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NSX-T Data Center required network ports

nsxtIn this blog post I will sum up all the network ports that are required to operate various capabilities that are within NSX-T Data Center. This blog is about current version of NSX-T Data Center, the current version is 3.2.0.0.1. Please acknowledge that not all features are available under each NSX-T Data Center Edition.
Please verify which features are licensed for your deployment so you can check which features you can deploy under your license.

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Setting up NSX Advanced Load Balancer for VMware Horizon

Back in June 2019 VMware published a press report on there intent to acquire AVI Networks. AVI Networks was a leader in the multi-cloud application delivery services. VMware has rebranded the load balancing product, it is now called NSX Advanced Load Balancer.

In this article I will describe how to install the NSX Advanced Load Balancer, and configure it for VMware Horizon.

This is the architecture we are going to build.
NSX Advanced Load Balancer
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NSX-T Manager SSH Root Access Denied

We want to logon to access the NSX-T as root via Putty, when we try to logon we are presented with a Access Denied error.

To resolve this issue we perform the following procedure:

Access the NSX-T manager console via vCenter and logon with your root credentials.

vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Press “I” to access INSERT Mode

Change PermitRootLogin to yes

Change StrictModes to no 

Press the ESC key to exit the INSERT Mode
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A generic error occurred in the vSphere Replication Management Server

Jual VMware vSphere 7.0 EXSI - Vcenter - Jakarta Pusat - serverku |  TokopediaAt a customer site where the vSphere environment is setup over two locations. At both location the customer has setup MSA storage.

In order to keep the customer data safe we want to setup replication between the two locations. To set this up we install VMware vSphere Replication.
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VMware vCenter upgrade, Test RPM transaction failed

indexVMware has identified a security thread within vCenter. An upload vulnerability in vCenter’s Analytics service allows attackers to run arbitrary code on vulnerable servers. On a scale of 1 to 10 in terms of impact, the vulnerability, CVE-2021-22005, is rated 9.8. “The implications of this vulnerability are serious and it will only be a matter of time, probably minutes after the announcement, before working exploits appear,” VMware said on September 21. The thread has been registered by VMware under VMSA-2021-0002.
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File locks on vSphere

vmware_vSphere7_graphic_thumbIn a project we where starting an action to export a VM to an OVF file. We launched the export from the vSphere WebClient. During the export action the file stream failed and we cancelled the export action. Because we where running into a time restriction with the allowed time frame we wanted to boot the machine so it would be available to the end users.
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Reset VMware ESXi root password

vmware_vSphere7_graphicThe root account is the only login account to vSphere ESXi. There is no extra account to create a backdoor to logon to vSphere ESXi when the root password is lost. When a vSphere ESXi host is added to a vCenter instance, management of the host is primary done via vCenter. Troubleshooting ESXi is done primarily on the command line via an SSH connection. By default the SSH service is stopped. To start the SSH service you have to access the server via vCenter Host>Configure>System>Services. When you don’t have the root password for the vSphere ESXi host you have to follow the following procedure.
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VMworld 2021 Top 10 session to watch

vmworld2021It is that time of the year again to start looking forward to VMworld 2021. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic VMworld 2021 will again be “fully virtual” again.

The upside to a virtual event is that you don’t need to walk across a big conference complex to get from one session to another. You can follow the conference from the luxury of you own chair and desk. Poor your own drink of choice, sit back and relax and take in all the information on VMware latest and greatest from your own home. Because VMworld 2021 will be fully virtual, like last year that will make it easier for people to attend since you don’t need to arrange travel (flight/hotel) to attend VMworld.

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VIBS Error vSphere ESXi upgrade

vmware_vSphere7_graphicRecently I was upgrading vSphere ESXi host from version 6.5.0 (7388607) to version 7.0.1. vCenter for this environment is upgraded to version 7.0.2.0000. at first I was trying to start the upgrade via VMware LifeCycle Manager but that resulted in an error indicating that the vCenter/LifeCycle Manager and the ESXi version where not working well together. In order to make progress I’ve accessed the server via it’s Integrated Lights Out (ILO) interface (HPE). Mounted the HPE ESXi image through ILO and booted the server.
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