Did you know that throughout the years big data breaches and ransomware attacks have been increasing rapidly? With World Backup Day right around the corner, let’s take a moment to think about the data loss incidents – and remember how relieved we were to have a proper backup and security strategy in place! If you … Read more
Today I need to change my DNS settings in my homelab, so I need to change the DNS in most of my implementations and on my VCF. In this How to change DNS in VMware SDDC Manager with API, I will explain how to do this quickly with API that will change the DNS in … Read more
In this error, HCX – Network Uplink Portgroup doesn’t have sufficient free IPs when trying to deploy the Service Mesh, which means there are not enough free IPs in the Network Profiles for the Uplink network. In this case, was for Uplink and also Management Network. How to fix this error? First, we must go … Read more
When creating an HCX Service Mesh, we can get this error, HCX – Unable to Create Service Mesh – NSX-T Only Overlay Transport Zone are supported. This error means you are trying to use a vCenter vDS for your HCX Extended Network profile in the Compute Profile when using an NSX-T in your destination, which is … Read more
In HCX Service Mesh, when we get the error HCX – IX appliance tunnel down – Service Mesh Service Pipeline status is down most of the time regarding the WAN appliance that is not working correctly. We see Service Mesh Appliances with errors and not running. And the IX-WAN appliance is without any service running. … Read more
This year is the 25th VMw anniversary, and it has been a great ride since then. VMware changed the world in the Virtualization area, and in 25 years of VMware what was the impact on your career? VMware, a company founded in 1998, has grown into a leading global enterprise that has revolutionized virtual IT … Read more
The vCenter crash was initiated by a network storage switch failure that affected all the iSCSI LUNs in my home lab. The failure occurred as a result of changes I made to the switch’s VLAN capacity, which necessitated a reboot. I approved the reboot request without thinking that I had my VMs running. The Switch … Read more
In this VMware SDDC Manager Workload Domain greyed out a quick tip I will explain how to fix this issue. When you try to do any task in your SDDC Manager, like create a new Workload Domain, or add a Commission Hosts, etc., all the options are greyed out and with the message “Disable due … Read more
In this second HCX – How to create Network and Compute Profiles about HCX Series blog post, I will address the Network Profiles. How to create them, and what the best practices and requirements are. In the previous HCX blog post, How to install-pairing HCX Manager and Connector I installed the HCX Cloud Manager and … Read more
I don’t work with HCX(abbreviation for Hybrid Cloud Extension) for some time, installing the infrastructure at least. Recently I only used it in some VMs and Apps migrations. So it was time to build some HCX infrastructure lab, and in this How to install-pairing HCX Manager and Connector, I will explain how to do this. … Read more
