NSX Controller Cluster Failure: What to expect?
In this blog post I will be detailing what to expect in the case of losing a controller cluster, in terms of: 1 controller cluster node. 2 controller cluster nodes. 3 controller cluster nodes....
Category: VMware
Migrating from a VMware NSX Collapsed Cluster to Dispersed Clusters
Not something that one would do on a daily basis, but being on the field you sometimes get into situations where the customer wants to go into the implementation but because of procurement issues...
NSX VXLAN Control Plane Replication Modes Design Decision
So in a recent customer engagement I kind of struggled a bit to provide the customer with definite guidelines on the selection of the VXLAN replication modes, and as such I snooped around and...
NSX Manager SSH after SSL Replacement
In one of my project’s I changed the NSX’s Manager SSL certificate to a GoDaddy certificate, and everything worked like charm. At that point in time I didn’t SSH and I just logged in...
vCenter and PSC and the 4096 bits
So, I’ve been meaning to do some tests around VMware VCSA and PSC high availability and a major prerequisites to achieve this is to change the SSL certificates on all participating appliances. Going back...
VMware NSX and 3rd Party Integration SVM Failure Scenarios
Today one of my peers asked this question and I found out that I was a bit lacking on that area, so I decided to do some due diligence and learn about the subject...
VMware NSX and Collapsed Clusters vSphere Upgrades
So, recently I did an upgrade to one of our clients and they had a collapsed cluster. The vCenter server and the PSCs were already excluded in NSX. When doing the upgrade of the...
