== This entry is a work in progress ==
This post will describe how to automatically configure and image a clean PowerEdge (or generic vendor) for ESXi deployment:
Category: VMware
Feb 11 2023
vRealize Lifecycle Manager – Staging Updates
This post will describe staging updates or Images into vRealize LifeCycle Manager. In some cases vRSLCM cannot connect to internet directly and therefore updates have to be manually staged/updated.
Oct 25 2022
VCF SDDC Manager – TCP/TLS Logging
The SDDC Manager in VCF 4.x does not contain an integrated/pre-installed vRealize LogInsight agent any more. If you need to forward log data to the centralized syslog environment this will require configuring additional OS rsylsog entries. The example below covers the configuration for TCP/TLS.
Dec 31 2021
NSX-T Edge and Manager CFAPI/TLS Integration
NSX-T edges, manager and components do support integration with LogInsight CFAPI Agent with TLS. However the NSX-T Manager UI does not support this specific combination of options and requires CLI work in order to function.
Dec 30 2021
NSX-T Overlay Configuration (EDGE/HOST)
Update: 2025 for NSX4.x
VMware NSX-T™ Data Center provides an agile software-defined infrastructure to build cloud-native application environments.
NSX-T Data Center focuses on providing networking, security, automation, and operational simplicity for emerging application frameworks and architectures that have heterogeneous endpoint environments and technology stacks. NSX-T Data Center supports cloud-native applications, bare metal …
Dec 05 2021
ESX supressing Log Messages
Sometimes it is very useful to filter most of the data coming out of each ESXi host. The destination logging servers will have cleaner logs as most junk is filtered out. This post will define the current defined filters and the source is from the VMware site itself.
Mar 06 2021
VMware WS1XS – Cluster “down” / Synchronize Nodes
In certain scenarios VMware Workspace One access can be left in a unsynchronized state. Following procedure will allow for making sure WS1XS is fully operational again and healthy. This procedure is a shortening of https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/75080 which is the official procedure.