Deploy NSX – Part 1
In this series of posts I will show the installation and configuration of NSX 6.4.2 in a laboratory environment, all this installation was done in Cloud Ravello. The environment where I will install NSX is a vSAN lab. To know how to configure VMware vSAN in Cloud Ravello see this other post. This lab I […]
Provision a NetScaler instance
You can provision one or more NetScaler instances on the SDX appliance. The number of instances that you can install depends on the license you have purchased. To provision NetScaler instances on the SDX appliance: On the Configuration tab, expand NetScaler, and then click Instances. After click Add In the Provision NetScaler enter informations: In the Resource Allocation section, see: https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX216144 Select one of the LA interfaces. […]
VMware vSphere 6.7 U1 Announced
VMware has announced, during VMworld 2018, a new major update to their flagship virtualization product, VMware vSphere 6.7 U1. Here are the areas focused on for this release: The vSphere Client is the only client you’ll need to manage vCenter Server. The vCenter Server Converge Tool. This tool allows an administrator to migrate from an external […]
How to Running Citrix VPX on VMware Workstation 14
This is for testing/evaluating purposes only and is not at all supported by Citrix in any way. In this guide I will only show how to get a working Citrix NetScaler VPX into VMware Workstation VM. Download Citrix Netscaler VPX for ESX 12.0-53.13_nc. After the download unzip the file. Right Click on the file nsvpx-esx-12.0-53.13_nc.ovf: Choose Virtual Machine […]
Deploy VMware vSAN – Part 3
Now we go enable vSAN. To enable vSAN browse to the appropriate cluster in the vSphere client and click the Configure tab. Expand vSAN and select Services, vSAN is turned off by default so click Configure. Select the vSAN configuration and click Next. You can enable Deduplication and Compression for your virtual SAN cluster. Under Claim disks page select the disks […]
News NSX Data Center for vSphere 6.4.2
Today it was announced version for NSX Data Center for vsphere 6.4.2, it continues to improve network efficiency and improve security with the micro-segmentation. For more details see the official VMware article.
How to Install VCSA on Ravello System
Background This is a lab deployment of VMware vCSA 6.7 on Ravello System. The idea today is to do an install/config of VCSA 6.7. Including all the requirements such as DNS forward and reverse records, etc. Step 1 Host Esxi (vSphere 6.7) and a virtual machine (Windows Server 2016) must installed. In this post you have all […]
Deploy VMware vSAN – Part 2
This step we will configure the prereques to create the cluster. Step 1 – Add tree nodes in the vCenter Step 2 – Migration switch virtual standard to vds First, let’s create the networking layer based on a Distributed Switch and 3 portgrpoups vds_mgt = Management Traffic vds_vm-prod = Network Virtual Machine dvs_vsan = VSAN Traffic […]
Deploy VMware vSAN – Part 1
Background I’ll break this post in 2, first part (this) focused on whole Lab building, second part focused in vSAN creation and development. For a long time, I wanted to build a Cluster vSAN but never had the hardware to be able to do so. Enter Ravello by Oracle. Step 1 – Join the VMware Community Register […]
Tips from a Pro on How to Prepare (and Pass) NPP
The first thing I did when I was preparing for a certification exam was perform the Administration Course training available on the nutanix education portal, this course is recommend for certification. I found a lot of information on the youtube channel. And can not miss the bible of nutanix was key during the preparation. I Looked to the community for support. […]