VMware NSX Installation – Part 1
As mentioned in previous post following is the high level procedure for NSX Installation Deploy NSX Manager Register with vCenter Deploy NSX Controllers Prepare ESXi Hosts for NSX Configure VXLAN Networking Make sure the DVSwitch and Transport VLAN details are in handy beforehand If using Static IPs then IP Pools…
VMware NSX Installation Procedure and Requirements
Before doing the actual installation I preferr to lay down the procedure and requirements. This helps seamless deployment experience Procedure Deploy NSX Manager Register with vCenter Deploy NSX Controllers IP Pools needs to be configured in vCenter Wait for the 1st Controller to be deployed successfully before starting the remaining…
VMware NSX Overview
VMware NSX contains following components which will be deployed in vSphere environment Management Plane NSX Manager It is a virtual appliance that helps configure logical switches and connect virtual machines to these logical switches. It also provides the management UI and entry point for API for NSX, which helps automate…
vExpert 2016 Second Half Announcement
VMware vExpert 2016 Second Half list got announced Proud owner of the recognition for 4 continuous years (vExpert 2013 -16) http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2016/08/vexpert-2016-second-half-announcement.html
VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Reference Poster
VMware has recently published VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Reference Poster. Click Here It has 12 Sections. I found it very helpful and good initiative, looking at the direction which they have been recommending all Customers to use Appliance instead of Windows based vCenter Hardware Requirements – KB 2106572 Storage…
Automate PowerCLI Install using Powershell
I had a requirement to automate PowerCLI installation with minimal manual involvement possible I found the syntax mentioned below from Here Prerequisites Download and Copy the executable to shared location Ensure the access is configured Install PowerCLI Syntax Set-executionPolicy RemoteSigned -Confirm:$false -force Write-Host \”Installing PowerCLI\” $myargs = $myargs = \’/q…