Nested Environments and Cloud Director / vRealize Automation 8

When I started my new job a Pure, one of the reasons why was to push into a new area that I've dabbled very little in. Automation and scripting/programming. I forgot how frustrating learning brand new things can be. That feeling of knowing exactly where you want to go,...
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VCIX-NV Objective 2.2 – Configure and Manage Layer 2 Bridging

Underneath todays objective we have the following topics: Add Layer 2 Bridging Connect Layer 2 Bridging to the appropriate distributed virtual port group So first let's do a little background on what we are doing and more importantly the why. Layer 2...
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VCIX-NV Objective 2.1 – Create and Manage Logical Switches

Recovering from dual hernia surgery and changing job roles…….it's me and I'm back. Moving back into the Blueprint, we are working on Objective 2.1 – Create and Manage Logical Switches. We will be covering the following points in this blog post. Create and...
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VCIX-NV Objective 1.3 Configure and Manage Transport Zones

Covering Objective 1.3 now we will be covering the following topics Create Transport Zones according to a deployment plan Configure the control plane mode for a Transport Zone Add clusters to Transport Zones Remove clusters from Transport Zones So,...
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Objective 1.2 – Prepare Host Clusters for Network Virtualization

As mentioned above the next objective is preparing your environment for network virtualization. We will cover the following topics specified in the blueprint. Prepare vSphere Distributed Switching for NSX Prepare a cluster for NSX Add / Remove Hosts...
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VCIX-NV Objective 1.1

So I started this journey a while ago, I let things get in the way of me getting it, and here we are. Trying to get back on track once again. This cert has eluded me longer than it should have. I am going to try to do a little bit of mixed media in this Blog series,...
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