Introduction One of the use cases provided by VMware NSX is the Distributed Firewall, which secures application workloads within the datacenter. It’s fully decoupled from the underlying network infrastructure,...
vSphere/NSX-T – Network Port Diagram
a vSphere and NSX-T network port diagramm...
How to become better in (Powershell) script-writing.
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Full explanation of NSX-T Federation (and that rhymes)
With the General Availability of VMware NSX-T version 3.0, one of the most anticipated features is released: “Federation”. NSX-T Federation enables customers to stretch their NSX-T deployments over multiple...
Using PowerShell to enumerate Log Insight events
When using the VMware NSX Distributed firewall, it’s common to use vRealize Log Insight for firewall rule analyses but there is a little problem with it, which I will...
PowerNSX: missing NSX Firewall rule functionality
PowerNSX (for vSphere) is a great tool for SDN automation. I use it on a daily basis and helps me and my customers a lot! But with every good...
Usefull vRNI queries to enable micro segmentation
This blog is related to earlier blogs: https://datacenterdennis.wordpress.com/2018/10/11/designing-a-nsx-security-framework/https://datacenterdennis.wordpress.com/2019/01/09/next-gen-network-security-topologies/https://datacenterdennis.wordpress.com/2018/10/10/nsx-security-vs-workability/ Introduction This blog may help you implement micro-segmentation by providing helpful vRNI queries. You can use these queries to identify VMs...
PowerShell: PS-Module for NSX on vCloud Director
A powershell module for NSX on vCloud Director...
ITQ Transform ’19 – it was awesome
Yesterday on the 27th of september in Fort Voordorp in Groenekan (Netherlands) ITQ held their Transform event. For those who could not attend this event, here is a little...
NSX-v: understanding and overcoming DFW firewall rule maximums
In this blog I’m going into the deep down holes of the DFW firewall rule maximums of VMware NSX for vSphere. As the stated maximum on the configmax-website are...