This article is a quick show and tell covering what's involved in a point release upgrade of NSX-T. In this case I am moving from 2.4.0 to 2.4.2 (used with vSphere) but the same principles can be applied for other versions (note some screens may differ for future versions). Upgrade Order The order that an … Continue reading NSX-T – Version Upgrade
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vRealize Automation with NSX-V Micro-Segmentation (part 3)
This is the third installment in a series of articles for micro-segmentation with vRA and NSX-V. The previous articles in the series can be found here: Part 1 Part 2 This article wasn't going to be written as my mini series was complete on this topic however I discovered an issue with my configuration and … Continue reading vRealize Automation with NSX-V Micro-Segmentation (part 3)
vRealize Automation with NSX-V Micro-Segmentation (part 2)
This article follows on from a previous micro-segmentation article (Part 1) and expands its use case a little bit further. In part 1 we had a very simple 3 tier application with a single machine in each tier as shown in this diagram. To help increase the scalability and availability of the application, our use … Continue reading vRealize Automation with NSX-V Micro-Segmentation (part 2)
vRealize Automation with NSX-V Micro-Segmentation (part 1)
This article is as much a reminder for me as it is for you. Sometimes when you don't cover a particular topic for a while it's a good idea just to sit down and play with technology, especially when there are new product versions to consider. The Scenario The scenario for this article is as … Continue reading vRealize Automation with NSX-V Micro-Segmentation (part 1)
vRealize Automation – NAT NSX Edge Internal Error
This short post covers an issue I came across the other day when testing out deploying a vRA blueprint that was configured with an "On-Demand NAT Network". Every time I tried to use the blueprint it would fail halfway through with the following error. No data for field segment: Current field-id [address], current field path … Continue reading vRealize Automation – NAT NSX Edge Internal Error
NSX Provisioned Objects in vRA Missing Details
This issue caught me out a few days ago. Having designed and coded automation and orchestration services for one of the UK's largest service providers for the last year I was somewhat surprised to see many of my deployed NSX test objects (NSX virtual servers, logical networks etc.) become unusable overnight from within the vRA … Continue reading NSX Provisioned Objects in vRA Missing Details