VCDX #181 Marc Huppert

Month: March 2017

NSX Install Guide Part 2 – Data Plane

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NSX Install Guide Part 2 – Data Plane

In Part 1 we looked at the overall design of the environment and official documentation, as well as preparing the management and control planes by installing NSX Manager and an NSX Controller cluster. In this post we will focus on installing components in the data plane; preparing the hosts for NSX, configuring VXLAN, VTEP interfaces, Transport Zones, and creating a logical switch. To complete the routing configuration Part 3 will walk through NSX Edge and Distributed Logical Routers.

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Quick Tip – vSphere 6.0 Update 3 resolves…

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Quick Tip – vSphere 6.0 Update 3 resolves “Compute” only Cross-vCenter vMotion operation — via virtuallyGhetto

Quick Tip – vSphere 6.0 Update 3 resolves…

Previously when a “Compute” only Cross-vCenter vMotion (xVC-vMotion) was initiated, which only migrates the VMs compute from one vCenter Server to another while maintaining its current storage configuration, an insufficient space error may be thrown under certain conditions. This behavior was due to the way vCenter Server used to calculate the available space on the destination vCenter Server.

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Cross vCenter Server operations (clone /…

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Cross vCenter Server operations (clone /…

When cross vCenter Server operations such as clone and migrate was first introduced in vSphere 6.0, it required that both the source and destination vCenter Server (includes ESXi hosts) to be running the same vSphere version. With the release of vSphere 6.5, this base requirement still holds true (e.g. vSphere 6.5 for both source and destination), especially when performing these operations using the vSphere Web Client where mixed-vSphere versions is not supported outside of a rolling upgrade.

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vRealize Operations – Creating Custom Dashboards

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vRealize Operations – Creating Custom Dashboards

vRealize Operations Manager is VMware’s comprehensive monitoring and analytics tool. The latest release of VROps 6.4 includes 13 new dashboards out of the box and creating custom dashboards is a breeze!

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