Recover ESXi Host Network shows all the necessary steps to recover an ESXi management network when connected to a vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS). First things first: Describing the Scenario So, in this example, we have a four-node vSAN cluster, and

Changing the Hostname on a Production vCenter Server shows all the steps I have used to change the vCenter Server hostname. Disclaimer: All steps shown here were performed in a lab environment. Before applying them to your environment, make sure

An Introduction to PowerFlex REST API Operations shows how to start using the powerful API of the PowerFlex solution. We have written some PowerFlex articles. Click here to see them all!In this article, I will focus only on PowerFlex API

How to Switch the MDM Cluster Mode shows how to switch from a 3_node PowerFlex MDM cluster to a 5_node MDM cluster. We are running the PowerFlex 4.5.2! Currently, our MDM cluster has three nodes, as we can see below:

Using IOmeter on Windows is an article that shows how to measure disk IOPS with the IOmeter tools under a Windows OS. First and foremost, What is IOmeter? Iometer is a workload generator based on a client/server architecture. A graphical

Shutting Down the PowerFlex Manager Cluster shows how to properly shut down the PowerFlex Management cluster to avoid database issues. We have written some PowerFlex articles. Some of them are introductions to the PowerFlex solution and how to deploy a

A friend asked me to help solve an issue related to an entire vSAN cluster going down after changing MTU values. Because this subject can sometimes seem complex and confusing, I created this simple post to explain it. What is

Creating an SMB File Server with PowerFlex shows how to create a File Server using the PowerFlex solution. First and foremost, our PowerFlex solution is a lab environment made of nested virtual machines (VMs). We are running the 4.5.2 version!

PowerFlex SCLI Basics show some useful commands for managing a PowerFlex cluster by command line. PowerFlex CLI (SCLI) is installed as part of the MDM component. It can be found in the following operational systems: Before using most SCLI commands,

Working with Fault Sets on PowerFlex shows what Fault Sets are and how they can be used.This is a simple example of how we can work with Fault Sets. All tests were performed in a lab environment using virtual machines