NSX
Refresh NSX-T site information
Recently I upgraded a NSX-T multisite deployment. Unfortunately following the upgrade on one of the local sites it failed to display that site’s status on the system overview page.
NSX
Replace Edge Transport nodes using the NSX Manager API
NSX-T makes it very easy to deploy virtual edge transport nodes using the NSX manager. Simply fill in a couple of variables and it will make sure a new node is created by importing an OVF file on your vSphere environment. But once deployed not all settings can be changed. This is where the NSX manager API can be a useful tool.
ESXi
How to quickly find NSX-V KB85070 affected ESXi hosts
Introduction If you have worked or are working with NSX for vSphere (NSX-V) like me you are probably aware of the known bug that is present on some olders versions of NSX-V. Even the VMware Interoperability Matrix has a remark on this on all versions. The bug I am talking Read more…
NSX
How to Install NSX Manager Part 2
Introduction In the previous post here we have discussed the installation for the first NSX-T Manager and its prerequisites. In the next series of the blogpost we will discuss deploying the second and third NSX-T Manager appliance and how to connect them together in a cluster. We will also discuss Read more…
NSX
How to Install NSX Manager Part 1
Introduction Today we are working on NSX! Not NSX-V (the older NSX for vSphere environments) but the “new” NSX-T, which since version 4.0 is just called NSX. Lately I have been working a lot with this and have made some internal posts about this. I figured why not share this Read more…
NSX
How to renew your NSX(-V) Manager certificate
Sometimes you come across a couple of older environments that haven’t received the amount of love you should give them. I came across one NSX-V environment that had an expired certificate on the NSX Manager. Renewing a NSX Manager certificate is one of the easiest things to do on a Read more…
NSX
Unverifiable vCenter STS certificate while adding NSX-V Manager
Introduction Today we have yet another certificate blogpost. This is the fourth blogpost on this in the last couple of months. I’ve recently created a new environment and added custom CA signed vCenter Server certificates through the vSphere Client (UI). In a recent blogpost I had some issues with this Read more…
Troubleshooting
VMware Cloud Director disconnected VC/NSXs after upgrade to 10.2.1
A very quick write up today. I’ve recently upgraded one of my VMware Cloud Director environments from 10.0.0.1 to 10.2.1. Once updated with the procedures that are out there (I will post a blogpost for this later on) I found myself with the following message after logging into the VMware Read more…