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Bridge Your Way To NSX-T Overlay

Oct 26, 2020

3.0, 7.0, application, bridge, esxi, geneve, migrate, nsx-t, overlay, sddc, vlan, vm, vmware, vsphere

Organizations implementing NSX-T overlay have several options when it comes to migrating existing VLAN-connected workloads to NSX-T overlay segments. Common methods include re-IP’ing or re-deploying workloads to a new IP space allocated to NSX-T logical networking. It gives the workload somewhat of a fresh start. Besides, a re-IP process can be a very useful exercise…

Automate Ubuntu Server 20.04 Installation with Ansible

Jul 27, 2020

automation

ansible, autoinstall, automated, code, deploy, focal fossa, iac, linux, script, sddc, server, ubuntu 20.04, vm, vmware, vsphere

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 to get something up and running. Decent enough to share it with you. Overview The…

Single N-VDS per Edge VM

Oct 7, 2019

nsx

2.5, design, edge, n-vds, nsx, nsx-t, vm, vmware

Recently a new version of the NSX-T Reference Design Guide was released. This guide, which now covers NSX-T versions 2.0 – 2.5, is a must read for anyone interested in the NSX-T solutions and their recommended design. One of the things you’ll find in the updated guide is a new recommended deployment mode for the…