Disclaimer: This is not officially supported by VMware, please use at your own risk. Recently I faced the challenge with a script running on a VCSA which executes some checks and in case something gets detected it has to trigger a vCenter alarm. My solution is to log a user event which will be captured by an vCenter …
Read MoreYesterday VMware released version 1.3 of the vSphere Integrated Containers. The version enhances stability and delivers a new graphical-user interface to guide users through the creation of a Virtual Container Host (VCH). Please find the details in the original post on the VMware blog: VMware Blog
Read MoreVMware Whitepapers about Storage and Availability. vMSC Best Practices – https://storagehub.vmware.com/#!/vsphere-storage/vmware-vsphere-r-metro-storage-cluster-recommended-practices vSphere APIs for IO Filtering – https://storagehub.vmware.com/#!/vsphere-storage/vmware-vsphere-apis-for-i-o-filtering-vaio VMFS – …
Read MoreVMware has released a new Whitepaper about Metro Storage Clusters. “An overview of the definition, functionalities and capabilities of VMware vSphere Metro Storage Cluster configuration that is a specific storage configuration combining replication.” VMware vSphere® Metro Storage Cluster Recommended Practices
Read MoreOverview: This course covers a series of topics on cloud native basics such as container technology, Kubernetes, and container related infrastructure technologies. Outline: Cloud Native Basics What is a Container? In this lightboard talk, Ben Corrie explains what a container is for beginners. The Benefits of Containers …
Read More“In this paper, we explore the performance characteristics of a large enterprise web application running in Docker containers deployed in VMware vSphere 6.5 virtual machines (VMs). In order to put the performance of this deployment choice into context, we compare its performance to that of the same application running …
Read MoreIf you would like to manage your vROPs using Powershell the following module could be helpful. Quote: PowervROps is a module written for PowerShell that can be used to access various elements of the vRealize Operations Manager API via PowerShell functions. Link: https://github.com/andydvmware/PowervROps
Read MoreFound a great blog post on how to monitor windows services with VMware vRealize Operations Manager (vROPs). Link: Steve Tilkens Blog
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