GRE Tunneling with NVGRE Gateways and SCVMM 2012 R2 UR5

GRE tunneling option was enabled with Update Rollup 5 in SCVMM 2012 R2. But to fully enable it you had to install some update on NVGRE Gateways. I’ve predicted that such hotfix will be available soon and now it is out. You can find it here and enable the full scenario with VMM and NVGRE Gateways. Continue reading “GRE Tunneling with NVGRE Gateways and SCVMM 2012 R2 UR5”

Azure Pack / SCVMM NAT Rule Port Ranges

When you are creating NAT rules either in VMM or Azure Pack you should know there are some limitations on Source and Destination Ports. Continue reading “Azure Pack / SCVMM NAT Rule Port Ranges”

NVGRE Gateway Cluster Not Discovered Completely by the Multi-Tenant RRAS MP

In the past I’ve tried Multi-Tenant RRAS Management Pack with NVGRE Gateway that was not in the cluster. Recently I was able to try the MP with NVGRE Gateway cluster but I’ve met some challenges. Continue reading “NVGRE Gateway Cluster Not Discovered Completely by the Multi-Tenant RRAS MP”

Quick Look at Multi-Tenant RRAS Management Pack

If you are using Network Virtualization from Microsoft you probably also using Multi-Tenant Gateways. In such scenario the gateways become critical part of your infrastructure and would be best if you can monitor them. Continue reading “Quick Look at Multi-Tenant RRAS Management Pack”

Updated: Hybrid Cloud with NVGRE (WSSC 2012 R2) Whitepaper

Hybrid Cloud with NVGRE (WSSC 2012 R2) Whitepaper is updated here to reflect R2 RTM. Hope you will like it. Authors are Kristian Nese and Flemming Riis. Technical reviewers are Daniel Neumann and me.