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Rename Edge Gateway

Rename Edge Gateway in vCHS

By on January 9, 2014 in vCloud Air

As most of you know, I recently joined the vCHS BU as a Technical Marketing Architect. While playing with vCHS, I deployed my own Edge Gateway device, so I could have access to my VM’s from the internet. What happened? Well typically I got a call from Colotti telling me I hadn’t conformed to his naming conventions. (Typical if you know Colotti). Damn, I thought. I will have to redeploy the edge gateway now, and reconfigure all my firewall rules! For anyone who works with vCloud Director, you will know that you can only rename edge gateways if you are a global admin. Being an Org Admin just isnt enough power. Within vCHS I am only an org admin, so no luck there. Damn again I thought. I really do have to re-deploy it! Wait a minute… Whats this? A nice shiny rename Edge Gateway button within the vCHS UI! […]

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How to configure DHCP server using vCloud Networking and Security Edge device (vShield)

How to configure DHCP server using vCloud Networking and Security Edge device (vShield)

By on December 10, 2012 in vCloud Networking and Security

This is a follow on post from my previous article titled How to deploy a vCloud Networking and Security Edge device. This post will show you the steps required to configure the Edge device to act as a DHCP server. Login to the vCloud Networking and Security Manager (vShield Manager) Select the DHCP tab Click Plus in the DHCP Pools section Enter the DHCP Pool configuration Click Add Click Enable to activate DHCP After enabling, click Publish Changes for all configuration options to be sent to the Edge Device    

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How to configure a Load Balancer using vCloud Networking and Security Edge device (vShield)

How to configure a Load Balancer using vCloud Networking and Security Edge device (vShield)

By on November 6, 2012 in vCloud Networking and Security

This is a follow on post from my previous article titled How to deploy a vCloud Networking and Security Edge device. This post will show you the steps required to configure the Edge device to act as a Load Balancer. This is particularly useful if you are deploying multiple vCloud Director cells. Login to the vCloud Networking and Security Manager (formerly and still called vShield Manager) Select Edges from the View drop down on the left hand side You will see a list of Edge devices deployed, select the one you want to use and click the configure icon, and select Manage Select Load Balancer from the Edge configuration window Click the Plus icon to create a new pool of servers that this Edge device will balance the load across You will be prompted with the Add Pool wizard Enter a name for this pool of servers and a description […]

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How to deploy a vCloud Networking and Security edge device

How to deploy a vCloud Networking and Security edge device

By on October 18, 2012 in vCloud Networking and Security

Today I have been working in the lab messing around with vCloud Networking and Security for one of the projects I am working on. With all the new changes in vCloud Networking and Security version 5.1, deploying an edge device needs a little understanding. I have written this blog article to walk you through the steps involved in deploying an edge device, and what to look for when you have deployed it. The following steps show how to deploy a vCloud Networking and Security edge device through the vCloud Networking and Security Manager. Login to the vCloud Networking and Security Manager (formerly and still called vShield Manager) Expand Datacenters, and select the datacenter you want to deploy your edge device in, and select the tab Network Virtualization Select Edges.  You will be shown a list of the current edge devices.  Click the green plus to add a new edge device […]

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vCloud Ecosystem components explained

vCloud Ecosystem components explained

By on October 25, 2011 in Cloud Computing

During VMworld Chris Colotti and I presented quite a few group discussions on VMware vCloud.  During these discussions some people were amazed to find out how many components/products are involved in making up the vCloud environment.  When planning on building a VMware vCloud, you are not just installing vCloud Director and pointing it to vSphere, you are designing/building a whole Ecosystem. The list below shows which components are used in building a full vCloud environment.  They are listed in order of priority. vSphere ESXi vCenter vCloud Director vShield Manager vCenter Chargeback Vcenter Update Manager vCenter Orchestrator vCloud Service Manager vCloud Connector So why are these components important?  When designing a vCloud environment, you need to take into consideration the availability of certain components, like vCenter for example.  This is no longer a management tool that is used to manage your virtual infrastructure.  This is a critical component of your vCloud […]

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