vROps Webinar 2016 – Part 6 : Understanding vROps SuperMetric & Views

Just completed the editing and upload of the the latest episode of the vROps Webinar Series 2016. With this we have completed 6 sessions this year. I am glad that we are able to dish out sessions every month and the interest level in these sessions just keeps on growing. Looking forward to deliver more content forContinue reading “vROps Webinar 2016 – Part 6 : Understanding vROps SuperMetric & Views”

Scaling up vRealize Operations Manager Nodes!

This is a quick note to give you tips around scaling up vRealize Operations Nodes. In one of the vROps Webinar episodes we did touch upon the topic of Design Considerations for vRealize Operations Manager.  During that discussion, I do talk about the fact that you can scale out or scale up the vROps clusterContinue reading “Scaling up vRealize Operations Manager Nodes!”

vROps Webinar 2016 – Announcing Part 6 : Understanding vROps SuperMetric & Views

Time to announce the next part of the year long webinar series on vRealize Operations Manager. This time around, Simon and I will take you to the world of Content within vROps. I will be honest in saying that this is an ocean in itself and we might not be able to touch upon all the aspects of developingContinue reading “vROps Webinar 2016 – Announcing Part 6 : Understanding vROps SuperMetric & Views”

vROps Webinar 2016 : Part 5 – Design & Deployment Considerations

As promised, I am posting the recording for the 5th Session of vROps Webinar Series 2016. Both Simon and I successfully delivered the session on Design and Deployment considerations. Session Details:- In this installment of the series, we discussed the steps and thought processes that should be used before and during the design and deployment of vRealize Operations Manager. DuringContinue reading “vROps Webinar 2016 : Part 5 – Design & Deployment Considerations”

vROps Webinar 2016 – Announcing Part 5 : Design & Deployment Considerations

Time to announce the next part of the year long webinar series on vRealize Operations Manager. This time around, Simon and I thought about discussing Architecture of vROps. To some, it might sound strange as for smaller deployments you might not have to worry about Sizing and Architecture much since it is pretty simple toContinue reading “vROps Webinar 2016 – Announcing Part 5 : Design & Deployment Considerations”

Remove "All vCenter Server" option from vROps Authentication Source

A quick post to share a handy option which is available on vROps version 6.1 and above. We all know that their are multiple methods to authenticate a user to login in vRealize Operations Manager. I have usually seen organizations starting with their vROps journey using the vCenter Authentication option which comes out of theContinue reading “Remove "All vCenter Server" option from vROps Authentication Source”

Top vBlog 2016 – Time to Choose the Top Blogs in the Virtualization Space!

Eric Siebert just opened the Top vBlog 2016 voting on vSphere-Land. Like every year, it is important that we vote the best in business to keep the bloggers motivated. So let’s pay back from the community to the bloggers by showing some love for their content and efforts. Like every year, vXpress is nominated for voting as well.Continue reading “Top vBlog 2016 – Time to Choose the Top Blogs in the Virtualization Space!”

vRealize LogInsight Upgrade Fails During /etc/hosts Pre-Upgrade Validation.

All this while I have been blogging about vRealize Operations Manager, however the more I work with LogInsight, the more I fall in love with the product and its fantastic capabilities. The good news for me is that both vROps and LogInsight work beautifully together and hence I have another area where I can exploreContinue reading “vRealize LogInsight Upgrade Fails During /etc/hosts Pre-Upgrade Validation.”

vRealize Operations Manager 6.2.1 is out. Go for it!

A few hours back VMware announced the release of vRealize Operations Manager 6.2.1. This is a maintenance release and is highly recommended for use cases such as: 1- Planning an upgrade to vROps 6.0, 6.1 or 6.2, instead plan for 6.2.1 2 – Having large vROps Cluster deployments with a number of nodes/remote collectors. YouContinue reading “vRealize Operations Manager 6.2.1 is out. Go for it!”

vROps Webinar 2016 : Part 4 – Contention Based Performance & Capacity Management

As promised, I am posting the recording for the 4th Session of vROps Webinar Series 2016. We successfully delivered the session on Contention Based Performance & Capacity Management using vRealize Operations Manager! Session Details:- With this installment of the series, we have a new speaker who will entertain us 🙂 He is no stranger toContinue reading “vROps Webinar 2016 : Part 4 – Contention Based Performance & Capacity Management”