A quick look at HCX+ part 2 – configuring Site Pairing and deploying a Service Mesh

Following on from my previous post on HCX+, I’ll now cover the next stage in the process. Apologies for the delay, I’ve been enjoying some time off work! As a very quick recap, so far both our on-prem and SDDC HSM appliances have been deployed and activated. If we use the UI to try and … Read more

A quick look at HCX+ part 1 – onboarding your SDDC and on-prem sites

HCX+ Initial Availability has recently launched and it is part of Project Northstar, which is essentially SaaS delivered multi-cloud Networking and Security. Rather than paraphrasing what HCX Product Manager Gabe Rosas has already written about HCX+, I’ll quote his words here: On a foundation of true & tested workload VMware mobility technologies, HCX+ provides a … Read more

VMware HCX – common misconceptions and unsupported configuration

This is a post covering some things which I regularly see in the field. I’ll endeavour to keep this updated as new releases come out. The below is currently correct (as far as I know) with HCX 4.6. Always refer to the HCX documentation for the source of truth. This is not an official VMware … Read more

How VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery compares to VMware Site Recovery Manager

VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery (VCDR) is a relatively new product, certainly compared to Site Recovery Manager (SRM) which has been around since 2007; to put that into perspective, vSphere 5.0 didn’t go GA until 2011. The basic premise of the products are similar in that we configure protected sites, recovery sites, as well as folder … Read more

Untangle an IPSEC issue – traffic selectors unacceptable

For my home firewall I’ve recently switched from using a UniFi USG Pro to a virtual Untangle Next Generation Firewall (Untangle NG Firewall) appliance. The USG has served me well, however with no future developments for USG firmware, it’s starting to show its age somewhat. More advanced VPN support is lacking, there’s no 10 Gbps … Read more