Year: 2023
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Implementing NSX Micro-Segmentation
Reading Time: 8 minutesImplementing NSX Micro-Segmentation is an article that introduces how we can use the powerful distributed firewall to protect the workload inside the NSX, even in the same broadcast domain. First and Foremost, Do you talk about distributed firewalls? What is this and how does it work? DFW is the acronym for Distributed…
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Accessing an RDP Server Pool Through the NSX ALB
Reading Time: 6 minutesAccessing an RDP Server Pool Through the NSX ALB is an article that shows how to load balance user access to an RDP Server Pool using the NSX Advanced Load Balancer solution. First and Foremost, Did you know what is the NSX Advanced Load Balancer (ALB)? Welcome to the VMware NSX Advanced Load…
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Changing the NSX Manager user password through the API
Reading Time: 3 minutesChanging the NSX Manager user password through the API is an article that shows how to change the user password using the API. First and foremost, we will use the Postman application to interact with the NSX Manager API. You can download the application by accessing the below link:https://www.postman.com/downloads/ But, of course,…
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Checking VMware Hardware Compatibility Error on Debian 11
Reading Time: 4 minutesChecking VMware Hardware Compatibility Error on Debian 11 is an article that shows how to fix an error where we are executing the check status operation under a Debian 11 Guest OS. A Brief Description Of the Issue I have installed Debian 11 as a Guest OS. During the installation process, I…
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Integrating NSX with LDAP
Reading Time: 4 minutesIntegrating NSX with LDAP is an article that shows how to add an LDAP server such as Active Directory to act as an Authentication Provider for the NSX Management Cluster access. About LDAP I believe there are a lot of materials on the Internet about LDAP. The LDAP is an acronym for…
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Balancing a Web Application with NSX ALB
Reading Time: 9 minutesBalancing a Web Application with NSX ALB is an article that shows how to balance web access to a specific application using the NSX Advanced Load Balancer. Our aim is to show how to configure the NSX ALB Controller and create the Virtual Service to balance all client connections to the Web…
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NSX Advanced Load Balancer Deployment Steps
Reading Time: 5 minutesNSX Advanced Load Balancer Deployment Steps is an article that shows a little introduction to the NSX Advanced Load Balancer and how to deploy an NSX ALB Controller cluster to start using this powerful solution. First and Foremost, what is NSX ALB? NSX ALB is an acronym for Advanced Load Balancer.VMware will…
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Monitoring vCenter Server Certificate Status
Reading Time: 3 minutesMonitoring vCenter Server Certificate Status is an article that shows some ways to monitor vCenter Server Certificate status. As we know, the vCenter Server has a lot of certificates. Managing all of this can be hard, mainly when talking about a big environment with many vCenter Servers. First and foremost, I would…
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Some Examples of NSX Topologies
Reading Time: 4 minutesSome Examples of NSX Topologies show some topologies that can be used in the NSX environment. Firstly, I would like to share some documents related to the NSX Design Guide. You can check more details on these links if you prefer:https://nsx.techzone.vmware.com/resource/nsx-reference-design-guidehttps://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/products/nsx/vmw-nsx-network-virtualization-design-guide.pdf Single-Tier Topology/Deployment On this topology, we only have the Tier-0 gateway.All…
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Creating an Edge Cluster
Reading Time: 2 minutesCreating an Edge Cluster shows how we can create an Edge Cluster to use in the NSX environment. Before we start, I would like to share an article that we have written about all the steps necessary to deploy an Edge Transport Node:https://dpcvirtualtips.com/deploying-an-edge-transport-node/ What is an Edge Cluster? First and foremost, an…
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Deploying an Edge Transport Node
Reading Time: 4 minutesDeploying and Edge Transport Node is an article that shows all the necessary steps to deploy an NSX Edge Transport Node. We are deploying an Edge VM (Virtual Machine) format in this example. We had written an article to explain basic concepts around the NSX. Access the below link to access this…
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Do you know how systemd-resolved works on the vCenter Server?
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis provoking question “Do you know how systemd-resolved works on the vCenter Server?” aims to show, in a basic way, how the daemon “systemd-resolved” works on the vCenter Server. At least for me, I did not have any knowledge about this service and how it works (even in a basic way). So,…