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Removing orphaned IPs from NSX using REST API

19/08/2017 by Myles Gray Leave a Comment

I had a power outage recently that took out my entire lab in a very ungraceful manner – everything, well mostly everything, came back up without a hitch – but NSX was acting a bit weird, so I decided to redeploy the NSX Controllers. I removed all 3 controllers and tried redeploying but ended up […]

Filed Under: Infrastructure, Networks Tagged With: API, networking, nsx, vmware

Implementing a multi-tenant networking platform with NSX

23/03/2017 by Myles Gray 1 Comment

This post is part of the Multi-tenant IaaS Networking course.

So we have covered the typical challenges of a multi-tenant network and designed a solution to one of these, it’s time to get down to the bones of it and do some configuration! Let’s implement it in the lab, I have set up an NSX ESG Cust_1-ESG and an NSX DLR control VM Cust_1-DLR with […]

Filed Under: Featured, Infrastructure, Networks, Virtualisation Tagged With: networking, nsx, vmware

Designing a networking platform for IaaS multi-tenancy

23/03/2017 by Myles Gray Leave a Comment

This post is part of the Multi-tenant IaaS Networking course.

Based on my last post, you’ll understand some of the challenges that are faced with traditional approaches to datacenter networking so let’s get into the high-level conceptual design here of how we might solve one of these problems. Most service providers have or are at least familiar with using MPLS for customer segregation in a […]

Filed Under: Architecture, Featured, Infrastructure, Networks Tagged With: design, networking, nsx, SDN, vmware

Multi-tenant network challenges

23/03/2017 by Myles Gray Leave a Comment

This post is part of the Multi-tenant IaaS Networking course.

As of late, I have been getting my feet wet in more networking things – Firstly out of necessity, but it has grown into a genuine area of interest to me. I have a homelab that I like to simulate a production working environment in, so I had a nice opportunity to lab up what […]

Filed Under: Architecture, Featured, Infrastructure Tagged With: design, networking, nsx, SDN, vmware

Recovering NSX Manager with corrupt filesystem

13/11/2016 by Myles Gray 1 Comment

I had a bit of a storage outage in my lab due to a funky behaviour on the Synology that I use as primary storage for all my VMs: Today I Learned: Adding IP address to interfaces on Synology causes reboots :/ Lab now in not such great shape. 80 VMs with APD. #vExpert — […]

Filed Under: Infrastructure, Networks, Virtualisation Tagged With: fsck, linux, nsx, vmware

My VCIX6-NV exam experience

23/09/2016 by Myles Gray 1 Comment

I’ve been putting off doing VCAP level exams for a long time, probably longer than I should have in hind-sight. But a month ago I took my brave pills and booked what would be my first VCAP level exam: VCIX6-NV. So the date was set and I have been studying in pretty much all the […]

Filed Under: Networks, Personal Tagged With: certification, nsx, vcix, vmware

vExpert NSX and VSAN 2016 Announced

18/08/2016 by Myles Gray Leave a Comment

A quick one today, VMware have released the names of those chosen to receive the “vExpert NSX 2016” and “vExpert VSAN 2016” titles, which are one of a few new vExpert tracks for specialising in particular areas. I’m very lucky and proud to have been chosen for these lists alongside some of the smartest and […]

Filed Under: Networks Tagged With: nsx, vexpert, vmware

[Resource] Openstack + NSX Networking Deep Dive

18/04/2016 by Myles Gray Leave a Comment

I have been playing with NSX and VIO a lot recently and wanted to get to grips with the mechanics of what VIO was actually orchestrating in NSX under the flashy GUI. Going through the VMware communities I found this absolutely indispensable powerpoint explaining in as much depth as you can hope for, all the […]

Filed Under: Cloud Frameworks Tagged With: nsx, openstack, vio, vmware

My VMWorld 2015 Schedule

25/08/2015 by Myles Gray Leave a Comment

With VMWorld EMEA not far over the horizon, I’ve finally managed to get past the seemingly never ending blockade of the vmworld.com website and booked my sessions, Below you can see the sessions i’ve booked as well as my interests (in case my brain melts due to too much or a single subject matter). My […]

Filed Under: Infrastructure, Virtualisation Tagged With: hybrid cloud, nsx, sddc, vmware, vmworld

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