Why you would want to execute tasks via the NSX API asynchronously is a good question, and, can be answered with two words “Parallel Workflows”. In a Software Defined Datacenter (SDDC) where automation is extensively used, it may be beneficial to execute tasks asynchronously so that your automation workflow can …

Below is diagram to visually see the communications (protocol/port) of the NSX-v (6.2.x) components. The focus of the diagram is from an NSX-v viewpoint. Therefore, I haven’t included the comms for vSphere, and it’s relevant components. The following communication isn’t covered in the diagram: Active Directory …

Application rules in NSX for vSphere allow you to create advanced load balancing rules which may not be possible with the application profile or services natively available on the Edge Services Gateway (ESG). However, the ESG enables you to add your specific application rules to support your load balancing scenario; …

Part 1 in a 2 part series, this post will look at the configuration of DMVPN Phase 1 and the routing implications using OSPF. Although Phase 1 today is considered obsolete, it is still worth reviewing. Prior to delving into the specifics of DMVPN Phase 1 configuration, let’s start with a underlay network – NBMA …

In the first post of this series, DMVPN Phase 1, the DMVPN concept and configuration parameters that were pertinent to the configuration for Phase 1 were explored. Although the parameters are similar to Phase 1 for Phase 2, the actual operation of traffic flows and routing configuration has changed. So the major …

Capturing packets on the NSX Edge is relatively simple, the ESG uses similar capture syntax to that of TCPDUMP with a few minor caveats, which I will cover in this post. When doing a packet capture, the primary thing to do is to identify the interface you want to capture traffic on and then define the traffic capture …

This post will describe the process of setting up a site-to-site vpn from the VMware NSX Edge to a Cisco Cloud Services Router (CSR) 1000v, although we are using a virtual Cisco router, the process described below could be used for any remote device. In this post we will be configuring the Edge Services Gateway (ESG) …

If you have a MAC and you have ever transferred anything to USB, then opened the USB Drive on a Linux/Windows machine, you would have noticed the creation of .DS_Store files along with whatever the contents you placed onto the USB. The .DS_Store files are actually used by OSX to store custom attributes of the folder …