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.”
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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.”
Monitor Datastores using the Datastore Usage Dashboard in vROps.
In the past I have done a lot of dashboards which help you gauge the Virtual Machine Capacity within your virtual infrastructure. While those dashboards have great value, I am stating to think of the day to day operational issues which a VI Admin has to face and how can he solve those easily withContinue reading “Monitor Datastores using the Datastore Usage Dashboard in vROps.”
Alvida India! Ni hao Singapore! – Change is the only thing constant.
If you are wondering that why you do not see any action on vXpress, then you can blame me and no one else. I think I should NOT give you the excuse of the BIG CHANGE which has happened in my life, rather our life (my family). I am happy to share that VMware hasContinue reading “Alvida India! Ni hao Singapore! – Change is the only thing constant.”
Part 13: The Power of Alert Definitions in vRealize Operations Manager 6.0!
With the release of vRealize Operations Manager 6.0, I have started this series which gives you a scoop on how does this new release looks like and works. In my humble opinion this release of the product is way more mature from the previous release as it gives you a plethora of options around capacityContinue reading “Part 13: The Power of Alert Definitions in vRealize Operations Manager 6.0!”
The return of the One Click Cluster Capacity Dashboard on vROps 6.0
Let me begin this post by thanking all the readers of vXpress who voted this year during the TopvBlog2015 survey. I am happy to share that your support and encouragement has helped vXpress retain a spot in the Top 50 Virtualization blogs in the year 2015 as well by being ranked as number 38 inContinue reading “The return of the One Click Cluster Capacity Dashboard on vROps 6.0”
Top vBlog 2015 Voting Open – Payback Time!
Time of the year when Eric Siebert of vsphere-land.com fame opens up the Top Virtualization Blog voting on his portal. Needless to say that each blogger listed in this ballot has spent hours of his personal time to give you content which has helped you in some way or form. Today, it’s the payback time. YourContinue reading “Top vBlog 2015 Voting Open – Payback Time!”
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