VCF 9 – Offline Depot Configuration Iteration
Whether it’s an air-gapped environment or a home lab setup, I have always been a fan of having an offline depot for VCF binaries and packages. In this blog post, I will go through...
Category: VMware
VMware Cloud Director: Going Beyond 9 Edge Gateway Non-Distributed Routed Networks with NSX-T
For those who have worked with VMware Cloud Director and NSX-v, it is known that internal-routed interfaces are limited to “1” uplink and “9” downlinks. This is because the Edge Services Gateway is a...
VMware Cloud Director Data Services Extension Configuration Iteration
This blog post is not about how to configure Data Solutions for VMware Cloud Director; it is rather a look at what is required for this solution to work with some caveats that I’ve...
The Bearer oF Metal: NSX-T Edge Transport Nodes
NSX-T Edge transport nodes have two forms in terms of deployment (current version is 3.1.x), this blog will tackle 4 aspects of NSX-T Bare-Metal Edge Transport Nodes, where we will be talking about the...
Obtaining HCX Activation Licenses for VCPP
Similar to most of us, I tend to follow official documentation to get things done, however sometimes documentation fails miserably and this we end up banging our head to the vWall %). My last...
Design Qualities: Data and Statistics
In my ever going (apparently never ending as well) pursuit to produce better designs, I got my head wrapped around the idea of: “Comparing the conceptual design input with the physical design output.“. Now...
Migrating from vCD 8.20 on Oracle DB to VCD 9.7.0.5
I didn’t expect this to show on my doorsteps, however, it did and I am glad it did as I learned new things :). Before going through the migration flow and phases, you should...
