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VxRail 3.5 setup - hostnames fail to resolve and vCenter hostname :(
Hi All
Having some issues setting the VxRail up for the first time - wondered if anyone could help
I'm browsing to the initial setup URL - 192.168.10.200 and going through the form - I've already decided on names, IP addresses, VLANs etc.
Switch is all configured. And I've even tested connectivity through to DNS servers from the management ports (using my laptop and what will be the ESXi addresses and management server address)
I'm wanting to use an existing vCenter server 6.0U2
I get the following errors when validating my setup:
vCenter server hostname - Can not retrieve external vCenter server certificate. Make sure hostname is correct
VxRail Manager hostname - Can not resolve or resolved with incorrect IP with hostname from provided DNS servers
ESXi hostname prefix - Can not resolve or resolved with incorrect IP with the following ESX hostnames..... all 4 esxi servers....
Thing is - if I chose not to use my own vCenter server the validation comes back as good - strange as I would've thought it would still have issues resolving DNS for the ESXi servers? Unless the setup tries to resolve through the vCenter??
giadarola
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August 9th, 2017 09:00
When connecting VxRail to external VC, the default IP address for VxRail Manager needs to be changed. This is all documented in the SolVe installation instructions.
VxRail is not customer install-able. Please refer to the SolVe install procedures. If you do not have access, please contact customer support.
outrunred
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August 9th, 2017 23:00
Thanks Gary.
Well - we've had this sitting around for so long and I don't think we have a support agreement in place sadly which is why I'm setting this up.
I thought I saw another forum post mention that an alternative manager address be setup but it didn't go into details.
I'm going to go searching for the SolVe documents - unless you have a link...
thanks
Mark
outrunred
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August 10th, 2017 01:00
Oh cool - I like this SolVe thing...
downloading docs now - thanks for your help