In this blog post, we will see how to configure backup for the NSX Lastline Onprem Manager node. If you are administering an On-Premises installation of the VMware NSX Network Detection and Response, you can configure periodic backups. A VMware NSX Network Detection and Response backup consists of the user data stored on the server,... Continue Reading →
Enable Access Logging on the NSX-T LB and VirtualServer created by Enterprise PKS
Recently, one of my customer asked if they can enable Access Log for the load balancer created in NSX-T for his Enterprise PKS clusters. By default we will not be able to edit or modify any settings on the LB/virtual server from the NSX-T GUI, if it's created by ncp. In this blog post, we... Continue Reading →
Configuring NSX-T Data Center 2.4.0 : Part 7 – Tier-0 Gateway
In the Part 6 of the configuring NSX-T series, we saw how to configure Tier-1 router and get connectivity between vm's from different network. In this blog post, we will see how to configure Tier-0 router so that we get gateway service between the logical and physical network. Create Uplink Segment : To begin with... Continue Reading →
Logging into the NSX-T Manager gives error “Some of appliance components is not functioning”
Recently, while I was working in my lab environment, I faced an issue with my NSX-T deployment it was not allowing me to log in to it. The error message did not help me much to understand the root cause of the issue. I am documenting it here in this blog just in case if... Continue Reading →
Configuring NSX-T Data Center 2.4.0 : Part 6 – Tier-1 Gateway
In my last blog-post, we saw how to deploy and configure NSX-T EDGE nodes. Now, we will start with configuring Logical routing for layer 3 network connectivity. In this blog post, we will configure Tier 1 gateway and test the east west network connectivity between vms from different subnets. Deploy Tier-1 Gateway : A tier-1... Continue Reading →
Configuring NSX-T Data Center 2.4.0 : Part 5 – Deploy Edge Node
In the previous blog post, we discussed about how to get the logical segments configured on the NSX-T environment. If you have missed that please review it here. In this blog post, we will discuss about how to configure the EDGE node. NSX-T EDGE : NSX Edge nodes are appliances with pools of capacity, dedicated... Continue Reading →
How to cleanup an orphaned ESXi host that is NSX-T prepared
In my last blog, we saw how to re-register a vCenter server with NSX-T after the NSX-T is redeployed. In this blog post we will see how to cleanup an Orphaned ESXi host which is NSX-T configured. If we have the NSX-T manager available, we can easily get it done by going to System >... Continue Reading →
Re-registering vCenter server with NSX-T after the NSX-T manager re-deployed
Recently, I had to redeploy the NSX-T manager node due to some issue in the lab environment. After re-deploying the new NSX-T manager 2.4.0, I noticed that the compute manager (vCenter) was not getting registered properly. I was using the old vCenter server itself which was already registered once with the OLD NSX-T manager. In... Continue Reading →
NSX-T Logical switches get stuck in “In Progress” state
Recently I faced an issue with Enterprise PKS cluster creation failing and it was due to NSX-T issue where the logical switches created go into "In Progress" state. On further investigation, we identified that it was due to a security hardening done on the ESXi hosts that caused the issue. I tried to reproduce the... Continue Reading →
Configuring NSX-T Data Center 2.4.0 : Part 4 – Logical Segments
Configuring Segments In the previous blog post, we saw step by step details on how to prepare the NSX infrastructure. If you have missed it, you can fine it here. In this blog post, I will discuss about how to configure the Logical segments in your NSX-T environment. Logical segment is nothing but a logical... Continue Reading →
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