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Table of ContentsHOL-SDC-1628 - Introduction to EVO:RAIL
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Lab Overview
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3Exploring EVO:RAIL (45
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Accessing EVO:RAIL
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7Creating and Managing Virtual
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9EVO:RAIL Management Features
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16EVO:RAIL Auto Discovery and Scale Out
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23EVO:RAIL Node Replacement
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34Conclusion.............................................................................................................
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HOL-SDC-1628 -Introduction to EVO:RAIL
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Lab OverviewEVO:RAIL combines VMware compute, networking,
storage, and managementresources into a hyper-converged
infrastructure appliance.
In a physical environment, you would follow these deployment and
initialconfiguration steps:
1. Plan your EVO:RAIL network2. Set up your 10GbE switch3. Rack,
cable, and power-on each of the four server nodes on EVO:RAIL4.
Connect a client workstation/laptop to the switch (physically or
logically)5. Point your browser to EVO:RAIL to configure and build
your new appliance
In the Hands-on Lab, you will explore these EVO:RAIL
features:
1. Walk through the initial configuration of EVO:RAIL2. Create
virtual machines and manage lifecycle operations3. Explore
management features4. Simulate appliance discovery and scale out5.
Simulate hardware failure and node replacement
EVO:RAIL HOL Team: Mike Laverick, Judy Snow
NOTE: If you are using a device with a non-US keyboard layout,
you might find itdifficult to enter usernames and passwords in this
lab. You can cut and paste these fromthe README.txt file on the
ControlCenter desktop.
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Physical Appliance Emulation in the Hands-on Lab
EVO:RAIL is a physical appliance that delivers vSphere and
Virtual SAN in one hyper-converged appliance. While every attempt
has been made to duplicate the EVO:RAILexperience in the Hands-on
Lab, some functionality that works on the genuine physicalappliance
does not work as expected in the virtual HOL environment.
Building the EVO:RAIL appliance is much more time consuming in
the Hands-on Lab thanon a physical appliance. In addition, the
network requirements are very specific to thelab environment, so
you would not be able to experiment with field entry. So we
createdan interactive demo for you to see how the appliance is
initially configured.
Adding an appliance to an existing EVO:RAIL cluster is more
difficult to demonstrate inthe physical world because it requires
you to procure, rack, and cable a secondappliance. So we created
this experience for you in the Hands-on Lab. In contrast to
thefirst emulated appliance, the time to add a second virtual
appliance in the HOL takesthe same amount of time as adding a
physical appliance.
Activation Prompt or Watermark
When you first start your lab, you may notice a watermark on the
desktop indicatingthat Windows is not activated.
One of the major benefits of virtualization is that virtual
machines can be moved andrun on any platform. The Hands-on Labs
utilizes this benefit to run the labs out ofmultiple datacenters.
However, these datacenters may not have identical processors,which
triggers a Microsoft activation check through the Internet.
Rest assured, VMware and the Hands-on Labs are in full
compliance with Microsoftlicensing requirements. The lab that you
are using is a self-contained pod and does nothave full access to
the Internet, which is required for Windows to verify the
activation.Without full access to the Internet, this automated
process fails and you see thiswatermark.
This cosmetic issue has no effect on your lab. If you have any
questions or concerns,please use the support made available to you
either at VMworld in the Hands-on Labs
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area, in your Expert-led Workshop, or online via the survey
comments as we are alwayslooking for ways to improve your hands on
lab experience.
Start the EVO:RAIL Initial Configuration Interactive Demo
1. Click here to view an interactive demo of EVO:RAIL Initial
Configuration. Thedemo will open in a new browser tab or
window.
2. When you have completed the demo, simply click the RETURN TO
THE LAB linkthe top right-hand corner.
NOTE: Be aware, that the lab continues to run, in the
background. If you spend a longtime in the demo, the lab may go
into standby mode. If this happens, just resume thelab.
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Exploring EVO:RAIL (45min)
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Accessing EVO:RAIL ManagementObjective: Login and localize
EVO:RAIL Management
ControlCenter Desktop
The EVO:RAIL user interface is accessable from a web
browser.
1. Click the Google Chrome icon on the ControlCenter Desktop
NOTE: If your cursor disappears on the ControlCenter Desktop,
just click anywhere onthe desktop and it will apear.
Pre-configured Browser Tab
1. Click the browser tab, 2. EVO:RAIL Manage2. Click Advanced3.
Click Proceed to 10.10.10.200 (unsafe)
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EVO:RAIL Management Login
Login to the EVO:RAIL Management user interface
1. Username: [email protected]. Password: VMware1!3.
Click Authenticate
NOTE: If you exit the browser and want to return to EVO:RAIL
Management, you willhave to repeat these steps.
Localization
The EVO:RAIL user interface is available in English, French,
German, Japanese, Korean,Simplified Chinese, and Traditional
Chinese. Spanish and Portuguese will be available inthe next
software release.
To change the display language:
1. Click on the Config icon in the left sidebar2. Select the
language of your choice.
NOTE: The Hands-on Lab manual is independent of the EVO:RAIL
user interface and willremain in English.
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Creating and Managing VirtualMachinesEVO:RAIL creates virtual
machines with only a few clicks to select the guest operating
system, VM size, network segment, and security option.
Objective: Create a Virtual Machine.
Creating virtual machines
1. Click the Create VM icon in the left sidebar to begin the
virtual machine creationprocess.
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Name VM and select OS image file
1. In the Enter VM name field, enter a name for your virtual
machine such as"VMworld 1".
2. Then click the Upload Image button.3. In Upload ISO, click
the Choose File button.
Select TinyCore-current.iso
1. The Windows file selection pop-up will open. Go to Desktop.2.
Select the small guest OS (TinyCore-current.iso) that we made
available to you
for this exercise.3. Click the Open button.
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Upload OS image
1. Click the Upload Guest OS Image button. This may take a few
minutes in theHands-on Lab environment.
Select OS version
1. In the Guest OS Version menu, select Other OS orany of the
Linux operatingsystems. (Don't choose a Windows OS in this virtual
environment.)
2. Click the Continue button.
Configure VM size
EVO:RAIL simplifies virtual machine sizing by offering
single-click small, medium, andlarge configurations optimized for
each Guest OS type.
1. Select any VM size.2. Click the Select VM Size button.
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NOTE: Depending on the size of your ControlCenter and Chrome
browser windows, thegreen button may be cut off. You can still
click the top edge of it.
Connect to network segments
1. Check one or more VM networks (Development, Production,
and/or Staging).2. Click the Select VM Networks button.
Select VM security policy
Without EVO:RAIL, customers must manually go through a long list
of options to securea Virtual Machine. EVO:RAIL streamlines this
process with three pre-defined Risk Profilesto choose from at the
time of VM provisioning.
These profiles are a collection of Virtual Machine Advanced
Settings, based on aparticular Risk Profile from the vSphere
Security Hardening Guide.
• No Policy means that no security configuration options are
applied to the VM.• Risk Profile 3 specifies guidelines that should
be implemented in all
environments. These are VMware best practices for all data
centers.
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• Risk Profile 2 specifies guidelines for more sensitive
environments or small/medium/large enterprises that are subject to
strict compliance rules.
• Risk Profile 1 specifies guidelines for the highest security
environments, such astop-secret government or military
installations, or anyone with extremelysensitive data or in a
highly regulated environment.
1. Select any VM security policy.2. Click Create and Start a New
VM. (If this button is not green, check that you
have entered a name for your VM.)
Wait a minute while EVO:RAIL creates and powers on your VM.
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VMS: Dashboard for your virtual machines
1. Click the VMs icon in the left sidebar to see your new VM.2.
You will now create a second virtual machine; click the Create VM
icon in the left
sidebar.
Create more virtual machines
This time you will re-use the same guest operating system that
was previously uploadedin TinyCore-current.iso.
1. Click TinyCore-current.iso in "Re-use Existing Guest OS".
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Continue VM configuration
1. Enter a new VM name.2. Select the Guest OS version3. Click
Continue.
Select one of the VM sizes, network segments, and security
profiles as you did for yourfirst VM.
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EVO:RAIL Management FeaturesNow that you have created some VMs,
you can explore some of the features in
EVO:RAIL Management.
The following capabilities are available by clicking on the
icons on the left side of themanagement page:
• VMS - a dashboard to view and manage virtual machines with
lifecycleoperations such as Clone or Rename.
• CREATE VM - starts the tool to create a VM• HEALTH - monitors
the health of the EVO:RAIL cluster, appliances, and nodes• CONFIG -
accesses localization, licensing, log collection, and update
features• EVENTS - tracks system and user tasks
Objective: Become familiar with EVO:RAIL management
capabilities.
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VMs: dashboard for your virtual machines
EVO:RAIL Management displays a dashboard containing all virtual
machines. The iconsat the bottom of each VM allow you to perform
operations to manage the virtualmachine.
1. Click the VMS icon in the left sidebar.2. Clone an existing
VM by clicking the Clone button.
NOTES:
• You will use the vSphere Web Client later on in this Hands-on
Lab.• In the Hands-on Lab, the VM cannot be properly installed and
configured with an
IP address, so the IP address is “IP Not Available”.• In the
Hands-on Lab virtual environment, there may be times when you need
to
refresh your browser. For example, you may notice that you can't
see all yourVMs after a search or a VM appears to be off when it is
on or vice versa.
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More VM options
Click on a VM to access all available VM options shown in the
icons. Depending on thestate of your VM, you may be able to perform
various operations.
1. Rename one of your VMs.2. Clone one of your VMs.
NOTE: The virtual Hands-on Lab environment is not set up to
allow the installation of anOS in the VM or access the VM through
the console, so please skip "Open Console"(which is available
either by clicking the thumbnail or by clicking the "eye"
icon.)
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Health: appliance and cluster monitoring
EVO:RAIL Management simplifies live compute management with
health monitors forCPU, memory, and storage for entire EVO:RAIL
clusters and individual appliances.
1. Click the Health icon in the left sidebar.2. Summary shows
the cluster information. Since there is only one appliance in
the
cluster right now, viewing the cluster and the appliance are one
in the same.3. When there is more than one appliance, clicking the
appliance name,
MAR12345604, shows the appliance details.4. Scroll down to see
the status on the hardware for each node on this appliance.
NOTE: The capacities you see are only for the Hands-on Lab and
do not reflect thecapacity of the appliance. Hardware Replacement
should not be used in the Hands-OnLab virtual environment.
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Health: node monitoring
After you scroll down, you will see information about health of
the four nodes in thisappliance.
NOTE: The capacity you see is only for the Hands-on Lab and does
not reflect thecapacity or configuration of an appliance. The
hardware shown in the Hands-on Lab isvirtual, not physical.
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Config: language choice, logs, updates, and licensing
EVO:RAIL Management streamlines licensing, log collection,
updates, and offerslanguage choice for localization.
1. Click the Config icon in the left sidebar.2. The General tab
lets you change the display language and shows the version
numbers for VMware software products. The EVO:RAIL user
interface is availablein English, French, German, Japanese, Korean,
Simplified Chinese, and TraditionalChinese. Spanish and Portuguese
are available in the next software release.
3. The Support tab shows where you would generate a log bundle,
which would beuseful to attach to a service request. (Skip this in
the Hands-on Lab because ittends to be a time consuming task.)
4. The Updates tab shows where you would apply software updates
for VMwareEVO:RAIL, ESXi, and vCenter Server. With a minimum of
four independent ESXihosts in an EVO:RAIL cluster, updates are
non-disruptive and require zerodowntime.
5. The Licensing tab shows where you would enter your VMware
software license.
Events: view system and user events
1. Click the Events icon in the left sidebar.
View some of the tasks you have completed so far in this
lab.
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refreshed.
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EVO:RAIL Auto Discovery and ScaleOutEVO:RAIL provides
auto-discovery capabilities that use the RFC-recognized
"ZeroNetwork Configuration" protocol. New EVO:RAIL appliances
advertise themselves on anetwork using the VMware "Loudmouth"
service.
Objective: Witness EVO:RAIL auto-discovery and then add the new
appliance to yourexisting EVO:RAIL cluster. Verify that your
cluster is healthy.
EVO:RAIL Scale Out
EVO:RAIL revolutionizes scale-out. Increasing compute, network,
and storage resourcesis as easy as powering up a new appliance to
join an existing EVO:RAIL cluster.
The first EVO:RAIL appliance in a cluster creates a new instance
of vCenter Serve,EVO:RAIL, and Log Insight. Additional EVO:RAIL
appliances join that first instance. Thus,subsequent appliances in
a cluster are built in considerably less time than the
firstEVO:RAIL appliance.
Power On a New EVO:RAIL Appliance
Virtually power on a new EVO:RAIL appliance in this Hands-on Lab
as follows:
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1. Go to the ControlCenter desktop. You may need to minimize
your Chromebrowser or move it to be able to see the ControlCenter
desktop.
2. Double-click the shortcut called Enable 2nd Appliance. This
starts a script tovirtually power on a second appliance.
3. Return to EVO:RAIL Management tab in your Chrome browser. If
youaccidentally closed Chrome instead of minimizing, you will need
to click thetoolbar shortcut, 2. EVO:RAIL Manage and login
again.
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New Appliance Detected
In a minute or two, you will see that a new EVO:RAIL appliance
was detected. Look for abox in the bottom right-hand corner of the
page with New EVO:RAIL ApplianceDetected. Watch as each of the four
nodes are detected.
Power On a New EVO:RAIL Appliance
1. Go to the ControlCenter desktop to return to the script.2. In
the window running the script, press [ENTER] when the script
finishes.3. Return to EVO:RAIL Management tab in your Chrome
browser.
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Add EVO:RAIL Appliance
1. Click the Add EVO:RAIL Appliance button.
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Network IP pools for the new appliance
The Networking Pools section shows the IP pools that were
reserved for ESXi, vMotionand Virtual SAN during the configuration
of the first EVO:RAIL appliance. In general, werecommend allocating
extra IP addresses for each pool to make adding new
appliancesreally simple, as we did in the Configuration File.
On the right side of the page, you can see that EVO:RAIL
validates that you have enoughIP addresses for the new appliance;
otherwise, you would need to add them on thispage. Also, note that
the new EVO:RAIL appliance tag, "MAR45678904", is displayed inthe
upper right corner.
All you have to enter is the Passwords for the existing ESXi
hosts and vCenter Server.(You may need to scroll down.)
1. Enter VMware1! in each password field. If you make a mistake,
refresh yourbrowser and try again.
2. Leave the password fields by tabbing or clicking out.3. Click
Add EVO:RAIL Appliance. EVO:RAIL automatically configures the four
new
ESXi hosts contained in the new appliance.
Note: Building this second virtual appliance should take about 7
minutes in the Hands-on Lab. Please enjoy 3 short videos while you
wait. by clicking to the next 3 pages inthis manual.
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Unboxing VMware EVO:RAIL Video (1:38 minutes)
You may enjoy seeing customer anticipation and delight about
EVO:RAIL.
• If you are in the HOL ControlCenter environment, click on the
video thumbnailand then press the play button in the lower left
corner of the video viewer.
• If you are using a PDF file to read this manual, click on the
followinglink http://youtu.be/cfPwuLt9Zvc
Use a headset, if you have one, or use YouTube subtitles.
Start with the EVO:RAIL Checklist Video (2:24 minutes)
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After the unboxing, the excitement builds in this humorous
video.
• If you are in the HOL ControlCenter environment, click on the
video thumbnailand then press the play button in the lower left
corner of the video viewer.
• If you are using a PDF file to read this manual, click on the
followinglink https://youtu.be/DWTX1IEk2iQ
Use a headset, if you have one, or use YouTube subtitles.
EVO:RAIL General Overview Video (1:57 minutes)
This animated video provides a tour of EVO:RAIL product
features.
• If you are in the HOL ControlCenter environment, click on the
video thumbnailand then press the play button in the lower left
corner of the video viewer.
• If you are using a PDF file to read this manual, click on the
following linkhttps://youtu.be/AcKhYKP4QvI
Use a headset, if you have one, or use YouTube subtitles.
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Success!
1. Once the new EVO:RAIL Appliance has been added, click Finish
to return toEVO:RAIL Management.
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Checking Status with EVO:RAIL Management
Now we can check the status of the new appliance in both
EVO:RAIL Management andvSphere Web Client.
1. Click the Health icon in the left sidebar.2. View the Overall
System and the two appliances, MAR12345604 and
MAR45678904.3. Confirm that all have a green checkmark and are
thus healthy.
NOTE: If you do not see the second appliance or your cluster
shows "unheathy", refreshyour browser.
vSphere Web Client
1. Click the VMs icon in the left sidebar.2. Click the vSphere
Web Client icon in the top right corner.3. Login to the vSphere Web
Client; username: [email protected]
password: VMware1!
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NOTE: If you see the browser message "This webpage is not
available," please open anew tab in the ControlCenter browser.
Point to vCenter Server athttps://10.10.10.200:5480. Then under
Services, locate vSphere Web Client and clickthe Start button. This
occurs infrequently in the Hands-on Lab environment.
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Checking Status with vSphere Web Client
Using the vSphere Web Client, we can more closely investigate
the status andconfiguration of the Virtual SAN datastore:
1. Click vCenter in the left sidebar, then click Hosts and
Clusters.2. Expand MARVIN-Datacenter and expand
MARVIN-Virtual-SAN-Cluster. This
shows that you now have eight ESXi hosts.3. With the
MARVIN-Virtual-SAN-Cluster selected, click the Manage tab in
the
center section.4. Under Virtual SAN, select General.5. Under
Resources, confirm that all 8 hosts, SSD and Data disks are shown
and
eligible6. Confirm that the network status is "Normal".
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EVO:RAIL Node Replacement(advanced)EVO:RAIL handles hardware
failures easily. A single node can be replaced in the fieldwithout
disruption to your work load.
In the event of node failure, your selected EVO:RAIL partner
will ship a replacementnode with a unique identity stamped in the
BIOS that matches that of the failed node.All you need to do is
remove the failed node and a replace it with the new
EVO:RAILnode.
The EVO:RAIL engine detects the new node and alerts the operator
to add it back intothe appliance. EVO:RAIL cleans up the old ESXi
host and configures a new ESXi host onthe replacement node with all
previous parameters.
Objective: Emulate a failed node and enable a replacement node
to experience the"Add EVO:RAIL Node" workflow. In this lab you will
emulate a failure by shutting downesxi-node08.vmworld.local. You
will then use the HOL "console" access to power on thereplacement
node, as if a new physical node had been sent to you. The
EVO:RAILManagement user interface lets you add the node back into
the appliance.
Replacing a failed EVO:RAIL node
To emulate the failure of an EVO:RAIL node in this Hands-on Lab,
you will merely shutdown an ESXi host in the vSphere Web Client and
see the corresponding alert inEVO:RAIL.
In the real world, when you see an alert, you would investigate
further to validate thatyou have a hardware failure. Then under the
terms and conditions of your Service andSupport agreement, your
would request a replacement node. In some cases areplacement device
would be dispatched - in the case of boot disk this would
alsotrigger the "Replacement Node" workflow.
1. Return to the vSphere Web Client by clicking the vSphere Web
Client tab inyour Chrome browser.
NOTE: If you closed the tab, click on the vSphere Web Client
icon again.
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Emulating a hardware failure
For this exercise, you will need to select the eighth ESXi host
in the MARVIN-Virtual-SAN-Cluster. If you used the default host
naming scheme when you configured the firstappliance, the name will
be esxi-node08.vmworld.local.
1. Select the eighth ESXi host.2. Right-click to select Shut
Down, then click OK.
After waiting a minute or two the ESXi host will be powered off.
You will see a red alertnext to the selected ESXi host, confirming
the failure in vSphere Web Client.
NOTE: There may be delays before alerts appear. Any time you
want to see a morefrequent update, just refresh the vSphere Web
Client.
Confirm the failure in EVO:RAIL
Return to the EVO:RAIL Management tab in your browser. You may
need to refresh yourbrowser.
1. Click the Health icon in the left sidebar. You should see
that the Overall Health is"Critical".
2. Click the second appliance, MAR45678904.
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3. Verify that the node (in this example,
esx-node08.vmworld.local) has a red Xicon indicating a problem.
All other nodes in the EVO:RAIL cluster will be marked with a
"Warning" becauseEVO:RAIL fault tolerance policy is failure of one
full node.
NOTE: There are delays before warning marks appear. You can try
refreshing yourbrowser page to see a more frequent update.
Accessing the Hands-on Lab consoles
Each EVO:RAIL appliance has unique ID, and each node within the
appliance has aunique number. A replacement node is dispatched with
the exact same identity as thefailed node. The failed node is
removed and replaced, and the new node is powered on.
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Because it has the same identity as the original node, EVO:RAIL
recognizes the newnode and adds it back into the appliance.
EVO:RAIL reconfigures the ESXi host on thenew node with the
original configuration (Networking, Password, Global Settings).
In this lab you will need a new console window to power on a
replacement EVO:RAILNode.
1. On the left-hand side of the HOL interface you will see
shortcut area labelled"Consoles"
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Enable the replacement node
1. When you click this icon, you will see an icon called
"ESX-08A-REPLACEMENT".Click this icon.
2. In the central pane, click the Power On icon to bring the
replacement nodeonline.
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Fully booted ESXi host
Please wait for the ESXi host to complete the boot process.
1. When ESXi finishes booting, the Direct Console UI (DCUI)
display (shown in thescreenshot) will display the IP address.
2. Go back to the Control Center by clicking the CONTROLCENTER
icon on the left-hand side of the HOL interface.
3. You can close the Consoles tab by clicking the 'X' in the top
left corner.
Add EVO:RAIL node
Return to EVO:RAIL Management in your Chrome browser. You will
soon see that a newnode was detected: look for a box in the bottom
right-hand corner of the page.
1. Click the Add EVO:RAIL Node button.
Enter your ESXi host and vCenter Server passwords (VMware1!).
Click Add EVO:RAILNode and then click Finish.
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Confirm the hardware problem was resolved
If the emulated Add EVO:RAIL Node process is successful,
EVO:RAIL status returns tonormal.
1. Click the Health icon in the left sidebar. You should see
that the Overall Health is"Healthy".
2. Click the second appliance, MAR45678904.3. In a few minutes,
verify that the node (in this example, esx-
node08.vmworld.local) has a green checkmark indicating that it
is healthy.
NOTE: If there is a delay before the warning marks disappear,
just refresh your browserpage or wait a little longer (it could
take 10 minutes in this simulated environment).
Because this is an emulation of physical node replacement, an
occasional user mayexperience an unrecoverable error, "Exception
running on some hosts." We put this unitlast so that you can end
your Hands-on Lab even without waiting for the greencheckmarks.
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ConclusionIn this Hands-on Lab, you learned how to build
EVO:RAIL, created virtual machines, andexplored EVO:RAIL's
management capabilities. You added a second appliance to
theexisting cluster to show how EVO:RAIL delivers a simple model
for auto-discovery andscale-out. You emulated the appearance of a
failed EVO:RAIL node to experience theprocess of virtually
replacing a node in an EVO:RAIL appliance.
For more information....
You can visit the EVO:RAIL product page at:
http://www.vmware.com/products/evorail
You can also scan the QR code with a scanning app to visit the
product page on yoursmartphone.
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Labs. Be sure to visithttp://hol.vmware.com/ to continue your lab
experience online.
Lab SKU: HOL-SDC-1628
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Table of ContentsHOL-SDC-1628 - Introduction to EVO:RAILLab
OverviewPhysical Appliance Emulation in the Hands-on LabActivation
Prompt or WatermarkStart the EVO:RAIL Initial Configuration
Interactive Demo
Exploring EVO:RAIL (45 min)Accessing EVO:RAIL
ManagementControlCenter DesktopPre-configured Browser TabEVO:RAIL
Management LoginLocalization
Creating and Managing Virtual MachinesCreating virtual
machinesName VM and select OS image fileSelect
TinyCore-current.isoUpload OS imageSelect OS versionConfigure VM
sizeConnect to network segmentsSelect VM security policyVMS:
Dashboard for your virtual machinesCreate more virtual
machinesContinue VM configuration
EVO:RAIL Management FeaturesVMs: dashboard for your virtual
machinesMore VM optionsHealth: appliance and cluster
monitoringHealth: node monitoringConfig: language choice,
logs, updates, and licensingEvents: view system and user events
EVO:RAIL Auto Discovery and Scale OutEVO:RAIL Scale OutPower On
a New EVO:RAIL ApplianceNew Appliance DetectedPower On a New
EVO:RAIL ApplianceAdd EVO:RAIL ApplianceNetwork IP pools for the
new applianceUnboxing VMware EVO:RAIL Video (1:38 minutes)Start
with the EVO:RAIL Checklist Video (2:24 minutes)EVO:RAIL General
Overview Video (1:57 minutes)Success!Checking Status with EVO:RAIL
ManagementvSphere Web ClientChecking Status with vSphere Web
Client
EVO:RAIL Node Replacement (advanced)Replacing a failed EVO:RAIL
nodeEmulating a hardware failureConfirm the failure in
EVO:RAILAccessing the Hands-on Lab consolesEnable the replacement
nodeFully booted ESXi hostAdd EVO:RAIL nodeConfirm the hardware
problem was resolved
ConclusionFor more information....Thank you for taking part in
our Hands-on Lab!!!
Conclusion