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KEMP Makes Available a Free LoadMaster Edition
I’ve recently published a whitepaper on KEMP Technologies’ range of commercial "LoadMaster" load balancer products that can be found via this post. Now KEMP has introduced a free version to their...
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vRealize Automation 6.2 - Specifying a New Root Password Using Custom Properties
VMware vRealize Automation makes it easy for us to provide our end users with the ability to request and manage their own virtual machines using a “self-service” portal. With very little configuration...
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vRealize Automation 6.2 - Installation and Configuration Gotchas
I've built up and tore down my vRealize Automation lab several times in the past month in order to familiarize myself with some of the pitfalls. As a result, I've run into some installation gotchas...
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Gathering my Thoughts: Devs Rool, IT Droolz
Yesterday I found myself in the middle of a debate on Twitter surrounding DevOps and the future of infrastructure admins. The whole thing was really triggered by a tweet sent by John Troyer where he...
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Windows PowerShell and VMware PowerCLI One-Liners
I've decided to create this dedicated page where I'll place "one line scripts". I sometimes use these one line commands to run reports on vSphere or SCVMM inventories, if I'm not permitted or able to...
View ArticleReplacing vCenter Server 6 Certificate Authority Root Certificate
vSphere 6 makes managing SSL certificates a lot easier than previous releases. It ships with its own Certificate Authority, (VMCA) that issues certificates for all components on your behalf, rather...
View ArticleUpdate on blogging. I am still here!
It's been a long time since I've last posted any new content on here. The truth is, I've got a few blog articles drafted, but I've just not had the time to post them properly. Since March, I've been...
View ArticleBUG: Hyperic 5.8.4 Agent Causes 100% CPU Utilisation After Replacing Hyperic...
Following on from my previous blog post where I mentioned that we’ve discovered a bug in the Hyperic 5.8.4 client (on both Windows and Linux), I think it’s only fair that I share our findings. It’s a...
View ArticlevRealize Log Insight Performance Woes – Understanding Cassandra
While VMware vRealize Operations Manager makes use of a Gemfire database and vRealize Hyperic makes use of vPostgress, VMware vRealize Log Insight makes use of Cassandra. You might wonder why knowing...
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VMware vRealize Operations 6.1, Gemfire Out, Cassandra and Hyperic In!
I don't normally blog about new product releases. Although I have done so in the past, I somewhat feel that those interested in what a new release of a product has to offer are probably better off...
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Log Insight 2.5 - The worker node sending this alert was unable to contact...
I have identified an issue in Log Insight 2.5 where alerts passed via email or to vROPS contain the following text in the message: “Notification event – The worker node sending this alert was unable...
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KEMP Makes Available a Free LoadMaster Edition
I’ve recently published a whitepaper on KEMP Technologies’ range of commercial "LoadMaster" load balancer products that can be found via this post. Now KEMP has introduced a free version to their...
View ArticleReplacing Hyperic 5.8.4 Server SSL Certificates
I've been working intensively with the VMware vRealize product suite over that past 4 months, including Hyperic. One of the things we have to do on our current project is to replace the Hyperic server...
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Removing Obsolete Cipher Suites from vRealize Hyperic
So, you've done all the hard work to change your Hyperic Server certificate (or not). Now you browse to your Hyperic server's management page via HTTPS on port 7443 and you're presented with this...
View ArticlevRO: vRA7 Catalog Item Provisioning Requests, JSON and Referencing Properties
In VMware vRealize Automation 7 (vRA), blueprints are converged, rather than the single vs. multi machine blueprints that we were used to in vRA6. This presents an interesting challenge when requesting...
View ArticleTwo Methods to Select a vRA Reservation Policy at Request Time with vRO
In the last 6 months, I've done quite a bit of vRA6, 7 and vRO. During this time, I've had to learn quite a bit about both products, and how they interact with each other and with other REST based...
View ArticleGetting my head around Containers: vSphere Integrated Containers, Docker &...
Container technology has been around for quite a while now. Most people would by now have heard about Docker, and a lot of people are using Docker. What about VMware Photon? What’s that? Well again,...
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VMware Cloud on AWS - What about the Processor Vendor / Arch? Answers on a...
So during the keynote at VMworld in Barcelona on Tuesday morning, 18 October 2016, VMware showed a demo of how a VMware Cloud infrastructure is stood up in AWS and following that, showed how a virtual...
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vSphere 6.5 - External PSC Upgrade Issue
So with vSphere 6.5 now GA, I decided to upgrade my lab to vSphere 6.5. In my environment, I use a vCenter with an external Platform Services Controller (PSC). So as part of the upgrade, I have to...
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vRetreat Day, Porsche Experience Centre, Silverstone, UK
I was honoured to have been invited to attend the inaugural vRetreat event in the UK. The event, arranged by Red-Track Ltd, took place at the Porsche Experience Centre at Silverstone on 27 January...
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