Reading Time: 4 minutes Knowledge increases by sharing it… As the title alludes, “NSX-T Management Cluster Deployment” is yet another topic split in two parts for easier understanding and context: NSX-T Management Cluster Deployment: Part 1 – discusses the general requirements which are common across the deployment options discussed in
Tag: NSX-T v2.4
NSX-T Management Cluster: Benefits, Roles, CCP Sharding and failure handling
Reading Time: 2 minutes Knowledge increases by sharing it… In versions prior to NSX-T v2.4, four appliances were deployed based on roles i.e. one management appliance and three controller appliances, that were to be managed for NSX. From v2.4 – The NSX manager, NSX policy and NSX controller role were
NSX-T Architecture (Revamped): Part 2
Reading Time: 3 minutes Knowledge increases by sharing it… NSX-T v2.4 and later VMware introduced an architectural change that simplified the overall management, installation and upgrades; brought high availability, scalability along with flexible deployment options. I opted to split the new architecture into two parts, for easier understanding: NSX-T Architecture
NSX-T Architecture (Revamped): Part 1
Reading Time: 5 minutes Knowledge increases by sharing it… It’s been a while since I talked about the NSX-T architecture in my previous blog here, which unfortunately is now only applicable to NSX-T v2.3 and earlier. Fortunately, with NSX-T v2.4 and later, VMware introduced an architectural change that simplified the
Quick Tip: How to get the NSX-T Manager’s Thumbprint and Node UUID
Reading Time: < 1 minute Knowledge increases by sharing it… For various reasons you may need to get the NSX-T Manager’s thumbprint and Node UUID, e.g. joining the NSX EDGE VM to the management plane or for use in your automation scripts. This blog is another “quick tip” on how to
Quick Tip: Enable/Disable a service e.g. SSH/SNMP to persist on NSX-T EDGE VM reboots
Reading Time: < 1 minute Knowledge increases by sharing it… This blog is a quick tip, on how to enable/disable a service e.g. SSH on NSX-T EDGE VM. Unlike NSX-V Edge Service Gateway which lets you enable SSH from the UI, for NSX-T EDGE VM you need to enable it from
Preparing the vSphere Infrastructure for NSX-T v2.4 Install/Upgrade
Reading Time: 2 minutes Knowledge increases by sharing it… Every few months, new versions of products are released, and every product has its own interoperability with other products, due to new features being added and code updates. What the new versions bring with themselves, is a chain of pre-requisites to
Unable to update vCenter Server Appliance from 6.5 to 6.5U2 via VAMI
Reading Time: 4 minutes Knowledge increases by sharing it… It has been a while, vCenter 6.7 has been released and is what I have been using “primarily” for my home lab along with other versions of compatible VMware products. With the release of NSX-T v2.4 and its specific version interoperability,