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Provider Networking in VMware Cloud Director
This is going to be a bit longer than usual and more of a summary / design option type blog post where I want to discuss provider networking in VMware Cloud Director (VCD). By provider networking I...
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Google Authentication with VMware Cloud Director (OAuth)
Several authentication mechanisms can be used for VMware Cloud Director users. The basic authentication is used for local (users stored in VCD database) and LDAP users. SAML authentication can be used...
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Recovering NSX-T Manager from File System Corruption
One of our labs had a temporary storage issue which left two NSX-T Managers (separate instances of NSX-T installation) in a corrupted state. Here are some steps you can take to attempt to revive the...
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VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager
VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager is a new product just released in version 1.1. The version 1.0 was not generaly available and thus not widely known. Let me therefore briefly describe what it...
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How to Migrate VMware Cloud Director from NSX-V to NSX-T (part 2)
This is an update of the original article with the same title published last year How to Migrate VMware Cloud Director from NSX-V to NSX-T and includes the new enhancements of the VMware NSX Migration...
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New Networking Features in VMware Cloud Director 10.3
The previous VMware Cloud Director 10.2 release brought many new networking features, the current one 10.3 continuous in the same fashion. Let me give you a brief run down. UI Enhancements The UI has...
View ArticleHow to Unregister NSX-V Manager from VMware Cloud Director
After successful migration from NSX-V to NSX-T in VMware Cloud Director you might wish to unregister NSX-V Manager and completely delete it from the vCenter. This is not so easy as the whole VCD model...
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Layer 2 VPN to the Cloud – Part III
I feel like it is time for another update on VMware Cloud Director (VCD) capabilities regarding establishing L2 VPN between on-prem location and Org VDC. The previous blog posts were written in 2015...
View ArticleMarking Devices as SSD in vSphere 7 via CLI
Mostly as a note to myself, on the CLI commands that allow marking storage devices as SSD so they can be used for vSAN (useful for nested environments). esxcli storage hpp device set -d...
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Upgrading VMware Cloud Director with Single API Call
Today I have upgraded two VMware Cloud Director environments to version 10.3.2 each with 3 appliances with two API calls. All that thanks to VMware Cloud Lifecycle Manager. curl --location --request...
View ArticleVMware Cloud Director Troubleshooting
Recently I participated in Feature Friday Youtube show that discussed VMware Cloud Director troubleshooting. You can watch it here:
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vROps Tenant App Upgrade Issue
While performing vROps Tenant App 2.6.2 upgrade in my lab I have encounter the following error:Failed to install updates(Error while running installation tests). Quick check of the...
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How to Move (Live) vApps Across Org VDCs
VMware Cloud Director has secret not well known API only feature that allows to move vApps across Org VDCs while they are running. This feature has been purposefully made for the NSX-V to NSX-T...
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Console Proxy Traffic Enhancements
VMware Cloud Director provides direct access to tenant’s VM consoles via proxying the vSphere console traffic from ESXi hosts running the workload, through VCD cells, load balancer to the end-user...
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Control System Admin Access to VMware Cloud Director
When VMware Cloud Director is deployed in public environment setup it is a good practice to restrict the system admin access only for specific networks so no brute force attack can be triggered...
View ArticleNon-elastic Allocation Pool VDC with Flex?
This came up on provider Slack and I want to preserve it for future. Question: Can the provider create Flex type Org VDC where the tenant would get allocation of certain CPU capacity (in GHz) and they...
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Multitenant Logging with VMware Cloud Director
Topic of multitenant logging in VMware Cloud Director (VCD) especially with NSX-T came up recently in multiple conversations, so I will summarize the capabilities and options as they are today. Audit...
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Metering External Network Traffic with NSX-T
It is common for service providers to meter internet traffic consumption of their tenants. In NSX-V environment you could get any interface statistics of an Edge Service Gateway via NSX API or vCloud...
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VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager 1.4
VMware has just released VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager version 1.4. I have blogged about the product in the past. I have been testing the version 1.4 in my lab and must say it is now...
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Enhanced Security for Cross vCenter Operations in VMware Cloud Director
Starting with VMware Cloud Director 10.4.1 VM and vApp operations that happen across Provider VDCs backed by different vCenter Server instances require that both vCenter Server trust each other...
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