Matthias Grasmück
Matthias ist unsere «Maschine» und arbeitet unermüdlich.
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- Experience
- 17 Jahre IT Erfahrung
- Languages
- DE · EN
This person's own profile is only available in German: focus, technologies, education and projects.
- 4 Jahre Ausbildung zum Systemtechniker EFZ
- 13 Jahre IT Dienstleister mit Schwerpunkt auf IT Infrastruktur- & Plattform Projekte
Awards
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Broadcom Knight award:broadcom-knight - VMware vExpert award:vexpert
Focus areas
- VMware Software-defined Data Center (SDDC) Technologien (ESXi, vSAN, NSX, Tanzu, Aria Operations for Networks)
- VMware Cloud Foundation
- Software-defined Networking sowie Distributed Security
- Micro-Segmentation Assessments
- Health Check
- Fehler- und Performance Analysen
Technologies
Further education
- Informatiker EFZ mit Schwerpunkt Systemtechnik
Certifications 27 · verified via Credly
Broadcom Partner Certification - Certified Expert - VCF Networking - Architecture 2026 
Broadcom Partner Certification - Certified Expert - VCF Networking - Implementation 2026 
Broadcom Partner Certification - Proven Professional - vSphere Kubernetes Service - Architecture 2026 
HPE ASE - Storage integrator solutions 2026 
HPE Certification Distinction Program - Professional achiever 2026 2026 
Broadcom Partner Certification - Broadcom Knight - VCF Networking 2025 A selection. 21 further active certifications are not shown. · expired ones are filtered at ingest
Project history 3 periods
- 2023
Gesundheit
System Engineer & Solutions Architect
Technologie(n): VMware Tanzu, vSphere, NSX, vSAN. Assessment, Konzeptionierung und Realisierung einer Proof-of-Concept Datacenter Container-Plattform (inkl. Hypervisor-, SDS- und SDN-Infrastruktur).
Öffentlich
System Engineer & Solutions Architect
Technologie(n): VMware Tanzu, vSphere, NSX. Assessment, Konzeptionierung und Realisierung einer Datacenter Container-Plattform (inkl. Hypervisor- und SDN-Infrastruktur) über mehrere Standorte hinweg.
- 2022
Verteidigung
System Engineer & Solutions Architect
Technologie(n): VMware Tanzu, vSphere, NSX, vSAN. Konzeptionierung und Realisierung einer Datacenter Container-Plattform (inkl. Hypervisor-, SDS- und SDN-Infrastruktur). Schulung der Betriebsorganisation im Verständnis und Umgang der neuen Container-Plattform und deren Technologien.
Banken & Finanzdienstleistungen
System Engineer & Consultant
Technologie(n): VMware NSX (Datacenter & Security). Health Check und Optimierungsanalyse von über einem Dutzend NSX Datacenter Infrastrukturen rund um den Globus. Beratung in der Einführung von Advanced Threat Prevention (ATP) Systemen basierend auf der bestehenden SDN-Lösung.
- 2021
Exekutive (Polizei)
System Engineer & Solutions Architect
Technologie(n): VMware Cloud Foundation. Konzeptionierung und Hardware-Design einer SDS-Infrastruktur sowie Konzeptionierung und Realisierung einer SDN-Infrastruktur in einer Multisite Private Cloud Architektur basierend auf VMware Cloud Foundation.
Service Provider
Solutions Architect & Techn. Teil-Projektleitung
Technologie(n): VMware Cloud Foundation. Beratung und Unterstützung bei der Erarbeitung eines Lösungsdesign sowie Automatisierungsprozessen für eine Service Plattform basierend auf VMware VCF.
2009 - 2020
Beratung, Planung, Konzeption und Implementation hochverfügbarer Multisite Datacenter Infrastrukturen/Plattformen im End-User Computing und Hybrid Cloud Umfeld im In- und Ausland. Proactive Services inklusive regelmässigen Health Checks, Fehler- sowie Performance Analysen und diverse Migrationsprojekte.
Posts
Authenticate with the vSphere Supervisor API
Have you always wondered how to log in directly to the vSphere Supervisor API to communicate directly with the Kubernetes API without having to rely on kubectl-vsphere or vcf-cli command line tool?
2026-07-29 · posts/how-to-authenticate-with-the-vsphere-supervisor-api.md · 257 words · 1 min · matthias-grasmueck
IaaS Control Plane – wrong NSX edge cluster for T1 placement
After upgrading an IaaS Control Plane environment to vSphere 8.0.3, the T1 SR instances of the vSphere namespaces stopped landing on the edge cluster they were meant to.
2024-12-04 · posts/iaas-control-plane-wrong-nsx-edge-cluster-for-t1-placement.md · 873 words · 4 min · matthias-grasmueck
IaaS Control Plane – API inaccessible
After upgrading the Supervisor cluster of our IaaS Control Plane platform to vSphere 8.0 Update 3, kubectl access to the Kubernetes clusters stopped working.
2024-11-12 · posts/iaas-control-plane-api-inaccessible.md · 951 words · 5 min · matthias-grasmueck
Distributed Network & Security Services
Virtualised networks have been running on hypervisor platforms in data centres for more than 20 years. What has changed is what they now have to cover: automation and security together.
2024-05-07 · posts/distributed-network-security-services.md · 822 words · 4 min · matthias-grasmueck
Integrating Antrea into NSX
Registering a Kubernetes cluster running Antrea with the NSX management and central control plane, so groups, policies and trace flows are managed in one place.
2024-04-16 · posts/antrea-nsx-integration.md · 1425 words · 7 min · matthias-grasmueck
vSphere with Tanzu and NSX Advanced Load Balancer – avi-secret not found
An interesting behaviour turned up during a functional test of a vSphere with Tanzu container runtime platform combined with the VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer.
2024-02-09 · posts/vsphere-with-tanzu-und-nsx-advanced-load-balancer-avi-secret-not-found.md · 854 words · 4 min · matthias-grasmueck
vSphere with Tanzu and NSX Advanced Load Balancer with a private CA
From vSphere 8.0 Update 2 you can deploy vSphere with Tanzu using NSX as the networking stack and NSX Advanced Load Balancer as the integrated L4 load balancer. With a private CA it fails.
2024-02-05 · posts/lessons-learned-vsphere-with-tanzu-und-nsx-advanced-load-balancer-integration-mit-private-ca.md · 609 words · 3 min · matthias-grasmueck