Part 1: Intro and VSM to NSX Manager Upgrade Part 2: NSX Manager Configuration and vCD VSE Deployment Validation Part 3: Controller Deployment, Host Preparation and VXLAN Config Part 4: Overlapping Networks in vCD with NSX Virtual Wires I’ve been working over the past 6 months on and off looking at how to best fit NSX into existing […] Read More
NSX Bytes: Networking & Security Inventory Reports 0 NSX Managers
In my Lab deployments of NSX I’ve come across an issue whereby logging into the vSphere Web Client with authorized accounts results in the inability to manage NSX via the Networking and Security Plugin. If an account doesn’t have access to administer NSX you will see the 0 NSX Managers reported in the Web Client […] Read More
NSX Bytes: 6.1 Upgrade Part 3|4 – Clusters, Logical Switches, Edges and Guest Introspection
In Part 1 and Part 2 we went through the relatively straight forward upgrade of the NSX Manager and the more involved upgrading the NSX Controllers. To complete things…in this post we will upgrade the rest! NSX components must be upgraded in the following order: NSX Manager NSX controller Clusters and Logical Switches NSX Edge and Guest Introspection […] Read More
NSX Bytes: 6.1 Upgrade Part 2 – NSX Controller
In Part 1 we went through the relatively straight forward upgrade of the NSX Manager. In this post we will upgrade the NSX Controllers from 6.0.x to 6.1. NSX components must be upgraded in the following order: NSX Manager NSX controller Clusters and Logical Switches NSX Edge and Guest Introspection The upgrade process is managed by the […] Read More
NSX Bytes: 6.1 Upgrade Part 1 – NSX Manager
On the back of VMworld US and a bunch of other VMware Product Updates released last week…NSX 6.1 went GA late last week…. For a quick overview of the new feature enhancements from 6.0.x have a look at this post from @pandom_ Word is on the street that this upgrade is not without it’s complications. There […] Read More
NSX Bytes: Deploying vShield Endpoint with NSX Manager
I recently had to deploy a solution into our Labs that required the installation of vShield Endpoint VMs to facilitate a 3rd Party service. No worries there…but when I logged into the Lab I was faced with an updated vShield Manager instance which was now NSX Manager…Where the heck do you deploy Endpoints? Where is the […] Read More
NSX Bytes: Upgrading vShield Manager with NSX Bundle Fails
This is a really quick NSX Byte..but one that could save you some head scratching when looking to upgrade your vShield Manager to the NSX Manager. If you get the following error while trying to upload the VSM to NSX Manager Upgrade Bundle: The Following error occurred: Invalid file ‘VMware-vShield-Manager-upgrade-bundle-to-NSX-6.0.4-1752381.gz’ Open up a Command Prompt […] Read More
NSX Bytes – Unicast Transport Zone Creation Error
One of VMware NSX’s best features is the ability to have the VXLAN Control Plane working in Unicast Mode…removing the requirement for Multicast traffic on the underlying Physical network. This is a significant step forward in that Multicast often created issues for traditional network teams and getting it retrofitted to an existing platform was often […] Read More
NSX Bytes – Controller Deployment Gotchyas
There are a lot of great posts already out there in regards to install and configuration of NSX. Rather than reinvent the wheel I’ve decided to do a series of NSX Bytes relating to a couple of gotchyas I’ve come across during the config stage. This post will focus on the NSX Controller deployment which provides […] Read More
Follow Up: The NSX Roadblock
About 7 weeks ago I wrote a post detailing my frustration at the way in which VMware’s NSX was being trickled out into the market place and the hefty caveats that where involved in getting ones hands on NSX…even for dev and test purposes…The basis of my arguement was that while I understood the general stratagy […] Read More