As I am exploring vRealize Operations 6.1, I am unearthing the goodness of the new features which are introduced with this release. One of the biggest feature for me which the product delivers now is the new enhanced reporting feature. This reporting feature allows you to import a Custom Dashboard into a report. Yes youContinue reading “Using Custom Reports To Publish Dashboards in vRealize Operations 6.1”
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Virtual Machine Capacity Profiles in vRealize Operations 6.1
Let me start this article with this statement, “vRealize Operations Manager 6.1 is probably the best UI for an enterprise Performance, Capacity or Monitoring tool I have ever seen”. I must congratulate the VMware R&D folks and the Product Management to transform vCenter Operations to vRealize Operations in a beautiful way. Yes I work for VMwareContinue reading “Virtual Machine Capacity Profiles in vRealize Operations 6.1”
Configuring vRealize Suite 6.0 for Backup and Restore by Using Symantec NetBackup 7.6
Just wanted to quickly post about a great whitepaper which was recently released by VMware. The whitepaper is titled “Configuring vRealize Suite 6.0 for Backup and Restore by Using Symantec NetBackup 7.6” and as the same suggests it s a prescriptive guide which can be used to backup all the components of vCloud Suite 6.0.Continue reading “Configuring vRealize Suite 6.0 for Backup and Restore by Using Symantec NetBackup 7.6”
Part 1 – Virtualizing SAP – Why, When & How?
Last week I introduced this series about running SAP on VMware and this would be the first part of this series. As a technologist, I believe we should always look at both the sides of the coin while taking decisions and for me the first side is always business. If you are not designing aContinue reading “Part 1 – Virtualizing SAP – Why, When & How?”
SAP on VMware Series : It’s all about the Design!
Some time back I tweeted about the value of doing a series around running SAP workloads on VMware and I got a positive response from the community as this is still considered to be a black art. I was lucky to learn from some of the best in the industry and I am referring toContinue reading “SAP on VMware Series : It’s all about the Design!”
A Sneak Peak of our VMworld Session : MGT 4973 Mastering Performance Monitoring and Capacity Planning.
VMworld 2015 San Francisco Edition is wrapped up and I am back home to the Sunny Singapore. Being in the VMware arena for more than 7 years now, this was only my first VMworld and it was simply amazing. I had withdrawal symptoms once I was back as everything just became slow after those 4Continue reading “A Sneak Peak of our VMworld Session : MGT 4973 Mastering Performance Monitoring and Capacity Planning.”
Monitoring VSAN hardware using vRealize Operations Dashboard.
A few days back I mentioned about the general availability of the vRealize Operations Management pack for vROps in my article here. While building content for VMworld, I tried my hands on the management pack and the metrics which are generated by vROps through this adapter and I was amazed at the amount of detail whichContinue reading “Monitoring VSAN hardware using vRealize Operations Dashboard.”
Guest Post : vRealize Operations Manager Metric Guide!
************Updated with vROps 6.6. Statkeys on 8th January 2018************** I would like to thank my great friend Sunny Dua for giving me the opportunity to be his guest blogger. I came across many requests both internally (field consultants / SE) and externally (Clients) for an extensive list of available metrics of vRealize Operations Manager inContinue reading “Guest Post : vRealize Operations Manager Metric Guide!”
vRealize Production Test v1.2 is Generally Available
VMware just announced the vRealize Production Test version 1.2 today. Now that I have started working on vRealize Automation for my recent cloud automation projects, I really think that vRealize Production Test is a great tool which helps monitor a vRealize Suite Deployment to ensure it is working as designed and implemented. This is a greatContinue reading “vRealize Production Test v1.2 is Generally Available”
Use vRealize Operations to Monitor the Health of VSAN.
During a recent discussion about VMworld with Rawlinson Rivera a.k.a the VSAN Guru, we discussed about how vRealize Operations can be leveraged to monitor the performance and capacity of a VSAN Cluster. We discussed the VSAN Management Pack which was announced in beta earlier this year by VMware and during the discussion we came up with aContinue reading “Use vRealize Operations to Monitor the Health of VSAN.”
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