When your vCenter is installed, you will see it has a default evaluation license assigned. An evaluation mode license of a vCenter Server system expires 60 days after the product is installed no matter whether you assign a license to vCenter Server or not. In this blog post, we will see how to update the license in... Continue Reading →
Tanzu create plugin missing in internet restricted environment
After creating TKG management cluster, I noticed an issue where the create plugin is not available. When I run tanzu command I do not see an option to create workload clusters. When you run tanzu plugin list command, we see only few plugins that are installed initially, as in the below screenshot. Normally the additional... Continue Reading →
TKG nodes are unable to resolve hostnames with the .local domain suffix
If your domain suffix is .local, you will notice that the name resolution does not work in your TKG nodes and as a result, the TKG deployment fails. This is a known issue. In modern Linux systems, attempts to resolve hostnames that have a domain suffix that ends in .local can fail. This issue occurs because, the... Continue Reading →
ESXi hosts not licensed for Workload Management
Recently I was trying to enable workload management on my vSphere7 environment and I noticed a message that None of the hosts connected to this vcenter are licensed for workload management. I then validated that all the ESXi hosts in the cluster has the license attached to enable TKGs or vSphere with Tanzu feature. I... Continue Reading →
How to install TKG 1.2.0 on vSphere: Part 4: Deploy Workload Cluster
In the previous blog post series, we have successfully completed the deployment of the management cluster. I am adding the links to the previous parts below for your easy access. If you have missed, please check out those blogs before starting with this one. Part-1:Prepare bootstrap machine Part-2:Prepare the vSphere environment Part-3:Deploy Management Cluster In... Continue Reading →
How to install TKG 1.2.0 on vSphere: Part 2: Prepare the vSphere environment
In the previous blog post, we prepared the bootstrap virtual machine from which we will be initiating our TKG installation. In this blog post, we will discuss what need to be configured in the vSphere environment. Requirements: vSphere cluster with at least two hostsIt is recommended to enable vSphere DRS in the clusterOptionally, a resource... Continue Reading →
How to upgrade Operations Manger 2.5.6 to 2.5.20
Earlier in a blog we discussed how to install operations manager 2.5.6. In this blog post, we will see step by step details of how to upgrade an operations manager to a later version. For this blog, I will upgrade opsman 2.5.6 to version 2.5.20. However, the steps will be the same for all the... Continue Reading →
How to install Operations Manager v.2.6
VMware Enterprise PKS 1.5 comes with Operations Manager (OpsMan) version 2.6.8 The deployment of the Operations manager 2.6.8 is different from its earlier versions. In this blog post, we will see how to install Operations Manager 2.6. In the older versions, we installed it using username and password. However, it is a little different from... Continue Reading →
How to change the vCenter Server’s FQDN
In this blog post, I will discuss about one of the much awaited feature requests of vSphere admins. Ever since vcenter was introduced, every vSphere admins wanted to know if we can change the vCenter server PNID (Primary Network ID). However, it was not supported in the earlier versions of vcsa. With the release of... Continue Reading →
Configuring NSX-T Data Center 2.4.0 : Part 4 – Logical Segments
Configuring Segments In the previous blog post, we saw step by step details on how to prepare the NSX infrastructure. If you have missed it, you can fine it here. In this blog post, I will discuss about how to configure the Logical segments in your NSX-T environment. Logical segment is nothing but a logical... Continue Reading →
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