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Adding 100 Switches to vRealize Network Insight in 20 minutes

January 9, 2020 / Martijn / 0 Comments

Adding a bunch of data sources to vRealize Network Insight can be tedious, especially when the number of data sources goes into the 100s. This is one of the reasons why PowervRNI exists, and it’s been helping organizations to add their entire network infrastructure to Network Insight in 1 go.

There’s an example script in the PowervRNI GitHub repository called datasource-bulk-import.ps1, that allows you to add data sources of all types in bulk. To make getting started a little easier, I’ve recorded a video that focuses on adding 100 Cisco Nexus 5K switches to Network Insight in roughly 20 … Read more

Automating cleaning up NSX-T with PKS protected objects

August 15, 2019 / Martijn / 0 Comments

Building on the post that Jeffrey Kusters did on removing protected objects from NSX-T that PKS has created, I needed to automate this process for an environment which had 100+ of these objects.

First, a tiny bit of background; VMware PKS makes it pretty easy to deploy applications via Kubernetes and deploy them securely – because NSX-T is integrated and each Kubernetes objects will be firewalled, load balancers and can use other networking services to expose itself to the end users.

The integration between PKS and NSX-T is fully automated, and PKS creates protected objects (logical switches, logical routers, firewall … Read more

Deploying vRealize Network Insight via Ovftool

June 23, 2019 / Martijn / 0 Comments

vRealize Network Insight used to have OVA properties that you could use to configure its network settings and desired login credentials, but since version 3.8, they changed the setup procedure to include the setup utility. Meaning you would have to log in to the console and configure it that way.

If you’re deploying Network Insight once and then start using, this is not much of an issue. But, there are people (like me) that deploy on a regular basis. That’s where logging into the console each time becomes a hassle, as it takes longer and it is more steps than … Read more

vRealize Network Insight 4.1 – What’s New – API Edition

April 23, 2019 / Martijn / 2 Comments

While I have all new features and awesomeness of the new version of vRealize Network Insight; 4.1, covered in my official VMware blog post (still can’t believe I get to post there 😀 ), I thought I’d also cover what’s new in the API. As it’s quite a lot!

With Network Insight 4.1, the API version was updated to 1.1.1.

New Data Source Types

All the new data sources in 4.1 have also been made available in the API and all missing data sources from the 4.0 have also been added. This means you can add and otherwise manipulate F5 … Read more

Time for a change!

January 25, 2019 / Martijn / 2 Comments

I’m close to working at VMware as an NSBU Pre-Sales Systems Engineer for 3 years now. Focusing fully on NSX (and all its family members) has always been a dream come true. I believe the way VMware executes on software-defined networking (SD-everything, really) is the future and good things are happening because of it.

Arkin

I don’t think I’ve made it a secret that I’m pretty much in love with Network Insight. Ever since I found it in 2014 (when it was still called Arkin) and I got it into the cloud proposition that I managed, it significantly changed my … Read more

vRealize Network Insight 4.0 – Smaller Gems

December 23, 2018 / Martijn / 0 Comments

Network Insight 4.0 was released today and it undeniably the biggest release they’re ever done. It’s packed with some huge features and a lot of small goodness.

While Karl has done an excellent job of describing the top features in this blog post, I’ll go through the somewhat smaller features which will make your life better. But first, here’s a quick recap of the major features:

Cisco ACI support to gain insight into the underlying topology
Standardized BGP-EVPN support as an underlay
F5 BIG-IP router support
Cisco ASA support
sFlow support for incoming network flows

Walkthroughs or “Self Service”

Why the #vCommunity is important to me

November 23, 2018 / Martijn / 0 Comments

..and other vExperts.

A little overdue, mostly because we were still hunting down 2 lost videos; sorry Abdullah & Joep!

During VMworld Europe, I was invited to present on VMworld TV for the second time (god knows why) and had a two-fold mission: put a spotlight on some of the vExperts and ask them why the VMware Community (#vCommunity) is important for them and ask them for advice for people wanting to become a part of it.

Why?

The reason is quite simple; when I was pulled into it by some people I looked up to, … Read more

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