Introduction When using VMware Cloud Native Storage, you can end up with unmanaged dangling virtual disks and snapshots. This blog will cover the Kubernetes storage and VMware CNS basics...
NSX-T – Manager upgrade failed
I’ve run into an issue where the NSX manager upgrade failed when I’m upgrading from NSX-T version 3.2.2.0.1 to 4.1.0.0.0. I’ve used this workaround to safe my day. Symptoms...
Exploring VMware Explore (need to know)
I call myself a VMworld veteran : I actually lost count of the number of visits. I only attended VMworld in Barcelona (Europa) and not the USA edition, but...
PWSH script to query LogInsight for NSX-T DFW rules
If you are not familiar with NSX-T and LogInsight, this blogpost is not for you: It’s an expert-level blog post regarding these products. When composing or implementing distributed firewall...
NSX V2T migration issue – Load Balancer status UNKNOWN
During my last NSX V2T migration I ran into an issue which I want to share with you: Symptoms: The load balancer is migrated from NSX for vSphere (NSX-v)...
NSX v2t migration, vSphere 7.0.2 and HPE serverhardware – Be aware! (Powershell fixscript available)
I experienced a particular use case, which I want to inform you about! When migrating from NSX for vSphere (NSXv) to NSX-T using the migration coordinator, running vSphere 7.0.2...
NSX-V2T migration coordinator – cleanup script
When using the NSX-T migration coordinator for the migration of your NSX for vSphere environment to NSX-T Datacenter. You can run into an issue where you are left with...
Convert your NSXv IPSet objects to VM objects
Do you have a lot of NSX IpSet objects in your NSXv environments? And do you want to know which VM’s fall into the IP membership of these NSX...
Solving DHCP issues with NSX-T Segments en masse with PowerShell
Newly deploy NSX-T Segments in NSX-T receive the default “segment security policy” which, prevents DHCP from working. This can be quickly resolved by creating a new “segment security policy”...
Understanding NSX-T Federation – groups and tags
NSX-T offers federation capabilities which consolidate multiple NSX instances (locations) into a single pane of glass. in the past VMware NSX for vSphere offered the same capabilities through the...