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Enabling VM Rightsizing in vRealize Operations Manager (vROPS)

One of the many great features of vRealize Operations Manager (vROPS) is the ability to identify and address over or under sized virtual machines. I was asked a short while ago why the option to resize a VM was unavailable or ‘greyed out’ as you can see below. This feature is something that you need to a enable for a connection or ‘Cloud Account’. In this instance, this is my connection with vCenter.

Tuesday, August 24, 2021 | 1 minute Read
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Upgrading Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 8.3.1 to 8.4

I recently started looking at prerequisites to a vSphere 7 upgrade, by reviewing any associated upgrades that might be needed. VMware Site Recovery Manager was one product that needed to be upgraded prior to this. I decided I would fire up a quick nested setup in my HomeLab to run through the process before hand and share the process! This nested lab consists of two ESXi 6.7 nested hosts, two vCenter 6.7 VCSA’s and two SRM 8.3.1 appliances, with the VCSA’s and SRM appliances having custom CA certificates installed.

Tuesday, May 25, 2021 | 3 minutes Read