vRealize Operations 6.x certificate expires soon
Normally I don’t replicate VMware KB articles or bug reports with clear instructions on how to fix your problems. But in this case I want to warn vRealize Operations users and prevent that they run into an issue soon. Why? The vRealize Operations 6.x certificate expires…
Application monitoring with VMware Wavefront
IT Control meets Developer Agility If you are a VMware fan or working with VMware products I’ll bet you heard of vRealize Operations with Endpoint Operations for application monitoring. But did you know that VMware also has an application monitoring & analytics tool running in…
Why you want to discover services in your environment
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could discover services running in each VM and then automatically build relationships or dependencies between services from different VMs, based on the network communication? Only then could you answer the following questions: 1. Which services are running on my VM’s?…
vRealize Operations 6.6: You need this!
We’ve all been there. Day Zero, your new infrastructure is finally being delivered. You or someone is putting together what you’ve long been waiting for; the solution to all your current operational misery and drama. Your all new, all virtual datacenter. New servers, more RAM,…
Monitor hybrid, multi-cloud architectures with the new Microsoft Azure Management Pack for vROPS
Digital transformation is accelerating as more and more enterprises work to create and innovate by taking advantage of cloud. Research shows that in the near future, over 90% of enterprises plan to use hybrid, multi-cloud architectures to provide the type of cost, effective, flexibility and…
Monitor JBoss EAP with vRealize Operations
VMware is working hard to provide more and more application management plugins for vRealize Operations. In previous versions vRealize Hyperic was used to perform application monitoring, with the newer versions of vRealize Operations this is done using the EndPoint Operations agent (EPOPS agent). Application specific intelligence…
Monitor Microsoft Exchange with vRealize Operations Manager
VMware is working hard to provide more and more application management plugins for vRealize Operations. In previous versions vRealize Hyperic was used to perform application monitoring, with the newer versions of vRealize Operations this is done using the EndPoint Operations agent (EPOPS agent). Application specific…
How to monitor your VMware SDDC Management health?
If you are operating a full VMware SDDC environment you’re using a lot of components from the VMware portfolio. VMware vCenter Server, vSAN, NSX, vRealize Operations and Automation. But how is the health of your overall solution? How is everything working together? Wouldn’t it be nice…
DRS got even smarter with Predictive DRS
Once again VMware has enhanced a fundamental feature of vSphere, Distibuted Resource Scheduler (DRS) now got even smarter. The great thing of VMware is that they take fundamental features like vMotion and DRS and make them even better. Like with all the vMotion enhancements in vSphere 6,…
vRealize Operations: Adding an OS Monitor Script
Besides monitoring Windows Services and the vCenter Server Appliance, you can also use vRealize Operations to monitor custom data through OS scripts. Attached to an Operating System object, an OS Script can output the health status and/or a metric for use in analysis. I will…
Monitor Windows services with the End-Point Operations Agent
A few weeks ago Erik published a article about monitoring the vCenter Server appliance with End-Point Operations Agent.vCenter Server appliance with End-Point Operations Agent. This article will be a follow up on the End-Point Operations Agent, how to monitor Windows services. There are two ways in…
Monitor vCenter Server appliance with the End-Point Operations Agent
With the release of VMware vRealize Operations Manager version 6.1, VMware introduced a new method for monitoring inside a supported operating system. Before vRealize Operations 6.1, you needed vRealize Hyperic to monitors operating systems, middleware and applications running in physical, virtual and cloud environments. With the 6.1…
vRealize Operations 6.2 released
Today, vRealize Operations (a.k.a. vROPS) version 6.2 was released. This has been a long awaited update. vRealize Operations 6.2 is the latest release of the VMware integrated vRealize Operations Suite. Updates cover all major areas of the product including installation, configuration, licensing, alerting, dashboards, reports,…
Cisco releases UCS Manager Management Pack for vRealize Operations
Earlier this week Cisco released version 1.0.1 of their management pack for UCS Manager for VMware’s vRealize Operations. Cisco UCS Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations helps vRO administrators to automate IT operations management, manage performance and gain visibility across both Cisco UCS physical infrastructure…
vRealize Automation Management Pack for vRealize Operations Manager available now
VMware just released the vRealize Automation Management Pack for vRealize Operations Manager. The Management Pack for vRealize Automation extends operational management capabilities of the vRealize OperationsManager platform to provide tenant-aware operational visibility of the infrastructure supporting private clouds to cloud provider administrators. In addition to…