After working behind the scenes with Dave Marley (@bonkeydave) for the last few months I was able to secure a slot at the UK North West VMUG which was held in Manchester, UK a few weeks ago. I have wanted to present at other VMUG's this year but my schedule has been rather full so... Continue Reading →
Cork Technical Support Summit – 21/22 May
I am happy to announce that I will be attending and co-presenting a breakout session on vROps at the upcoming Cork Technical Support Summit hosted by VMware Global Support Services. The event which is now in its 6th year takes place on May 21st / 22nd at Páirc Uí Chaoimh Conference Centre and brings together... Continue Reading →
Welcome to vRealize Operations 6.7!
Today is an important day for the Cloud Management Business Unit at VMware as the latest release of vRealize Operations 6.7 is now GA and available for download from My VMware.
Monitoring AWS in vROps? You may need to update your SSL Certs!
Recently, if you have been using the Management Pack for AWS in vRealize Operations you may have noticed that you are no longer receiving metrics for AWS objects in vRealize Operations. This may mean you need to update your SSL certs.
Still running vCenter Operations Manager 5.x? The time to Upgrade is NOW!
Still running vCenter Operations Manager 5.x? The time to Upgrade is NOW! Read about why you should upgrade to vROps 6.6.1 as vCOps 5.x is no longer supported by VMware.
VMworld Europe 2017 – Day 3
Read about my time during the final day of VMworld Europe 2017 where the main highlight was a breakout session on how a customer used vROps to make their environment run more efficiently. Finally I share my thoughts on my 1st VMworld.
VMware vRealize Operations 2017 Specialist (2VB-602) Exam Experience
Read about my experience taking the VMware vRealize Operations 2017 Specialist (2VB-602) Exam.
Time Drift between Cluster Nodes in vROps and the Consequences
I had an interesting issue in one of my labs recently where the vROps cluster suddenly stopped collecting and showed No Data against the vCenter.
vSAN objects may not be discovered or collected in vRealize Operations 6.6
VMware recently became aware of an issue where vSAN objects may not be discovered or collected in vRealize Operations 6.6 and have released a Hot Fix to address this.
What’s New in vRealize Operations 6.6?
Following on from this blog post by Taruna Gandhi last week, the GA release of vRealize Operations Manager 6.6 is now available to download from My VMware.
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