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Part 1 – Creating a Cluster Utilization Dashboard in vCOps Custom User Interface!

A few days back I wrote a post on creating a One-Click Cluster Capacity Dashboard which was liked by a number of people in the virtual world. In-fact it was so easy to download and replicate that within a few hours of rolling out that post, I could see a number of people coming backContinue reading “Part 1 – Creating a Cluster Utilization Dashboard in vCOps Custom User Interface!”

VMware Announces The Winners of vExpert 2014!

It’s the time of the year when VMware announces the winners of the one of the most prestigious title in the world of Virtualization & Cloud Computing. Yes, the results of VMware vExpert were declared a few minutes back. You can find the list of vExperts 2014 in the following article http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2014/04/vexpert-2014-announcement.html I am ELATEDContinue reading “VMware Announces The Winners of vExpert 2014!”

Part 10 – vCOps Custom UI – Configuring User Authentication & Permissions!

I would begin this post by thanking and welcoming BLUE MEDORA as a new sponsor for vXpress. Blue Medora has been doing some fantastic innovation around IT Infrastructure Management by extending the monitoring capabilities of leading monitoring solutions available in the market. They have done a ton of great work around vCOps by developing content packsContinue reading “Part 10 – vCOps Custom UI – Configuring User Authentication & Permissions!”

Two Big Results Today – Stepped into Fatherhood & Jumped into TOP 30 of TOP vBLOG 2014

Their are only a few dates which are close to my heart & 27th March 2014 has definitely taken the Top Spot in the list. It’s 2 in the night and I have already changed 5 diapers in the past 3 hours. The Demand in terms of vCOps in way higher than the allocation ;-).Continue reading “Two Big Results Today – Stepped into Fatherhood & Jumped into TOP 30 of TOP vBLOG 2014”

Part 9 – User Authentication in vCenter Operations Manager!

In the previous part of this series, we looked at the option of altering the data retention policies of vCenter Operations Manager. If you have been following this series, you would be knowing that we are taking a step by step approach towards deploying a robust vCOps infrastructure which can help you do Performance ManagementContinue reading “Part 9 – User Authentication in vCenter Operations Manager!”

Part 8 – Setting up vCOps Data Retention Policy

In the last post we looked at setting up the advanced parameters for session timeout on Custom & vSphere User Interfaces. Let us look at another advanced setting which requires a tweak in most of the cases. In this post of this series, I will post the steps you need to follow in order toContinue reading “Part 8 – Setting up vCOps Data Retention Policy”

Part 7 – Changing/Disabling the vCOps User Interface Timeout Values!

Once you are done with the basic Admin UI configuration as shown in the last article you would want to move on to certain advanced settings which would require you to access the vCOps VMs using an SSH client such as Putty. In this post we will look at changing or disabling the timeout values ofContinue reading “Part 7 – Changing/Disabling the vCOps User Interface Timeout Values!”

Part 6 – Configuring vCenter Operations Manager Custom User Interface!

In the Part 5 of this series, we licensed the vCOps instance which we deployed. Now I will tell you about doing some basic configurations on the Admin User Interface of vCenter Operations Manager. Let’s begin by logging into the vCOps admin UI. 1- Open a web browser and login to vCOps Admin UI byContinue reading “Part 6 – Configuring vCenter Operations Manager Custom User Interface!”

Part 5 – Licensing vCenter Operations Manager!

In the last part of this series, I gave you instructions on how to do the first time registration of vCenter Operations Manager and integration of vCenter Server with vCOps. In this post we will have a look at the steps required to license the vCenter Operations Manager. While I will give you steps onContinue reading “Part 5 – Licensing vCenter Operations Manager!”

Part 4 – Configuring vCenter Operations Manager Post Deployment!

In my last post, I gave you step by step instructions on deploying the vCenter Operations Manager vAPP. Once the vAPP is powered on after deployment, you need to do the initial configuration on the vCOps Admin UI to have the vAPP integrated with your vCenter environment. Without further ado let’s start the configuration. 1- ClickContinue reading “Part 4 – Configuring vCenter Operations Manager Post Deployment!”