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VMware on AWS - How to restore NSX DFW firewall rules to previous state

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Customers who uses NSX day-in, day-out would like to have a point-in time restore functionality of DFW firewall rules. Many customer have a large footprints in VMC and make changes to DFW quite often. This feature was missing for long time and we could see its included in recent versions . Let's see how DFW configuration roll back works  NSX DFW configuration has versioning, and it is stored in the NSX Manager.  Every time when someone update DFW configuration, NSX creates one more version but keep storing the previous ones. You can rollback for previous config but reapplying it once again.  You can find the options under Networking & Security tab , > Security > Distributed Firewall . In the right side we see an Actions drop down. Choose View to get to the below screen.  Let’s go through the use case:  1. Original state- default config with no custom rules:  a. There are no saved configurations during last 30 days: In my existing test setup, with the current setting
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What’s New in vSphere 6.5: Host & Resource Management and Operations

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vSphere 6.5 brings a number of enhancements to ESXi host lifecycle management as well as some new capabilities to our venerable resource management features, DRS and HA.  There are also greatly enhanced developer and automation interfaces, which are a major focus in this release.  Last but not least, there are some notable improvements to vRealize Operations, since this product is bundled with certain editions of vSphere.  Let’s dig into each of these areas. Enhanced vSphere Host Lifecycle Management Capabilities With vSphere 6.5, administrators will find significantly easier and more powerful capabilities for patching, upgrading, and managing the configuration of VMware ESXi hosts. VMware Update Manager (VUM) continues to be the preferred approach for keeping ESXi hosts up to date, and with vSphere 6.5 it has been fully integrated with the VCSA.  This eliminates the additional VM, operating system license, and database dependencies of the previous architecture, and now benefit
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Introducing vSphere 6.5

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VMware announces vSphere 6.5, the latest version of its industry-leading virtualization platform.  This new release of vSphere features a dramatically simplified experience, comprehensive built-in security, and a universal app platform for running any app. vSphere 6.5 accelerates the customer transition to digital transformation and cloud computing by addressing key challenges: 1.     Environments growing increasingly complex, 2.     Growing IT security threats, and 3.     The need to support both existing and new apps and services. Let’s take a look at some of the key capabilities. Dramatically Simplified Experience vSphere 6.5 elevates the customer experience to an entirely new level. It provides exceptional management simplicity, operational efficiency, and faster time to market vSphere 6.5 makes the  vCenter Server Appliance  the fundamental building block of a vSphere environment. The core vSphere architecture is built around this easy to deploy and manage appr
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