NSX Logical Switch Packet Walk

NSX Logical Switch Packet Walk – via The Wifi-Cable

NSX Logical Switch Packet Walk

I have had nothing but fun working with NSX over the past few years. I love everything about it from design, deployment to managing it. Such a fantastic solution that brings a LOT to the table including deploying logical networks in just a few clicks to enhanced security thanks to microsegmentation. This post is for you folks out there seeking for that more in-depth look of what is going on behind the scenes between virtual machines when they communicate with one another with NSX.

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OpBot – Virtual Assistant For Your Virtual…

OpBot – Virtual Assistant For Your Virtual Datacenter – via Davoud Teimouri

OpBot – Virtual Assistant For Your Virtual…

OpBot is a virtual assistant for VMware vSphere from Opvizor. OpBot is a full featured OpBot, that can manage VMware vSphere via natural chat commands from any device and any place. You can also connect OpBot with Opvzor Performance Analyzer, which unleashes amazing new remote troubleshooting and analysis possibilities.

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v101tv – VCSA Configuration

v101tv – VCSA Configuration

v101tv – VCSA Configuration

Now that VCSA is installed, it’s time to start adding in hosts and configure them, as well as configuring a virtual distributed switch.

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Copying files from a USB (FAT32 or NTFS) device…

Copying files from a USB (FAT32 or NTFS) device to ESXi – via virtuallyGhetto

Copying files from a USB (FAT32 or NTFS) device…

It is not uncommon, especially in troubleshooting scenarios where you might find yourself needing to transfer files to or from an ESXi host using a USB device as it may not be reachable on the network. Another common case for directly attaching a USB device to an ESXi host is to transfer a large amount of Virtual Machines that were exported from another system and rather than streaming the content from your desktop, you may want to connect it directly to ESXi host.

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New vCenter Server Appliance Deployment…

New vCenter Server Appliance Deployment Walkthroughs – via VMware vSphere Blog

New vCenter Server Appliance Deployment…

vSphere 6.5 takes the VCSA deployment experience to the next level. The VCSA 6.5 installer no longer requires a plugin, making it browser agnostic. If that wasn’t enough, the VCSA installer now supports use on macOS, Linux, and Window. The VMware Feature Walkthrough site has two new VCSA 6.5 deployment walkthroughs. These two step-by-step guides cover the VCSA 6.5 embedded and external deployments.

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Functional Branding of vSphere Web Client Logon…

Functional Branding of vSphere Web Client Logon Page – via davidstamen.com

Functional Branding of vSphere Web Client Logon…

I had a use case I wanted to investigate in regards to the new VCHA that is part of VMware vCenter Server 6.5. One thing I noticed, is when you have VCHA configured, there is no way to know which node of the HA cluster you are connecting to without being logged on.

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vSphere Optimization Assessment Enhanced…

vSphere Optimization Assessment Enhanced Evaluation

vSphere Optimization Assessment Enhanced…

Improve your vSphere configuration, performance and capacity utilization with a free vSphere Optimization Assessment enhanced evaluation. Get started now.

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vCenter Server Appliance File-Based Restore

vCenter Server Appliance File-Based Restore – via Victor Virtualization

vCenter Server Appliance File-Based Restore

After you backup the configuration of vCenter Server Appliance, you can restore the backup file from vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 Installer.

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Three Ways to Enable ESXi Shell and Timeout

Three Ways to Enable ESXi Shell and Timeout – via ESX Virtualization

Three Ways to Enable ESXi Shell and Timeout

There are several ways to enable ESXi shell, so we’ll look into it, and also we will also look at an option, to set a timeout setting for the ESXi Shell.

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vCenter issue: vSphere Client fails with…

vCenter issue: vSphere Client fails with “Invalid URL: The hostname could not parsed.” – via Provirtualzone

vCenter issue: vSphere Client fails with…

Today when rebooting one of our vCenters 6.0 and try to connect using vSphere Client we get this issue “Invalid URL: The hostname could not parsed.”

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