Category: Dell

Blog Dell Dell PowerProtect
28. January 2024

Dell PowerProtect – Cannot reset CBT while VM has an existing snapshot

In my last backup jobs I noticed in the Dell PowerProtect Data Manager that 1 asset was Completed with Exceptions. The warning was as follows: I have to admit that the warnings and errors in PowerProtect DataManager are mostly self-explanatory and well detailed. We can see that the backup job was successful, but Change Block Tracking (CBT) could not be reset due to an existing […]

Blog Dell Dell PowerProtect
27. October 2023

The VM Direct engine cannot complete the backup of this virtual machine because a vCenter API operation did not complete successfully. ABV0016

PowerProtect Data Manager (PPDM) is used to protect the vSphere environment with the Transparent Snapshot Data Mover (TSDM) solution. If you want to learn more about TDSM and PowerProtect please have a look on my PowerProtect blog post: A few VM Asset backups were failing with Error Code ABV0016 when they had completed successfully in the past, more details on this: The cause The affected […]

Blog Dell Dell XR4000
21. September 2023

Computacenter – Datacenter2Go with Dell XR4000 & VMware vSAN

In my last blog post we talked about the Dell XR4000 and I referred you to this post at the end. If you haven’t read the first post yet, you can find it here: After the Dell Technologies World, the XR4000 did not leave us alone. We talked with Marc again and again about how we can bring these server models closer to our customers. […]

Blog Dell Dell XR4000 VMware vSAN vSphere
21. September 2023

Dell XR4000 and VMware vSphere – NextGen Edge Solution

Last year at Dell Technologies World 2022, my mentor Marc Huppert (VCDX 181) and I came across the Dell XR4000 at the Solutions Expo. I mean we have seen it all before, servers, storage and networking but this edge solution from Dell blew us away! CEO Michael Dell said in his keynote that by 2025, more than 50% of IT deployments will happen in the […]

Blog Dell Dell VxRail
20. September 2023

Dell VxRail Health Check with VxVerify Tool

VxVerify is designed to be used after initial VxRail deployments and before upgrades, to proactively identify issues that could lead to complications or failures. I always recommend checking the cluster with VxVerify before making any further adjustments, such as customising the cluster or upgrading to vSphere/VxRail 8 for example. This tool unpacks so-called minions during execution, which are running on each ESXi in the cluster. […]

Blog Dell Dell VxRail VMware vSphere
19. September 2023

Configuring LACP on Distributed Switches – VMware vSphere 8 & Dell VxRail

With Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) support on a vSphere distributed switch, you can connect ESX hosts to physical switches using dynamic link aggregation. Multiple link aggregation groups can be created on a distributed switch to aggregate bandwidth from physical NICs to ESXi hosts connected to LACP port channels. Most of you have probably created a LACP configuration on a distributed switch in various customer […]

Blog Dell Dell VxRail
12. September 2023

How to RASR Reset a Dell VxRail 8.0 Node

Of course – Dell’s VxRail universe has also arrived in VMware vSphere 8. And of course it still happens that individual nodes have to be RASR’ed. However, the procedure has changed with the 15G server models. In my previous post, I described how we had to perform the RASR process via the embedded SD cards. This is different now, first, pull the correct SOLVE procedure […]

Blog Dell Dell VxRail
5. September 2023

How to reset Dell VxRail Mystic User Password

It really happens that one or the other customer loses his mystic user password of his VxRail Manager. Especially if you want to check various logs on the appliance and the whole thing should run via SSH, the mystic user is extremely important. This is because root access to the VxRail Manager via SSH is restricted. But what if the mystic password is not available […]

Blog Dell Dell VxRail
1. September 2023

Dell VxRail Node cluster extension fails “Enabling VMware HA…”

In my session today, I wanted expand a customers vSAN Streched Cluster with more VxRail Nodes. The Loudmouth service worked and so we were able to see and add the new node. However, the process stopped halfway with the following error message: We reviewed various logs, which I listed in another blog post: However, we have not found anything meaningful. If you want to cancel […]

Blog Dell Dell PowerProtect
31. August 2023

How to Update a Dell DataDomain Virtual Edition (DDVE) OS

If you want to update your DataDomain Virtual Edition, the whole thing is relatively simple, let’s get started right away. To avoid searching for the right spot at the Dell support page, we go to System under Maintenance on the DDVE: We see that the current OS version according to the system is 7.11, if we click on DELL EMC ONLINE SUPPORT at the bottom, […]