VMware NSX 6.2.4 released

So after the huge cock-up with 6.2.3, VMware have turned around a new version of NSX in a matter of weeks to fix all the bugs! http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/2016/08/vmware-nsx-vsphere-6-2-4-now-available.html Of major concern was the whole HA issue that meant DLR nodes got stuck in a 'split-brain' mode after 24 days of operations - and every 24 days … Continue reading VMware NSX 6.2.4 released

NSX 6.2.3 Released – support for vShield Endpoint Management

As most people are aware, VMware pulled their support for vCloud Network & Security (and with that vShield Manager) earlier this year and a lot of my customers have been wondering what's going to happen to their vShield Endpoint deployments (for agentless AV). It was strange that VMware announced the EoA for vCNS without really … Continue reading NSX 6.2.3 Released – support for vShield Endpoint Management

Installing vShield Endpoint (vCNS Mgr 5.5.4-3)

Very quick blog entry as I'm busy tying up loose ends before jetting off on my summer hols.... It's pretty easy to install vShield Endpoint as it's a wizard-based OVA deployment. I'm not going to step through the process as it's very simple (plus the install guide explains it very well). Once that's done log … Continue reading Installing vShield Endpoint (vCNS Mgr 5.5.4-3)

vShield Endpoint with vSphere 6.0 – Explaining the confusion around the product range!

So I had a customer ask me what was going on with vShield Edge and vCloud Networking & Security, and whether the products are still available or has NSX replaced them.... and what is with this vShield Endpoint feature? Anyways, after explaining my take on vShield and vCNS I decided to do a bit more … Continue reading vShield Endpoint with vSphere 6.0 – Explaining the confusion around the product range!

Creating a Load Balancer in vCloud Director 5.1

So as promised, today I'm going to blog about how to manually create a load balancer service on an edge gateway within vCloud Director. I'm assuming here that you know all about Edge Gateways and how to create them, so will by-pass that info - if you don't know then VMware has a simple to … Continue reading Creating a Load Balancer in vCloud Director 5.1

Back to Blogging……

So I know I said I wasn't going to blog much in the coming weeks, but giving the fact that my jury service has been cancelled next week (court case was cancelled so Jury was dismissed due to no other court cases running) and also the fact that my current work project has been cancelled … Continue reading Back to Blogging……