Cisco HyperFlex Study Notes (Part 2)

This post is my personal technical note for Cisco HyperFlex Hyperconverged Solution drafted during my personal learning.  This post is not intended to cover all the part of the solution and some note is based on my own understanding of the solution. My intention to draft this note is to outline the key solution elements for quick readers.

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The note is the second part of the whole note. The first post is per the below link:

Cisco HyperFlex Study Notes (Part 1)

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Cisco HyperFlex Study Notes (Part 1)

This post is my personal technical note for Cisco HyperFlex Hyperconverged Solution drafted during my personal learning.  This post is not intended to cover all the part of the solution and some note is based on my own understanding of the solution. My intention to draft this note is to outline the key solution elements for quick readers.

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The note is based on Cisco HX Data Platform Release version 3.5. Some figures in this post are referenced from Cisco public documents.

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MSSQL Database Mirroring Configuration

There are several ways to perform MSSQL database replication, including log shipping, database mirroring and AlwaysOn Availability Groups. It is highly recommended to adopt AlwaysOn Availability Groups whenever it is possible, however, sometime we still need to use database mirroring due to the environment limitation.

This post is to outline the steps to configure the MSSQL database mirroring. The example topology is as below:

Database Mirroring

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DELL EMC Networker Exchange Directed Restore through Command Line

It is known that DELL EMC Networker performs Exchange database (DAG or Standalone)  restoration through Networker Module for Microsoft (NMM) GUI on the client itself.

However, in some scenarios, directed database restoration is required with urgency. For example, the exchange server is crashed and it is required to restore the database and logs files to another standalone or DAG server.

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VMware PowerCLI Version 6.5.2+ Installation – Online/Offline

From VMware PowerCLI version 6.5.2 and above, the .exe installable package is not available from VMware download site. All the PowerCLI modules are available from https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/VMware.PowerCLI.

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This post is to highlight the online and offline installation procedure for PowerCLI version 6.5.2 and above.

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