Deployment of NSX Edge Failed
Scenario: So, I was full of energy completing one of my NSX 6.3.5 deployments. Everything was straight forward deploying NSX Manager, Controllers, preparing hosts, configuring VXLAN, … etc, until I…
Scenario: So, I was full of energy completing one of my NSX 6.3.5 deployments. Everything was straight forward deploying NSX Manager, Controllers, preparing hosts, configuring VXLAN, … etc, until I…
Introduction: From my opinion, setting up a lab and trying to break and fix the deployment is the best way to learn about the product before implementing a production environment….
September 18, 2020 Multisite Deployment of NSX-T Data Center Part 2| LAB2PROD NSX-T Active-Active Multisite in a Single Region and Failover to a Secondary Region Part 2 This article will…
This is my first time I attended VMWorld Barcelona 2017. What an amazing event !!! During my visit, I grabbed a hard copy of the “VMware vSphere 6.5 Host Resources Deep…
September 18, 2020 Multisite Deployment of NSX-T Data Center Part 1| LAB2PROD NSX-T Active-Active Multisite in a Single Region and Failover to a Secondary Region Part 1. A client required…
A jumbo frame is an Ethernet frame with a payload greater than the standard maximum transmission unit (MTU) of 1,500 bytes. Jumbo frames allow ESXi to send larger frames out onto the physical network . Jumbo Frames can…
Recently, I have been engaged in multiple deployments for customers trying to move out from their traditional datacenters to a VMware-based hyper-converged infrastructures. HCI and especially VMware VSAN brings a…
September 29, 2020 Building a Multi-NIC VCF 4 Workload Domain using API | LAB2PROD Using API to create a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) multi-nic workload domain In this article we…
Greetings, With the release version of vSphere 6.5, VMware Update Manager (VUM) now comes embedded within vCenter Appliance (VCSA) 6.5. VUM can then be used to upload patches to its…
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…
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…
Suggested read: The Complete WordPress Speed Optimization GuideOpen the post editor and click on the “Revisions” button at the top right corner. This button displays a side-by-side comparison of different…
It is that time again! My home lab tour 2024 takes a look at the journey my home lab has taken in 2024. I have fully migrated workloads to mini…
Introduced in vSAN 6.1, stretched clusters can be used in environments where disaster and downtime avoidance is a key requirement. It protects virtual machines across data centers, not just racks….
For those of you who do not know vRealize Log Insight. It is a log collector and analyzer, with a pretty, simple and intuitive GUI. An easy way of managing…
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…
Recently, I have been engaged in multiple VSAN HCI projects designs. One of the most interesting decisions to take was the kind of boot devices that will hold the ESXi…
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…