This guide assumes you have a functioning Active Directory domain already setup. First lets have a look at the environment: FortiGate – 10.12.92.254DC01 – 10.12.92.252 Domain name: avidpontoon.co.uk Domain Controller Configuration The initial configuration we will complete on the Domain Read more…
Now we have tested that live motion works and that now all aspects of the network have been tested, we can begin the migration from Standard vSwitches to Distributed vSwitches. This allows central management of cluster networking. We will begin Read more…
In the last section, we configured FSSO and setup the Groups on the FortiGate to interface with the FSSO Groups. Now, we will Setup the web proxy and policies for the proxy too. First, we need to enable the Explicit Read more…
FSSO is a mechanism that allows a FortiGate to know who is logged into a domain joined computer, and transparently assign the device policies based on that users attributes (like group membership). This is fully transparent to users as the Read more…
Now we have provisioned and setup the first VM on the cluster, we can test to see if vMotion is working. A high level overview of vMotion is that it allows the live migration of VM’s between physical hosts within Read more…
Now the cluster has been configured and we have storage attached using iSCSI. Lets create a VM. Upload ISO to Cluster Datastore In vCenter, move over to the Datastore tab on the left hand side: You should see the Datastore Read more…
Now, the cluster is partially setup. As there is no space to hold any VM’s the vSphere Cluster Service VMs cannot be provisioned. We will complete the configuration on the first host in this guide. Creating a new vSwitch for Read more…
Now we have the networking setup on the hosts, we can configure the cluster within vCenter. On the main vCenter dashboard, right click on the Datacenter we created previously: Click on ‘New Cluster…’. The new cluster Wizard should appear: On Read more…
In this part we will configure the network connections for each ESXi host in vCenter Configuring the vSwitch Click into the host on the left hand pane: On the top bar, click into the Configure tab: Click on the Virtual Read more…
Now we need to add the 3 ESXi Servers into vCenter. First we need to open and login to the vCenter web interface: https://lab-vcenter01.lab.local/ui Adding a Datacenter We should see the dashboard once we have logged in: First, we need Read more…