Using the VCNS Edge Appliance for a Lab VPN
I'm interested in using the VCNS Edge appliance for a lab VPN. What I would like to do is set it up and create a VPN to be able to access my environment remotely. I'd like to get as much VCNS Edge...
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Add new host to existing VXLAN cluster
Hello Everyone, I have a cluster containing 2 hosts that are prepared to use VXLAN. Now I want to add new hosts to the cluster but I don't know how the preparation steps because the cluster are already...
View ArticlevShield Edge IP-SEC setup to allow IP-SEC initiation from "internet"
I need to establish an IP-SEC VPN from Internet "any dynamic IP adresses" to an vCloud Director "Org Network". I thought it's simple... Just use 0.0.0.0 as Peer IP and use a Policy for all 3 Possible...
View ArticleSetting App Firewall Rules via the API fails immediately after PortGroup...
vCNS 5.5 On a freshly created DVPortGroup I can successfully change the Namespace via the API to Independent to (among other things) enable the App Firewall. If I then immediately send another API call...
View ArticlevShield Manager Configuration Question
I am setting up vShield in a lab environment to set up testing for VXLAN. When I set up the vShield Manager, can I use a DHCP address for it or does it require a static address? Thanks in advance.
View Articlehow to use multiple external IP address (different subnet) on vShield Edges?
Hello,Current, the vShield Edges for us is using the external subnet 21.32.65.0/28 for one of the uplink port, and the internal subnet is like 192.168.1.0/24. One day, we found that, the IP addresses...
View ArticlevShield Web Interface
Hi, Although I'm able to login on the console with the admin user and password (even the enable password is working) the web interface presents me a "Please enter a valid username and password" error...
View ArticlevShield Endpoint - One Host Loses Connectivity to ESX Module
Recently one of our hosts has been failing to connect to the vShield Manager. After a reboot or Endpoint re-installation the server works for a while, but eventually vShield Manager reports that it...
View ArticlevShield Edge WAN throughput
Hello all, I have a situation where when running speed tests on a VM attached to a vShield Edge appliance that is deployed through vCloud director 5.5. I have ran speed tests and seemingly am only able...
View ArticlevShield 5.1 Manager Web Interface locked out
I changed the password on the web gui and now I'm locked out..Is there a way to change it via the CLI? Thanks!
View ArticlevCloud Director 5.5, Edge Gateway Load Balancing
Hello I've configured on my vCloud Director 5.5 and Edge Gateway, that load balances two Webservers. On the Tab Pool Servers - configure health check, the monitor Port is on port 80.When I shutdown...
View ArticleDeploying vShield Apps manually?
Hi,I'm currently in the process od deploying vShield Apps in my environment. The problem I have is, that the environment is heavily firewalled an I cannot open a direct connection from the ESXi hosts,...
View ArticlevCNS product roadmap
So I see that vCNS 5.5 has been out of GA for over a year with no product that I can see as a replacement, except NSX maybe. It also already had an exception made to extend support to 2016 instead of...
View ArticlevShield Endpoint Licensing
Hi, I'm looking at moving our AV product (Sophos) over to utilise vShield within our vSphere environment, but I'm getting a little confused around the licensing Within myVMware I have a license key for...
View ArticlevShield Edge SSL VPN logs
Hi, I am testing vShield Edge SSL VPN and would like to be able see all SSL VPN logs from when clients connects to SSL VPN Server till logout. I am forwarding all logs through Syslog, but when I am...
View ArticleLink aggregation and vShield
HiIs it part of vShield requirement to configure link aggregation on physical switch and LACP on vDS? Thanks
View ArticleAdd Changes via vCNS formaly known as vShield Manager or vCloud Director ?
What is recommended actually ? I generally prefer using the vShield Maner to change the configuration (especially for firewall rules as you can imagine) but in the past we had trouble that every...
View ArticleProcedure to migrate hosts with VDS in disaster recovery scenario
Hi all,I have the following scenario: N esxi hosts with X VMs active2 Clusters1 vShield Manager (VCNS)2 vShield Edge (in HA)2 vCenter server (in HA with hearthbeat)1 VDS attached to the vShield and...
View ArticleDoes VShield edge supports application firewalling such as MS RPC?
Hi,I am new to vShield Edge and wanted to know if it supports MS RPC, FTP etc Inspection or similar application firewalling capabilities, the vShield 5.0 Release notes state it does support it, but its...
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vCNS appliance - can we configure static hosts ?
Hello, We are currently in the process of building a test env, but without AD / DNS . The reason is that we have to have a full working env, and afterwards start integrating the components with AD /...
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