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Sometimes it is easier to identify which kind of metrics/properties are provided with a vROps Version or/and Management Packs if you have a list where you can just use filter to find something instead of “clicking” through all Objecttypes. 😉 Here we go! I’ve created an Excel export based on vROps 8.2 with following additional […]
With vROps 8.2 VMware provides a new Adapter for Pinging systems. In the past customers have to use Agents like EPOPS/Telegraf to have the capability of ping systems. Now it comes natively with vROps and it just needs to be activated within your Repository: After you have enabled the Adapter you can configure it through […]
VMware released vRealize Operations Manager 8.2 and brings one of the most requested feature by the customer – Backup the Content with a single Button . Based on the data size and limitations of vROps most of the customer decided to not backup vROps with the standard procedure (whole VM (includes historical data)). Most customer […]
This post is about “How can I use Powershell to get data from my vROps Instance over the API”? It sounds really easy and the line of code for an invoke is really short but there are some painful points. So we will start with a GET Method with Powershell for vROps. This is the […]
Everytime I’m onsite at a customer the statement comes up … “What about the integration of…”. Sometimes you can say “Yes, that is integrated per default”. But you have also these UseCases where you have no OOTB Solution. You can solve some of these with the REST API or Powershell Commands for vROps. In the […]
After VMware announced the new vRealize Operations Manager Version 6.7 I think it is time to spend more time in writing some posts about my experiences over the last years. There are some interesting features that are coming with 6.7 and I think there are lots of blogs (Like here) with the basic integration. So […]
In VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6 ist die Möglichkeit Custom Views und Reports zu erstellen für die Kunden ein guter Gewinn. Sie sind in der Lage unternehmensspezifische Abfragen und Darstellungen zu generieren und diese später in Ihren Reports aufgeschlüsselt/Sortiert/Übersichtlich und als PDF/CSV per Mail zu verschicken. Wir starten mit den Custom Views. VMware bringt mit […]
Bei der Installation der vCenter Appliance 6.0 hat sich das ein oder andere verändert. So können nun auch bei der Appliance Service auf unterschiedlich Systeme bereitgestellt werden. Aber nicht ganz so granular wie beim vCenter auf der Windows Plattform. Man unterscheidet bei der Installation zwischen dem vCenter Server System und dem Infrastruktur Controller. Sie unterscheiden […]
Es mal wieder viel zu lange gedauert, allerdings hier die angekündigten Neuerungen von vSphere 6: – VVOLS – Content Library – vSMP FT – Long Distance vMotion (100ms Latencies) – vMotion across Switches (dvSwitch / Standard vSwitch) – vMotion von MSCS VMs mit pRDM – VMFork (Instant Cloning) – Network I/O Control (per VM) – […]
In Future Releases and Patches TPS is disable for Security Reasons. It is possible to use Transparent Page Sharing to gain unauthorized access to data, but this was tested under highly controlled conditions. If you have a high overcommitted rate and would like to use TPS on the future Versions, you can enable TPS manually. […]