vCloud Director SP 5.6.x has the ability to export VM statistics to an external database source which can then be queried via a set of new API calls. I’ve gone through a couple of different posts on how to configure the Cassandra/KairosDB data platform. vCloud Director SP: VM Metrics Database Configuration Part 1 Installing and […] Read More
Quick Fix: vCloud Air Gateway Unreachable
I’ve just come across a situation in my vCloud Air On Demand Service where the Edge Gateway was showing up as unreachable. Given vCloud Director is backing the vCloud Air Platform I identified this as a rare, but familiar occurrence of the vShield Edge VM either not being deploying correctly, or somehow loosing connectivity with its […] Read More
NSX Edge vs vShield Edge: Part 2 – High Availability
Overview: High Availability in both VSE and NSX Edges ensures Edge Network Services are always available by deploying a pair of Edge Appliances that work together in an active/passive HA cluster Pair. The primary appliance is in the active state and the secondary appliance is in the standby state. The configuration of the primary appliance is replicated […] Read More
vCloud Director SP: Upgrading and Applying New License Key
Thought I’d put up a very quick post on the process of upgrading from vCloud Director 5.5.x to vCloud Director SP 5.6.x. Any previous license key that you had associated with your vCD instance will not work once you upgrade to the SP Build. After you upgrade using the vCD SP 5.6.x binaries…upon first login […] Read More
NSX Edge vs vShield Edge: Part 1 – Feature and Performance Matrix
I was having a discussion internally about why we where looking to productize the NSX Edges for our vCloud Director Virtual Datacenter offering over the existing vCNS vShield Edges. A quick search online didn’t come up with anything concrete so I’ve decided to list out the differences as concisely as possible. This post will go through […] Read More
vCloud Director 8.0 Beta Kick Off – Initial Thoughts and Reaction
As posted a couple of weeks ago the Beta Program for the new SP Release of vCloud Director was announced and the kickoff was held yesterday morning (1st of June) Pacific time. When I joined the call there where about 200 other callers signed in which must have been a pleasing number for the vCD Team and […] Read More
NSX vCloud Retrofit: Overlapping Networks in vCD with NSX Virtual Wires
Part 4: vCloud Director Overlapping Networks: vCloud Director has the ability to allow Overlapping Network segments configurable from the Administration Tab of the vCD UI. Traditionally for those using VLAN backed External Networks and Network Pools this would represent a potential risk to clients if admins where not careful provisioning network resources. If the same […] Read More
VMware vCloud Director 8.0 Beta: #LongLivevCD
vCloud Air Network Service Providers take note…rumours of vCloud’s death where greatly exaggerated. Enterprise users…I still feel you are missing out on one of the best Cloud Management Platforms going around…however! The Beta program for vCD 8.0 (seems we have skipped 6 and 7) will go live from June 1st. As you can see below there […] Read More
NSX vCloud Retrofit: vShield Edges Become Unmanageable – API Fix
If you are familiar with vCloud Director Edge Gateway Services you might have come across situations where Edges become unmanageable and you see the following options greyed out in the vCD UI. All Edge services remain functional, however no changes can be made. In environments where NSX has been retrofitted with an in place upgrade […] Read More
vCloud Air Network: Zettagrid Cloud Datacenter Signup and VM Provisioning
Earlier in the week I did up a post on the vCloud Air On Demand Signup Process. As I’ve blogged about in the past, VMware reaffirmed their commitment to their Service Provider Partners and created the vCloud Air Network Program with the idea that together with VMware’s own Public Cloud offering…partner Hosted Platforms based on […] Read More