Tag: VMware

  • Notes from the field: NetScaler VPX & Intel Xeon Gold

    Quite recently I came across an issue when deploying a VPX instance on VMware 6.5, which resulted in a bug of the VPX image and underlying physical hardware. For reference the following hardware was backing the hypervisor: Supermicro SYS-2029U-E1CR25M Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5118 CPU @ 2.30GHz VMware ESXi, 6.5.0, 7967591 with vSAN NetScaler VPX 12.0…

  • Notes from the field: uberAgent to the rescue!!

    We all know it, the once in a while “it’s slow logging  on..” and then it gets dropped at the escalation desk for a resolution. So I got the call for troubleshooting this issue. Since I knew from previous experiences that uberAgent is the troubleshooting tool you will want for this I contacted them and…

  • Notes from the lab: NetScaler VPX nsnet_connect prevents logon

    When I started to rebuild my lab I came across the most strangest thing when configuring my NetScaler’s again. First a little background regarding my setup: VMware ESXi 6.5u1 Hypervisors NetScaler VPX 1000 Platinum Appliances Distributed vSwitches with vlan trunks enabled Dedicated NSVLAN for management (tagged) Data transport vlan tagged   Whilst configuring and setting…