Part 12 – Deleting Unwanted or Stale Resources from vCenter Operations Manager!

In a number of projects I do, I have always noticed that customers have tried to add their test & development vCenter servers, remote site vCenter servers etc. to their production vCOps instance to see if vCOps is able to monitor all the instances across the sites. This could also happen if you by mistake registerContinue reading “Part 12 – Deleting Unwanted or Stale Resources from vCenter Operations Manager!”

VCDX – It’s a Journey and NOT a Destination!

It is 4th of July and the entire US is enjoying the holiday, while I am just travelling back post some exciting meetings with some of the large customers in India on how they should go about virtualizing their S-A-P infrastructure. The animated discussions on SAP HANA were not only satisfying, but were also fulfillingContinue reading “VCDX – It’s a Journey and NOT a Destination!”

Tribute to the FIFA World Cup 2014 through vCenter Operations Manager!

The title of this article might sound weird, but yes, nothing is impossible with vCenter Operations Manager. This time I am not here to share my experience with vCOps, but a great innovation which is Amazing to look at and Simple to implement.  Here is what I am talking about.. A Dashboard on vCenter OperationsContinue reading “Tribute to the FIFA World Cup 2014 through vCenter Operations Manager!”

Part 11 – Creating Policies & Configuring Badges in vCenter Operations Manager!

It’s been over a month since I wrote about vCOps. With this article I wanted to start sharing some of the content which I am creating as a video series around configuration of policies in vCenter Operations Manager.  This article and the upcoming articles will all be a part of the Back to Basics seriesContinue reading “Part 11 – Creating Policies & Configuring Badges in vCenter Operations Manager!”

vCenter Heartbeat End of Availability

For those of you who have used vCenter Heartbeat to protect your vCenter instances, please be aware that VMware has announced the end of its availability as of today, June 2 2014. Don’t worry though if you’re using it today; the current iteration will be supported through late 2018. What does that mean? Are we gettingContinue reading “vCenter Heartbeat End of Availability”

Sections you must have in your vSphere Architecture Design – VCDX way!

Today I completed my VCDX Architecture Design document which I need to submit to VMware Education in a week. The idea about writing this blog post came to my mind while I was staring at the content section of my Architecture Document. I think it would be great to share a snapshot of the highContinue reading “Sections you must have in your vSphere Architecture Design – VCDX way!”

Part 1 – vCOps Extensions – Managing Operations Beyond Virtual Infrastructure

This is a season of Multi-Part Series on vXpress, especially around vCenter Operations Manager and Architecting vSphere. Sometimes this can mean that you need to wait for the next post in the series & I apologize for that. Since blogging is not a part of my Job, it becomes difficult sometimes to get all theContinue reading “Part 1 – vCOps Extensions – Managing Operations Beyond Virtual Infrastructure”

#FeedForward – VMUG Initiative To Give Back to the Community..

Their can be no better time to kick start the India #VMUG Chapter, especially when the Gurus in the Virtualization arena are here to assist the VMUG members who have their success stories to present at the VMUG events, however might not have the experience or in some cases the confidence to come and talk about how theyContinue reading “#FeedForward – VMUG Initiative To Give Back to the Community..”

VMUG India – Session 1 – Preparation Tips for VCAP-DCD !

In my last post I informed you about a session which we were about to kickoff at the India VMUG Chapter. I am pleased to say that, this being the first VMUG webniar event in India there were close to 50 VMUG members from India who joined the session.  The topic for this session wasContinue reading “VMUG India – Session 1 – Preparation Tips for VCAP-DCD !”