When you’ve lost the root password of your NSX-T 3.x Manager, Edge or Cloud appliance (including 2.5.2+) things have gotten a lot easier. Nowadays a password reset method is now build into the Edge, Manager and Cloud Manager appliance. In the versions before 2.5.2, it was a pretty tedious procedure Read more…
A constant appearing message in Word and Excel about to “Check for updates” triggered me to start updating Microsoft Office on my Mac. Normally it starts Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) which searches for Office updates. Now it did open the tool, but it looked like it failed updating itself and got Read more…
One of my Raspberry Pi’s runs Ubuntu Server 20.04 (Focal) and has a static IP interface configuration using systemd. The Pi is configured in the same way as in the previous post on this topic, “Linux interface config with systemd“. The previous post describes how systemd can be configured for Read more…
After attending VMware EMPOWER earlier this year, I won a voucher for a free exam (thanks EMPOWER team!). I chose the NSX-T 3.1 Data Center Security exam because of personal interest and exciting security features NSX offers. While preparing for the exam I gathered a list of study materials I Read more…
In this IPv6 series I’d like to tell you about my “journey” to implement the protocol at home and in the lab. This part explains how IPv6 can be used with NSX-T in the datacenter. Expect the creation and / or configuration of T0 and T1 routers, Uplink configuration, Static Read more…
Today’s NSX-T topic is about automatically configuring hosts with IPv6 addresses. During the writing of my IPv6 series, I wondered what options are available in NSX-T and which use-cases they serve. The full list on IPv6 posts can be found here: IPv6 posts. In a IPv4 network, DHCP is used Read more…
In this part of the NSX-T tidbits series, it’s about the current IPv6 support. During the writing of my IPv6 series, I needed to know which features are currently support in the current (3.1) version and found out there isn’t a good overview of it. After digging into blog posts Read more…
On December 15, 2020, Microsoft announced to renew a current certification without additional cost for one year by passing an assessment. The renewal option became available March 2021 for an extended list of certifications on Azure, Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365. Check out this link for an overview of eligible Read more…
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 IPv6 is implemented at home. The plan is to work my way back from home to my lab in the Read more…
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…