Category Archives: VMware

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

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

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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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

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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VMware NSX and Comprehensive Security for the SDDC

I’ve written several prior articles on the VMware NSX network virtualization platform as it relates to security. NSX offers such a robust platform for security, I sometimes come across folks interested in NSX yet not aware of the full potential … Continue reading

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Advanced Security with VMware NSX and Check Point vSEC [Video]

In a prior blog, I wrote about VMware NSX and Check Point vSEC integration for advanced security. Check out the VMware NSX Check Point vSEC demo on the VMware NSX YouTube channel or embedded directly below. In this demo, I … Continue reading

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VMware NSX 6.2 Adds Cross-vCenter Networking and Security

Ahead of this year’s VMworld which was just this past week (08/30 – 09/03), VMware recently released NSX 6.2 with many new and exciting features. You can see a list of new features listed in the NSX 6.2 online release … Continue reading

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