Configure NSX-T 3.x Load Balancer for Cloud Director 10.x Cells
As I started my cloud director (formerly vCloud director) journey, I am following a learn-by-doing approach as I want to set up my cloud director environment and blog about it…
Create Geneve-Backed Provider VDC in Cloud Director 10.x
VMware Cloud Director enables cloud providers to build secure, multi-tenant clouds by pooling virtual infrastructure resources into virtual data centers. Cloud Director introduces the virtual infrastructure resources to users through…
VMware Cloud Director 10.x Integration with vCenter 7.x and NSX-T 3.x
VMware Cloud Director as a cloud management platform (CMP) offers true multi-tenancy where each customer has a self-service tenant portal that will be used to provision workloads and other services….
VMware Cloud Director 10.x: Org and OrgVDC Creation
An organization is the fundamental vCloud director grouping that contains users, vApps that they create, and the resources that the vApps use. An organization is the top-level container in a…
NSX Application Platform Part 3: NSX-T, NSX-ALB (Avi), and Tanzu
January 5, 2022 NSX Application Platform Part 3: NSX-T, NSX-ALB (Avi), and Tanzu NSX-T Logical Networking, Ingress, Load balancing, and Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service (TKGS) This article will elaborate on…
NSX Application Platform Part 4: Deploying the Application Platform
January 7, 2022 NSX Application Platform Part 4: Deploying the Application Platform Completing the NSX Application Platform (NAPP) Deployment The previous articles covered the foundation required to deploy NAPP. This…
Step-By-Step: Upgrade a Multi-Cell Cloud Director From 10.1 to 10.2
VMware Cloud Director 10.2 is generally available now with a lot of enhancements and features such as full use of NSX-T and delivering self-service functionality in Edge firewall and IP…
NSX-T 3.x Certificate Replacement Series – Part1: Configure MS CA Server
As I received multiple requests about how-to steps needed for NSX-T manager cluster certificate replacement, I decided to write a 3-parts series to clarify and illustrate the complete step-by-step procedure…
NSX-T 3.x Certificate Replacement Series – Part2: Request and Issue Certificates
This is part2 of my 3-parts NSX-T series that illustrates the complete step-by-step procedure to replace the self-signed certificates for NSX-T 3.x manager cluster with MS-based CA-signed certificates. In part1…
Rebuild a Failed VCF Managed Host
March 10, 2022 Rebuild a Failed VCF Managed Host Replace a Host With Custom NIC Mapping The Issue? A host in the VCF Management Domain Failed In this post I…
NSX-T 3.x Certificate Replacement Series – Part3: Activate CA-Signed Certificates
This is part3 of my 3-parts NSX-T series that illustrates the complete step-by-step procedure to replace the self-signed certificates for NSX-T 3.x manager cluster with MS-based CA-signed certificates. In part1…
Step-by-Step: Deploy and Configure VMware Cloud Director 10.3.1
It has been a while I didn’t have time to write due to my relocation with my family to Dubai with all what it means from starting a new life…