Cannot upgrade vShield Manager from 5.0.2 to 5.1
I am trying to upgrade (mostly) fresh vShield 5.0.2 manager to vShield 5.1 in our test environment. When I upload the upgrade bundle, and then go to install it, the status shows "initializing" for a...
View ArticleWhat are vmservice-vshield-pg and vmservice-vmknic-pg used for?
Hi, I installed vShield App, and find that a standard virtual switch is created, with portgroup vmservice-vshield-pg and vmservice-vmknic-pg, and with no uplink. I don't understand why created these...
View ArticlevShield Edge firewall: Connection state tracking table timeout adjustable?
I am surprised that this is not mentioned anywhere but network security folks here may know that stateful firewalls such as vShield Edge need to maintain a table of all known established (accepted)...
View ArticleVXLAN instance does not exist on the host
Hello, I'm trying to deploy VXLAN, so i configured vDS, i have prepared the cluster in Network Virtualization tab, but hosts are in status "Not ready" and i can see this error in system events of...
View Articleproblems passthrough esxi 5.1
Hi. I add controller pci from host configuration -> advanced settings -> configure passthrough but when I reboot the hosts the controller missing. can you help me?. Best regards.
View Articleprepare and un-prepare cluster for network virtulization
I am need to move a host from one cluster to another. How do you un-prepare and then prepare again when you move to the new host thank you
View ArticleUsername admin/default not working
Hi, I downloaded the evaluation copy of the vCloud Networking and Security Manager using the OVA file on the website. (I believe this is the same thing as the vShield Manager) I am trying to configure...
View ArticleVM Hardware 7 & 8 not 9?
Hello all, According to the vCNS quick start guide linked below http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vshield_51_quickstart.pdf VM hardware 7 & 8 are required but 9 is not listed as being supported. Does any...
View ArticleClient WAN latency
Does anyone know what the acceptable WAN latency should be at the client site? I found documentation on vCD 1.5 at 20ms but I'm not sure that is still the case with 5.1(can't find it) For example the...
View ArticleChoosing a Network Pool type for my Evaluation Cloud
I've set up a vCloud Director roughly following the appliance installation found in the vCloud "evaluation" guide. That guide assumes that VXLAN backed network pools will be used; apparently, I don't...
View ArticleError Creating vShield Edge Device for Org vDC
I'm setting up an evaluation cloud, as per the vCloud Director 5.1 Evaluation Guide. I've hit a snag while trying to set up the edgeGateway for my org vDC. Here's the error: Deployment of edge gateway...
View ArticleUnderstanding Options on Org vDC Network Creation Wizard
I'm trying to understand how to create my org vDC Network. I have an edge device for the org and I want to create a org network that is NAT'd behind the gateway. The first screen of the wizard is...
View ArticleNot applicable to ESX version below 4.1 Patch 3
I have removed the vShield endpoint app and now when I try to re-add it I get the message:"Not applicable to ESX version below 4.1 Patch 3" I'm running ESX 5.0. I have found this kb article but it made...
View ArticleGetting "vcenter user has not been assigned a role on vshield manager"
Has anyone seen the above error when logging in to vcenter as the domain admin? I am inching ever close to a vCloud deployment and I would really like to be able to access these things from vSphere,...
View ArticlevShield Manager placement - documentation clarification required
I am in the process of deploying vShield Manager in our test and dev environment (before we implement in production). I have been reading the documentation "vShield Installation and Upgrade Guide -...
View ArticleVXLAN-VLAN communication between VM and Router
Hi All, I am looking for evaluating VXLAN in our virtualized data center environment. The setup is as follows, multiple groups of VM are configured with each VM has its own network isolation in terms...
View Articlehow to remove vshield zones service form esxi on command line ?
hi eveyone. I got a problem here ,I used to deploy vSheild zones on esxi,it's not ok, I delete the vShield manager vm ,then redeploy it again,an error encountered.I must remove or uninstall the...
View ArticleVM Hardware 7 & 8 not 9?
Hello all, According to the vCNS quick start guide linked below http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vshield_51_quickstart.pdf VM hardware 7 & 8 are required but 9 is not listed as being supported. Does any...
View ArticleClient WAN latency
Does anyone know what the acceptable WAN latency should be at the client site? I found documentation on vCD 1.5 at 20ms but I'm not sure that is still the case with 5.1(can't find it) For example the...
View ArticleChoosing a Network Pool type for my Evaluation Cloud
I've set up a vCloud Director roughly following the appliance installation found in the vCloud "evaluation" guide. That guide assumes that VXLAN backed network pools will be used; apparently, I don't...
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