firmwares, network adapters, ISM, it just takes time. Im running on different 4node, 6node and stretched cluster environments, it takes 7-10 hours for my scenario, having more than 50VMs beeing migrated on 10G network. </s> |
<s>[INST] how do i removed one of my user who is given Trusted Infrastructure administrator rights in VxRail ? Under Administration-> Roles -> Trusted Infrastructure Administrator, her AD account is still there. [IMAGE] [/INST] Hi, Thanks for your question. [URL] Can you remove it from global permissions? Let us know if there is anything else we can help you with. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi all, We have installed a 3-node VxRail cluster with integrated vCenter. All is working fine, but for some reason I can't configure Support Connectivity. I've tried both the Direct Connection and a Secure Connect Gateway. I've verified that the VxRail Manager and SCG have access to Dell's back-end with ports 443 and 8443: [IMAGE] I don't see handshake issues in the logs whatsoever, but I keep getting this error: [IMAGE] I've checked everything in the KB article, but I am not able to move forward.Has anyone seen this behavior or know a solution to this? Thanks in advance. Regards, Erwin G. [/INST] Hi, I did. The support engineer fixed it by regenerating the universal access keys. They expired. After running the re-gen command on the VxRail Manager I was able to configure Connectivity via the SCG and all is working fine now. Thanks! </s> |
<s>[INST] how do i reset the vRealize log Insight root password ? [IMAGE] [/INST] Hello yeowkm99, Here is a link to Dell EMC VxRail How to reset root password and admin password for VMware vRealize log Insight. [URL] </s> |
<s>[INST] for localized management of a 2 node vxrail cluster, can the physical witness appliance host the vecenter server as well as operating as the witness appliance or is an additional appliance needed specifically for vcenter? Based on the diagram outlined in the planning guide it indicates that vcenter can operate on the same single witness appliance as long as it is separate from the 2 node vxrail cluster. [/INST] Hi, Thanks for your question. Are you using an internal vcenter or an external one? It needs to be separate from the cluster. [URL] and [URL] Let us know if you have any additional questions. </s> |
<s>[INST] i encountered the following after doing a reboot of the vRealize Log Insight VM. seems like network settings is missing or disabled. how do i enabled it back ? [IMAGE] [/INST] managed to get Dell support help to reset the root password. after clearing the log file, the root password can be reset without errors. </s> |
<s>[INST] Ran into a bit of an issue and I think I have found the issue but would like to confirm. Configuration: 5+5+1 v7.0.2.00400 During a fiber cut all the VM's failed to spin up at the other site, the cut was on our 10G ring. However the witness traffic vlan failed over to an alternate connection. Since the witness was still able to see both sides but vSan and MGMT cannot would this be cause our issue? [/INST] Hello Turner919, You would be correct in that, without vsan and management failing over to the alternate connection would cause your issue. </s> |
<s>[INST] RASR reset fails with ERROR: [FIPCopyFile] ERROR: Failed to copy '/mnt/RASR/......' [IMAGE] [/INST] Hi, Thanks for your question. What steps are you doing to get the error? Possibly a corrupt iso file, try redownloading. Let us know if you have any additional questions. </s> |
<s>[INST] I have one set of VxRail system with 4 ESXi hosts, total VSAN storage space is around 120TB. currently its one single VSAN storage for all the VM in the 4 hosts. question, let say i can start from scratch to configure the VSAN storage, can i leave 30TB as unused partition for future use or I must by default select all 120TB as usable storage ? right now my usage is 25TB out of the 120TB with 85TB free space, which is think is rather wasteful [/INST] Hello yeowkm99, It is best practice to select all space as usable. Now with that being said you could leave some space as unallocated and use it for what you are wanting to do. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hello, After completing everything during the validation I have this message: Failed to create workflow instance: Cannot match the serial number of host vxrail-node1 through the host management IP. Please provide the correct management IP address. The IP address is correct Thanks for the help [/INST] Hello jtaverne, You will need to open a support case to get this issued fixed. When you open a support case you can reference KB article 000191824. </s> |
<s>[INST] i need to configure VxRail Cluster with 2*25 NDC ports & 2*25 PCi ports what is the best practice to use predefined profiles connecting ports 1NDC & 2PCi to switch01 and 2NDC & 1 PCI to switch 2 ? if i go through this configuration what should i select during initial implementation 4*25 Ports ? and if i decided to go through custom network could you please advice with required steps? is there any prepration befor doing that to ESXI hosts vSwitch ? what is the best mapping ? [/INST] Thank you for sharing those pictures from the Configuration Portal. They help illustrate your question: why doesn't the Predefined option offer the four-port configuration when you add the PCIe card? I'm not sure I have the answer to that, but with the rapid advances VxRail has made in network configuration recently, I have been advising my students to use the Custom option when there is any doubt. Your illustrations show that you can choose a four-port VDS and connect all four 25 Gbps ports in the Custom configuration--if that's what you want, you should use that. When the default card has both 1 Gbps and 10|25 Gbps ports as in your P670F selection, Predefined only selects the high-speed ports for the configuration. You should not need to perform any re-configuration prior to install as long as at least one of vmnic0 to vmnic3 is connected at install time. #IWork4Dell </s> |
<s>[INST] Hello, we have VxRail that has 4 ports 10G NDC, during deployment we used only 2*10G ports (from each node) due to switch ports limitation during initial deployment we used the predefined configuration 2*10G now we need to use the 4 ports (the other two ports will be used for VM traffic) could you please advice how to add the other two ports to VDS (should we just add them at distributed switch as uplinks) and for this situation what was better from begging to use custom configuration and mark the other two ports as unused ? [/INST] Thank you Jasper for your detailed reply, could you please adviced how to enable it during implementation and they are not connected ? should i selected 4*10G ports ? </s> |
<s>[INST] Hello , we are planning to deploy a new VxRail Cluster that use external DNS, currently we only one external domain controller that we will use as an external DNS and NTP for example 1.1.1.1 and pllanig to add additional domain contorller as a VM on the VxRail after deployment for ex 1.1.1.2 my question now can we add 1.1.1.1 & 1.1.1.2 as external DNS in configuration wizard or the validation will fail as 1.1.1.2 not exist or should we add only 1.1.1.1 during the initial configuration they use re-point steps to update the secondary DNS and NTP [/INST] Hi, Thanks for your question. I would only do the existing one during the setup. Then add the other. Solve should have the steps for that [URL] Let us know if you have any additional questions. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi Experts ! I wanted to know if there is an impact on an external vCenter when deploying a vxrail 2-node cluster ( reboot..?) Thanks in advance for your answer [/INST] Hi, Thanks for your question. You shouldn¡¯t need to reboot the external vcenter. Following the solve procedure is the best option. [URL] Let us know if there is anything else we can help you with. </s> |
<s>[INST] Would like to upgrade VxRail to latest version which is VxRail System 7.0.410-27831807. Any known issues ? [/INST] Hi, Thanks for your question. There shouldn¡¯t be any issues. Here are the release notes.[URL] Let us know if there is anything else we can help you with. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi Guys,I am having difficulty updating the management password for a couple of ESXi hosts in VxRail Appliance. and these are appliances are reporting "This host is missing. The following data is from cached information and may no longer be accurate. " from health Monitoring page.Followed the below article in updating the password, however once the curl command is run, the status shows OK for few Minutes before becoming INVALID again. -- Dell Article 61400 I have tried restarting the PTAs and verified the communication is OK. even rebooted the host. --Dell Article 52348 [/INST] Thanks Josh.. I got it figured out. it was due to the role of the admin account on ESXi which was missing. hence those accounts could not be used to add ESXi hosts to VxRail. I updated the roles in ESXi host using the esxcli system permission set command. btw the accounts need "Admin" role on ESXi, which was present on other ESXi hosts but for some reason was missing on the problematic ESXi hosts. Once the permissions were updated and management password updated, it worked like a charm </s> |
<s>[INST] Hello, we have new VxRail that will be installed this month with version 7.0.400. Source: our existing environment consistes of ESXI 6.5 (standard) and vCenter 7 (standard) Destination: will migrate to our vCenter 7.0 U3G ((Standard but will use trial licnese till migration). we are searching for better migration method and found that cross vcenter migration is the best for our case, we are using "Import VMs from Destination" we tried from our second site wich contain same version for Vxrail (simulate destination) but we faced the below error while importing, could you please advice ? Error: "vCenter Dosn't support Hosts of this type ()" [/INST] issue has been resolved, we should have L3 vMoition TCP/IP Stack for hot migration or default stack for cold migration </s> |
<s>[INST] Hello, we have installed VxRail P670F using 10G ports (2* 10G NDC ports) now we are upgrading our switches to 25G speed ports and need to use 4*25G ports (NDC+PCI) i can found steps to move from 2 to 4 Ports but actually my Questions does changing ports speed (PowerDown the Cluster / change switches then power up) need special configuration or the ports are auto-negotiated no special action is needed? [/INST] Thanks, yeah it should work with autonegotiate. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hello experts, Can we deploy a vxrail 2-node on switches with all ports in access? Or is it necessary that the ports for vSAN, vMotion, Witness are tagged? Thanks in advance [/INST] Hi, Thanks for your question. It needs VLANs for those services. [URL] the installation procedures should give the requirements. Let us know if there is anything else we can help you with. </s> |
<s>[INST] Curious if anyone has run into this before, and if so, what the fix was. Already have a case open, but it's taking way longer than expected. Happened after the 7.0.400 update, which had a bunch of its own issues. I think everything is good, except these two things. [IMAGE] [/INST] Hello emteek, One thing that you can try is to clear your browser cache, and then try again. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hello i'm trying to update vxrail from version 7.0.241 to the latest currently at writing this post 7.0.400 . since the upgrade is marked as critical so i'm trying to upload it via vcenter . i'm getting the error : [/INST] Hello Thanks for your reply , i'm not a partner so i don't have access to that kb, i opened an SR ticket and one from support team corrected the issue , it was a false status caused by the last upgrade. he simply curled the status none to the json file so to tell the vxrail that the status is not in the upgraded status : echo '{"state":"NONE","deployed_for_public_api":false}' > /var/lib/vmware-marvin/bundle_state.jso </s> |
<s>[INST] Anyone have experience on cache drives? compare SAS or NVMe drives? Which should I use for a better performance? For example, or SAS [URL] Thanks in advanced, Stephen [/INST] Thanks, I didn¡¯t see this device on the validated list for those specific drives. In general, NVMe should be faster than SAS but it will depend on your workload. [URL] </s> |
<s>[INST] We got our VxRail installed with VxRail 4.7 and vCenter 6.7. We attempted to link VxRail with our production environemnt to migrate VM's we were not made aware this was not an option. We had updated vCenter with vmware update manager then worked with Dell support to migrate the PSC to an embedded PSC. This was messy but worked until we wanted to upgrade both to version 7. Dell support helped us get through all the errors getting both vCenter and VxRail to their respective current versions. Now our vCenter server license that is apparently part of VxRail didn't update and converted to an evaluation license. vsan and esxi licenses upgraded and are working fine it's only the instance license. Is there a way to repair the VxRail provided vCenter license? [/INST] Can you private message me the SR number? I can take a look into what is going on with it. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hello expert, I have a problem with VxRail validation, when I try to restart a validation I get this error message: Validation may require several minutes or longer depending upon the size and type of cluster configuration. Review settings on the back button or directly on the left navigation. How can I stop the current instance, to restart another validation? Thanks in advance. [/INST] Hi, Thanks for your question about VXrail. How long has it been validating for? Try restarting the management agents. [URL] or the idrac [URL] Let us know if you have any additional questions. </s> |
<s>[INST] How do i enable my VxRail hosts to CloudIQ portal ? I have enable ESRS on the VxRail. what else do i need to do? [/INST] Hi, Thanks for your question about adding Vxrail to Clouiq. Here is the guide on how to do it. [URL] Let us know if you have any additional questions. </s> |
<s>[INST] This page is designed to provide a variety of highlighted items for Dell EMC VxRail products. While you're here, click the three dots at the top and Subscribe for future updates! We will periodically share updates, links, and more below. Click on the links below for additional information: Additional Dell EMC VxRail resources are available on the VxRail documentation Quick Reference List(SolVe Online, Release Notes, Support Matrix, Manual and Guides, etc.) Links above may require a login to access This thread is not monitored, so please post your questions to the Community Forum [/INST] This month's updates! Menna Sobieh Social Media and Communities Professional Dell Technologies| Enterprise Support Services #Iwork4Dell </s> |
<s>[INST] When I run the precheck on 4 node 4.752 we receive the following error: "Check ESXi version compatibility>. Component ESXi Upgrade Profile of node vxrailhst01.domain.com is incompatible. Current version version: 6.7.0, min_build: 17700523. Expected version version: 6.7.0, min_build: 16316930" Why is is recommending that I downgrade to an older build? [/INST] You should call phone support, they will need to go through the logs to figure out why. This should be resolved before upgrading. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi , in the last 2-3 releases the release notes link isn't available, also after the portal login. Is there a way to see them? [IMAGE] [/INST] Hi, after switch to US/Eng on top right corner and login, the release notes have appeared! [IMAGE] </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi All, So I have a discussion re: Scratch location issue that I am unable to resolve. This drives me to my next question: I want to re-install the single node in the vSAN cluster (13 nodes) using the current installed package i.e. VXRAIL_COMPOSITE-4.7.535-27177583_for_4.7.x.zip Can I do this using esxcli softaware vib install cmd on the SINGLE host to re-install ESXi and required as per package file in hope this will fix my "scratch symlink" issue ? or maybe another suggestion... My RP4VM splitters unable to function due to this (var/run/log) not available. Thank you [/INST] I Managed to create a persistent scratch location in esxi cli: changed /etc/vmware/locker.conf to reflect new /my/new/scratch Reboot check: /var/run/log --> accessible now! BOOM everything started working </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi I have passed the VxRail - DES6321: Specialist ? Implementation Engineer, VxRail Appliance Version 1.0 exam a while back. I somehow did not complete the prerequisite exam to get my certificate. I see that the DES-6321 exam expired and the new exam is DES-6332. Which pre-requisites exam are valid for me to get my certificate for the DES-6321 exam? I believe it is one the following: can someone please confirm ? Associate ? Converged Systems and Hybrid Cloud Version 1.0 (expired) ? Associate ? Converged Systems and Hybrid Cloud Version 2.0 (Exam no: DEA-64T1) ? Associate ? Cloud Infrastructure and Services Version 3.0 (Exam no: DEA-2TT3) Many thanks. [/INST] Hi, This is the current requirements for the exam [URL] Let us know if you have any additional questions. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi guys, I am coursing a VxRail training and I have doubts with this question. A virtual distributed switch is configured with a default vSAN port group containing one active and one standby uplink. What is the process to configure vSAN traffic to be active on two uplinks? What do you think is the correct one?. I think that it's the C option. Many thanks in advance. [/INST] D is correct. </s> |
<s>[INST] Is SRM supported to automate replication between two VxRails? My customer currently has VMware SRM running between external storage at the primary site and a VxRail at the DR site. We are proposing a Vxrail at the primary site and the customer would like to continue to use SRM. They do not want to use RP4VMs. [/INST] Oh ok, [URL] and [URL] It looks like it should work fine. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hello everyone, We have installed four P675F nodes and two S5212F-on switches, we have configured the switch ports according to the recommendations. Despite this, we can not initialize the deployment of VxRail with the IP 192.168.10.200. Could you help me to know where the problem comes from? The port on which we are going to connect our jump host, does it need a particular configuration at the trunk or access level? [/INST] If your jumpbox can reach VxRail Manager VM with default IP address, there is no need to change VxM iP address by vxrail-primary command. If VxM is running and all networking setting is correct, jump box can reach VxM with default ip address. Please make sure that VxM is using the IP address which your are assuming. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hello all, We are planning to renew vCenter Machine SSL certificate. The question is, shall we also renew VXrail Manager (version 7.0.370) SSL certificate after renewing vCenter's SSL certificate? If the answer is yes, shall we create separate CSR for VXrail manager and make it signed by CA? I have so many questions about certificate renewal process. Could anyone provide information with details? (I checked SOLVE portal, it only mentions that renewal process is done via Vcenter GUI. This information does not help at all.) Thanks. [/INST] Hi, Thanks for your question about the SSL certificate on Vxrail. On version 7.0.370 it should import from Vcenter automatically and not need to be done separately. Let us know if you have any additional questions. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi folks, does someone know why 7.0.370 is no more available for download? Updated one cluster without issue, cluster two and three had some strange issues in pre-check... Investigated some days with the result as described in subject [/INST] Hi, It was removed because there were issues with the update. We are working to fix this and release a new version. [URL] Let us know if you have any additional questions. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hello Experts, thanks in advance. please we have 26 node stretch cluster, total total capacity of the cluster is 170 TB and free space is 150 TB. question is:- can we use the free space as external storage for other host (out side vxrail cluster)?? [/INST] Hello duahimanshu816, You can¡¯t use the free space for systems that are not part of Vxrail. </s> |
<s>[INST] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] This page is designed to provide a variety of highlighted items for Dell EMC VxRail products. While you're here, click the three dots at the top and Subscribe for future updates! We will periodically share updates, links, and more below. Click on the links below for additional information: Additional Dell EMC VxRail resources are available on the VxRail documentation Quick Reference List(SolVe Online, Release Notes, Support Matrix, Manual and Guides, etc.) Links above may require a login to access This thread is not monitored, so please post your questions to the Community Forum Menna Sobieh Social Media and Communities Professional Dell Technologies| Enterprise Support Services #Iwork4Dell [/INST] March's update: Additional Dell EMC VxRail resources are available on the VxRail documentation Quick Reference List(SolVe Online, Release Notes, Support Matrix, Manual and Guides, etc.) Links above may require a login to access </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi team We Have some Vxrail cluster with local log insight , we plan to deploy new vRealize Log insight that comes with the vRealize suite in management clsuter , I want to reconfigure all the logs from the vxrail clusters to the new vRealize Log insights and delete the vxrails logs insight from DELL Vxrail side is their and official procedure , specially for the vxrail manager logs ? Regards Sofiane [/INST] The procedure of removing VxRail embedded LogInsight varies depending on a version you are using. KB 000021152 describes the procedure for earlier version but not for latest ones. I suppose newer version since 7.0.010 does not need VxRail-specific procedure and you can follow VMware document or KB to do that, but not completely sure. If you have a valid support contract, i would recommend you to open support ticket. </s> |
<s>[INST] HI, I got 4 E560F node environment to set up. servers came with 4.7.530 version. There is some trouble (seems to be problem setting time) set up Platform Services Controller NTP settings - step 19 on deployment sequence. As the PSC in inside of version 7 installation I thought that it could be a smart to update Factory setup on SD to 7.0.241 (latest) and then run factory reset. Anyhow now the booting from RASR-iso the process fails on: File "rasr/RASRdetect.py", line 717, in archive_system_filesUnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xef in position 0: ordinal not in range(128) Is t possible to make a RASR USB on non deployed environment? Alternavately can someone help why the original deploymenet fails, as the NTP server is pingable from both host and vxmanager. they also are both syncing from NTP-server? marvin.log gets: [MARVIN] 2022-02-04T11:22:05.271+0000 INFO [SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor-3] com.emc.mystic.manager.commons.component.action.standalone.initializing.AbstractFirstBootCloudVMAction AbstractFirstBootCloudVMAction.monitorFirstBootIndividualPhaseStatus:517 - Got status file:{ "info": [],"status": "error","warning": [],"end_time": null,"question": null,"progress_message": null,"start_time": null,"error": { "detail": [{ "id": "install.setnet.set.timesync.ntp","translatable": "Failed to set the time via NTP. Details: %(0)s","localized": "Failed to set the time via NTP. Details: Failed to sync to NTP servers.. Code: com.vmware.applmgmt.err_ntp_sync_failed","args": ["Failed to sync to NTP servers.. Code: com.vmware.applmgmt.err_ntp_sync_failed"]},{ "id": "install.setnet.set.timesync","translatable": "Could not set up time synchronization.","localized": "Could not set up time synchronization."}],"problemId": null,"componentKey": "setnet","resolution": { "id": "install.setnet.set.timesync.ntp.res","translatable": "Verify that provided ntp servers are valid.","localized": "Verify that provided ntp servers are valid."}},"progress": 0}[MARVIN] 2022-02-04T11:22:05.272+0000 ERROR [SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor-3] com.emc.mystic.manager.commons.component.action.standalone.initializing.AbstractFirstBootCloudVMAction AbstractFirstBootCloudVMAction.monitorFirstBootIndividualPhaseStatus:556 - Cloud vm first boot failed with error:Suggested VCSA first boot error resolution: Verify that provided ntp servers are valid.VCSA first boot error detail: id = install.setnet.set.timesync.ntp, message = Failed to set the time via NTP. Details: Failed to sync to NTP servers.. Code: com.vmware.applmgmt.err_ntp_sync_failedVCSA first boot error detail: id = install.setnet.set.timesync, message = Could not set up time synchronization.[MARVIN] 2022-02-04T11:22:05.277+0000 ERROR [SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor-3] com.emc.mystic.manager.commons.component.adapter.ConfigurationActionAdapter ConfigurationActionAdapter$1.onError:91 - Attempt 2/1 failedcom.emc.mystic.manager.commons.emc.exception.ConfigurationException: Cloud vm first boot failed with error:Suggested VCSA first boot error resolution: Verify that provided ntp servers are valid.VCSA first boot error detail: id = install.setnet.set.timesync.ntp, message = Failed to set the time via NTP. Details: Failed to sync to NTP servers.. Code: com.vmware.applmgmt.err_ntp_sync_failedVCSA first boot error detail: id = install.setnet.set.timesync, message = Could not set up time synchronization.at com.emc.mystic.manager.commons.component.action.standalone.initializing.AbstractFirstBootCloudVMAction.monitorFirstBootIndividualPhaseStatus(AbstractFirstBootCloudVMAction.java:557) ~[mystic.manager.commons.component-4.7.530.jar:?] Any idea how to get depoyment over this. [/INST] As for RASR Issue, this is known issue but the KB is available for only internal user, not for customer. so you should open support ticket for this issue. As for NTP issue, accessible and normally working NTP server is mandatory if you choose to set it up via VxRail Initial configuration gui. PSC/VC have to sync with NTP server, not just ping to NTP server. If you are not sure about why PSC/VC cannot sync with NTP server, I would recommend you to leave NTP server field blank when building VxRail via GUI. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hello everyone, We currently have a 4 host VxRail Cluster. Unfortunately one of the hosts failed, and we weren't able to get a duplicate server so we do have a server with slightly different hardware: Host 1: VxRail S570 Intel(R) Xeon(R) Silver 4210 CPU @ 2.20GHzHosts 2-4: VxRail S470 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v4 @ 2.20GHz After working with Dell, everything had seemed fine and the host is now fully incorporated into the cluster. However, I just ran VxVerify to see if we can upgrade from v4.7.530 to v4.7.541. There are a few virtual machines that are reporting the following error message: The target host does not support the virtual machine's current hardware requirements. Majority of these VMs were migrated from a completely different host (not the VxRail) onto the VxRail relatively recently. There are a few that I had built on the VxRail and I'm not sure why it is reporting this error message. I did attempt to look into VMWare EVC, and attempted to look into setting it into Sandy Bridge (since that's what the three other hosts are?) but it reports that I can't because there are VMs that are online that don't support that. There is only one setting that only has host 1 with that error, which is Broadwell. What are my options here in order to reduce the downtime of machines as much as possible, so that I can successfully migrate these machines without issue to the best supported setting? [/INST] [URL] Maybe it's because of the virtual hardware version of each VM, if you can configure it for some VMs but not for others in the same cluster. The virtual hardware version must be 14 or upper as requirement of per-vm EVC. So first thing to do is to check the hardware version of each VM and upgrade it if needed. Note that upgrading virtual hardware version is one way operation, i highly recommend you to take a shapshot of each VM before upgrading. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hey folks, I've been attempting to look up information on what exactly we need to do in order to upgrade our VxRail environment, specifically VCSA as well as ESXi versions. There are two vulnerabilities that I would like to mitigate: VCSA: VMSA-2021-0020.1 ([URL] VMSA-2022-0004 ([URL] Our current VxRail environment consists of 4 hosts (3x S470 / 1x S570) and is reported as VxRail Version 4.7.530-26975664. I've been scouring Solve's website regarding trying to find information about how to upgrade everything; the order of things to upgrade, where to obtain the files, etc but I haven't been able to find anything. Our environment is completely offline, so I would have to download the files and transfer them to the VxRail to upgrade. Does anyone have any pointers on where I can go to find this information so that we can upgrade things? Thanks! [/INST] I'm not still sure whether your VxRail is configured with Internal VC or External. Please check page below from vSphere Client of your VxRail. [IMAGE] This example shows that this vxrail cluster is configured with Internal(Embedded) VCSA and Internal (Embedded) PSC. Note that PSC is displayed as External even if it's Internal VCSA and Internal PSC, because PSC is always external from VCSA perspective. not VxRail Manager perspective, I know it's so confusing for everyone. So you don't have to care about PSC. Only thing to look is if vCenter is Embedded or not because there is no supported combination of Internal(VxRail-managed) VCSA and External (Customer-Managed) PSC. If it shows as Embedded, it's internal VCSA configuration. On the other hands, if it's External VCSA from VxRail perspective, it shows as below [IMAGE] as you can see, nothing appears in the same location. This example if from VxRail 7.x but i think it's the same as 4.7 you are using. Once you can determine the type of VCSA and PSC of your VxRail, you can take a next action. if it's internal(VxRail Managed) ones, VxRail Upgrade process automatically upgrade VCSA/PSC, so you do not have to do it by yourself. if it's external one. both VCSA and PSC must be upgraded by yourself, VxRail does not upgrade External(Customer-managed) VCSA and PSC. In general, the newer the better. However there are some caveat. If you are using another vmware solution or 3rd party solution that communicate with vSphere, you should check compatibility information first. Maybe you should choose the target version within the compatibility or upgrade those other solution, too in order to meet and keep compatibility. I think the reasonable candidate versions are 4.7.541(latest) and 7.0.350(latest). Regardless of the type of VCSA/PSC, VxRail always handle of upgrading ESXi in the cluster. So you don't have to worry about it. </s> |
<s>[INST] We upgrade vxrail version from 4.7.515 to 4.7.541 After a while when we start the update, we get the following error [IMAGE] When we check the area it wants to install with the df -h command, we see that it is 100% full. [IMAGE] We connect to this folder with winscp and first copy the files in it to another folder and delete it. [IMAGE] we run the df -h command again. The place that was 100% before appears as 73%. [IMAGE] When we run the update again, we get an error again after a while. [IMAGE] When we check the upload location again, we see that this area is full again. [IMAGE] As a result, we cannot create enough free space as a result of removing the files in the folder by connecting to the host with winscp [/INST] I implemented the action plan and the problem was solved.The command I shared below must also be entered last .Thanks for your help . [URL] [blogs.vmware.com] ln -s /vmfs/volumes/xxx/xxx/xxx /productLocker </s> |
<s>[INST] Hello All, I am unable to find the procedure to power off and power on the Vxrail cluster with DNS and NTP servers hosted on the same cluster. Kindly let us know if there is any procedure for this. Kind regards, Pranav [/INST] Hello DELL-Sam L, To power down and power on the VxRail with internal DNS and NTP, I followed the manual approach outlined below. [URL] Thanks, Pranav-01 </s> |
<s>[INST] [IMAGE][IMAGE] This page is designed to provide a variety of highlighted items for Dell EMC VxRail products. While you're here, click the three dots at the top and Subscribe for future updates! We will periodically share updates, links, and more below. Click on the links below for additional information: Additional Dell EMC VxRail resources are available on the VxRail documentation Quick Reference List(SolVe Online, Release Notes, Support Matrix, Manual and Guides, etc.) Links above may require a login to access This thread is not monitored, so please post your questions to the Community Forum [/INST] February's update! Additional Dell EMC VxRail resources are available on the VxRail documentation Quick Reference List(SolVe Online, Release Notes, Support Matrix, Manual and Guides, etc.) Links above may require a login to access </s> |
<s>[INST] Hello, My customer need to upgrade vxrail appliance to ESXi 7.0 U2e(Build 19290878) but VxRail Software is not release yet... anybody know the plan that Vxrail software release date? thanks. [/INST] VxRail adopts a SimShip with vSphere Release.Please take a look at tech faq and knowledge article vxrail-tech-faq.pdf (delltechnologies.com) [URL] </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi, I am planning to upgrade our vxrail cluster of 3 x e560 nodes from 4.7.526 to 7.0.320. Can anyone tell me what the dependency on firmware upgrade is prior to performing a vxrail code upgrade? Do we have any support matrix where it is clearly mentioned that from 4.7.526 to 7.0.320 requires an upgrade in Hops or can I upgrade without a firmware upgrade? I have checked the support portal but I haven't found specific documents w.r.t dependency and prerequisite for upgrade. [/INST] Normally yes, unless you are using special firmware or hardware, such as GPU or NSX VIB or DPDK firmware. You can see VxRail Support Matrix to check which version of software/firmware included in specific VxRail versions and what is included in vxrail upgrade or not. </s> |
<s>[INST] This page is designed to provide a variety of highlighted items for Dell EMC VxRail products. While you're here, click the three dots at the top and Subscribe for future updates! We will periodically share updates, links, and more below. Click on the links below for additional information: Additional Dell EMC VxRail resources are available on the VxRail documentation Quick Reference List(SolVe Online, Release Notes, Support Matrix, Manual and Guides, etc.) Links above may require a login to access This thread is not monitored, so please post your questions to the Community Forum [/INST] This month's updates! </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi, Experts, I have one problem. VxRail version is 7.0.201 and When I see appliances in VxRail Cluster > VxRail>Appliances, I can't see ESXi hosts. Error Messages come out "No VxRail hosts available". Please let me know how to solve that problem. I will attach the screenshot. [IMAGE] Thanks, [/INST] You need to enable Health Monitoring first. And check Traffic Throttle setting, if it's set to None, please set it to other than None, and wait a while. </s> |
<s>[INST] i have been getting this warnings on my RP 5.3.2 since i upgrade the RP from 5.3.1 to 5.3.2. is this normal or can ignore ?[IMAGE] [/INST] Hello yeowkm99, You will want to address them, as it can present an issue in the future. Here is a link to RecoverPoint Best Practices. [URL] </s> |
<s>[INST] This page is designed to provide a variety of highlighted items for Dell EMC VxRail products. While you're here, click the three dots at the top and Subscribe for future updates! We will periodically share updates, links, and more below. Click on the links below for additional information: Additional Dell EMC VxRail resources are available on the VxRail documentation Quick Reference List(SolVe Online, Release Notes, Support Matrix, Manual and Guides, etc.) Links above may require a login to access This thread is not monitored, so please post your questions to the Community Forum [/INST] This month's updates! </s> |
<s>[INST] VxRail is a multi-node vSAN based cluster architecture and efficient, and the sphere scheduler will assign CPU requirements.Are there any advantages of choosing 1 CPU VxRail Model vs. 2 CPU model? I would appreciate it if someone gave some advantages for a 2 CPU model. [/INST] > does this mean that 1 CPU can have 224 Core or the system board must have 8 physical sockets for CPU? No, for 224 cores to be implemented, it is needed to build with 8 CPUs (sockets) As for intel processor, VxRail can support up to 2 socket per node at maximum. It is because VxRail uses R750 or R650 server for 15G PowerEdge model. You can see which model of PowerEdge server can have how many CPUs/Cores by referring to below doc. Dell-EMC-PowerEdge-Rack-Servers-Quick-Reference-Guide.pdf </s> |
<s>[INST] My VXRail cluster vcenter been upgraded to latest version without following vxrail standard procedure. now trying to upgrade using vxrail update method but it fails with following error, VxRail Update ran into a problem... could someone advise how to fix this [/INST] If you have take a snapshot before upgrade VCSA, revert it.It is not supported upgrading VCSA only without using vxrail upgrade. If you dont have take a snapshot of VCSA, you can convert Internal VCSA to External.External VCSA is out of VxRail LCM but it needs license of VCSA.You must be attention it cannot convert from External VCSA to Internal. </s> |
<s>[INST] is there a way to know to identify (from vSphere Client) if a customer is using internal or external vCenter? thanks, [/INST] If it's internal (Embedded) one, you can see "Convert vCenter Mode" from vSphere Client VxRail plugin page. [IMAGE] If it's external one, there isn't. </s> |
<s>[INST] i have been having issues with my RecoverPoint 5.3.1 after upgrading to VxRail 7.0.241 2 weeks ago. Can i upgrade to RecoverPoint 5.3.2 ? [/INST] have contacted support. will arrange to upgrade to 5.3.2 we didnt upgrade RP before upgrading the VxRail to 241 </s> |
<s>[INST] Hello, Could someone explain to me how works internal process when we set LCAttributes.1.VirtualAddressManagementApplication to configure network configuration for VxRail Manager ? At the moment, I configure VxRail Manager using IPv6 network but I would like to configure VxRail Manager using idrac LCAttributes. What are the prerequisites ? Regards, Francois [/INST] Starting with VxRail 4.7.510 or 7.0.010, VxRail introduced the method for setting static public IP of VxRail Manager via idrac interface. This feature only applicable to 14G/15G node. The attribute you found is related with this feature. VxRail have official tool and doc to tell how to use this feature. It needs powershell but not idrac api or changing those parameter directly. The tool and doc can be obtained in support site. The tool name is, VxRail Pre-Installation PowerShell Script, and doc is in it. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hello, hello please i am trying to build cluster of 3 vxrail node, the current version of vxrail is 7.0.200 and ESXI 7, while building the cluster i get this error 'vxrail cluster configured failed:- failed to grant -2 role to vcenter managment account' i tried to reset the vxrail again but the same error comes. i have also attached the screenshot. Thanks in advance. [IMAGE] [/INST] Yes, i use 7.0.241 and it worked for me. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hallo Team, are you allowed to implemented this workaround stated in the below article. [URL] It is basically switch from Windows Integrated Authentication to AD over LDAPS We have VxRack managed vCenter and is anyone aware of any impact of it. We have VDI infrastructure being serviced [/INST] No reference that proves my comment. But, as design, VxRail does not care or manage AD or LDAP integration of vCenter. I would recommend you to open support ticket if you need official statement. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi All I have a VxRail E560F, and I want to add it to an existing cluster, but currently the new node is not compatible because of the existing vxrail version 4.7.515 and the new version 4.7.520. What solution should I do? [/INST] As for VxRail, downgrading node is not allowed officially because of unsupported downgrade activity of some FW or software compatibility issue caused by CPU generation of shipped node. But, you can try to submit downgrade approval request to Dell EMC. it would sometimes be approved in specific condition with some limitation and risk. Again, downgrading node is not allowed officially, so I highly recommend you to upgrade existing VxRail cluster. </s> |
<s>[INST] HI Vxrail folks We plan to install a Vxrail 3 nodes cluster with 04 10 Gbe SFP+ ports each , the 02 TORS switches are not yet purchased and will take some time to be on site , in the mane time I have one switch that meet the requirements and want to configure it as a temporary TOR and replace it by the 02 official TORs when they will be ready , of course with a down time , My first question is their any risk when replacing the temporary switche later supposing that the configuration of vlan ports , STP, interlink , uplink etc on the official switches will be donne properly with nochange? My second question , I dont have suffisant ports to connect all the 03 nodes ports to the temporary TOR (have only 10 SFP+ instead of the 12 needed with a 04 port deployment , can I deploy the cluster with 02 missing uplinks ? Hope that someone can help me on this scenario Have a good day Regads [/INST] i'm not sure that I understand your situation correctly. The only thing I can say, is that it is hard requirement there are enough Switch ports if you install VxRail. If it's with 4 * 10GbE option, TOR switch must have at least 4 ports available for each node. if it's with 2 * 10GbE option, TOR switch must have at least 2 ports available for each node. So, If there are only 10 ports available on TOR, you cannot configure 3-node VxRail with 4 * 10 GbE option because that require 12 ports available in total. Whereas, you can deploy VxRail with 2 * 10GbE (remaining 2 ports are free for future use) because it only requires 6 ports in total for installation.. TOR Switch can be replaced after VxRail deployment unless it is using Smart Fabric. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hallo Team, We have VxRail E560F. I would like to add GPU Tesla 4 card. Is it allowed or it is FRU or CRU And if it is CRU, where can I find the manual. I believe it is FRU because I'm unable to find the Manual to [/INST] Thank you.I replaced the Card. I noticed it was CRU. Solve do not help. In case you are interested, see the Solv procedure attached. I found out that.In fact, I would found the youtube video for it. It explains in 3 minutes. [IMAGE] [URL] </s> |
<s>[INST] How long until a VxRail Update package will be available to address these critical vulnerabilities? [URL] [/INST] This KB would be your help. VxRail Dell EMC: VxRail Synchronous Release Commitment for vSphere Releases [URL] and this, </s> |
<s>[INST] I am able to use my old json file for VxRail configuration. after all step of validation is finished, now I am getting this error. can anyone has step for this issue ? see below screenshot. [IMAGE] [/INST] thanks everyone for looking at my post, I resolve issue by reloading json file and make sure all my required VLAN are preconfigured. </s> |
<s>[INST] I used this article to try and run a python script to update VxRail, but the script fails. [URL] The error message I get is - "The appliance is not managed by an external vCenter. Please check your environment!" Is there a script to use with an internal vCenter? [/INST] I understood your situation.It is out of official procedure to manually embed PSC into VCSA for VxRail provided VCSA (a.k.a Internal VCSA). So, I highly recommend that you should rollback the PSC and the VCSA to those before your activity. If you take snapshots for them prior to work, it would be easiest way to do that by reverting those snapshots. File base or image base backups also would work fine. If there is no backups or snapshots, you are going to open support ticket to engage Dell support. I'm not sure how they handle this situation but my idea is, to redeploy PSC and VCSA if possible, or externalize VCSA from VxRail and then get it back to internal one after upgrading to VxRail 7.x. </s> |
<s>[INST] while I was trying to upgrade esxi 6.7 version to latest version, I made mistake, and i upgrade it to two version in upgrade step, so when i am trying to revert back to old version , i am still on wrong esxi version so I downloaded new ISO from VMware using custom ISO with correct build. after I installed it and trying to add it back. i can't find host in VxRail "add VxRail Hosts" screen , please help. or send me step to reinstall this host back in VxRail cluster. I am using VxRail 4.7.300. [/INST] Hello GSFC, You are going to need to open a support case so that we can resolve your issue. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi, Is it possible to monitor the 'dashboard system health' of the vxrail plugin from the vcenter via api or cli, snmp, others ... ? Regards. [IMAGE] [/INST] You can get it via VxRail API. You can explore VxRail API at swagger (https:// /rest/vxm/api-doc.html#/) I think what you are seeking is /v1/cluster. </s> |
<s>[INST] I want to enable CloudIQ connection on one of our VxRails. Is there anything that could happen to production by turning it on? My Solve Generator says to check the 'medium' box, will that impact production. Thanks [/INST] I'm not sure but it would take a couple of days at longest. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi!I would like to try the vmware VxRail software where do I download it?How much is an annual license or lifetime license?I would like to try the software in trial but complete with features to create rack servers or create cluster servers with GPU.I would like more information.I would like a price list for each virtual rack which is the most convenient.But I would like to try this software vmware VxRail.Thank you and waiting for answers. [/INST] This might work for you. [URL] You are probably better off contacting sales, the link should be on that page and see what options are best for you. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi guys, we've 3+3 P570F on stretched cluster since February, today I noticed in esx console the management IP are missing in all six hosts. If I check in the distributed switch the IP's are presents, Is it normal? [URL] Thanks![IMAGE] [/INST] Yes, this is normal. The console is showing vmk0 IP address, which isn't set via IPv4, it's using an IPv6 for the VxRail MGMT network. Here's a KB that maybe help - VxRail: DCUI of a Configured Node Shows the DHCP IP Address of vmk0 Instead of the Static Management Network IPv4 | Dell US </s> |
<s>[INST] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] This page is designed to provide a variety of highlighted items for Dell EMC VxRail products. While you're here, click the three dots at the top and Subscribe for future updates! We will periodically share updates, links, and more below. Click on the links below for additional information: Additional Dell EMC VxRail resources are available on the VxRail documentation Quick Reference List(SolVe Online, Release Notes, Support Matrix, Manual and Guides, etc.) Links above may require a login to access [IMAGE] This thread is not monitored, so please post your questions to the Community Forum [/INST] Content has been updated! </s> |
<s>[INST] Good day, I noticed that vmk1 (iDRAC Network) adapter is missing on 1 of the hosts of my vxrail cluster and I also noticed that the Idrac Service module was not running. The switch view reports no adapter for IDRAC Network [IMAGE] I am not sure how to recover from this situation and any help would be greatly appeciated - Thanks [/INST] Hello radix-pe, You are going to want to open a support case and you can mention to support this Article Number: 000184210 and they can resolve your issue. The issue that you are having is ipmi module is not loaded on ESXi. </s> |
<s>[INST] What is the expected behaviour when I try to configure a v570 cluster of v570 nodes with all flash disks? [/INST] Hello Cor.Onderwater, As long as all systems are all flash and not hybrid there shouldn¡¯t be any issues. </s> |
<s>[INST] Hi, I tried to set up a VxRail cluster of 4 VxRail V570 nodes. In VxRail manager I specified the JSON file generated from the PEQ. I got the message: "There is a syntax or semantic error in your JSON configuration file: Cannot set property 'roboCluster' of undefined" Any idea what is wrong? [/INST] Problem solved, I used the wrong JSON file. </s> |