First vBrownBag hosting: Configure and Administer Advanced vSphere 6.x Storage with Niran Even-chen!
Hey, I’m hosting tonight’s vBrownBag! So get in there and ask some questions! Tonight Niran is covering SIOC from section 3 of the blueprint.
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vROPs – What’s new in 6.1
Once again, Mike Eisenberg did a great job showing off the new features of vROps (vRealize Operations Manager). Version 6.1 has been slated to be released “Q3, 2015” and he teased the new maxes, but otherwise some very solid information. See the whole thing here, below are the highlights (notes taken during the presentation): Security… Read More »
vROps – Install Analytics cluster virtual appliance
Sizing – before you begin your vROps installation, you must first size the deployment to your environment. You don’t want to be undersized and you also want to accommodate for expected growth. For 6.0.1, use this sizing guideline spreadsheet. Installation process – Download the OVF from VMware & place on a system that your vCenter server… Read More »
vROps – How to create a custom dashboard with custom XML metric picker
Currently I am running a proof of concept of vRealize Operations Manager (vROps formerly known as vCOps). During this process I wanted to create a custom dashboard wherein I could select a VM from my environment and have several widgets auto-update with the information from that VM. One of the problems I ran into was… Read More »
vROPs – Proof of Concept Design Phase
As we are spinning up the proof of concept for running an enterprise level monitoring tool in our environment. I’m going to post about some of the findings & information here. This post will cover the Proof of Concept (PoC) design phase. As this is a PoC, we aren’t going to create a new VLAN… Read More »
VCAP-DCD Resources
The most recent cert that I passed was the VCAP-DCD550, also known as “The Widowmaker” as my wife can attest to 🙂 In order to prepare for it did the following things: Read Forbe’s & Lowe’s book VMware vSphere Design (2nd ed.) – this book is an excellent source and needs to be read at… Read More »
Monster VMs & the dangers of vCPU hotplug
Turning on Memory Hot Add and CPU Hot Plug can be a great way to add more resources to a constrained VM without needing to reboot your guest (if the guest OS allows it): However you can run into efficiency problems if you do it willy-nilly (yes, I said willy-nilly). I’m working with a large… Read More »