How to run Containers as a Service – Part 1
In this post I will talk about containers, why developers love them and which platform is suitable to manage and run Containers in production. For those not in the know, application containers are a way for developers to package code into executable ‘containers’. Instead of…
Create a new database user using vRealize Automation XaaS
Recently I described how to deliver Database-as-a-Service using XaaS (Anything-as-a-Service) in vRealize Automation. In the meantime I added some add-ons to this. It’s nice to have the ability to create a new database using self-service from vRealize Automation but when the database is running, users…
How to Fix Slow Windows VMs on VMware Fusion 8.x
I am a long-time user of VMware Fusion, which enables me for example to run Microsoft Visio on my MacBook Air. I also use Windows VMs to test out new software for work, blogging and educational purposes. Still deeply hoping Microsoft will port Visio to…
How to correctly modify the .vmx file in VMware Fusion 8.x
When running with VMware Fusion you sometimes are required to set settings for Virtual Machines which are not available through the settings menu. This means you should edit the .vmx file of that specific VM. An incorrectly edited .vmx file will result in a virtual…
How to deliver Database-as-a-Service with vRealize Automation
Recently we (My colleague Dimitri and myself) delivered a Proof of Concept (PoC) at a customer with vRealize Automation 7. During the PoC we have proven a few different use cases like deploying a Linux virtual machine with a JBoss application using an integration with…
vRealize Log Insight internal storage management
Recently I encountered a alert in vRealize Operations stating that on one of my virtual machines the disks-ace was getting low. It turned out to be the vRealize Log Insight server in my test environment. For those of you that don’t know, vRealize Log Insight is…
Three Dimensions of Storage Sizing & Design – Part 4: Throughput
In this fourth post of the multi-post Three Dimensions of Storage Sizing & Design we will dive deeper in the dimension: Use and specifically the application Workloads part characteristic Throughput. Depending on the application workload requirements, you will need to size the storage system for…
Three Dimensions of Storage Sizing & Design – Part 3: Speed
In this third post of the multi-post Three Dimensions of Storage Sizing & Design we will dive deeper in the dimension: Use and specifically the application Workloads part characteristic Speed. Depending on the application workload requirements, you will need to size the storage system for…
Three Dimensions of Storage Sizing & Design – Part 2: Workloads
In this second post of the multi-post Three Dimensions of Storage Sizing & Design we will dive deeper in the dimension: Use and specifically the application Workloads part. By developing an understanding of the different kind of workloads and their characteristics will enable you to…
vRA custom host name using Orchestrator and Event Broker
In a recent POC the customer had a special use case which I tackled singing vRealize Orchestrator and the Event Broker Service. So, what was the use case? Roll out a new Windows vSphere virtual machine using a custom hostname based on the machine…
Three Dimensions of Storage Sizing & Design – Part 1: Overview
Why do we build ICT infrastructures? What is the most important part in those infrastructures? It is Data! With the digital era we need to store bits of information, or so called data, so we can process, interpreter, organize or present that as information by…
A low budget SMB environment – Part 3: Configure and Run
This is the final part of the series on a low budget SMB or lab environment with VMware and vendor support. In this part we will configure our hosts, connect them to the storage, deploy vCenter and deploy our first virtual machine. In the last…
vSphere host maintenance with instant clones
With the release of VMware Horizon View 7 we now have the ability to use instant cloning for virtual desktops. I tried instant cloning in my lab environment and I must say that it works really well. There are great articles describing on how to create…
Automation is not difficult with vRealize Automation 7
At the Dutch VMUG UserConference two weeks ago, I presented a session together with my colleagues Dimitri on how Automation is not difficult with vRealize Automation 7. Because we got good feedback and we’ve got the demo’s recorded, I thought I’d share this with you all….
Working with the VMware vCenter Server Appliance
While working with the VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) the last couple of years I came across several bits and pieces of information that I collected which, I think, are useful for working with the VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) and combined them in this…