vRealize Operations 8.1 is out. Here is everything you need to know.

VMware just announced the General Availability of vRealize Operations 8.1. I wanted to quickly share the high-level capabilities that are coming with this release. These are based on key themes of VMware’s Cloud Operations vision.  vRealize Operations Manager 8.1 delivers new and enhanced capabilities for self-driving operations to help customers optimize, plan, and scale VMwareContinue reading “vRealize Operations 8.1 is out. Here is everything you need to know.”

The return of the dark theme with vRealize Operations 6.7

With the recent release of vRealize Operations 6.7, one of a most awaited feature which has been re-introduced is the concept of themes. In the past releases of vROps, you could change the entire user interface into a Dark mode. This feature has been re-introduced and can be set by a user through preferences. ToContinue reading “The return of the dark theme with vRealize Operations 6.7”

vROps Webinar 2017 – Part 4 – Optimizing Workload Performance Using Automation

While we all know that, automating day to day operations tasks is becoming the choice of an IT organization, it is hard for them to find a solution which can completely understand their business policies and provide them the efficiency they need from automating simple operational tasks. Based on our research, we found that, oneContinue reading “vROps Webinar 2017 – Part 4 – Optimizing Workload Performance Using Automation”

Part 10 – VM Mobility gets a whole new meaning with Workload Balance in vROps 6.6

Hope you are enjoying the vROps 6.6 Whats’s New Series. I took a little break from writing, but I am back with some more goodness around vROps 6.6. One of the key features which was shipped out in this realese is called the Workload Balance. In my first post of this What’s New Series, IContinue reading “Part 10 – VM Mobility gets a whole new meaning with Workload Balance in vROps 6.6”

vROps Webinar Series 2017 – Part 3 – What’s New with vROps 6.6.

Hello!!! Hope you enjoyed the last episode of vRealize Operations Webinar Series.This time around we spoke about the all new version of the product : vRealize Operations Manager 6.6, which is recently released by VMware. We started with an overview of all the cool new stuff and then drill down into individual areas. We thenContinue reading “vROps Webinar Series 2017 – Part 3 – What’s New with vROps 6.6.”

What’s New with vROps 6.6 on VMware Communities Roundtables Podcast

Podcast are the modern blogs. The only difference is that you hear the opinion of the person instead of reading them. I guess that makes it powerful since you can be anywhere, doing anything and tune into a podcast and hopefully learn from it. If the topic is of your interest, then it is likeContinue reading “What’s New with vROps 6.6 on VMware Communities Roundtables Podcast”

vROps Webinar 2017 – Announcing Part 3 : What’s New with vROps 6.6

Welcome to the next episode of vRealize Operations Manager Webinar Series. This time around we will talk about the latest release of vROps released in the month of June.  With this release, VMware has made drastic changes to the product and the initial reviews of the product have been great. Since I was a partContinue reading “vROps Webinar 2017 – Announcing Part 3 : What’s New with vROps 6.6”

Part 9 – Using data roll-ups for longer retention period in vROps 6.6

Hope you are enjoying the What’s New with vROps 6.6 series. With this post, I wanted to share a little gem of a configuration which has not been in the lime-light with all the new and cool things available with this new release of vRealize Operations 6.6.  This feature is about data retention which hasContinue reading “Part 9 – Using data roll-ups for longer retention period in vROps 6.6”

Part 8 – vROps 6.6 : Creating queries with Metrics & properties using Metric Groups

“Troubleshooting is an Art and not Science” I remember this statement from the time I started my career as a desktop support engineer. Fast forward 14 years to today’s date and we all know that the statement still holds water! While no tool in the world will give you a 100% accurate root cause analysis,Continue reading “Part 8 – vROps 6.6 : Creating queries with Metrics & properties using Metric Groups”

Part 7 – vROps 6.6 : Virtual Machine Inventory Summary Report

Welcome back to the what’s new series for vRealize Operations Manager 6.6. While in the previous parts, we have been talking about the dashboards, with this post, I do want to highlight some of the out of the box reports which can help administrators quickly with their day to day activities. A very basic useContinue reading “Part 7 – vROps 6.6 : Virtual Machine Inventory Summary Report”