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Should I migrate Domain Controllers using HCX?

28 October 2024 chris 1 Comment

Whilst HCX is a perfectly suitable to migrate most workloads, there are some which require careful consideration and planning such…

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Posted in: HCX, Microsoft, Networking, VMware Filed under: hcx, migration, vexpert, vmware

HCX 4.10 – encryption-less tunnels performance testing

26 July 2024 chris 1 Comment

HC 4.10 has just been released and with it come a whole host of excellent new features. You can read…

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Posted in: Certification, HCX, Homelab, Networking, VCF, VMC on AWS, vSAN Filed under: gro, hcx, hcx 4.10, migrations, unencrypted, vexpert, vmware, vmware hcx

What’s new in HCX 4.8? Selectable Service Mesh!

21 November 2023 chris 1 Comment

With the release of HCX 4.8 comes in my opinion one of the biggest new features released since Network Extension…

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Posted in: HCX, Homelab, Networking, VMware Filed under: hcx, hcx 4.8, hcx service mesh, hcx update, vmware, vsphere

How to change HCX Manager IP Address

3 November 2023 chris 1 Comment

I’ve seen a few cases in the field where a HCX Manager has been deployed onto the same network which…

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Posted in: HCX, Homelab, Networking, NSX, UniFi, VMware Filed under: change hcx ip, hcx, homelab

Configure BGP on a UniFi Dream Machine (UDM) v3.1.x or later

26 June 2023 chris 12 Comments

I previously blogged that you can install and enable FRR on a UniFi UDM (or UDM SE) running UniFi OS…

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Posted in: Homelab, Networking, NSX, UniFi, VMware

Can you use HCX OSAM to migrate from Native Azure to vSphere?

3 May 2023 chris Leave a comment

HCX OS Assisted Migration (OSAM for short) is a VMware tool where VMs hosted on either KVM or Hyper-V or…

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Posted in: HCX, Homelab, Linux, Microsoft, Networking, Ubuntu, UniFi, VMware Filed under: azure, hcx, homelab, migration, native azure to vsphere, osam, ubuntu, vsphere

HCX Network Extension with LACP – quick update

6 April 2023 chris Leave a comment

LACP on ESXi is fairly common with some vendors that do their own networking between the Top of Rack switches…

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Posted in: HCX, Networking, VMC on AWS, VMware Filed under: hcx, l2e, lacp, network extension

My homelab – 2023 Update Part 1

29 March 2023 chris 2 Comments

Although I have previously documented my homelab, there have been some changes as well as a housemove. This is part…

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Posted in: Dell, HCX, Homelab, Microsoft, Networking, NSX, QNAP, Synology, UniFi, VMC on AWS, VMware, vSAN Filed under: hcx, homelab, nsx, unifi, vexpert, vsphere

Configure BGP on a UDM SE v3.0.10 or later

25 October 2022 chris 12 Comments

Update 26/07/23 – if you are running 3.1.x then follow my updated post here: https://chrisdooks.com/2023/06/26/configure-bgp-on-a-unifi-dream-machine-udm-v3-1-x-or-later/ Update 23/07/23 – it seems…

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Posted in: Homelab, Networking, NSX, Ubuntu, UniFi, VMware

Untangle an IPSEC issue – traffic selectors unacceptable

20 January 2022 chris 1 Comment

For my home firewall I’ve recently switched from using a UniFi USG Pro to a virtual Untangle Next Generation Firewall…

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Posted in: Homelab, Networking, UniFi, Untangle, VMC on AWS, VMware Filed under: bufferbloat, codel, fq, fq_codel, ipsec, nsx, nsx-t, untangle, vmc on aws

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