Recover Deleted Custom Dashboards from vCenter Operations Manager

Some time back, I wrote an article highlighting the custom dashboards which are available out of the box with the release of vCenter Operations Manager 5.7. I have been asked questions about, how these dashboards can be recovered in case someone deletes them accidentally.  In reality these dashboards are a bunch of XML files whichContinue reading “Recover Deleted Custom Dashboards from vCenter Operations Manager”

Part 2 : VCDX – The Saga Of The Lost Title : The Defense Preparation

I would like to start with an apology for getting this article out a bit late as I am getting too much to do in my new role of a Solution Architect at VMware. In my last article I wrote about my experience with creating the design for my VCDX Application. As promised, I amContinue reading “Part 2 : VCDX – The Saga Of The Lost Title : The Defense Preparation”

Part 1 : VCDX – The Saga Of The Lost Title : The Design

Last week, while I was winding up my workday, I tweeted about writing a post which would reflect my experience about my unsuccessful yet fruitful VCDX defense on 9th July 2014 in Singapore. A number of my twitter mates, replied to the tweet and supported my idea of sharing the experience with others, who likeContinue reading “Part 1 : VCDX – The Saga Of The Lost Title : The Design”

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!”

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!”

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 !”

VMUG India Chapter Kick-starts – 1st Session – Preparation Tips for VCAP-DCD5

VMware User Group more popularly known as VMUG across the globe has finally taken turns to become an official chapter in India. Although the community has been out there for a while on the VMUG.COM India page, but there has been no real action for a while.  As I write this post, I can confidentlyContinue reading “VMUG India Chapter Kick-starts – 1st Session – Preparation Tips for VCAP-DCD5”

vCenter Operations Manager 5.x – FAQ Repository!

With the amount of work I have been doing on vCOps, I do get a number of questions on various platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and on my posts around various things which people want to know. Although a great solution, it was not marketed the way it should have been and hence theContinue reading “vCenter Operations Manager 5.x – FAQ Repository!”

Part 3 – vCOps Cluster Utilization Dashboard – Bringing it all together!

This is the last and final part of a 3 post series on creating a vCOps Cluster Utilization Dashboard. Before you read or implement this part on your instance of vCenter Operations Manager, you need to ensure that you follow the following articles:- Part 1 – Creating a Cluster Utilization Dashboard in vCOps Custom UserContinue reading “Part 3 – vCOps Cluster Utilization Dashboard – Bringing it all together!”