#nsx #vrealize

Expand your Visibility in NSX-T with the NSX-T Log Insight Content Pack

When it comes to infrastructure, or security, logging is one of the main key elements: logs are the best source of information for troubleshooting issues, analyzing changes and obtaining runtime operational data. For that reason, I was looking to forward NSX-T logs to Log Insight to see what kind of queries I could leverage. I was surprised to find out that a NSX-T Log Insight Content Pack is already available! :) ...

#network #nsx

#10 Things To Know Before Starting with NSX-T

NSX-T 2.0 is available for 2 months now and I have played with it quite a lot since that moment. There are a lot of differences between NSX-T and NSX-V and I thought I could share a few tips you should know before starting with NSX-T. Geneve, not VXLAN or STT Recommended MTU NSX-T VIBs Controllers Are Always Required Deploy Controllers Sequentially NSX Edge Cluster Where to Run VM-based Edges Respect NSX-T System Requirements Uplink Names in Uplink Profiles Compute Managers: What, When and Why? ...

#powercli

PowerCLI Installation and Update using PowerShell Gallery Memo

Since PowerCLI 6.5.1, you no longer have a MSI file to download and install: you can now install directly from the PowerShell Gallery. When using this system, the install is done completely through PowerShell itself using the PowerShell Gallery via PowerShellGet. I’m using this post as a memo for various tips and info about the installation and update of PowerCLI via the PowerShell Gallery. Pre-requisites: Uninstall any existing version of PowerCLI PowerShell 5. ...

#api #nsx #powercli

How-To Use the new PowerCLI NSX-T Module

PowerCLI 6.5.3 was released 2 weeks ago (10 October 2017), and the major change is the introduction of the NSX-T module. Yep, you read correctly, NSX-T support in PowerCLI is here! :) Compared to PowerNSX, this module is being released as a low-level module (API access only): I’ll describe how-to use it below. NSX-T Cmdlets Three cmdlets are available: Connect-NsxtServer: quite obvious, establishes a connection to an NSX-T server. Disconnect-NsxtServer: you guessed it, closes the connection to your NSX-T servers. ...