Reading Time: 3 minutes Knowledge increases by sharing it… Over the long weekend, I achieved yet another milestone of the certifications/skills on my list for the year and this blog is to put some light on the path/steps I took in preparation and my exam experience to help the
Migrate ESXi from vSS to vDS v7.0 – Fails: ThrowableProxy.cause
Reading Time: 2 minutes Unable to Migrate ESXi Host(s) from vSphere Standard Switch (vSS) to vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS). Environment – ESXi v7.0, vCenter v7.0, vDS v7.0. ESXi Host(s) either loose connectivity or the network changes are rolled back when trying to migrate from vSS to vDS. The vSS has two active vmnics (pNICs) and the migration to vDS fails, even with a single vmnic migration…
NUMA | vNUMA | Should we consider “Cores per socket” VM configuration in vSphere?
Reading Time: 6 minutes This blog is a consolidation (one reference point) to understand NUMA, vNUMA, “why it is important in the world of hypervisors?”, changes in vNUMA from vSphere v6.5 onwards, advance configuration overrides, rule of thumb, recommendations on “Cores per Socket” VM configuration for vSphere v6.7 and v7.0…
Journey to NSX-T, “VCP-NV” and beyond… (NSX-T Installation Series)
Reading Time: 2 minutes This is a “quick jump” blog for the NSX-T aspirants to keep as a bookmark/reference point. You do not need to refer any documentation anywhere, other than the steps summarized below and links embedded within to help your “VCP-NV” journey and beyond…
NSX-T Installation Series: Step 20: Configure Route Distribution on T0 (Tier-0) Gateway
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog is part of the Second Phase i.e. building the logical network topology and the “Step 20” of the NSX-T Installation series, in which we will follow the step-by-step instructions to configure Route Distribution on T0 (Tier-0) Gateway, validate advertised routes and external connectivity via command line…
NSX-T Installation Series: Step 19 – Connect T1 (Tier-1) Gateway to T0 (Tier-0) Gateway
Reading Time: 3 minutes This blog is part of the “Second Phase” i.e. building the logical network topology and “Step 19” of the NSX-T Installation series, in which we will follow the step-by-step instructions to connect a T1 (Tier-1) Gateway to a T0 (Tier-0) Gateway and validate the learnt routes via command line…
NSX-T Installation Series: Step 18 – T0 (Tier-0) Gateway: Map BGP neighbor to specific Uplink Interface
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog is part of the Second Phase i.e. building the logical network topology and “Step 18” of the NSX-T Installation series, in which we will discuss “Why” we need to map BGP Neighbor to specific Uplink (External) Interfaces, step-by-step instructions on how to map and validate via command line…
NSX-T Installation Series: Step 17 – Create T0 (Tier-0) Gateway [active-active] and Configure BGP
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog is part of the Second Phase i.e. building the logical network topology and “Step 17” of the NSX-T Installation series, in which we will discuss T0 (Tier-0) Gateway, its considerations, SR (Service Router), DR (Distributed Router), followed by step-by-step instructions on how to create an active-active T0 Gateway…
NSX-T Installation Series: Step 16 – Create VLAN Segments
Reading Time: 3 minutes This blog is part of the “Second Phase” i.e. building the logical network topology and “Step 16” of the NSX-T Installation series, in which we will discuss VLAN Segments and step-by-step instructions on how to configure one…
NSX-T Installation Series: Step 15 (Option 2) – Bulk VM Migration from vDS to N-VDS
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog is part of the Second Phase i.e. building the logical network topology and “Step 15 (Option 2)” of the NSX-T Installation series, in which we will discuss step-by-step instructions on how to do a bluk VM Migration from vDS to N-VDS…