There are many add on network services offered by the Edge Gateway appliance. DNS, DHCP, Client SSL-VPN, stretched L2 SSL-VPN, IPSEC-VPN, and basic load balancing to name a few. I have to admit it is pretty cool to have all these network services neatly bundled into a single appliance! I am in process of migrating… Read More »
So a few minor irritations: The VCP6-DCV blueprint is no longer a downloadable pdf, but rather a dropdown menu here. There still isn’t an easy way to download all of the pdfs you’ll need to read to get ready to sit the exam. To satisfy #2 I’ve downloaded and zipped them all up here for… Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »