Tag Archives: vmware

So the three-node-cluster is up’n’running but I have a yellow exclamation mark next to each node. Let’s address these issues as my OCD needs a neat and clean interface 🙂 1. This host currently has no management network redundancy Eventhough … Continue reading →

Now that we have vCenter Server Appliance in-place and three fully operational nodes, let’s tie it all together in a neat little cluster. This is a three step process: we need the create a datacenter add the nodes to the … Continue reading →

<rant> VMWare has been pushing away from a fat client towards their new webclient. The thing is that I remember from version 5 and 5.5 that, although the graphics and look’n’feel are cool, the software is sloooooooow. Unbearable slooooooow. Login … Continue reading →

As the basic network connectivity is finished, we can now leave the local configuration in the serverroom and continue from the comfort of a desk and iMac. For this I’ll use the VMWare fat client. (yes yes, I can use … Continue reading →

There are several ways of installing ESXi 6.0 on a node: burn the installer iso to a bootable disc create an installable USB stick (using unetbootin) As I have a lot of empty discs collecting dust, I opt for burning … Continue reading →

I’ve already talked a bit about LUN’s and storage. Let’s put everything together. I’m using a QNAP TVS-871 (28Tb raw storage) to be the iSCSI target and provide the mapped LUN’s. The QNAP is configured as 2-disk RAID1, 5-disk RAID5 … Continue reading →

The process of updating the BIOS and firmware remains the same therefore I have only changed the iSCSI part below and copied the first part from my earlier post. Now that the node is assembled and hardware ready, it’s time … Continue reading →

The network design has changed to allow for a more fine-grained placement of VM’s and to incorporate a better segmented level of security. VM’s can now be placed into firewalled VLAN’s from vCenter itself. As each node has three physical … Continue reading →

(x-post from the original project, the hardware build has not changed) In this post I’ll document the steps of putting the hardware together for a cluster node. A story in pictures: I’ve unscrewed and removed the cover of the Antec case. … Continue reading →