In my last VMware vCloud Director project I ran into an issue that I want to share with you. Initially the design was to create two OrgVDC to use different allocation models, but the resources would be almost the same because it was only a fairly small environment. I created one Edge Gateway and two […]
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VMware vCloud 5.1 network troubleshooting
When creating NAT and firewall rules in a vCloud environment, not everything works out directly the way you had planned. This post will show you how to use Splunk to collect sys logs from the vCloud environment and make it an easy to use tool when performing some network troubleshooting. Splunk comes in a number […]
Don’t be a dumbass, check the VMware Compatibility Guides!
Too often I read upgrade plans or visit sites with plans to upgrade VMware products or buy new hosts and notice that the VMware Compatibility Guides have never been checked when making plans. First thing I always do when changing big parts in a virtual infrastructure is to dive into the compatibility guides to check […]
VMware vCloud error: Batch update returned unexpected row
Ran into a bit of a weird issue the other day. Suddenly non of my vApps could be started and all I got back was the following errors: “Batch update returned unexpected row count from update [0]; actual row count: 0; expected: 1” (See screenshot). Some google searches didn’t give any results related to VMware, […]
VMware vCloud 5.1 Networking for dummies part 3
I hope you enjoyed part 1 and part 2 of my VMware vCloud networking series. At least I learned a lot from writing these posts and I have now much more confidence in being able to deploy a vCloud environment. In this part I’m going to explain how to publish a Web Site from a […]