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VCM Server Registration for vC Ops vApp 5.6
You may notice that the vC Ops Admin UI (aka the VAMI) includes a registration option for VCM in 5.6. This enables some really great integration between vC Ops and VCM, chiefly, compliance badge (part of the Risk badge family) and exposure of VCM machine groups for custom grouping. For whatever reason, getting this set…
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vC Ops 5.6 Custom Groups – Using Wildcards
A question popped up in the vCenter Operations Manager community about using wildcards for custom group membership search criteria. It seems that * is not a valid wildcard. So, I guessed that since the query is performed against the PostgreSQL database in vC Ops then it’s likely that PG wildcards could be used – I…
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vC Ops – Why Won’t My License Apply?
Just a little heads up on frustration that you may encounter with vC Ops 5.6, which is documented in KB 2040718. Here’s how it usually plays out… The vSphere admin decides to upgrade to or install vC Ops 5.6 and hasn’t yet upgraded vCenter to 5.1. The default license provided is for vCenter 5.1 installs…
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vC Ops and Hyperic – Dynamic Duo of Enterprise Management
In this post I will explain how to configure vC Ops 5.6 and Hyperic 5.0 integration. A few requirements and assumptions need to be stated up front. – You own vC Ops 5.6 Advanced or Enterprise and have access to the Custom UI. – You have installed and configured Hyperic 5.0 (I highly recommend the…
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Protecting vC Ops Data with VADP and SRM
If you use vC Ops to monitor and report on your environment, you are aware of how important the historical analysis and metrics collected are to getting value out of the product. Yesterday, VMware published three KB articles outlining ways to protect your vC Ops data. KB 2031899 – Managing a VMware vCenter Operations Manager…
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Monitoring vC Ops Upgrades
I was working with a customer this morning updating their vC Ops vApp from 5.0.0 to 5.0.2 and while everything went well it was a little frustrating because there is no feedback on the status of the update other than a “progress” animation. To provide more detail on the status of the update, we opened…
John Dias