Starting with VCF on VxRail 4.3, Dell and VMware co-engineered a new way of submit workflows in VCF on VxRail. The VCF on VxRail 4.3 Release Notes call out this enhancement as workflow improvements for better VxRail integration. It is also commonly referred to as Workflow Optimization or WFO. There are two types of WFO... Continue Reading →
VCF on VxRail: 4.x to 5.x Upgrade
One of the most cumbersome tasks for VCF customers and administrators has always been performing upgrades. Prior to VCF 5.0 the only way to "upgrade" between major versions like VCF 3.x to VCF 4.x, required a lot of manual intervention, orchestration tooling and a playbook for the support or services representative to run through. These... Continue Reading →
VCF on VxRail: Prerequisites for Workload Domain Creation
When deploying a new workload domain for a VCF on VxRail instance, there are several prerequisites that need to be understood and/or executed before beginning. All the high-level prerequisites like character length, licensing, IP information, password strength, and much more can be found on the VCF documentation site surrounding this topic. After fully understanding the... Continue Reading →
VxRail: Enabling vLCM Using VxRail UI
VMware announced vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) with the launch of vSphere 7.0. vLCM allows customers to update their ESXi hosts using a cluster image instead of traditional VMware Update Manager (VUM) baselines. The neat thing about vLCM is that cluster images can contain server firmware as well ESXi updates and drivers. VxRail already has the... Continue Reading →