Category: Virtualization
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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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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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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…
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Using the vim-cmd Tool
Reading Time: 6 minutesUsing the vim-cmd Tool is an article that explains some useful commands with the tool vim-cmd for troubleshooting hosts and VMs in your virtual environment. Basically, the VMware Infrastructure Management command (vim-cmd) is a CLI (Command Line Interface) tool for managing ESXi hosts and their VMs from the command line. Some important…
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Benchmarking between LSI SAS x PVSCSI Controller
Reading Time: 4 minutesBenchmarking between LSI SAS x PVSCSI Controller is an article that shows a simple performance comparison between LSI SAS x VMware Paravirtual Controller. So, we have an article that explains how to change the disk controller from the LSI SAS SCSI controller to the VMware Paravirtual controller. If you need to check…
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How to change a virtual SCSI controller for a VM
Reading Time: 5 minutesHow to change a virtual SCSI controller for a VM is an article that explains how to change an LSI Logic SAS SCSI disk controller to a VMware Paravirtual disk controller. About LSI Logic SAS SCSI Controller By default, when you create your VM (Virtual Machine) in a vSphere environment, the default…
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How to configure DHCP Relay for an NSX-T Segment
Reading Time: 4 minutesHow to configure DHCP Relay for an NSX-T Segment is an article that explains how VMs inside an NSX-T Segment can acquire an IP address from an external DHCP Server. Firstly, What is DHCP? I researched on the Internet and found a good explanation for DHCP: “Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is…
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Join an NSX Manager Appliance Manually
Reading Time: 3 minutesJoin an NSX Manager Appliance Manually is an article that explains how to join an NSX Manager Appliance manually into an NSX Manager Cluster. Firstly, if you need to know all steps to deploy the first NSX Manager Appliance, we have an article that shows how to do it:https://dpcvirtualtips.com/nsx-manager-deployment-steps/ Also, after the…
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Manual Removal of an NSX Manager Appliance
Reading Time: 2 minutesManual Removal of an NSX Manager Appliance is an article that explains the process of manually removing an NSX Manager Appliance from the NSX Manager Cluster. VMware recommends that the first NSX Manager Appliance deployment is done from vSphere Client. To deploy additional NSX Manager Appliances, we can use the NSX Manager…
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Removing NSX Manager VIP Configuration
Reading Time: 2 minutesRemoving NSX Manager VIP Configuration is an article that explains all steps to remove the NSX Manager Virtual IP configuration. Firstly, if you need to understand what steps are necessary to deploy the NSX Manager, we have an article that explains these steps. We can see all details by clicking on the…
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NSX-T Data Plane Introduction
Reading Time: 3 minutesNSX-T Data Plane Introduction is an article that explains some details about the NSX-T Data Plane layer in the NSX-T Data Center solution. Inside NSX-T, basically, we have three layers or planes:–> Management plane–> Control plane–> Data plane Both the Management and Control planes are in the NSX Manager Cluster, and the…