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Multi-site with NSX Sessions at EMC World and VMworld 2016 [Video]
Throughout 2016, I’ve presented multiple sessions on Multi-site with NSX, Cross-VC NSX, and Disaster Recovery. If interested, you can view some of the public presentations I gave this year at EMC World and VMworld below. I’ve also listed the repeat … Continue reading
Posted in EMC World 2016, Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Security, Tech Events, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMware, VMworld 2016
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Multi-site with Cross-VC NSX and Palo Alto Networks Security [Video]
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.
Posted in Labs, Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Palo Alto Networks, Security, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMware, VMworld 2016
Tagged Centralized Management, Centralized NSX Security Management, Consistent Security Across vCenter Domains, Consistent Security Across vCenter Sites, consistent security and micro-segmentation across sites, Cross-VC NSX demo video, Cross-VC NSX Disaster Recovery, Cross-VC NSX DR, Cross-VC NSX Enhanced Disaster Recovery, Cross-VC NSX Enhanced DR, Cross-VC NSX security, Cross-VC NSX security policies, Cross-VC NSX Universal Distributed Firewall, Cross-VC NSX Universal Distributed Firewall Rules, demo video, Ease of Security Automation Across vCenter Domains, Ease of Security Automation Across vCenter Sites, Enhanced Disaster Recovery, Enhanced Disaster Recovery Use Case, enhanced workload mobility, micro-segmentation, microsegmentation, multi-site, multi-site security, Multisite, Multisite Networking and Security with Cross-vCenter NSX: Part 2 [NET7861R], multisite security, NSX Centralized Management, NSX Network Introspection, NSX security, NSX security policies, NSX Universal Distributed Firewall, Palo Alto Networks, Palo Alto Networks Panorama, Palo Alto Networks SVM, Palo Alto Panorama, Palo Alto's Panorama, Panorama, primary NSX Manager, security, Security Automation, security grouping objects, Security Policies Follow the Workloads, Third Party Security, third party security services, UDFW, UDFW Rules, ULS, Universal Distributed Firewall, Universal distributed firewall rules, Universal IP Sets, Universal Logical Switch, Universal MAC Sets, Universal Security Groups, Universal Service Groups, Universal Services, vmware, VMware Cross-VC NSX, VMware Cross-VC NSX Demo Video, VMware Cross-VC NSX security, VMware Cross-VC NSX Security Policies, VMware Cross-vCenter NSX, VMware NSX, VMware NSX logical networking and security, VMware NSX Network Introspection, VMware NSX security, VMware NSX security policies, VMware NSX Universal Distributed Firewall, VMware NSX-V, VMware VMworld 2016, VMworld 2016, VMworld 2016 Sessions for Multi-Site with Cross-VC NSX, Workload Mobility
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Multi-site with Cross-VC NSX: Consistent Security and Micro-segmentation Across Sites [Video]
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
Posted in Events, Labs, Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Security, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMware, VMworld 2016
Tagged Centralized Management, Centralized NSX Security Management, Consistent Security Across vCenter Domains, Consistent Security Across vCenter Sites, consistent security and micro-segmentation across sites, Cross-VC NSX demo video, Cross-VC NSX Disaster Recovery, Cross-VC NSX DR, Cross-VC NSX Enhanced Disaster Recovery, Cross-VC NSX Enhanced DR, Cross-VC NSX security, Cross-VC NSX security policies, Cross-VC NSX Universal Distributed Firewall, Cross-VC NSX Universal Distributed Firewall Rules, demo video, Ease of Security Automation Across vCenter Domains, Ease of Security Automation Across vCenter Sites, Enhanced Disaster Recovery, Enhanced Disaster Recovery Use Case, enhanced workload mobility, micro-segmentation, microsegmentation, multi-site, multi-site security, Multisite, Multisite Networking and Security with Cross-vCenter NSX: Part 2 [NET7861R], multisite security, NSX Centralized Management, NSX security, NSX security policies, NSX Universal Distributed Firewall, primary NSX Manager, security, Security Automation, security grouping objects, Security Policies Follow the Workloads, third party security services, UDFW, UDFW Rules, ULS, Universal Distributed Firewall, Universal distributed firewall rules, Universal IP Sets, Universal Logical Switch, Universal MAC Sets, Universal Security Groups, Universal Service Groups, Universal Services, vmware, VMware Cross-VC NSX, VMware Cross-VC NSX Demo Video, VMware Cross-VC NSX security, VMware Cross-VC NSX Security Policies, VMware Cross-vCenter NSX, VMware NSX, VMware NSX logical networking and security, VMware NSX security, VMware NSX security policies, VMware NSX Universal Distributed Firewall, VMware NSX-V, VMware VMworld 2016, VMworld 2016, VMworld 2016 Sessions for Multi-Site with Cross-VC NSX, Workload Mobility
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VMware NSX at EMC World 2016
So far, EMC World 2016 in Las Vegas has been great. Lots of great sessions on storage, hyper-converged, cloud, security, design, virtualization, and overall solutions for DR, Big Data, Multi-site, etc.
Posted in EMC World 2016, Network Architecture, Networking, Security, Tech Events, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMware
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Enhanced Disaster Recovery with Cross-VC NSX and SRM
I also published this blog post about enhanced Disaster Recovery with Cross-VC NSX and SRM on the VMware NSX Network Virtualization Blog on April 21, 2016. The full blog post is provided below and can also be seen on the … Continue reading
Posted in Network Architecture, Networking, Security, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMware
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
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Cross-VC NSX for Multi-site Solutions
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.
Posted in Labs, Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Security, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMware
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VMware NSX Online Fundamentals – Multi-Site/Disaster Recovery
Check-out this overview and walk-through presentation I recently did on Cross-VC NSX functionality introduced in NSX 6.2. Deployment models, Multi-Site, and Disaster Recovery solutions are also discussed. To view the video, you must first register. You will then have access … Continue reading
Posted in Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Security, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMware
Tagged 8 NSX Managers, ARP snooping, Central CLI, CLI monitoring, communication channel health monitoring, Cross-VC NSX, Cross-VC NSX failover, Cross-VC NSX failover scenarios, Cross-VC NSX object, Cross-VC NSX objects, Cross-VC NSX recovery, Cross-VC NSX recovery scenarios, Cross-vCenter, Cross-vCenter Networking and Security, DFW, DHCP snooping, Disaster Recovery, distributed firewall, DSX logical router, eight NSX Managers, global, host locale ID, ip address, IP Set, local egress, locale ID, logical router, logical switch, MAC address, MAC Set, multi-site, multi-site deployment, multi-vcenter NSX, Network Virtualization, north-south, North-South traffic, NSX, NSX 6.2, NSX 6.2 new feature, NSX Controller Cluster, NSX Controllers, NSX DFW, NSX Disaster Recovery, NSX Distributed Firewall, NSX DLR, NSX failover scenarioes, nsx logical router, NSX logical switch, NSX LS, NSX Manager, NSX multi-site, NSX multi-site deployment, NSX multi-site failover scenarios, NSX multi-site recovery scenarios, NSX network virtualization, NSX recovery scenarios, NSX Security Groups, NSX Site Recovery Manager, NSX SRM, NSX UDLR, NSX Universal Controller Cluster, NSX Universal Controllers, NSX Universal DFW, NSX Universal DFW Rules, NSX Universal Distributed Firewall, NSX Universal Distributed Logical Router, NSX Universal Logical Switch, NSX Universal LS, NSX Universal Rules, NSX Universal Synchronization Service, NSX Universal Transport Zone, NSX UTZ, NSX with multiple vCenters, primary NSX Manager, secondary NSX Manager, security, Security Groups, Site Recovery Manager, SRM, trace flow, UDLR, universal, Universal Control VM, Universal Controller Cluster, Universal DFW, Universal DFW rules, Universal Distributed Firewall, Universal distributed firewall rules, Universal Distributed Logical Router, Universal DLR, Universal Logical Switch, Universal LS, Universal rules, Universal Synchronization Service, Universal Transport Zone, UTZ, vCenter, VMware network virtualization, VMware NSX 6.2, VMware NSX Manager, VMware Site Recovery Manager, VMware SRM, VMware vCenter, VSS
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Advanced VMware NSX Security Services with Check Point vSEC
If you haven’t already, checkout my post on the VMware Network Virtualization blog where I describe and show a demo on Advanced VMware NSX Security Services with Check Point vSEC. Most of the information is from prior posts I had … Continue reading
Posted in Check Point, Network Security, Networking, Security, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMware
Tagged advanced security, Anti-Bot, Anti-Virus, Application Control, Check Point, Check Point vSEC, Check Point vSEC solution, checkpoint, checkpoint vsec, DFW, distributed firewall, distributed security architecture, Identity Awareness, IDS, Intel, IPS, L5-L7, L5-L7 NSX security, L5-L7 security, McAfee, microsegmentation, microsegmentation model, network virtualization platform, NSX, NSX advanced security, NSX advanced security policies, NSX Check Point vSEC solution, nsx checkpoint, nsx checkpoint vsec, NSX DFW, NSX Distributed Firewall, NSX network virtualization, NSX network virtualization platform, NSX Technology Partners, NSX third party security products, Palo Alto Networks, perimeter-centric security, Rapid 7, security, Symmantec, Threat Emulation, Trend Micro, Tufin, URL Filtering, virtualization, vmware, vmware checkpoint vsec, VMware network virtualization, VMware network virtualization platform, VMware NSX, VMware NSX advanced security, VMware NSX advanced security policies, VMware NSX Check Point vSEC solution, vmware nsx checkpoint vsec, VMware NSX DFW, VMware NSX Distributed Firewall, VMware NSX network virtualization, VMware NSX network virtualization platform, VMware NSX Technology Partners, VMware NSX third party security products, vritualization security, vritualization security services, vSEC
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Automating VMware NSX Security Rules Creation with Splunk and Python
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
Posted in Labs, Network Security, Networking, Programming Languages, Python, Security, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMware
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