VMware has just announced the latest release of the vRealize Suite (2019) and with it comes vRA 8.0, vRLI 8.0, vROps 8.0 and vRSLCM 8.0. So with the exciting announcements out of the way, let’s get these installed!
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vROps – Alerts and Alarms Count
vRealize Operations Manager (vROps) stores all symptoms and alerts in an internal database where they are called Alerts and Alarms. This dahsboard provides a simple way to monitor the alerts and alarms count.
Read moreExport NSX DFW Rules using vRO
Many organisations are seeing the value of NSX-v in SDDC environments, however there is no easy way to export the NSX Distributed Firewall (DFW) rules from NSX to a CSV file. These vRO workflows / package will provide everything you need.
Read morevRA 7.x Reclamation Machine Usage Thresholds
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?
Read moreExtracting 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.
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