Thanks for this Video, it's the only one on UA-cam that actually shows how to deploy vCenter & vSAN at the same time, as in the picture @1:16. Did you do the second part of this video ??? (port group stuff, moving of vSwitch to vDSwitch, etc...)
- @11:44 - you could at lease show us how you install & configure each esxi (or a best one of them). - could you have just use one vSwitch and two port group (internet-connection, esxi-connection) for your lab setup. Then do the real network config in each esxi itself (like in real world)? - did you do any kind of config for vSAN on each esxi server before you install vCenter Appliance ???
Thanks for the video, you was going little fast so unable to understand the networking part, how many Physical NIC card is required per host ( Manag, Vmotion, VmNetwork, Vsan ) ?
@4:07 - You have 4 external switch that is connect to each esxi server. and each esxi server is connected to each switch using 2 network adaptor. as this is a lab, can you please redo this video using only 2 external switch (as 10GB switch), and don't config the switch itself, just create the switches and connect each esxi server to them ???? can you also make each esxi server has only 2 or 4 10GB NIC ???? (trying to make it a near as possible to a real world deployment)
Hello Kiran? Thank you for the video. Really helpful. Just want to check what is the make and model of your lab computer? I can see it is I-5 with 64GB memory and 500GB SSD? Thank you
Thanks. So the DC VM, Router VM and all network NICs, Switches etc.. should be already configured (Mgmt, vMotion, vSAN, VMs networks) before start installing vCenter/vSAN ?
@@vcloudbitsbytes thanks for your response. There are so many videos but your video is the only I could find that is perfect for anyone who is doing it the first time. Great insights. Thanks.
@@vcloudbitsbytes By the way, how did you manage to break one disk into multiple disks of 20G / 200G? I tried Intel RAID bios boot config to create multiple raid disks but VMware software and the vSAN data store disk claim tool both look at just the physical disk. Which means entire disk needs to be given either to cache tier or capacity tier. In lab setup this is creating non 1:10 proportional data store between cache and capacity tier spaces. So many struggling like this out there. How did you manage to successfully break physical disk into multiple physical disks?
That's a good question, but the installation of each esxi was not shown, but the lab setup was. would have love to see this been done again, but without the external network setup (just connect all 8 or 4 or 2 external vnet to the same switch that each esxi is connected to, then do the network config inside each esxi) (or another way to put it, create two external switch, and connect each esxi to both of them (more real world like setup), and do the network setup inside each esxi)
@@fbifido2 actually i am a totally newbie. and despite a lot of videos watched didn't get the overall picture and mostly network topology and details based on my requirement for what to do. Only this video helped and finally my lab setup is not complete. i actually didn't find anything missing for my requirement. it's succinct and complete. I had to watch many times pausing and rewinding to understand what is done and how it is done. Still not clear how to breakdown one physical disk into multiple disks for ESXi installation. But went with what I have for now. I think a lot of people may get benefited if a video about this is also created. but this one significantly helped me exactly what i needed. thanks again.
This is an excellent tutorial. I love how you actually went through your setup so we can see what you’re working with.
Thanks so much!
Thanks for this Video, it's the only one on UA-cam that actually shows how to deploy vCenter & vSAN at the same time, as in the picture @1:16.
Did you do the second part of this video ??? (port group stuff, moving of vSwitch to vDSwitch, etc...)
Thanks for the video. It was helpful
You're welcome!
Thanks for the video
this helped me out so much, thank you!
Hi Kiran,
Nice lab video, I would like to request the new tutorial for NSX and Distributed switch. Thank you very much for the video.
Most Lab setup would use only 4 VM.
the 3 esxi host, and 1 router(firewall/dns/dhcp/nat)
since all the config will use static ip-address.
Great!
- @11:44 - you could at lease show us how you install & configure each esxi (or a best one of them).
- could you have just use one vSwitch and two port group (internet-connection, esxi-connection) for your lab setup. Then do the real network config in each esxi itself (like in real world)?
- did you do any kind of config for vSAN on each esxi server before you install vCenter Appliance ???
Thanks for the video, you was going little fast so unable to understand the networking part, how many Physical NIC card is required per host ( Manag, Vmotion, VmNetwork, Vsan ) ?
Nice video kiran :)
Thanks
Sir, Please could you post DVSwitch Configuration Tutorial.
@4:07 - You have 4 external switch that is connect to each esxi server.
and each esxi server is connected to each switch using 2 network adaptor.
as this is a lab, can you please redo this video using only 2 external switch (as 10GB switch), and don't config the switch itself, just create the switches and connect each esxi server to them ????
can you also make each esxi server has only 2 or 4 10GB NIC ????
(trying to make it a near as possible to a real world deployment)
Hello Kiran?
Thank you for the video. Really helpful. Just want to check what is the make and model of your lab computer? I can see it is I-5 with 64GB memory and 500GB SSD? Thank you
Hello Kiran, can you tell me how to configure router please. I have only one physical NIC in my desktop
Thanks. So the DC VM, Router VM and all network NICs, Switches etc.. should be already configured (Mgmt, vMotion, vSAN, VMs networks) before start installing vCenter/vSAN ?
Yes
@@vcloudbitsbytes thanks for your response. There are so many videos but your video is the only I could find that is perfect for anyone who is doing it the first time. Great insights. Thanks.
@@vcloudbitsbytes By the way, how did you manage to break one disk into multiple disks of 20G / 200G?
I tried Intel RAID bios boot config to create multiple raid disks but VMware software and the vSAN data store disk claim tool both look at just the physical disk. Which means entire disk needs to be given either to cache tier or capacity tier. In lab setup this is creating non 1:10 proportional data store between cache and capacity tier spaces. So many struggling like this out there. How did you manage to successfully break physical disk into multiple physical disks?
That's a good question, but the installation of each esxi was not shown, but the lab setup was.
would have love to see this been done again, but without the external network setup (just connect all 8 or 4 or 2 external vnet to the same switch that each esxi is connected to, then do the network config inside each esxi) (or another way to put it, create two external switch, and connect each esxi to both of them (more real world like setup), and do the network setup inside each esxi)
@@fbifido2 actually i am a totally newbie. and despite a lot of videos watched didn't get the overall picture and mostly network topology and details based on my requirement for what to do. Only this video helped and finally my lab setup is not complete. i actually didn't find anything missing for my requirement. it's succinct and complete. I had to watch many times pausing and rewinding to understand what is done and how it is done. Still not clear how to breakdown one physical disk into multiple disks for ESXi installation. But went with what I have for now. I think a lot of people may get benefited if a video about this is also created. but this one significantly helped me exactly what i needed. thanks again.