HA Configuration error following VIB install.

I ran into a strange problem with my InfiniBand infrastructure. For some reason, one of my ESXi host would not enter a configured HA mode. I kept getting the “Cannot upgrade vCenter agent on host. Unknow installer error”. In my post on how to installing...

InfiniBand install & config for vSphere 5.5

A followup to my adventures of InfiniBand in the lab… and the vBrownbag Tech Talk about InfiniBand in the lab I did at VMworld 2013 in Barcelona .   In this post I will cover how to install the InfiniBand drivers and various protocols in vSphere 5.5. This...

vBrownbag TechTalk “InfiniBand in the Lab” presentation.

For the past few weeks I have slowly begun to build a working InfiniBand infrastructure on my vSphere cluster hosted in the office. I’m still missing some cables. With VMworld 2013 EMEA in Barcelona behind us, I’ve now got the time to publish the...