vRealize Automation failed requests monitoring
When working with vRealize Automation, monitoring the requests tab on the tenant portal can be really usefull. Knowing when a workflow fails for a tenant and act on this as soon as possible, can raise your tenant happiness. Keeping an eye out for failed requests…
Exporting your Amazon Kindle Highlights & Notes to MySQL
As a wise man said; now for something completely different. This post is going to be just that. I received a Amazon Kindle on christmas and absolutely love it. It has replaced hauling around a bunch of physical books and made my life a lot…
Why Upgrade to ESX 6.x? Snapshot handling!
A lot of organisations are still on older versions of VMware vSphere. I see ESXi deployments in the field which run on version 4.1, 5.0 and 5.5 regularly. When I ask them why they do not upgrade, I get all sorts of answers. The most…
Correctly sizing your VMware infrastructure
A lot as been writting about sizing VMware environments. There are various opinions and ideas, like: Use the reference guide or architecture, then you’re safe Follow the sizing guides from the vendors you need to monitor the current workloads to correctly size your environment. Do…
How to run Containers as a Service – Part 2
In ‘How to run Containers as a Service – Part 1‘ I talked about how easy it is to run containers in a development environment and the difficulty of moving containers into production. In this post I will show you how to run Containers as a Service by…
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…
Control NSX using Log Insight webhooks and a Lego Mindstorms robot
[Updated 26-03: Added the NSX API call script] During the last few years we’ve had some fun demos at the Dutch VMUG Usercon. We’ve automated a coffee machine using vRealize Orchestrator. We did a vRealize Automation challenge where competitors could control a lightsaber when they…
Virtual Tool chest update: Flings and More
Most of you know the VMware labs and the flings they produce. Some flings are so good that they become part of a product. Some of them are good but remain a fling. Some of them are only useful in a handful of cases. It’s a challenge…
Powershell: VMware NSX duplicate VTEP addresses
Roughly a half year ago we came across a situation in which an VMware NSX environment was having problems consistingly applying routing and firewall rules. After some troubleshooting it appeared to be a problem with duplicate VTEP (VXLAN Tunnel Enpoint) addresses on the vSphere hosts….
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…
Jeeves – your own VMGuru
Everyone is talking about it: Chatbots are going to be the next bing thing. If you don’t believe me, check out the Forbes article on why chatbots will be your new best friend. A quote from that article: Chatbots came on the scene in 2011…
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…
VMware NSX 6.3 is here!
NSX 6.3 has just been made generally available and it’s a humongous one. The changes in this new version reflect a new maturation phase in which NSX is now in. Here are my top picks, for the entire list of changes go here. Controller Disconnect…
Prepare Windows for vRA software deployment
With vRealize Automation you can install and configure software during deployment. For this to happen a Bootstrap agent has to be in place. This agent can be installed manual or in case of Linux with the help of a template script. In this article I…
