Deploying NSX via the vCenter Plugin
Alexandra In NSX-T version 3.2, VMware introduced a native vCenter plugin for NSX. This plugin makes NSX much easier to deploy and operate for existing vSphere users who don’t have much…
September 2022
Understanding the mp-cluster and tomcat certificates on nsx-t (standalone and vcf install)
Kader Your mp-cluster and tomcat are your front end ssl certificates on a standalone setup of nsx-t manager, they are located in the nsx-t manager certificate store in the UI. If…
vSAN encryption data-at-rest & VM/VMcrypt encryption with Native Key Provider NKP setup
This blog is a walk through to setup vSan encryption data-at-rest and VM/VMcrypt encryption with the vSphere native key provider. Data-at-Rest encryption in a vSphere environment can occur either inside…
Stretch a cluster using SDDC manager API
The following blog goes through stretching a management cluster in a VCF environment on 4.4.1.0. You need to ensure you have deployed your edges first in management, you have commissioned…
Deleting, updating, cleaning licenses in sddc manager
When you try to delete a license from sddc manager manager it fails and throws a error message that it is in use, like below This would happen if you…
vSAN – Calculating the number of hosts that your vSAN Cluster will need for Failure to tolerate (FTT)
In a vSAN policy the configuration you will have is Raid 1, Raid 5 and Raid 6. The failure to tolerate (ftt) can be 1, 2 or 3 for a…
Study Resources for the VCP-DCV 2022 – V7 (First VMware Certification)
When I started with VMware as part of the graduate program in February, I knew almost nothing about vSphere. In this post I’ll share some of the resources I used…
Create an edge cluster on VCF & Cisco configuration
Edges provide north-south routing and network services in the management domain and VI workload domains. In my lab I have only one physical cisco 3750g switch, so in this walk…
Adding a Microsoft certificate authority to sddc manager
If your Microsoft certificate authority is already setup and has a VMware template continue with the below instructions. Otherwise follow the official VMware article to assist with setting up one…
Replace nsx-t localmanager certificate with a self-signed
If your localmanager certificate is going to expire soon in nsx-t manager you can use the following guide to replace it. The LocalManager certificate is Principal Identity certificate used to…