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vCenter Operations Manager – What’s new in 5.0.2?
VMware released a minor update for vCenter Operations Manager yesterday evening. The 5.0.2 release contains some bug fixes as well as enhancements for those using the custom UI in the vApp or the standalone version of the product (i.e. Enterprise or Enterprise Plus customers). There’s also a critical security fix for the vApp as well…
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vC Ops – Basic vApp Troubleshooting
vCenter Operations Manager 5 has really generated a lot of interest and many people are deploying a trial in their own environments to give it a test run. I highly recommend this, there’s nothing like using vC Ops with your own data to see what it can do and how it can help you. However,…
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vC Ops Upgrade – Back Up Your Heat Maps
I was looking over the release notes – AFTER I upgraded my lab, of course – and found that custom heat maps are not preserved when upgrading from vC Ops 5.0 to 5.0.1 so be sure to back them up! Fortunately, I took snapshots of my vApp before the upgrade. I highly recommend this, even…
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vC Ops Custom Dashboard Widget Interaction Reference
The past few posts have explored some capabilities of the Custom UI in vC Ops, including custom dashboards. Please keep in mind that you don’t need to use custom dashboards or the Custom UI to get a lot of benefit from vC Ops. A lot of consideration went into the design and functionality of the…

