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Dell VxRail 7.0.x Administration Guide

Reboot nodes sequentially

Perform an immediate sequential reboot of the nodes or schedule a reboot of the nodes.

Prerequisites

To view when the hosts were last rebooted, perform the following:
  1. Log in to the VMware vSphere Web Client.
  2. From the Inventory icon, select the VxRail cluster and click the Configure tab.
  3. Select Hosts and view the information in the Last Reboot column to see when the hosts were last rebooted.

You can view rebooted hosts in the Update Advisor Report. To generate the report, see KB 213039. In the report, ensure that Group by component is enabled to view Last Reboot column.

Steps

  1. Select the VxRail cluster and click the Configure tab.
  2. Click Hosts, select one or more nodes to restart and click REBOOT.
  3. On the Reboot Hosts window, select Reboot Now or Schedule Reboot to enter a date and time for the reboot.
  4. Click NEXT.
  5. Verify that all checks on the Prechecks window display a Success status and click NEXT.
  6. Review the details on the Summary window and click REBOOT NOW.

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