This is a follow on from the following post: http://www.jordansphere.co.uk/add-iscsi-target-with-multipathing-in-rocky-8/ In this guide I will be formatting a 100TB XFS volume List block devices Output NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 1 29.7G 0 disk └─sda1 8:1 1 29.7G 0 part sdb 8:16 0 222.6G 0 disk ├─sdb1 8:17 0 600M 0 Read More…
Author: Jordansphere
I currently work for an ISP on the South coast as a Senior Engineer. I mainly spend my time maintaining the Cloud. CCNA, VCP4/5, VCP-Cloud
Add iSCSI Target with Multipathing in Rocky 8
In this guide I will be setting up a Rocky Linux 8 machine a Veeam Repository – which connects to back end storage (10.9.9.241). The guide assumes the backup storage and ACLs etc have all been set up. Install initiator Utilities Install Mulipathd Copy the multipath config Enable multipathd Set up the multipathing in the Read More…
pVLANs and NSX-T VDS Switch Bug
Problem When attempting to add Primary and Isolated VLANs on an NSX-T (3.1.3) Enabled VDS switch we got the following error: Unable to set Pvlan Map: Status(bad0004)= Busy Resolution There is no resolution at the time of writing but this will be fixed in version 3.2 of NSX-T
Extend GPT iSCSI volume in Rocky 8
In this example I will be extending an XFS based iSCSI volume called Veeam_Repo_01 from 40TB to 55TB Firstly in the back end storage increase the volume On Rocky – Recan the initiator. Output: sdc 8:32 0 55T 0 disk└─Veeam_Repo_01 253:3 0 40T 0 mpath└─Veeam_Repo_01p1 253:4 0 36.4T 0 part /BACKUPsdd 8:48 0 55T 0 Read More…
Change Timezone in Rocky 8
The following quick guide will show how to change the timezone. In this example my Rocky * machine is set to America/New York but I need to change it to Europe/London. Confirm current timezone My output showed: lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 38 Oct 18 05:40 /etc/localtime -> ../usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York To list all timezones Once you have Read More…
Configure NTP Client on Rocky 8
The following quick-guide describes how to install and configure NTP Client on a Rocky or CentOS 8 OS. Check to see if Chrony is already installed If it is not installed run: Edit Chrony config file Replace pool 2.pool.ntp.org iburst with your desired NTP server eg (pool uk.pool.ntp.org) Restart chronyd service You will also need Read More…
Configure HAProxy SSL Passthrough
This quick guide explains how to install HAProxy with SSL passthrough on a Centos/Rocky 8 OS. This is specific to a NSX-T Manager install but can be used/tweaked for any environment Install HA proxy Configure haproxy with front and back end servers Add following entries Note: I was able to use balance source in the Read More…
Powershell Script to Update Syslog Server in ESXi Cluster
The following script will update the syslog server of all Esxi hosts in a specific cluster Two variables you’ll need to edit are $ClusterName and $SysLogSvr
Nginx as Reverse Proxy and SSL Passthrough using Stream on Rocky Linux 8
In this example I will be putting an nginx reverse proxy in front of the three NSX-T Managers – as i am using multisite so cant use inbuilt VIP. I have built a Rocky Linux 8 machine with a minimal configuration. NSX Managers will be on: 10.8.1.5010.8.1.6010.9.1.50 Install Nginx Edit Nginx config and add include Read More…
Powershell Script to Update all Scratch Partitions in an ESXi Cluster
Following on from an auto deploy install using SD cards on a Cisco UCS where we couldnt configure the scratch partition within an automated process so I wrote a powershell script to loop around a specific cluster and update all the host logs. Note: This assumes that the directories are already created. I might include Read More…