Year: 2023
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Setting Up Windows AD FS
Reading Time: 5 minutesSetting Up Windows AD FS is an article that shows how to set up the Windows AD FS service to provide Federated Identity and Access Management. AD FS Overview AD FS is an acronym for Active Directory Federation Services. It enables Federated Identity and Access Management by securely sharing digital identity and…
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Working with IDFW on NSX-T
Reading Time: 5 minutesWorking with IDFW on NSX-T is an article that shows what are the IDFW rules and how to create your IDFW rules on the NSX-T environment. IDFW is an acronym for Identity Distributed Firewall. Basically, with this feature, we can create DFW (Distributed Firewall) rules based on users and groups of users…
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DHCP Server on NSX-T
Reading Time: 3 minutesDHCP Server on NSX-T is an article that provides all the steps to set up a DHCP Server on an NSX-T Segment. With this configuration, NSX-T will be your DHCP Server for the specific NSX-T Segment. First and Foremost, What is DHCP? Basically, DHCP is an acronym for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.…
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Configuring DNS Service on NSX-T
Reading Time: 5 minutesConfiguring DNS Service on NSX-T is an article that provides the necessary steps to configure the DNS Forwarder service on the NSX-T environment. DNS is the acronym for Domain Name Server. This network protocol translates DNS names/FQDN to IP addresses (and vice versa). In the picture below, we have an example of…
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Useful RVC Commands for Troubleshooting vSAN
Reading Time: 21 minutesUseful RVC Commands for Troubleshooting vSAN is an article that provides some RVC commands to help the vSAN troubleshooting process. Firstly, What is RVC? RVC is an acronym for Ruby vSphere Console. It is an interactive command-line console accessible by the vCenter Server. The RVC is based on the popular RbVmomi Ruby…
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Network Address Translation on NSX-T
Reading Time: 6 minutesNetwork Address Translation (NAT) on NSX-T is an article that explains some ways to use the NAT on NSX-T. We will provide some examples of SNAT (Source NAT) and DNAT (Destination NAT). First and Foremost, What is NAT? When we are talking about NAT, we are talking about some techniques when it…
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What is NSX-T DFW?
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhat is NSX-T DFW is an article that explains a little bit about the NSX-T Distributed Firewall and how rules are applied on Hosts Transport Nodes. Security is a subject that needs careful attention for all administrators at all levels of business (from small to bigger companies). Cybercrime is more sophisticated and…
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Clustering VMware Aria Operations for Logs
Reading Time: 5 minutesClustering VMware Aria Operations for Logs is an article that explains how to create a cluster with VMware Aria Operations for Logs. Single Nodes A basic VMware Aria Operations for Logs configuration includes a single node. Log sources can be applications, Operating Systems logs, virtual machine logs, hosts, the vCenter Server, virtual…
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How to Deploy VMware Aria Operations for Logs
Reading Time: 6 minutesHow to Deploy VMware Aria Operations for Logs is an article that explains how to deploy and configure VMware Aria Operations for Logs (formerly vRealize Log Insight). Firstly, What is vRealize Log Insight? vRealize Log Insight provides intelligent log management for infrastructure and applications in any environment. This highly scalable log management…
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How to Restore NSX Manager from Backup
Reading Time: 5 minutesHow to Restore NSX Manager from Backup is an article that explains the process of restoring the NSX Manager from a valid backup. Backup… Backup… Backup… this is an important subject that always we are talking about. In a practical way, few people really are careful about this. For the NSX-T environment,…
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Install VMware PowerCLI Offline
Reading Time: 3 minutesInstall VMware PowerCLI Offline is an article that explains all procedures to install the VMware PowerCLI from the Offline package. Basically, VMware PowerCLI is a command-line and scripting tool built on PowerShell and provides more than 7000 cmdlets for managing and automating VMware vSphere, VMware Cloud Director, vRealize Operations Manager, vSAN, VMware…
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VM Snapshots Basics
Reading Time: 6 minutesVM Snapshots Basics is an article that explains what is a VM snapshot and how it works in a vSphere Environment. What is a Snapshot? Basically, a Snapshot is a function that can be used to maintain or preserve the state and data of a virtual machine at a specific point in…