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VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF): SFTP
Overview If you are reading this, I bet you are trying to get your SDDC Manager configured to do backups via SFTP…and it’s just not working. You keep seeing a similar message in SDDC Manager, even though you are using all the correct configuration information. Invalid parameter: Validation failed for directory path <configured backup directory>…
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VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Troubleshooting
Overview Most of the time, when I am troubleshooting a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) bring-up, networking comes into play. Whether it be NTP, DNS, or other various ports, networking is probably the most important thing to get right for a successful bring-up. Subnets, network borders, Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU), VLANs, trunks, tags, i.e.
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VMware Cloud Director: Deployment and Initial Configuration
Overview I stood up a nested VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) lab and decided to delve into the world of VMware Cloud Director. I ran into a couple issues and wanted to make sure that I documented them here so that I do not run into them again in the future. I have a good feeling…