• SDDC.Lab v2

    Back in April I published a post about my GitHub repository containing Ansible scripts that perform automated deployment of nested vSphere/NSX-T lab environments. A lot has happened during the last 5 months and now that we’re close to making version… Continue reading

  • Automate Ubuntu Server 20.04 Installation with Ansible

    And now something completely different. Recently, while working on a project, I had to come up with a way to automate Ubuntu Server 20.04 VM installations on vSphere. Utilizing Ubuntu’s new autoinstall method together with some Ansible code I managed… Continue reading

  • Configuring NSX-T 3.0 Stretched Networking

    NSX-T 3.0 comes with brand new features for logical networking in multisite environments. With NSX-T Federation the platform effectively receives a location-aware management, control, and data plane and this gives us, the implementers and architects, some very interesting new options… Continue reading

    Configuring NSX-T 3.0 Stretched Networking

  • Setting up VRF Lite in NSX-T 3.0

    NSX-T version 3.0 brings a new routing construct to the table: VRF Lite. With VRF Lite we are able to configure per tenant data plane isolation all the way up to the physical network. Creating dedicated tenant Tier-0 Gateways for… Continue reading

    Setting up VRF Lite in NSX-T 3.0

  • Nested vSphere and NSX-T Deployed With Ansible – April Update

    Some weeks ago I introduced you to my GitHub repository containing a set of Ansible playbooks helping people deploy a highly customizable vSphere 6.7/7.0 with NSX-T 2.5/3.0 nested lab environment. As I mentioned in the “launch” post, this project is… Continue reading

    Nested vSphere and NSX-T Deployed With Ansible – April Update

  • Nested vSphere 7 And NSX-T 3.0 Deployed With Ansible

    With VMware releasing new major versions of vSphere and NSX-T last week, it’s high season for nested lab deployments. My Norwegian Proact colleague Rudi Martinsen just published a great two part series on how to deploy a nested lab using… Continue reading

    Nested vSphere 7 And NSX-T 3.0 Deployed With Ansible

  • NSX-T 3.0 Meets vSphere 7 – VDS 7.0

    With the release of vSphere 7 comes the vSphere Distributed Switch 7.0. This latest version comes with support for NSX-T Distributed Port Groups. Now, for the first time ever it is possible to use a single vSphere Distributed Switch for… Continue reading

  • NSX-T Multisite – Disaster Recovery Part 2

    Welcome back! Today we continue our NSX-T Multisite adventure. Let’s begin with a short recap of what we did in part 1. We started off in an environment with a production site and a partially deployed disaster recovery site. Tasked… Continue reading

  • NSX-T Multisite – Disaster Recovery Part 1

    When it comes to creating a design for NSX-T Multisite, use case and geography are two key factors. Two common use cases for organizations to start looking at a multisite architecture are: Disaster Recovery – Protection against site failure. Availability… Continue reading