VCF Automation & NSX Networking

Troubleshoot ESXi to NSX Controller connectivity.

Issue, SSH to ESXi and check connectivity to NSX controller Troubleshooting steps: Use to test communications from the ESXi node to all NSX-T manager TCP ports 1234 and 1235. nc -z nc -zv 10.40.244.131 443 nc -zv 10.40.244.131 1234 nc -zv 10.40.244.131 1235 nc -zv 10.40.244.131 5671 check if below service is running, /etc/init.d/nsx-nestdb status /etc/init.d/nsx-nestdb start Its up now,

Milton Sarkar

Jan 131 min read

How to upgrade NSX from 4.1.2.1 to 4.1.2.6 using Async Patch Tool (AP) in a VMware Cloud Foundation Environment

https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/390122 >> As per step 5 enabled async patches in SDDC with inputspec mode as follows,...

Milton Sarkar

Jul 1, 20251 min read

Apply Patch on VMWare AVI Load Balancer to fix CVEs.

VMSA-2025-0011: VMware Avi Load Balancer addresses an authenticated blind SQL Injection vulnerability (CVE-2025-41233):...

Milton Sarkar

Jun 3, 20251 min read

VCF Automation : Resetting and Remediating vRLI Admin Password via PowerShell & VCF API.

This PowerShell script is designed to automate the reset of the admin password on the primary vRLI node and remediate (update) the new...

Milton Sarkar

May 18, 20252 min read

VCF Automation: Verifying VMware Aria operations for logs (vRLI) Admin Status in a VCF Environment Using PowerShell & PowerVCF.

This script is designed to connect to the SDDC Manager , retrieve VMware Aria operations for logs (vRLI) server details, and then use...

Milton Sarkar

May 17, 20252 min read

VCF Automation: Automate the rotation of root passwords for selected ESXi hosts in a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environment.

#VCF #PowerVCF #SDDC #ESXI #vmwarecloudfoundation #PowerShell Let's talk about the script before executing it. Set variables: Define VCF...

Milton Sarkar

May 15, 20253 min read