I was in the process of installing HCX in my lab, and ran into an issue connecting my vCenter Server and NSX environment. While trying to connect, received the following error "PKIX path building failed: java.security.cert.CertPathBuilderException: Unable to find certificate chain" Couldn't find a solution online, so thought I'd publish a quick blog post detailing … Continue reading Solved – Problem registering vCenter & NSX with HCX
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Installing AppDefense for vSphere Platinum – Step by Step
VMware AppDefense takes a new approach to application security. What if, instead of “chasing bad” we started by “ensuring good”? Here are some resources I recommend you review to learn more about AppDefense, and the benefits. Excellent Session from VMworld 2018 - Transforming Security in a Cloud and Mobile World (SEC3730KU). You’ll also see a … Continue reading Installing AppDefense for vSphere Platinum – Step by Step
Creating a Security Audit Dashboard with vRealize Network Insight
Introduction In this post, I'm going to walk you through step by step, how to create a Pinboard(aka Dashboard) in vRealize Network Insight(vRNI) to provide a summary of recent security related changes in your environment. Customers initially invest in vRNI is to assist with micro-segmentation planning along with NSX. Check out this great blog over … Continue reading Creating a Security Audit Dashboard with vRealize Network Insight
Troubleshooting NSX Hybrid Connect/HCX
VMware HCX was announced at VMworld Europe 2017. Use cases for the solution include Infrastructure Hybridity & Workload Mobility. See the official product page and this blog post or more information In this post I'm going to walk through some basic steps to validate and troubleshoot NSX Hybrid Connect, a.k.a HCX utilizing diagnostic tools built … Continue reading Troubleshooting NSX Hybrid Connect/HCX
Increasing NSX-T Operational Visibility with vRealize Log Insight
A critical(and sometimes overlooked) component of any infrastructure implementation is operational visibility. Its is important for troubleshooting, alerting and auditing purposes to send logs to a central location. For NSX-T, this is where vRealize Log Insight and it's NSX-T Content Pack come in. Description from the VMware Solution Exchange "The NSX-T Log Insight Content Pack provides operational and … Continue reading Increasing NSX-T Operational Visibility with vRealize Log Insight
VMware Cloud on AWS Code Samples
One of the(many) great things about VMware Cloud on AWS, is the operational consistency it provides between your on-prem and public cloud environments. Be sure to check out this recent blog post for some more! Top 10 coolest features of VMware Cloud on AWS For example, you can easily leverage tools such as PowerCLI to manage … Continue reading VMware Cloud on AWS Code Samples
vRealize Lifecycle Manager – Marketplace Walkthrough
In this post, I'm going to walkthrough the new in product marketplace feature, that was added in vRSLCM v1.1. v1.2 is now GA, and I'm using that version for this walkthrough. If your new to vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager(vRSLCM), check out my previous posts vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager – Step by Step How to Install … Continue reading vRealize Lifecycle Manager – Marketplace Walkthrough
