Category Archives: Labs

VMware NSX and SRM: Disaster Recovery Overview and Demo [Video]

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Humair

I also published this blog post on the VMware Network Virtualization Blog. This basically is a re-posting of a prior recent blog post I wrote on my personal blog here and also on LinkedIn. However, I’ve added a video that … Continue reading →

VMware NSX and SRM: A Better Disaster Recovery Solution

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Humair

In this post, I’ll briefly expand on the benefits of utilizing NSX as part of a disaster recovery (DR) solution. For additional information check out my prior posts on the VMware Network Virtualization blog. Additionally, I recently presented at 2016 … Continue reading →

Posted in Labs, Network Architecture, Networking, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMworld 2016 | Tagged Cross-VC NSX, Cross-VC NSX for Multi-site Solutions, Cross-vCenter NSX, Disaster Recovery, Disaster Recovery with NSX and SRM white paper, DR, Enhanced Disaster Recovery, Enhanced DR, Full Application Failure, multi-site, Multi-site NSX, Multi-site Solutions, Network Virtualization, NSX, NSX Disaster Recovery, NSX Disaster Recovery White Paper, NSX DR, NSX multi-site, Partial Application Failure, Site Failure, Site Recovery Manager, SRM, vmware, VMware Disaster Recovery White Paper, VMware NSX, VMware Site Recovery Manager | Leave a comment

Multi-site with Cross-VC NSX and Palo Alto Networks Security [Video]

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Humair

I also published this blog post on the VMware NSX Network Virtualization Blog. The full blog post is provided below and can also be seen on the VMware NSX Network Virtualization Blog site.

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Multi-site with Cross-VC NSX: Consistent Security and Micro-segmentation Across Sites [Video]

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Humair

I also published this blog post about the security benefits of a multi-site Cross-VC NSX solution on the VMware NSX Network Virtualization Blog. The full blog post is provided below and can also be seen on the VMware NSX Network … Continue reading →

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Automation Leveraging NSX REST API Guide

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Humair

I also published this blog post about automation leveraging the NSX REST API on the VMware NSX Network Virtualization Blog on June 21, 2016. The full blog post is provided below and can also be seen on the VMware NSX … Continue reading →

Posted in APIs/SDKs, Java, Labs, Networking, Perl, Programming Languages, Python, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMware NSX REST API | Tagged Ansible, automation, cloud management tools, cURL, Go, Java, Network Virtualization, NSX, NSX automation, NSX network virtualization, NSX REST API, NSX REST API Guide, NSX-V, perl, Postman, PowerShell, programming language frameworks, Python, REST Client, REST client libraries, VMware NSX, VMware NSX network virtualization, VMware NSX-V, VMware vRealize Orchestrator, VMware vRO, vRealize Orchestrator, vRO | Leave a comment

Monitoring VMware NSX SpoofGuard with REST API and Perl

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Humair

I also published this blog post about monitoring VMware NSX SpoofGuard with REST API and Perl on the VMware NSX Network Virtualization Blog on June 17, 2016. The full blog post is provided below and can also be seen on … Continue reading →

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Automating Security Group and Policy Creation with NSX REST API and Python

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Humair

My latest post on the VMware NSX Network Virtualization Blog, Automating Security Group and Policy Creation with NSX REST API, describes using NSX REST API with some code for a simple yet realistic use case focused around security where automation … Continue reading →

Posted in Labs, Network Security, Networking, Programming Languages, Python, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware | Tagged Automating Security Group and Policy Creation, CSV, CSV file, Network Virtualization, NSX, NSX 6.2.2, NSX REST API, NSX Security Groups, NSX Security Groups from CSV file, Python, python cvs library, python requests library, REST, Security Groups, Security Groups from CSV file, vmware, VMware NSX, VMware NSX 6.2.2 | Leave a comment

Cross-VC NSX for Multi-site Solutions

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Humair

Check-out my latest blog post, Cross-VC NSX for Multi-site Solutions, on the VMware NSX Network Virtualization blog. In the post, I discuss Cross-VC NSX functionality and step through vMotion across different vCenter domains at two different sites.

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Automating VMware NSX Security Rules Creation with Splunk and Python

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Humair

If you haven’t already, checkout my post on the VMware Network Virtualization blog where I describe and show a demo of how Splunk can be used to monitor the VMware NSX distributed firewall (DFW), and, with a little Python code, … Continue reading →

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Reset VMware NSX-V DFW to Default Setting via NSX REST API with Python

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Humair

I’ve been playing with the VMware NSX-V 6.2 REST API using both a browser based REST API client and Python. While I was exploring different methods, I deleted the default NSX-V Distributed Firewall (DFW) L3 section via REST API call … Continue reading →

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