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  • VMware NSX Poster

    Handy NSX Poster… Download – nsx_poster  

  • Docker Engine for Windows Server 2016 Now Available

      Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows Server 2016, and with it, Docker engine running containers natively on Windows.the expansion of the Docker platform beyond Linux workloads to support…

  • NFV, SDN and VMware NSX

    NFV After Compute Virtualization Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is the next step, moving physical networking devices/equipment and running it in a VM. NFV separates network functions from routers, firewalls, load…

  • Learn NSX – Part-10 (Create Logical Switches)

    A logical switch reproduces Layer 2 and Layer 3 functionality (unicast, multicast, or broadcast) in a virtual environment completely decoupled from underlying hardware. Select Logical Switches under the Networking &…

  • VMware Validated Design (SDDC) Available for download

    The VMware Validated Design provides a set of prescriptive documents that explain how to plan, deploy, and configure a deployment of a Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC). This design supports a…

  • Learn NSX – Part-09 (Transport Zone)

    The Segment ID Pool specifies a range of VXLAN Networks Identifiers (VNIs) to use when building logical network segments. This determines the maximum number of logical switches that can be…

  • Containers in Windows Server 2016 TP5

    I am just starting to get my head around the concept of Containers and decided to take Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5 for a test, which includes Docker Containers…

  • Upgrade NSX to 6.2.4 – Step by Step

    Before we upgrade It is very important to validate all necessary components before NSX is upgraded.i have already shared upgrade impact in my previous post , also below checklist will…

  • Operational Impacts of NSX Upgrades

    The NSX upgrade process can take some time, especially when upgrading ESXi hosts, because hosts must be rebooted. It is important to understand the operational state of NSX components during an upgrade,…

  • Learn NSX – Part-08 (Configure VXLAN transport)

    The deployment of overlay technologies has become very popular because of their capabilities in decoupling connectivity in the logical space from the physical network infrastructure. Devices connected to logical networks can leverage…

  • Salting with Transparent Page Sharing

    This week one of my customer asked me about TPS setting and he said TPS was very good now since it has been disabled what else can be done to…

  • ESXi Troubleshooting Checklist

    Guys, Here is a basic troubleshooting checklist for ESXi , so when somebody says in your organisation that their VMs are having some performance issue, here is the step by…

  • Learn NSX – Part-07 (Prepare vSphere Clusters)

    NOTE –   All hosts in the cluster must be in the vSphere Distributed Switch that is being leveraged by NSX. VMware vSphere Update Manager™ must be disabled before preparing…

  • Learn NSX – Part-06 (Deploy NSX Controller)

    The NSX for vSphere control plane manages logical networks and the overlay transport, and it must be configured in one of the following modes: Multicast Mode ‒ If multicast replication…

  • My VCAP-DCD Exam experience

    After a series of reschedules, finally when i again tried to reschedule yesterday, it did not allowed as i was trying to reschedule within 24 hours of scheduled, that is…

  • SO, NOW I AM vExpert 2016

    I am delightfully honoured to share with you that I have been designated as VMware vExpert 2016. I am truly happy and would like to thank all bloggers, contributors, readers…

  • vRA URL Redirection using NSX LB

      When accessing vRealize Automation, the FQDN of the vRA appliance in the browser will take you to a page that looks like this though this can be useful page…

  • NSX DFW using AD Groups

    This particular use-case is to implement network security to allow or block network access to certain applications/servers in the datacenter, depending on the logged-on user in a horizon view envir… Source:…

  • Learn NSX – Part-05 (NSX Controller)

    Friends, In my Previous NSX series posts , we have successfully deployed NSX Manager , now to move on further , Next thing is deploy NSX controllers , in this…

  • vRealize Network Insight (vRNI)

    VMware vRealize Network Insight 3.0.0 (Arkin) is now generally available. vRNI delivers intelligent operations for software-defined networking and security, with converged visibility across virtual and physical networks, planning and recommendations…