Reading Time: 2 minutes Knowledge increases by sharing it… As discussed in one of my previous blog NSX-T Architecture (Revamped): Part 1, the release of NSX-T v2.4 brought simplicity, flexibility and scalability for the management plane. If you are not familiar with the architecture of the NSX-T, I would highly
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NSX-T Management Cluster Deployment: Part 2
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
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
“No NSX Managers available. Verify current user has role assigned on NSX Manager.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes Knowledge increases by sharing it… Upon logging on to the vCenter with “[email protected]” and opening the “Network and Security Plugin”, you receive an error message as below: “No NSX Managers available. Verify current user has role assigned on NSX Manager.” “[email protected]” is the inbuilt account (if
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
NSX-V Site Failover/Failback Plan: Part 3
Reading Time: 4 minutes Knowledge increases by sharing it… This blog is a continuation of the “Planned” or “Unplanned” failover of NSX-V components i.e. NSX Manager, controllers, universal distributed logical routers in an Active/Passive datacentre scenario i.e. all North/South routing flow via one site’s ESG(s). Just to reverberate, I have
NSX-V Site Failover/Failback Plan: Part 2
Reading Time: 3 minutes Knowledge increases by sharing it… This blog is a continuation of the “Planned” or “Unplanned” failover of NSX-V components i.e. NSX Manager, controllers, universal distributed logical routers in an Active/Passive datacentre scenario i.e. all North/South routing flow via one site’s ESG(s). Just to reverberate, I have