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Visualising Aria Operations for Logs Data in Aria Operations

Its been a weird couple of years since I joined VMware. I have taken a step back from hands on, but with working with customers from such a diverse background I have had access to issues that have never presented themselves before. Presenting and blogging has always been something that was on my list of things to do but I always struggled to think of something to write or talk about that others might find interesting. It was not until I joined VMware and was able to use all that past experience with my customers that I realised I did have things that might be useful.

Thursday, December 21, 2023 | 2 minutes Read
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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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Upgrade vRealize Operations Manager (vROPS) 7.5 to 8.4

Recently I tested a vRealize Operation Manager (vROps) upgrade from version 7.5 to 8.4 ahead of a vCenter 7.0.2 upgrade and thought I would share the process. Something worth noting with this upgrade. vROps 7.5 is based on a SUSE Linux OS, 8.4 is Photon OS. Before we install the 8.4 update, make sure you back up any customised content and install the vRealize Operations Manager Pre-Upgrade to 8.4.0 Assessment Tool! This will inform you of any content that is being removed that could affect your metrics/content and advise of any upgrade issues.

Tuesday, May 18, 2021 | 2 minutes Read