Category Archives: vmug
Troubleshooting vRA upgrade – Aria Automation Series
While upgrading vRealize to Aria Automation I ran into some blocking issues, I share in this article the KB and commands that helped me solve them and complete the upgrade. Pre Checks fail due to low disk space on LCM … Continue reading
Upgrade vRA 8.11.2 to 8.18.0 – Aria Automation Series
And now comes the best part 🙂 As you have seen, the installation with Easy Installer is not complicated, the upgrade requires more attention. First you need to check the upgrade paths of the products involved and the relative compatibility … Continue reading
Install vRealize Automation 8.11.2 – Aria Automation Series
This is the first article in a series on Aria Automation. Yes, the title talks about the installation of the 8.11.2 release, when the product was still called vRealize Automation. Why talk about such an old version? Because it often … Continue reading
VCF 5.2 Administrator – my experience
The good and the bad of my job? You never stop learning 🙂 Keeping up with technology requires a lot of effort in terms of time and money, stay on track can prove stressful but challenging at the same time. … Continue reading
Deploy NSX ALB for TKG Standalone
In previous articles we have seen how to create a standalone TKG cluster using NSX ALB as a loadbalancer, let’s see how to install and configure it for TKG. First we need to check which version is in compatibility matrix … Continue reading
ESXi Network Tools
Sometimes it happens to troubleshoot an ESXi host for network problems. Over time I created a small guide to help me remember the various commands, I share it hoping it will be useful to everyone 🙂 esxcli network (here the … Continue reading
NSX-T Upgrade
The NSX-T installation series started with 3.1.x, it’s time to upgrade to 3.2 🙂 The upgrade is completely managed by NSX Manager, let’s see the process starting from the official documentation. The upgrade version will be 3.2.2, this is because … Continue reading
Create host transport nodes
Last article in the series is about preparing esxi hosts to turn them into Trasnport Nodes. First you need to create some profiles to be used later for preparing hosts. From the Manager console, move to System -> Fabric -> … Continue reading
Create an NSX Edge cluster
Now that we have created our Edges we need to associate them with a new Edge Cluster. From the Manager Console navigate to System -> Fabric -> Nodes -> Edge Cluster. Select + ADD EDGE CLUSTER Enter the name of … Continue reading
Install NSX Edges
Core components of NSX are Edges that provide functionality such as routing and connecting to the outside world, NAT services, VPN, and more. Let’s briefly see the requirements necessary for their installation. As can be understood from the table, it … Continue reading