Category Archives: VMware
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 installing packages, changing root credentials, setting a hostname and much more. vRA and cloud-config When you enable cloud-config in a blueprint and perform a deployment, an ISO file will be created…
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 directory sync is failing with the following error message: “The specified Bind DN and password could not be used to successfully authenticate against the directory”. Investigating the issue I wanted to…
![How to migrate NSX-V to NSX 4.1.0 with the Migration Coordinator [User Defined Topology] 7](https://vkernel.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/image-14.png?v=1685223918 "How to migrate NSX-V to NSX 4.1.0 with the Migration Coordinator [User Defined Topology] 7")
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 . This time, we will cover the User Defined Topology migration mode in the NSX Migration Coordinator. Lab overview The lab contains of the following: Migration Topology…
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 repetitive task? In this blog post I will explain how you can achieve this with Terraform. Configuring and maintaining the IPSec VPN tunnels will become more easy…
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 configure the remote endpoint with the matching IPSec VPN configurations as in Cloud Director. Requirements In order to configure a site to site IPSec VPN tunnel…
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 vRSLCM. This broke the connectivity/managebility between vRA on version 8.6.2 (vRealize Automation) and the vRSLCM on version 8.10.0.6. In this blog post i’m going to show you how to upgrade the vRA appliance…
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 inventory sync in vRSLCM (vRealise Suite Lifecycle Manager). The inventory sync failed with the following error message: So the first thing that came in my mind, can I login to the configurator…
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 “bring the cluster online” task from the admin page of vROPS after a restart. The issue As shown in the picture below, I was unable to bring the cluster online….
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 Intelligence. We can eventually use the recommendations to create firewall rules in NSX-T to secure the application. Requirements NSX-T environment configured with Edges…
![How to migrate NSX-V to NSX-T 3.2.0.1 with the Migration Coordinator [Fixed topology] 14](https://vkernel.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/image-29-cropped.png?v=1660069284 "How to migrate NSX-V to NSX-T 3.2.0.1 with the Migration Coordinator [Fixed topology] 14")
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. This migration is based on one of the available fixed topologies in the NSX Migration Coördinator. Update 28-5-2023: I have published a new blog post that covers the User…