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Can An embedded vCenter with VxRail become the external vCenter?
Hi,
Though I can see a question and answer from the link below, Can an embedded vCenter with VxRail become the external vCenter for the one portal and multiple VxRail clusters?
https://www.emc.com/auth/rcoll/faq/vxrail-faq.pdf
Q: Will there be a management interface that ties in all VMware and storage management into one portal across all VxRail Appliance clusters a customer might have?
A: An external vCenter allows customers to manage multiple VxRail clusters from within the familiar vCenter interface.
Thanks
Best regards,
Bill_Leslie
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October 23rd, 2017 09:00
This planning guide for vCenter with VxRail may also be useful: https://www.emc.com/collateral/guide/vxrail-vcenter-server-planning-guide.pdf
VxJustinKing
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November 29th, 2016 12:00
this has been a common ask from partners and customers and while today not supported, product management are looking into this model of a dedicated VxRail with embedded vCenter as a management cluster that also manages multiple VxRail clusters
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Thanks always!
kbollert
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October 4th, 2017 12:00
This answer was almost a yoear ago. Are there any news on this? Just checked the documentation for 4.5 and it says:
The following restrictions apply when using your VxRail Appliance with an external
vCenter server:
The external vCenter server must be VMware VCSA 6.5 Update 1 or later.
Your VxRail Appliance cannot join an external vCenter server on another VxRail
Appliance cluster. The vCenter server on one VxRail Appliance cluster cannot be
used to manage other VxRail Appliance Clusters.
thx, Karsten
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October 5th, 2017 02:00
Migration from embedded VCSA to External vCenter is now supported only for 4.0.301.
you can find proc in solve desktop
kbollert
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October 5th, 2017 08:00
Thx for the quick answer.
Cheers, Karsten
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Bill_Leslie
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October 6th, 2017 08:00
karstenbollert Which documentation contains that language? There is a phrase that we need to provide more clarity around. Thank you.
kbollert
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October 8th, 2017 01:00
Dell EMC VxRail™ Appliance
Version 4.5.x
Administration Guide
REV 01