Category: NSX

Send NSX Edge Gateway Statistics to Graphite – Virten.net

Send NSX Edge Gateway Statistics to Graphite

To monitor VMware NSX Edge Gateways I want to send interface statistics to my Graphite installation. NSX Manager comes with a REST API that allows to pull information in XML or JSON format. I’ve created a script that pulls Interface, Firewall and Load Balancer statistics from all ESGs and sends them to a Carbon Relay. This allows to create universal custom dashboards with Grafana for example.

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Enterprises likely to need Cisco and VMware #SDN software (via TechTarget)

Enterprises likely to need Cisco and VMware SDN…

Enterprises should plan to run both Cisco and VMware SDN software in data centers, an expert says.

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Configure Edge Load Balancing in NSX (via Virten.net)

Configure Edge Load Balancing in NSX

An Edge Services Gateway allows to connect services running on Logical Switches outside of NSX based networks. I’ve explained the base installation from zero to the first ESG here. This post explains how to connect Web servers running on logical networks VXLAN to the outside.

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Auto Quarantine with NSX and Trend Micro Deep Security (via bkdatacentre.com)

Auto Quarantine with NSX and Trend Micro Deep…

I recently worked on a very interesting integration between VMware NSX and Trend Micro Deep Security, the integration has the ability for Trend Micro Deep Security to auto quarantine a VM by applying an NSX Tag to the VM.

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The History of NSX and the Future of Network Virtualization (via VMware Radius)

The History of NSX and the Future of Network…

The result of parallel research projects, NSX is pointing toward a new direction—delivering cloud-like services to the enterprise.

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Important KB updates for current NSX for #vSphere users -May 2016 Edition

Important KB updates for current NSX for…

Our NSX support team would like all of our customers to know about important KB updates for current NSX for vSphere issues. Here’s what’s new and trending

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Changes to #VMware NSX Licensing

Changes to VMware NSX Licensing

So yesterday VMware announced a new licensing model for NSX – VMware’s Software-Defined Network product.

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#VMware NSX – Availability and Redundancy (via virtualizationgains.com)

NSX – Availability and Redundancy

vSphere administrators normally have two great fears, failure of Storage and failure in the network layer, as both of these can result in 100s or 1000s of virtual machines simultaneously going off line.

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#VMware Debuts Cheaper NSX Software-Defined Networking Options, Hikes Pricing For Premium Version (via CRN)

VMware Debuts Cheaper NSX Software-Defined…

VMware debuts new lower-cost options for NSX in a bid to spark sales among small and medium-size customers, while also raising its pricing for its Enterprise version.

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Check it out: NSX Network Virtualization Platform Editions

Check it out: NSX Network Virtualization…

VMware NSX is available in three editions: Standard, Advanced, and Enterprise. Choose the edition that meets your specific network virtualization requirements and helps your organization move towards the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC).

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Let the #VMware NSX platform be your own personal bodyguard (via TechTarget)

Let the VMware NSX platform be your own…

With increased security features such as microsegmentation and a simplified network virtualization process, it’s no wonder the VMware NSX platform is gaining traction.

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#VMware NSX 6.2 Beginners Guide – From Zero to Full Deployment for Labs (via virten.net)

VMware NSX 6.2 Beginners Guide – From Zero to…

VMware NSX is the SDDC technology of the future. What ESX was once for Servers, NSX is now for Networks. I highly encourage everyone to make yourselves familiar with this technology. NSX with all its features is quite complex, but the entry point is quite simple and requires only basic vSphere and networking skills. This beginners guide explains how to deploy NSX in your homelab even with limited physical ressources by downsizing NSX Manager and NSX Controller VMs. The guide starts at zero and quickly explains how to deploy NSX and connect your first Virtual Machine to a VXLAN based logical switch that is able to communicate to the physical world through an NSX Edge Gateway.

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NSX Design & Deploy – Course Notes (via vWud.net)

NSX Design & Deploy – Course Notes

So I have just finished a week in Munich on an internal NSX design & deploy course which had some great content. I have made a few notes and wanted to very briefly blog those, mainly for my benefit but also in the hope they may be useful or interesting to others as well.

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How #VMware’s NSX Will Set the Pace for Its Future Growth (via Yahoo Finance)

How VMware’s NSX Will Set the Pace for Its…

VMware launched NSX in November 2013 after it acquired the technology from Nicira, a startup supplier, for $1.3 billion.

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Next Generation Networking: Defining The Software-Defined Network (via thedataplumber.net)

Next Generation Networking: Defining The…

The purpose of this post is to define the concepts, the Software-Defined Network (SDN), and some current architectures. The detail here will underpin many of the posts to come.

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Installing and configuring the NSX for #vSphere Managment pack (via bkdatacentre.com)

Installing and configuring the NSX for vSphere…

Download the NSX for vSphere Management pack from the VMware Solution Exchange https://solutionexchange.vmware.com/store/products/management-pack-for-nsx-for-vsphere-2-0

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Configuring NSX Adaptor for Log Insight (via bkdatacentre.com)

Configuring NSX Adaptor for Log Insight

So if you have installed your NSX content pack in log insight and noticed that no information is presented in the new dashboard:

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NSX – Transport Zone (via vcrooky.com)

NSX – Transport Zone

Next up is creating a Transport Zone! Transport Zones are a way to define which clusters/hosts are be able to see and participate in the virtual network that are being configured. Its like a container that houses NSX Logical Switches along with their details which is then assigned to a collection of ESXi hosts that should be able to communicate with each other across the physical network infrastructure.

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NSX – Distributed Logical Router (Basics) via vcrooky.com

NSX – Distributed Logical Router (Basics)

In this post I will step through the basic deployment steps of a Distributed Logical Router (DLR)… but first what is a DLR?

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NSX – Logical Switch (via vcrooky.com)

NSX – Logical Switch

Next up on the NSX build out is creating logical switches! A logical switch is a distributed port group on a distributed switch. So why logical? Because it gets a unique VNI (VXLAN Network Identifier) to overlays the L2 network.

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