In this guide, I’ll walk you through the steps to successfully install VMware Aria Automation using the Easy Installer ISO. We’ll cover a standard installation scenario, which includes deploying one VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager, one VMware Identity Manager, and one VMware Aria Automation instance. Note that in a production environment, you should plan for a clustered deployment. Prerequisites Installation […]
VMware Aria Operations, formerly known as vRealize Operations (vROps), retains the core functionalities of its predecessor while introducing enhanced integration with cloud platforms. If you’re familiar with vROps, you’ll find it easy to install, configure, and manage Aria Operations. This guide will walk you through installing Aria Operations 8.17 with high availability (HA) using two primary nodes. Why High Availability? […]
One of my colleagues was manually running RVTools every day on five vCenter servers and exporting the results to Excel files on his client system. To streamline this process, I created a PowerShell script that automates the task. Here’s how you can set it up: Step 1: Install RVTools First, install RVTools on the system where you want to run […]
VMware SRM is a software solution that enables failover when a disaster occurs at your primary site, causing partial or full downtime. While SRM is not a replication software, it leverages VM-level and array-based replication to orchestrate failover in a predefined order. The distance between two sites can be thousands of miles, such as one site in Dallas and the other […]
In this post, I want to explain the most recent terms of VMware vSphere in short. Some of the features can be confusing and easily misunderstood, so I decided to create a brief identification of all these useful terms and features. VM (Virtual Machine): A software-defined computer system that operates like a physical computer. Guest OS (Operating System): The operating […]
When working with cloud-init, it’s crucial to understand how it interacts with different operating systems and their respective network management tools. This understanding ensures that your network configurations are applied correctly, especially when using orchestration tools like VMware Aria Automation. In this post, I will describe the differences in how cloud-init interacts with network management tools in Ubuntu and Red […]
In this guide, I will walk you through the steps to configure Aria Operations to send email notifications when specific metrics exceed defined thresholds. For this example, we will set up a notification for when server CPU usage exceeds 70%. However, you can apply these instructions to monitor any metric of interest. Prerequisites Metric Collection: Ensure the metric you want […]
phpipam is an open-source web IP address management application (IPAM). Its goal is to provide light, modern and useful IP address management. It is php-based application with MySQL database backend, using jQuery libraries, ajax and HTML5/CSS3 features. For more information and technical documentation visit https://phpipam.net/ Prerequisites Before you begin, ensure you have: Step 1: Update Software Repositories # apt update […]
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