Jimmy Mankowitz
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Sep 28 2021
Networking and Security with NSX-T in vSphere with Tanzu
In this post we will explore how Networking and Security with NSX-T in vSphere with Tanzu works and can be utilized by VirtualInfrastructure Admins and also with DevOps and Developers. A secondary post regarding how Developers themselves can utilize the built in Network CNI Antrea that is the default shipped with Tanzu is also coming, …
Apr 16 2021
vSphere with Tanzu
In this post I intend to explore vSphere with Tanzu and why the product is interesting for customers to choose, compared to running Kubernetes in a manual setup maintaining it by your self or choosing another solution to orchestrate the orchestrator Kubernetes, for the delivery of a platform that can serve infrastructure for containerized applications. …
Sep 28 2020
Scheduled PostgreSQL backup of Cloud Director Embedded DB
In this post I want to describe how a backup of the PostgreSQL database for Cloud Director can be setup to be scheduled In the VMware documentation there is only a description on how one could take a manual backup of the Postgres DB. In normal Operations t can be convenient to have this automated …
Sep 25 2020
VMware Certified Master Specialist – Cloud Native 2020 – Passed
So last week 17 September 2020, I passed the VMware Certified Master Specialist Cloud Native 2020 exam. I can agree with some of my colleagues that have also passed this exam that it was not an easy test to pass since this was my second attempt. For me the reason it was a bit hard …
May 08 2020
Automatic Failover of the VMware Cloud Director 10.1 Appliance
So in this post I wanted to describe how a setup with Cloud Director 10.1 with embedded PostgreSQL DB can be set to automatic failover. As described in VMware documentation se Link So starting with VMware Cloud Director 10.1 the automatic failover functionallity has been added for the roles related to the database that is …
May 06 2020
How to put Cloud Director 10.1 Multi-cell appliances with embedded DB into Maintenance-mode.
In this short post I wanted to describe a procedure on how you should put you Cloud Director 10.1 appliances with the embedded PostgreSQL DB into maintenance mode. Both for the VCD Service and also the DB to be moved if the cell is a Primary cell in the DB Cluster. The case of going …
Dec 08 2019
NSX-T integration with vCloud Director 10
Hi!In this post I will detail the process of what is needed inorder to consume network resources from NSX-T Data Center. As of today with vCloud Director 10 and NSX-T 2.5 there are restrictions, requirements and design decisions that are related to both vCloud Director and NSX-T that must be kept in mind before deciding …
Nov 25 2019
NSX-T 2.5 Custom Monitoring Dashboard
In this post I wanted to explain something that is not well documented with Vmware today. The topic is how to create a custom dashboard in NSX-T based on Widgets. In the NSX-T Manager UI interface there are different monitoring dashboards out of the box that one can view and get information from. These dashboards …
Jun 13 2019
Micro-Segmentation and Security Design Planning with vRealize Network Insight, vRNI
This blogpost has been prepared to describe the Micro-Segmentation and security conceptual design planning utilizing VMware vRealize Network Insight, vRNI. It can act as a support for anyone that wishes to know how to think and implement doing microsegmentation in a VMware based environment either with NSX-V or NSX-T. Some of my text that is …
Mar 07 2019
