Category: NSX-T
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VCF 9 – NSX Edge Cluster Deployment and VPC Configuration
The NSX Edge Cluster deployment procedure has changed significantly in VCF 9. When we performed this in previous versions, it was via the SDDC Manager. SDDC Manager is being deprecated, so the Edge deployment has moved into the vCenter GUI. This deployment method only supports specific deployment scenarios, so if you have more advanced requirements…
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Process to remove NSX-T from vCenter
Stop any monitoring of NSX-T before the removal process starts, check no VM’s are connect to NSX-T segments. **The guide I’d written assume no edge nodes are deployed, however you’ll have to remove the T0 and T1 plus any edge nodes after the segments are removed** Step 1 Remove all the segments, checking that they’re…
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VCF Error “Edge VM Not Present in Both NSX Inventory and vCenter” Critical
VMware NSX Issue Caused by Expired vCenter Certificate A recent issue encountered with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) NSX was traced back to an expired certificate in vCenter. The certificate expiration led to a disruption in communication between vCenter and NSX, triggering the following error: “Edge VM Not Present in Both NSX Inventory and vCenter.” This…
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Error deploying NSX-T manager, error importing OVA appliance
Error “Failed to deploy OVF package. ThrowableProxy.cause A general system error occurred Transfer failed: The OVF descriptor is not available.” If you get this error deploying the OVA appliance for NSX-T manager, change the passwords your using for the deployment and try again.. believe it or not that just fixed it for me. Could be…
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VMware NSX-T: New Features
VMware NSX-T is a network virtualization and security platform designed for multi-cloud environments. It provides a range of services for network automation, security, and virtualization. With every new release, NSX-T introduces new features and improvements to enhance the platform’s functionality and ease of use. Here are some of the latest new features in NSX-T. NSX-T…
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WORKSPACE ONE ACCESS INTEGRATION WITH NSX-T
Very quick walkthrough on how to integrate NSX-T and Workspace One Access (VIDM) This allows workspace one to create a OAuth connection with NSX-T where you can control user access via Active directory and instead of trying to manage local accounts. Logon to NSX-T manager > System settings > user management Then Login into Workspace…
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NSX-T Install load balancing certificate
How to install a certificate on NSX-T to be used for Load balancing. If your given a PKCS12 certificate which contains both the certificate and private key. First you will need to export the certificate without private key and then separately export the private key. To achieve this, i’d used OpenSSL: https://www.openssl.org/ Step 1: Export…
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NSX-T Manager account has been locked
Had a problem today trying to access via the UI to an NSX-T Manager with admin user, received the following error message: Your login attempt was not successful.The username/password combination is incorrect or the account specified has been locked. SHH also gave me errors (If you can’t SSH, don’t forget to test a console session to the…
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Create NSX-T Segments using powerCLI Script
Before running the script you’ll need the following: Script file can be accessed here along with an example txt file: https://github.com/PhilCDW/NSXTCreateSegments/blob/c1203d93948a3623dfb1b9732a20022ea04fd860/CreateNSXTSegments.ps1 The Script will ask the following: Input your NSX-T FQDN:Credentials for NST-TInput your Transport Zone ID. Another script I’ve uploaded is delete segments using a CSV file, can be useful if you make any…