Stretch Management Domain in VCF 5.1.1
In this article, we'll guide you through the process of stretching a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) management domain across two availability zones,...
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Deploy Edge Cluster in a Workload Domain in VCF 5.1.1
Once you have a Management Domain or a VI Workload Domain, you can deploy an Edge cluster from the SDDC Manager. The SDDC Manager will initiate the...
Deploy VI Workload Domain with vVols in VCF 5.1.1
Once your VCF management domain is fully operational, you may want to set up a VI Workload domain to deploy your workloads. In this article, we will...
Automating LDAPS Configuration on vCenter Server using PowerCLI and Bash
In today's post, we'll explore a PowerShell script that automates the LDAPS configuration (LDAP over SSL) on a vCenter Server. This script, named...
Remove cloud-config from existing vRA 8 deployments
In vRA you have the possibility to enable cloud-config in your blueprints to automate certain tasks at creation time. This could be tasks like...
vIDM 3.3.6 Directory Sync Failed
The VMware Identity Manager (vIDM) was running fine for a while until we received a mail notification from the vIDM appliance stating that the...
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How to migrate NSX-V to NSX 4.1.0 with the Migration Coordinator [User Defined Topology]
This is the second part of the migrate NSX-V to NSX series. Click here if you haven't seen part 1, where I describe the Fixed Topology migration mode...
Configure IPSec VPN tunnels with terraform in Cloud Director 10.x
In my previous blog post, I showed you how to configure IPSec VPN tunnels from within the Cloud Director GUI. But what if you want to automate this...
Configure IPSec VPN tunnels in Cloud Director 10.x
This is a quick blog post on how to configure IPSec VPN tunnels in Cloud Director with a NSX-T backed Edge node. To get this working, we need to...
Upgrade vRA 8.6.2 to 8.10.2 without vRSLCM
One of the vRSLCM (vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager) was recently upgraded without checking the interoperability of the products that were managed by...
Unable to access the configurator page in vIDM 3.3.5
During the preperation of the upgrade for vRA, we stumbled on a vIDM (VMware Identity Manager) problem. The vIDM appliance couldn't finished an...
Unable to bring cluster online in vROPS 8.6.3
This week, I was troubleshooting an issue with one of the vROPS (vRealize Operations Manager) clusters at a customer. I was unable to perform the...
Analyzing NSX-T network flows with NSX Intelligence
Ever wonder how to analyze the flow of an application on a NSX-T logical segment? There are a few ways to do so, but in this blog post we will use NSX...
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How to migrate NSX-V to NSX-T 3.2.0.1 with the Migration Coordinator [Fixed topology]
Ever needed to migrate NSX-V to NSX-T? During this post, i'm going to break down the steps for migrating a NSX-V Data Center Environment to NSX-T....
How to configure Virtualization based security (VBS) and Guard Credentials with vTPM in vCenter 7.0 U2
Virtualization Based Security (VBS) is a Microsoft Windows feature that was introduced in Windows 10, Windows Server 2016 and higher. Microsoft VBS...
How to configure vSphere 7.x Auto Deploy
In this blog post, I will show you how to configure Auto Deploy in vSphere 7.x. What is vSphere Auto Deploy? vSphere Auto Deploy is a service that is...
How to successfully upgrade Cloud Director from 10.2 to 10.2.1
I needed to upgrade Cloud Director to 10.2.1 in my home lab. In this blog post, I will show you how to perform a Cloud Director upgrade. My Cloud...
How to successfully upgrade NSX-T from 3.1.0 to 3.1.1
VMware did a great job with simplifying the upgrade proces of all the NSX-T components. Today I will demonstrate how to perform an upgrade of a NSX-T...
Use a letsencrypt wildcard certificate in a Cloud Director 10.x cell
I have deployed a Cloud Director 10.2 setup in my home lab, but I haven't configured the public address and a wildcard certificate yet for the web GUI...
Unable to delete a segment in NSX-T 3.x because of an orphaned logical port
In my home lab, I was unable to delete a NSX-T segment because of a logical switch port that was occupied by an orphaned VM. In this blog post, I will...
Start and stop scripts for VCF 4.x home lab with VLC.
In one of my previous blog posts, I showed you how to build your own VCF 4.0.1 home lab with VLC. I would like to share my start and stop scripts for...
Cloud Director cells 10.1 and later failover methods.
HA support for the Cloud Director nodes were introduced in version 9.7 and has been improved in the 10.1 release. In Cloud Director 9.7 the only...
My presentation at vMA/vNSTechcon 2020
vNSTechCon is a dutch VMware event that take place once per year in the Netherlands. The event is based on two tracks: vMA (Management &...
Deploy VCF 4.0.1 with BGP loopback addresses
For a customer project I needed to deploy VCF 4.0.1 with BGP loopback addresses on a Cisco Fabric (spine leaf setup). As you may already know VCF...
Configure a NSX-T overlay network on a Windows 2016 bare metal server.
In this article, I will show you how to prepare your Windows 2016 bare metal server to be configured as an transport node in NSX-T and how to...
Build your own VCF 4.0.1 test lab with VLC.
VCF Lab Constructor also known as VLC, is a tool that can automate the deployment of a nested VCF lab. VLC will deploy a VCF environment with minimal...
What is an vExpert and how to become one?
vExpert, you might have seen it before on social media or on VMware communities but what is it? In this blog post, I will share my experience of...
Unable to eject/cancel VMtools ISO in vCloud Director 9.7
During a maintenance on of the hosts I manage, I discovered that the host was unable to go into maintenance mode because of an mounted VMtools ISO. I...
Unable to change VM config in vCloud Director 9.7 error: "class: java.lang.NullPointerException"
The following error message was shown in the vCloud director GUI after trying to modify the VM: "class: java.lang.NullPointerException". The...
No DNS resolution after successful deployment of vCAv 3.5.1 appliance.
For the preparation of a migration, I needed to deploy a vCAv 3.5.1 appliance on the source site. The migration was going to be from vCD 9.5 to vCD...
Partially powered off state error caused by duplicate VM in vCloud Director 9.7
This week we experienced an issue with two virtual machines not showing the correct values in the vCloud Director view. Both virtual machines had 2...
Virtual machine is associated with a wrong resource pool in vCloud Director 9.7
Virtual machine is associated with a wrong resource pool was the warning i had on two virtual machines in vCD. Those 2 virtual machines were also...
Detaching a resource pool from PvDC failed in vCloud Director 9.7
Detaching a resource pool failed in vCloud Director with the following error message: [ID] ValidationException Delete_Hub_Containing_VMS . This week i...
How to enable VMware vSphere authentication proxy with ease in vCenter 6.7 - Step-by-Step
vSphere authentication proxy is a service that is available in every vCenter server. By default, the vSphere authentication proxy service is set to...
How to successfully repoint vCenter 6x appliance to another platform service controller - Step-By-Step
Repoint vCenter server to a another platform service controller is quite easy. Recently I needed to repoint a vCenter in a different site to it's...
How to deploy vCloud Director 9.7 cells in HA - Step-by-Step
In this article, I will show you how to deploy vCloud Director 9.7 appliance cells in a HA topology. The installation of vCloud Director 9.7 is really...
Failed to set the time via NTP Details - vCenter upgrade failed 6x Step-By-Step
Yesterday I had a scheduled maintenance to upgrade a vSphere environment from 6.5 to 6.7U2. This includes the upgrade from vCenter version 6.5 to 6...
Unable to perform a VM task like vMotion or Snapshot in vCenter 6x - Step-By-Step
This week I had an VM that couldn't perform an vMotion or a snapshot task. Performing one of these tasks results in an error message as shown in the...
Finally passed the VCAP6.5-DCV design exam! - Exciting
Finally passed the VCAP6.5-DCV design exam! After several months of studying and failing the exam twice, I have completed the VCAP6.5-DCV design exam....
How to successfully implement CSE in vCloud Director 9.7 - Step-By-Step
CSE (Container Server Extenstion) is a extension for vCD that has been around for a while now, CSE is like PKS an VMware technology to run container...
Reducing the CPU Quota in vCloud Director 9.7 results in a error
The error message We were getting an error message when trying to reduce the CPU quota of an OrgVDC to 92 Ghz in vCD 9.7: "Unable to update the...
The requested operation could not be executed on VM - error in vCloud Director 9.7 - Step-By-Step
"The requested operation could not be executed on VM "VM Name". Stop the VM and try again." was the error message that i received...
How to migrate vApps in vCloud Director 9.7 with ease - Step-By-Step
How to migrate vApps in vCloud Director 9.7 with ease will be explained in this article. This week I needed to migrate an vApp to an OrgVDC backed by...
VMworld Europe 2019 - First time attending the remarkable event
This year was my first time attending VMworld Europe 2019 in Barcelona. I was very excited for this event because this is the place where you need to...