‘Everyone has a book in them’ – apparently
It’s been an age since I blogged on this site. I do have a reasonable excuse though, I’ve spent the last 9 months writing a book on vRealize Operations. Here’s…
Category: vCenter Operations
Hands on Lab HOL-SDC-1416 – build and development
Here is a short post on how we built HOL-SDC-1416! The Hands on Lab build and devlopment process has improved over the years that labs have been created and run…
vCOps – Understanding the Value Part 1 – Health
So you followed the instructions, stood up the vCenter Operations (vCOps) Manager vApp, logged in and you can see a pretty dashboard representing your environment. But what does it all…
Hands on Lab Development is progressing…
Was it really 2 months since I started this journey developing HOL-SDC-1416 for VMworld? Things have certainly progressed so I thought it was well past due writing another blog post…
Start Here! Evaluating vCenter Operations
July 2014 – Newly Updated with instructions for vCenter Operations 5.8.2!! vCenter Operations is one of the most straightforward management solutions to start an evaluation of. VMware’s evaluation centre has…
Calculate Capacity by Demand or by Allocation?
‘Out of the Box’, vCenter Operations Manager is set to consider both Demand and Allocation when calculating it’s Capacity badges and metrics. This can often confuse folks as, in many…
Which Browser should I use for vCenter Operations
I often get asked what browser to use with vCenter Operations. We are obviously agnostic and support a wide variety – they are listed here: vCenter Operations Release Notes If…
vCenter Operations for View 1.5.1 is now available
As well as supporting vCenter operations 5.7.2 this release also supports monitoring of HTML View sessions. I will update the V4V Evaluation guide soon… https://www.vmware.com/support/vcops-view/doc/vcops-view-151-release-notes.html
