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IPv6 Series: Part 2 – IPv6 at home using 6RD

In this IPv6 series I’d like to tell you about my “journey” to implement the protocol. I already had some knowledge of it, but not extensively. As a first step I implemented it at home. The plan is to work my way back from home to my lab in the Read more…

By Daniël Zuthof, 2 weeks2 weeks ago
Homelab

IPv6 Series: Part 1 – IPv6 Primer

Not due to shortages in IPv4 address, because that’s relative (looking at the 4 million IPv4 addresses Amazon bought this year from AR|DC‘s AMPRNet), but more due to personal interest and being able to equip all your devices with public IP’s (and not having to use NAT masquerading) is interesting. Read more…

By Daniël Zuthof, 4 weeks2 weeks ago
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Electronics

LG BX series OLED Color Calibration

Recently my 12 year old Samsung series-7 local dimming LED failed. Which was a pity, because of it’s very good image quality (back in the days). So, time for a something new, which isn’t worse given it’s age. I had set my mind sometime already on an LG OLED TV, Read more…

By Daniël Zuthof, 1 month1 month ago
VMware VIX
Backup

vSphere VM quiescing essentials

This week I had several conversations colleagues and suppliers regarding the quiescing options of vSphere based VMs for backup and replication purposes. During these talks I noticed that is it more complex then most would think (including myself). This gave me the idea to write a blog post about the Read more…

By Daniël Zuthof, 2 months2 months ago
VMware vSAN
Storage

Thoughts on vSAN NVMe surprise removal support

While designing a vSAN based platform for a customer lately, I was looking into NVMe based ReadyNodes which needed to run ESXi 6.7 U3. While looking for a specific Dell rackmount config in the VMware Compatibility Guide, something caught my interest. Those were the lines at the bottom of the Read more…

By Daniël Zuthof, 4 months4 months ago
NSX-T Highlights
Certification

VMware Advanced Design NSX-T Data Center 3.0 exam review

In January I attended the NSX-T 2.4 Install, Configure and Manager (ICM) course. The course itself was great and gave me thorough knowledge of the product. By attending the course, all pieces of the puzzle fell together and I was impressed with the product so far. Although NSX-T was not Read more…

By Daniël Zuthof, 4 months4 months ago
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Cloud Director

Getting a Cloud Director TLS “A” Grade – Part 2

In part 1 of this blog post, I wrote about the background of TLS. In this second part I show you how VCD (VMware Cloud Director) and often also the Load Balancer can be configured to enhance security, integrity and page speed. In this multi-part series I hope you benefit Read more…

By Daniël Zuthof, 5 months4 months ago
Cloud Director

Getting a Cloud Director TLS “A” Grade – Part 1

The Let’s Encrypt certificate I use for the Cloud Director portal running in my lab environment expired lately, therefore a renewal was needed. While renewing the certificate and checking my TLS config, it was not up to par with modern standards and that needed for be fixed. While writing down Read more…

By Daniël Zuthof, 5 months5 months ago
Cloud Director

Cloud Director NSX-T inter-tenant routing

Todays topic is VMware Cloud Director inter-tenant routing with a NSX-T backed provider VDCs (pVDC). The reason for writing this post is that some use-cases require routed connectivity between Org VDCs that may or may not be part of the same Org. Due to the multi-tenant nature of VCD, most Read more…

By Daniël Zuthof, 7 months4 months ago
VMware Code
Cloud Director

Cloud Director tidbits: Deploy VCD appliances with OVF Tool

In the second part of the Cloud Director tidbits series, I dive into the deployment of the VCD appliance using OVFtool. In hindsight I should have used it much sooner, since deploying the VCD OVA using the vSphere Client wizard is quite a hassle. Part one: Changing the sitename It Read more…

By Daniël Zuthof, 9 months9 months ago

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