This blog series extends my NSX Bytes Blog Posts to include a more detailed look at how to deploy NSX 6.1.x into an existing vCloud Director Environment. Initially we will be working with vCD 5.5.x which is the non SP Fork of vCD, but as soon as an upgrade path for 5.5.2 -> 5.6.x is […] Read More
NSX vCloud Retrofit: Intro and VSM to NSX Manager Upgrade
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
Quick Fix: PernixData FVP Management Server Service Doesn’t Start
Posting a very quick fix to an issue that I have seen pop up during all my installs to date of PernixData FVP Management Server (v2.x) whereby the Management Server Service Fails to start after a successful install. Once the install completes successfully if you go to the vCenter Web or VI Client to start […] Read More
vForumAU Week in Review
Another vForumAU has come and gone and upon reflection it was possibly the best event I’ve attended since my first one back in 2011. This year the venue for vForumAU was Luna Park Sydney…partly due to the redevelopment of the Sydney Exhibition Center but chosen ultimately as the venue to Celebrate the 10th Australian vForum […] Read More
vCloud Director: vCD SP 5.6.3 Release …with a catch!
“With regards to the upgrade path for SPs looking to deploy vCD SP there will be a build released approx. Q1 15 that will allow upgrades from 5.5.2” On the 8th of October, VMware released the first vCloud Director build that was forked for the Service Provider Community. vCD for SP 5.6.3 (Build 2116763) represents […] Read More
ESXi 5.5: IOPS Limit and mClock scheduler
It’s fair to say that it’s not very often the difference between a 1 and 0 can have such a massive impact on performance…I had read a couple of posts from Duncan Epping in regards to a new DiskIO Schedular introduced in ESXi 5.5 and what it meant for VM Disk Limits compared to how […] Read More
ESXi 5.5 Update 2: vMotion Fails at 14% with Stale Admission Control and VM Reservations
We are currently in the process of upgrading all of our vCenter Clusters from ESXi 5.1 to 5.5 Update 2 and have come across a bug whereby the vMotion of VMs from the 5.1 hosts to the 5.5 hosts fails at 14% with the following error: [UPDATE 6/10] – Observed Conditions: vCenter 5.5 U1/2 (U2 […] 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