Setup Postgres database high availability for vRealize Automation
Earlier in this series, I discussed Microsoft SQL database high availability but when deploying a fully distributed vRealize Automation environment, you also need to protect the Postgres database on the vRealize Automation appliance. In the past, when you wanted high availability for the vCloud Automation Center/vRealize…
VMware Tools unleashed
Until recently new builds of the VMware Tools where tied to the ESXi builds. After updating an ESXi host you would have the ability apply a new build of the VMware Tools to your virtual machines. Now VMware decided to untie the build releases, given…
VMware releases Update 3 for vSphere 5.5 and vCenter 5.5
It has been a long time since a big update was released for probably the most installed hypervisor in the world, vSphere version 5.5 and vCenter 5.5. But now it’s here. On the 16th of September, VMware released vSphere 5.5 Update 3. ESXi 5.5 Update 3…
Downgrade the vRealize Automation license
After running a vRealize Automation Enterprise license for some time I tried to downgrade the license on the vRealize Automation appliance to the Advanced version. This resulted in the error message ‘Unable to downgrade the existing license edition‘. This can also happen when you try…
Configure vRealize Automation not to delete virtual machines
During the POC we did a demo of the default vRealize Automation lease/archive/delete-process which I discussed yesterday. After seeing this the customer is worried that virtual machines with or without an archive period configured get deleted during holiday periods. So their question is, ‘is it…
Speed up vRealize Automation life cycle updates
During the vRealize Automation life cycle of an item it passes various states. The life cycle of a virtual machine in vRealize Automation is made up of the so called Master Workflow. The Master Workflow is a collection of the following six top level workflow states: Request…
Setup vRealize Automation Cost profiles & currency
When setting up costing in vRealize Automation you can use cost profiles and storage cost profiles to provide cost information in the Catalog. First, you have to associate cost with compute resources which essentially is a pool of clusters available as an endpoint in your vRealize Automation environment. In vRealize…
MS SQL high availability support for vRealize Automation
With a vRealize Automation Distributed setup, we are able to create a highly available vRealize Automation environment with redundant vRA appliances, IaaS Servers and Orchestrators behind load balancers. But what about the MS SQL high availability for the Iaas Server(s)? Lately I had some discussion on…
Setup the vRealize Automation prerequisites for IaaS
When you’re setting up your vRealize Automation environment, you start of easy with the vRealize Automation appliance. After this you’re probably thinking it will be ‘a peace of cake‘, ‘a walk in the park‘ or any other metafor that’s harder to remember than the vRA…
vRealize Automation: How to …
Since I started at VMware Benelux in January 2015 the learning curve has been a steep one. In my previous life I had been working with the products in the vRealize Suite. I’ve done multiple designs and real life implementations including vRealize Operations but there was…
VMware released Update 1 for vSphere 6 and much much more
Last week VMware released Update 1 for vSphere 6. But that was not the only update that was released. There was a real wave of updates for a whole range of products. Here’s recap of the updates that were published. Sit tight because it’s a…
VMworld 2015: VMware announces VMware Identity Manager Advanced
In June, VMware introduced VMware Identity Manager, an Identity as a Service (IDaaS) offering that we began including in premium versions of AirWatch Enterprise Mobility Management. At day two of VMworld 2015, VMware announced VMware Identity Manager Advanced, a new standalone package of Identity Manager…
VMworld 2015: HyTrust Announces CloudControl for VMware NSX
VMware NSX software-defined networking offers unprecedented flexibility to support rapid infrastructure deployment and scaling with micro-segmentation to segment the network. HyTrust has partnered with VMware to deliver enterprise-class administrator controls for NSX that allow an organization to provide very segmented controls for administrators. HyTrust announced…
VMworld 2015: Site Recovery Manager 6.1 introduction
Yesterday at VMworld version 6.1 of VMware Site Recovey Manager was announced. This latest version makes use of some of the improvements made in other products to strengthen itself. Enhanced VMware NSX Integration VMware NSX 6.2 makes it possible to extend your virtual network across multiple…
VMworld 2015: Nexenta offers free File Services for current VMware VSAN customers
Current VMware Virtual SAN customers can now get File Services free of charge!, courtesy of VMware & Nexenta. When you are using VMware VSAN and you want to put your ISO images on VSAN you can’t at the moment. With NexentaConnect for VSAN you will…