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…
VMware Cloud Director 10.1.1 – One or more VC/NSXs have been detected to be disconnected
As I already deployed cloud director 10.1.1 and integrated it with vCenter 7.0 and NSX-T 3.0. Things were working as expected and vCenter connection status was successful and connected until…
Cloud Director 10.x: vApp Guest OS Customization Greyed Out at Catalog Level
One of the latest things I tried to do recently in my VMware cloud director environment is to create a shared catalog with some imported vCenter OS templates to be…
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…
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…
VMware Cloud Director 10.3.1: Publishing & Subscribing to a Catalog
Most of service providers infrastructures have multiple Cloud Director instances running in multiple availability zones for availability requirements. In such case, managing multiple catalogs manually and keeping them all synchronized…
VMware Cloud Director: Step-by-Step VCD Upgrade from version 10.4.2 to 10.5.1 – vExpert Consultancy
In this post, I will guide you through the process of upgrading VCD from version 10.4.2 to version 10.5.1. Although VCD 10.5.1 is considered as a patch release from version…
VMware Cloud Director 10.5.0: Unable to Create a NEW Edge Gateway Firewall Rule – vExpert Consultancy
Recently I was delivering a professional services engagement for one of our VMware Cloud Providers where we deployed VMware Cloud Director (VCD) version 10.5.0 integrated with NSX 4.1.1. Upon validating…
The Multi-Cloud Expedition Episode 10: VMware’s Take on AI Ready Infrastructure
There is no denying the potential benefit AI capabilities will have on business outcomes as the technology and utilization of it matures. On the one hand this is an amazing…
The Multi-Cloud Expedition Episodes 8 & 9 – Live from VMware Explore Las Vegas: Top 10 Multi-Cloud Challenges
Early in 2023, the Cross-Cloud Services team started the Multi-Cloud Expedition – a Livestream series airing monthly on LinkedIn. In the Expedition, we’ve brought together industry and VMware subject matter…
HTTPS LB for VCD 10.4.x on NSX ALB 22.1.1: “Unable To Perform Query” – VCD UI Access Issue – vExpert Consultancy
This post will not show you how to configure the HTTPS load balancer for VMware Cloud Director (VCD). There are multiple public articles that cover the details for such LB…
VMware Cloud Director 10.3.x VAMI Setup – NFS Mount Validation Failing – vExpert Consultancy
Recently I was deploying VMware Cloud Director as part of an engagement for a Cloud Provider customer and I faced a couple of issues connecting to their Linux NFS server….