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.”
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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!”
Part 12: Monitoring Goals in vRealize Operations Manager 6.0
In the past I have written about vCenter Operations / vRealize Operations policies and how they play an important role in the way the analytics and capacity engine run to process the collected metrics in your environment. With the release of vRealize Operations Manager 6.0, the policies do not change much, however the way youContinue reading “Part 12: Monitoring Goals in vRealize Operations Manager 6.0”
Part 11: Using vRealize Operations Manager to Monitor the Cluster Nodes
In the series on vRealize Operations, I wrote about the Architecture of vRealize Operations Manager which allows you to have Master and Replica nodes in a vROps Cluster. This not only allows you to distribute the adapters or solutions to more than one collectors present on each host, but also gives you resiliency in caseContinue reading “Part 11: Using vRealize Operations Manager to Monitor the Cluster Nodes”
Book Review : vROps Performance & Capacity Management + Coupon Code Inside!
Today I decided to spend the weekend by writing about books I have been reading for the past few days. Infact, this review is for a book which I officially reviewed as a Technical Reviewer and has my name on it. While I have been contemplating on writing a book myself on the topic ofContinue reading “Book Review : vROps Performance & Capacity Management + Coupon Code Inside!”
Part 10 : Reviewing the Global Settings in vRealize Operations Manager!
As a part of the series I am doing on vRealize Operations Manager, I thought it would be useful for readers to know about the Global Settings parameters you can now change from the GUI. These settings were available (most of them) with the previous release known as vCenter Operations Manager, however now these settingsContinue reading “Part 10 : Reviewing the Global Settings in vRealize Operations Manager!”
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