VMware Telco Cloud Platform Sample Architecture Visio

A quick post to share a sample Visio of the VMware Telco Cloud Platform (TCP) on Dell infrastructure.

VxRail Monitoring and Alerting

This post takes a look at some of the monitoring and alerting options available for VxRail administrators, including native, on-premises, and off-premises Software as a Service options.

VxRail Management Pack for vROps – Privileges

This is a quick post to explain what the minimum required privileges are when configuring a user for the VxRail vROps Management Pack.

Custom VCF on VxRail vROps Dashboard

This post shows how to create a custom vROps dashboard to monitor VCF on VxRail environments.

Custom VxRail Versions Widget for vROps

A nice custom widget to add to your VxRail dashboard in vROps is a simple diagram to clearly display the various versions of VxRail running in your environment.

VxRail vROps Reports

The VxRail Management Pack for vRealize Operations Manager provides 5 out-of-the-box VxRail-specific reports to choose from. This post provides details on what these reports provide, how the information is presented, and how to run each report.

Dell EMC VxRail Management Pack for vROps

The VxRail Management Pack for vROps has been released. This post is a quick overview of what this provides and how to install it.

Using VxRail with VCF and vRealize Suite

This is a short post highlighting how some of the vRealize Suite products interact with VxRail, how they connect, and what kind of information is provided by each specific to the VxRail itself.

Deploying VCF on VxRail – Understanding What does What

Published Aug 19th 2019

This post is a result of me wanting to understand the various install-tools, steps, and processes involved in deploying VCF on VxRail.

Backup vRealize Operations Manager with Avamar

This post covers how to manage On-Demand and Scheduled Backups for VMware vRealize Operations Manager with Dell EMC Avamar.

BlueMedora VxRail Management Pack for vROps

As of VMworld 2018, the folks at Blue Medora have released the VxRail Management Pack for vROps, so naturally enough we wanted to find out what it could do.

vSAN Disk Group Unknown in vROps

While installing and configuring some vROps Management Packs, we came across an issue where the vSAN Disk Groups were showing ‘Unknown Health’ in vROps.

Lifecycle Management for VVD on VxRail

The life-cycle of their Cloud Management Platform is of primary importance to customers. The CMP consists of multiple components that bring with them multiple integration points and dependencies. So the bonus of being able to automate the life-cycle of the CMP is a pretty big deal!

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Using VVD on VxRail as CMP-only

VMware Validated Design (VVD) VxRail for the Software Defined DataCenter (SDDC) is a prescriptive architecture whose value customers easily recognize and appreciate, but in some cases may also need to deviate-from based on their own requirements. One such use case is where existing VxBlock customers want to leverage VVD on VxRail but also want to retain their existing infrastructure.

VVD on VxRail: Deployment Options

VMware Validated Design (VVD) on VxRail was recently announced and has been attracting great interest. This post provides a high level overview of the available deployment options.

Configure vRB Remote Data Collector

When using remote vCenter endpoints with vRealize Automation, it is important to configure a vRealize Business for Cloud Remote Data Collector (or two) local to the remote endpoint.

Monitoring vRA XaaS Workflows with vROps

The VMware vRO Management Pack for vROps provides the ability to monitor the workflows of 3rd party vRO packages in addition to it’s own default vCenter and Management Pack workflows.

Installing vRO Management Pack for vROps

The installation of the vRealize Orchestrator (vRO) Management Pack for vRealize Operations Manager (vROps) is quite straightforward, though the configuration of the adapter takes a little more than is outlined in the official Mgmt Pack for vRO v1.0 Guide

vRB for Cloud Management Pack for vROps

Just noticed that vROps v6.6 now comes with an adapter for vRealize Business for Cloud, so obviously felt the need to configure it and see what it provides.

Upgrade vRB for Cloud to v7.3.1

Upgrading multiple vRealize components in our lab to latest available, this time it was vRealize Business for Cloud to be upgraded.