vDS – Virtualization, DBaaS & Whatever Crosses My Mind

Migrate ESXi VMkernel Port Group To A vSphere Standard Switch

magander — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 11:16:41 +0000

One thing I don’t do very often is to move an ESXi VMkernel port group from a vDistributed Switch (vDS/VDS) to a vSphere Standard Switch/Virtual Standard Switch (VSS). It’s usually the other way around, right? So when I had that question last week I had to look it up in the UI and this is …

Heads Up! No More Third Party Virtual Switches API For ESXi

magander — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 10:22:24 +0000

Update 2017-04-01 No it is official, see VMware KB 2149722 for more information. —————————————————————————————– Since I know quite a few of my customers are using third party switches in their vSphere environment instead of the VMware native Virtual Standard Switch (VSS) or vNetwork Distributed Switch (VDS) i wanted to provide you with some information I have …

Backup vSphere vNetwork Distributed Switches using PowerCLI

magander — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 20:43:47 +0000

A few weeks ago a customer asked me how to automate the export of the vSphere vNetwork Distributed Switches (VDS) configuration. Their existing routine included to make a manual export of the VDS configuration whenever a VDS change was implemented including adding or removing a VDS port group. In the vSphere Web Client you can …

vSphere Distributed Port Group Teaming and Failover – Failback option

magander — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 10:52:35 +0000

Last week i had a discussion with a customer regarding the vSphere Distributed Port Group Teaming and Failover configuration Failback (Failback) when using the Teaming and Failover: Load balancing configuration “Route based on physical NIC load” aka LBT. All available dvUplinks configured as Active uplinks. We discussed if the Failback configuration makes a difference regarding virtual …