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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

Finishing a Fresh MacOS Install in 21 Minutes

March 19, 2019 / Martijn / 0 Comments

When you’re lucky, like me, you get a new laptop every 2-3 years. Last week was my turn! I swear by MacOS and luckily VMware supplies us with the option between a Dell and a MacBook Pro (sorry Michael, but that’s an easy choice).

As you would expect, VMware does a great deal to make it easy for employees to get to work and our MacBooks are pre-installed and hooked up to Workspace ONE for work application deployment.

There are quite a few applications that I use that are not in the catalogue, though. So I usually spend a couple … 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

Postman Collection for vRealize Network Insight APIs

January 24, 2019 / Martijn / 0 Comments

When developing automation and using APIs, Postman is a very welcome tool. I use it to test out API calls and to make sure I format the calls correctly, before translating it to the code of whatever I’m working on.

Postman Collections are a library of API calls and all their available options for easy and quick access to every call you often use.

vRNI API

I’ve been using a half-baked Postman Collection for the API calls I’ve been doing to Network Insight, in order to develop PowervRNI and other things. It wasn’t complete by a long shot.

Earlier this … Read more

My Home Automation Gear

December 30, 2018 / Martijn / 0 Comments

I’ve mostly kept this blog around virtualization technology. Over the last few months, I’ve had more and more conversations about home automation and how my house is tricked out. A lot of people seem to be interested in my setup, so I’m going to start sharing more on the gear, workflows & results. 🙂

Starting with my gear, this is a list of lights, switches, and other sensors to get ideas from.

Also: this is not an invitation to rob me. 😛

Orchestrators

Let’s start with the central hub(s). My primary orchestrator is a Fibaro Home Center 2, which … 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”

Lostdomain

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