vRealize operations manager is quickly becoming the backbone of your SDDC and it is important that you always have a sound backup methodology for vROps to ensure that you can recover from a disaster. The backup of vRealize Operations Manager cannot be done through a regular agent based backup. VMware supports only a specific wayContinue reading “vROps Backup – DO NOT quiese the nodes”
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Thoughts & Experience around Expanding vROps Clusters
Expanding your existing vRealize Operations Manager Clusters is an activity which you would definitely come across if you have started to operationalize your vRealize Operations Manager investments in your organizations. Photo Credit – http://www.expansionexperts.com In other words, the more you start using the product, the more you want to do with it. Mostly people size theContinue reading “Thoughts & Experience around Expanding vROps Clusters”
Singapore VMUG : Come join the vParty!
Glad to share that I will be attending Singapore VMUG on Tuesday, March 1st 2016 and would also co-deliver a session with my partner in crime Mr. Rahabok. We decided that we will share some of the goodness of our VMworld Session – MGT4973 – Mastering Performance Monitoring and Capacity Planning with the user group in Singapore. Continue reading “Singapore VMUG : Come join the vParty!”
Session Timeout for vRealize Operations NOC Dashboard!
Photo Credit – http://indianatelephonenetwork.com/support/network-outages/ Just wanted to share something which I recently learnt about the vROps dashboards and session timeouts for a user. We all know that with vRealize Operations Manager you can use the session timeout feature under Administration -> Global Settings, to control the session timeouts for users. While the default option for thisContinue reading “Session Timeout for vRealize Operations NOC Dashboard!”
vROps Webinar 2016 : Part 2 : Understanding vROps Policies
I am glad to share that the vROps Webinar Series took a step ahead towards the year long commitment of providing quality content on vRealize Operations Manager. We successfully delivered the most awaited session on vROps Policies. Please remember that this is an introductory session to policies and we intend to go deeper into policiesContinue reading “vROps Webinar 2016 : Part 2 : Understanding vROps Policies”
Reset out-of-the-box content during vROps upgrade!
VMware recently release vRealize Operations Manager 6.2 (now 6.2a with the recent patch). If you are on a version of vROps 6.x or above and trying to upgrade to the 6.1 or 6.2, you will get an option during upgrade to reset out-of-the-box content when you install the software update. Here is how the setting would lookContinue reading “Reset out-of-the-box content during vROps upgrade!”
vRealize Operations Manager Management Pack Compatibility Guide
With vRealize Operations slowly becoming the backbone of your software defined datacenter, it is crucial to keep an eye on the latest releases of vROps from VMware. Last week, VMware release d vRealize Operations 6.2 with some great new features. I will not run through the new enhancements as this has already been covered inContinue reading “vRealize Operations Manager Management Pack Compatibility Guide”
vROps Webinar 2016 – Announcing Part 2 : Understanding Policies.
vROps Webinar Series 2016 is back and as promised during the last session we would now take you to the world of vRealize Operations Policies. What is a Policy?? “A policy is a deliberate system of principles to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes. A policy is a statement of intent, and is implemented as a procedure or protocol” Continue reading “vROps Webinar 2016 – Announcing Part 2 : Understanding Policies.”
vROps Webinar 2016 : Part 1 : Building Self-Healing Environments with vROps
A couple of weeks back I announced the arrival of the vROps Webinar 2016 Series and I am glad to share that we have successfully delivered the first session of this year long series on Friday, 22nd Jan. A special thanks to Simon Eady, who delivered a power packed session on Building Self-Healing environments usingContinue reading “vROps Webinar 2016 : Part 1 : Building Self-Healing Environments with vROps”
Announcement : Welcome 2016 with a vROps Webinar Series
Let me begin with wishing you and your loved ones a Happy and a Prosperous 2016. The year 2015 has been great fun around the blogging arena, however a constant feedback which I have received from my readers has been around learning more about vRealize Operations Manager. While readers enjoy the benefit of replicating theContinue reading “Announcement : Welcome 2016 with a vROps Webinar Series”