Virtualization

My previous post on VCP-NV looked at deploying a logical router for use as a L2 bridge between a NSX logical switch and a regular port group. This post will…

My last VCP-NV post looked at creating logical switches in NSX and showed two VMs connected to the logical switch.  Whilst the two virtual machines connected to the switch could…

NSX logical switches can be thought as a VLAN. They are manifested as the virtual networks to which you will be connecting virtual machines to. I mentioned Segment IDs in…

There are a number of steps to take in order to upgrade your NSX installation. First of all the NSX Manager appliance will need to be updated, followed by your…

In my last post I briefly covered creating transport zones in NSX. This will be a short post to cover the VCP-NV objective around expanding an existing transport zone to…

This post follows on from my recent post on deploying NSX Manager. Once NSX Manager has been deployed and configured, and connected to vCenter, the next step is to install the…

Finally in this series on VCP-NV we get to doing some practical stuff with NSX – I’ve been looking forward to this part of the blueprint. So, we’ll drive straight…

This VCP-NV objective is around understanding the existing virtual switch technologies available with vSphere. These are the standard vSwitch and the Distributed vSwitch.  The specific objectives for this section of…

This will be a quick post to try and address a couple of the VCP-NV objectives: 1. Define Benefits of Running VMware NSX on Physical Network Fabrics 2. Describe Physical Infrastructure…