In vRA 7.x, you can discover Deployments for reclamation & the Advanced Search feature can search for VMs with Low or High CPU usage along with several other options. But what are the actual thresholds that vRA uses with these metrics?
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Extracting NSX DFW Rule Hit Counts
With the introduction of NSX-v 6.4.2, NSX will now log the firewall rule hit count for each firewall rule in the DFW. To get the rule hit count for all rules in the environment, check out the attached vRO workflow / package.
Read moreFile Shares / SMB Not Working
A strange issue occasionally occurs on some servers where random network dropouts occur while accessing any file share (ie. \\servername\c$). I recently came across this issue again and found this fantastic post on the technet forums.
Read morevROps Memory Metric Collection Changes in 6.7 & 7.0+
With vROps prior to 6.7, Memory metrics have caused confusion when comparing the memory metrics generated from vSphere to the metrics generated from the Ep Ops management agent installed on the guest OS.
Read morevROps Memory Metrics – Prior to vROps 6.7+
Memory metrics in vROps have caused many customers confusion and I hope this post will explain the different metrics available and why the values don’t necessarily reflect what you might think.
Read moreDowngrade / Remove vRA License
I recently had the requirement to remove an existing vRealize Suite Enterprise key from vRealize Automation 7.3.1 and replace it with a vRealize Suite Advanced key. To replace the license you must do the following.
Read morevRA / vRO – Add an Azure connection
Integrating vRA / vRO is available out-of-the-box with vRA 7.2 and newer and has been well documented by others, however I faced several issues and bugs which I have documented.
Read moreVMware – Handy Blog Posts
Below is a collection of blog posts which I have found handy over the years and I hope you find them helpful too.
Read morevRealize Lifecycle Manager Part 1 – Install & Configure
One of the least discussed products from VMware, vRealize Lifecycle Manager (vRLCM), really is a fantastic product! The vRealize suite of products have always been difficult to install and this product takes the majority of hassle out of this.
Read moreHomelab Setup Part 3 – vCenter Install & Configure
With the Intel NUCs set up (and a vSAN datastore created if running pre 6.7 vCenter), it is time to install the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA). As you probably know, the Windows vCenter Server is deprecated, so the vCSA will be deployed.
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