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 →

A new feature in NSX for vSphere v6.4 is the upgrade coordinator. In previous versions of NSX you would have to navigate to various distinct areas of the UI to facility an upgrade of your entire NSX environment. This new feature provides a single portal for planning and upgrading the entire NSX system, also providing … Continue reading How to perform a simplified NSX Upgrade with the new Upgrade Coordinator feature →

VMware has recently published a Recommended Configuration Maximums document for NSX. Until now,  this information had to be gleaned from various sections of the documentation.  Nice to see it collated into one place. Document is based on NSX for vSphere 6.3, and you can download it here 

NSX-V v6.3.3 was released this week, but before you upgrade be sure to pay close attention to the release notes.  Couple of things to note. NSX Controller OS change The underlying operating system for the NSX Controller is now Photon OS. See Controller Upgrade in the Upgrade Notes for NSX Components section for details on … Continue reading NSX-V v6.3.3 Upgrade Notes →

What is VMware NSX and Network Virtualization? What is VMware NSX and Network Virtualization? VMware NSX is the network virtualization and security platform for the software-defined data center that emerged from VMware after they acquired Nicira. VMware Social Media Advocacy