I’m going to deploy a single instance of a vCenter Server. When I’m going through the vCenter HA configuration process my vCenter will become (Active Node, Passive Node, and Witness Node) will be created during that process. I will not deploy these appliances beforehand. First, I’m going now to finalize the last step of PSC HA which is run […]
vCenter 6.7 Deployment – External PSC with F5 BIG-IP Load Balancer (Part 4.2)vCenter 6.7 Deployment – External PSC with F5 BIG-IP Load Balancer (Part 4.2)
In this Part 4.2 of the vCenter 6.7 Deployment series, I will configure the load balancer that will provide a layer of redundancy between the two external Platform Services Controller (PSC) appliances that were deployed in configured in Part 4.1. F5 BIG-IP DEPLOYMENT I have downloaded my F5 BIG-IP appliance, and request the license during registration, and […]
How to resolve failed to deploy OVA / OVF issue (postNFCData failed)How to resolve failed to deploy OVA / OVF issue (postNFCData failed)
During the deployment of OVA or OVF appliance I have faced an issue which is: Failed to deploy VM: postNFCData failed: Capacity of an uploaded disk is larger than requested Also; the upload process has failed with the listed issue: This issue occurs when an incorrect ovf capacity size is specified in the OVF file that […]
vCenter 6.7 Deployment – External PSC with F5 BIG-IP Load Balancer (Part 4.1)vCenter 6.7 Deployment – External PSC with F5 BIG-IP Load Balancer (Part 4.1)
In this Part 4.1 of the multi-part series for vCenter Server 6.7 deployment, I’m going to deploy the two external Platform Services Controller (PSC) appliances. The PSCs will be load balanced by a 3rd party load balancer. In a real-life deployment, the load balancer could be a virtual or physical appliance, but in my scenario, I will use a virtual appliance. […]
vCenter 6.7 Deployment – External PSC Single Nodes (Part 3.2)vCenter 6.7 Deployment – External PSC Single Nodes (Part 3.2)
Let’s complete deploying of VCSA with external PSC. In part3.1 I have successfully deployed & configured PSC, so I’m going now to deploy and configure VCSA 6.7 in external PSC mode without HA or LB. Also; I have created the DNS record for both of them (PSC & VCSA), so I will start deploying the […]
vCenter 6.7 Deployment – External PSC Single Nodes (Part 3.1)vCenter 6.7 Deployment – External PSC Single Nodes (Part 3.1)
Hi everybody, in this part I will demonstrate how we can deploy VCSA External PSC separately, means just single node for each part of VCSA 6.7 Let’s start to deploy PSC appliance firstly then we will go to deploy VCSA 6.7. Step1 Create proper DNS A records for the new PSC & VCSA on your […]
RDP CredSSP Encryption Oracle Remediation ErrorRDP CredSSP Encryption Oracle Remediation Error
After updating all servers in my lab I have got an issue related to RDP when trying to connect to the servers using Remote Desktop Connection. Before a couple of days ago, the cumulative updates were released below for Windows 10 and Server 2016, etc. These cumulative updates include the fix for the CredSSP encryption vulnerability. […]
vCenter 6.7 Deployment – Embedded PSC (PART 2)vCenter 6.7 Deployment – Embedded PSC (PART 2)
In this part, I’m going to explain how we can deploy vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 with Embedded PSC. First You have to Download the vCenter Server 6.7 from VMware Portal, you can find the download link below. Download First of all, you should create proper DNS A record for the new VCSA server on DNS […]
vCenter 6.7 Deployment &Topology – Overview (Part 1)vCenter 6.7 Deployment &Topology – Overview (Part 1)
In this part of vCenter deployment series, I will demonstrate the deployment topologies of vCenter server 6.7 so vCenter server 6.7 has two deployment topologies we can either do vCenter with an embedded PSC or vCenter with an external PSC. In addition, review the steps required to deploy and configure the new vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 with […]
Deploy Microsoft LAPS – Part2 (AD Preparation)Deploy Microsoft LAPS – Part2 (AD Preparation)
AD Preparation 1- Extend Active Directory Schema The Active Directory Schema needs to be extended by two new attributes that store the password of the managed local Administrator account for each computer and the timestamp of password expiration. Both attributes are added to the may-contain attribute set of the computer class. ms-Mcs-AdmPwd – Stores the […]