Step-by-Step NSX-V Upgrade from 6.3.4 to 6.3.5
Recently, I was engaged in a NSX deployment where we installed NSX for vSphere v6.3.4. However, couple of days later, VMware highlighted that there is a critical bug with this…
Multi-Cloud GSLB using NSX Advanced Load Balancer|LAB2PROD
October 12, 2020 Multi-Cloud GSLB using NSX Advanced Load Balancer|LAB2PROD A guide to configuring a Global Server Load Balancer (GSLB) between an on premise NSX-T enabled datacenter and Amazon Web…
NSX-T Transport VLANs and Inter TEP Communication | LAB2PROD
November 15, 2020 NSX-T Transport VLANs and Inter TEP Communication | LAB2PROD Inter TEP Communication, Sharing Transport VLANs: Unpacking One of The Latest Features In NSX-T 3.1 This post will…
SSL Termination: Securing Web Traffic with NSX-ALB | LAB2PROD
January 12, 2021 SSL Termination: Securing Web Traffic with NSX-ALB | LAB2PROD Leverage NSX-ALB to encrypt your data with SSL Termination! In this blog post we will cover the different…
DELL PowerEdge ESXi Hosts: LLDP Not Working With Intel X710 10GB Cards
Recently I was engaged with a full vSphere migration for one of our customers (both hardware and software). We faced an issue getting Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) to work…
HomeLab: Hybrid Cloud | LAB2PROD
February 17, 2021 HomeLab: Hybrid Cloud | LAB2PROD Scaling out the Datacentre After posting about my latest homelab acquisitions, I’ve gotten a lot of interest to understand what I’m running…
NSX-V Distributed Logical Router: With or Without Control VM?
Greetings, In this relatively short post, I will start with a brief introduction about NSX distributed logical router (DLR) and then I will delve into the main topic which I…
Migration from Collapsed to Dedicated NSX Edge Cluster
In a recent PSO VMware NSX engagement with one of our customers, and as their new hardware arrived, they decided to make a migration of ESG edges and DLR control…
The Unofficial VCF Troubleshooting Guide v2 | LAB2PROD
March 4, 2021 The Unofficial VCF Troubleshooting Guide v2 | LAB2PROD Getting past those annoying issues when administering VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) This is my unofficial VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)…
Did you add your vCenter to the NSX DFW exclusion list? Validate via Central CLI
Introduction Whenever you prepare a vSphere cluster in NSX, the distributed firewall is enabled automatically on all ESXi hosts in that cluster. One of these clusters can be your management…
Step-By-Step: Install and Configure NSX Manager 6.4.1
Introduction As NSX is driving the evolution of the next generation networking era, learning NSX is a must in my humble opinion. VMware does not consider NSX as a product…
VMware NSX Edge Not resolving Syslog FQDN ? Configure DNS Client via REST API
Introduction Well, recently I was checking an issue for one of our customers, where NSX edges were not sending logs to their configured syslog server. I found the issue as…
VMware ECMP NSX Edges Dropping Packets? Check RPF & Firewall
Recently, I was checking an interesting issue for one of our customers. They are experiencing random packet dropping where users accessing their applications running on NSX environment are suffering from…
Step-by-Step: Workload Migration to NSX-v Domain Preserving IP address Schema
With the IT transformation towards software defined data center (SDDC), and the wide adoption of software defined networking (SDN), most of current vSphere customers are considered as potential NSX ones,…
Errors with VCF 4.2.1 Configuration Drift Bundle
August 3, 2021 Errors with VCF 4.2.1 Configuration Drift Bundle Precheck Failures Preventing Upgrades The Issue? “NSX-T Audit Check Failures” Ordinarily, upgrading VCF versions should be easy. Unfortunately, this isn’t…
Step-by-Step: VMware vRealize Automation 7.x to 7.5 Upgrade
Upgrading vRA solution has been always tricky as it is version dependent. Although the process is somehow similar, it may include less or more steps if you have a minimal…
NSX for vSphere: Add Floating Static Routes to NSX Edge via REST API
Recently I have been engaged in a NSX-v PSO engagement where we need to make sure all the best practices are applied to the environment. Trust me, with every engagement,…
Step-by-Step: Deploy VMware NSX-T 2.4.1 Manager
I have been designing and deploying NSX-v solutions as part of my PSO role for the past 3 years. Aside with that, I decided to start my journey towards NSX-T…