What is my first impression of using Nutanix’s HCI and Hypervisor (AHV)? Short answer – very easy to use, even for a first time user, and intuitive design with well thought-out integrations with other Nutanix products; love the one-click feature/service enablement. For long answer and interesting observations, read on. Continue reading
New year, new challenges, new learnings @ Nutanix!
New year, new challenges, new learnings! It’s been a great start to a new year. Looking forward to a new role and exciting year ahead @ Nutanix! Can’t believe it’s been 3 months already! First new official Nutanix swag above, and, below, the pass for my first Nutanix event! Continue reading
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VMworld 2019 Sessions – VMware Cloud on AWS Networking and Security
VMworld 2019 was my fifth year presenting at both the US and Europe VMworlds. Presenting at VMworld has always been something I look forward to every year, and this year was no exception.
Like usual, this year, my calendar for both US and Europe was packed with session presentations, round tables, customer meetings, and book signings. This year, along with presenting sessions and participating in round tables and customer meetings, I once again also had the privilege of participating in book signings. Over the last 4 1/2 years, I’ve been fortunate to write two VMware Press books and participate in corresponding free book hand outs and book signings at VMworld. See below for my recorded VMworld 2019 sessions on VMware Cloud on AWS Networking and Security and also links to download free book soft copies/eBooks! Continue reading
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Second VMware Press Book Published – My Thoughts and Tips
VMware Press Book VMware Cloud on AWS - NSX Networking and Security First Print
Yes, above is the very first official print I received for approval. This is my second VMware Press book, this time co-authored with Gilles Chekroun and Nico Vibert. Caught a few slight print errors last minute and sending back to fix and giving approval. Books will be printing soon! Limited free books at VMworld 2019 book signing or buy at the VMworld book store! See link for details & relevant VMworld sessions or get free ebook version now https://blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization/2019/07/vmware-cloud-on-aws-nsx-networking-and-security-ebook.html Read the rest of the blog to see my thoughts on writing this book and my prior book for VMware Press! Continue reading
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VMware Cloud on AWS: NSX Networking and Security eBook
Check out my latest book co-authored with my colleagues Gilles Chekroun and Nico Vibert on VMware NSX networking and security in VMware Cloud on AWS. Thank you Tom Gillis, Senior Vice President/General Manager, Networking and Security Business Unit for writing the foreword and providing some great insight.
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VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC 1.7: New NSX Features
The latest version of VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC (SDDC Version 1.7) was released recently and is being rolled out to customers. In this post, I’ll discuss the new NSX Networking and Security features.
Looking at the features released in VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC 1.7 in the below diagram, we can see the features can be grouped into three categories: Connectivity, Services, and Operations. Further below I go into more detail in each of these specific NSX features. For a complete list of all new features in VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC 1.7 in general, check out the release notes here. Continue reading
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Tagged AWS, AWS Direct Connect, AWS DX, Connectivity, Direct Connect, DX, IPSEC VPN, NSX, NSX-T, Operations, Route Based IPSEC VPN, SDDC, SDDC 1.7, Services, VMC, VMC SDDC, vmware, VMware Cloud on AWS, VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC, VPN
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CFD 5: VMware Cloud on AWS Technical Walkthrough – NSX Networking and Security
Check-out the below video for the presentation I gave at Cloud Field Day 5 (CFD 5) on April 12th, 2019. In this presentation, I discuss VMware Cloud on AWS Networking and Security provided by NSX! You can also checkout the video on the Tech Field Day website, YouTube, or Vimeo. Continue reading
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VMware Cloud on AWS with Transit Gateway Demo [Video]
At AWS re:Invent 2018 last November, AWS introduced a regional construct called Transit Gateway (TGW). AWS Transit Gateway allows customers to connect multiple Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) together easily. TGW can be seen as a hub and all the VPCs can be seen as spokes in a hub and spoke-type model where any-to-any communication is made possible by traversing the TGW. TGW can replace the popular AWS Transit VPC design many customers have deployed prior for connecting multiple Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) together. In this post, I will discuss TGW and how it can currently be used with VMware Cloud on AWS. At the end of this post, there’s also a video you can watch of a demo using the same setup described in this blog; feel free to jump to the video if you like. Continue reading
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Tagged AWS, cloud, demo, NSX, Route Based IPSEC VPN, TGW, TGW attachment, Transit Gateway, Transit VPC, Virtual Private Cloud, vmware, VMware Cloud on AWS, vPC, VPC attachment, VPN, VPN attachment, VSAN, vSphere ESXi
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VMworld 2018: VMware Cloud on AWS with NSX – Use Cases, Design, and Implementation
Many of you who have followed my personal blog and/or posts on VMware Network Virtualization blog, know I have focused on and presented on NSX Multi-site Solutions and Disaster Recovery the last few years at VMworld. This year, I transitioned to focus specifically on VMware Cloud on AWS. Below I give a brief overview of some of the details I covered in the session. You can now see the recorded session for free here. I will also be repeating this session at VMworld in Barcelona in November. Continue reading
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ZertoCON 2018: Best Practices – Networking for Failover & Failover Tests (with NSX)
Had a blast presenting at ZertoCON 2018 last month. I presented Best Practices – Networking for Failover & Failover Tests (with NSX). I presented details on best practices for disaster recovery and showed how Zerto and VMware NSX together can be used to provide an enhanced disaster recovery solution. If you missed it, you can see the recorded session, embedded below or directly on YouTube. Continue reading
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