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4 Replies Last post: Jun 23, 2009 1:33 PM by cregan89

How to Deploy to a virtual network connected to a physical network posted: Mar 23, 2009 9:01 AM

AHutton

57 posts since
Dec 4, 2008

I working with a configuration that is set up as virtual network for its network. I want to be able to deploy it while connecting it to a physicla network, and allowing in/out trafffic. Can someone enlighten me?

Re: How to Deploy to a virtual network connected to a physical network

1. Mar 23, 2009 11:01 AM

in response to: AHutton

jbruelasdgo

953 posts since
Dec 22, 2004

you can publish your virtual network to the physical network, by using either a "virtual" router or a "virtual" firewall (with Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD or NetBSD)

it does not matter if your VMware product is ESX, Workstation, Server, etc

regards

Jose

Re: How to Deploy to a virtual network connected to a physical network

2. Mar 23, 2009 11:07 AM

in response to: AHutton

cmacmillan

52 posts since
Nov 3, 2004

Your virtual machine's vSwitch (and subsequent port group) must be connected to a physical NIC in an ESX/ESXi environment. The virtual network (in a GSX/VMware Server environment) attached to your virtual machine's virtual NIC must likewise be associated with a physical NIC and/or VLAN.

From that point on, you'll need compatible network protocols and gateways configured on the virtual machine(s) to interconnect with the physical network - perhaps a physical (or virtual) firewall would allow NAT to substitute in place of changing your virtual network settings...

--Collin C. MacMillan
SOLORI - Solution Oriented, LLC

Re: How to Deploy to a virtual network connected to a physical network

3. Mar 23, 2009 11:13 AM

in response to: cmacmillan

AHutton

57 posts since
Dec 4, 2008

Sorry guys, I was asking the question within the LabManger SDK context. I can do this through the web interface. What I would like to do is do it through the SOAP API. I am pretty sure this is what ConfiguarationDeployEx is for, however I have yet to have luck with the BridgedNetworkOptions Object and Fenced Network Object and how I would set them up or use them to get it to connect to the physical network when deployed. If I deploy it regular, I just get an unfenced configuration hooked to a vritual network. I would like to set the physical netwrk, tell it to connect to it as well though

Re: How to Deploy to a virtual network connected to a physical network

4. Jun 23, 2009 1:33 PM

in response to: AHutton

cregan89

12 posts since
Jun 3, 2009

I am actually looking to do this as well. From the web interface, I click on "Connect Virtual Networks to Physical Networks" and then click on "Connectivity - Allow In and Out".

ConfigurationDeploy does not have any options to do this. I am pretty sure it can be done through ConfigurationDeployEx through the "BridgeNetworkOptions" class but I haven't been able to get it to work. Does anybody have any sample code using the ConfigurationDeployEx method? Any sample code at all would be a huge help.

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