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vExpert Cloud Management December 2021 Blog Digest

Every month, we gather blogs from the 130+ members of the vExpert Cloud Management program and bring you a digest of all the latest happenings from around the community. These blogs are written by industry professionals and often feature walkthroughs, feature highlights, and news for vRealize OperationsvRealize Network InsightvRealize Log InsightvRealize Automation, and VMware Skyline. The vExpert title is awarded to individuals who dedicate their time outside of work to share their experiences and useful information about VMware products with the rest of the community. Below, you will find a digest of the blogs written by the community in December of 2021.

vRealize Cloud Universal and vRealize Suite Related Blogs

vRealize Cloud Universal by Carlos Andrés Robles Lascarro, Colombia

vRealize Suite On-Premises or SaaS by Carlos Andrés Robles Lascarro, Colombia

Log4j – How to patch VMware vRLSCM, vIDM, vRA 7.6-8.x (VMSA-2021-0028) by Jose Cavalheri (@JoseCavalheri) Belgium

vRealize Network Insight Related Blogs

vRealize Network Insight Cookbook Update by Martijn Smit (@smitmartijn) The Netherlands

vRealize Log Insight Related Blogs

Patching VMware vRealize Log Insight for Log4j Vulnerability | CVE-2021-44228 & CVE-2021-45046 by Ravi Kumar S (@ravi_489) Singapore

Forwarding Tanzu Kubernetes Grid logs to vRealize Log Insight Cloud using the Fluent-bit Package by Simon Eady (@simoneady) Great Britain

Quick Tip – Programmatically Update vRealize Log Insight Webhook Token by Thomas Kopton (@ThomasKopton) Germany

Log Insight 8.6 permissions by Paul E. Grevink (@PaulGrevink) The Netherlands

Configure SSL In ESXi And LI-Agent To Securely Send Logs Via Cloud Proxy To VRealize Log Insight Cloud by Munishpal Makhija (@munishpal_singh) United States

Who is [email protected]@WorkspaceONE? by Kabir Ali (@Kabir_Ali) The Netherlands

VMC vCenter email alerts not supported – Workaround with vRealize Log Insight Cloud by Dean Lewis (@saintdle) Great Britain

How to integrate vRealize Automation 8.6.1 with vRealize Operations Manager 8.6.0 by Jose Cavalheri (@JoseCavalheri) Belgium

vRealize Operations Related Blogs

Monitoring IIS Websites with vRealize Operations by Graham Barker (@virtualg_uk) Great Britain

VMware vRealize Operations 8.6.1 is Now Available by Steven Bright (@stevenbright) United States

How to integrate vRealize Automation 8.6.1 with vRealize Operations Manager 8.6.0 by Jose Cavalheri (@JoseCavalheri) Belgium

vRealize Operations Compliance Alerts for the vSphere 6.7 STIG by Steven Bright (@stevenbright) United States

Getting started with the vROps REST API & PowerShell by Graham Barker (@virtualg_uk) Great Britain

Workaround instructions to address CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046 in vRealize Operations 7.x by Cosmin Trif (@cosm0_) United States

Patching VMware vRealize Operations for Log4j Vulnerability | CVE-2021-44228 & CVE-2021-45046 by Ravi Kumar S (@ravi_489) Singapore

vROps Content Management and the Suite-API by Brock Peterson (@bpatvmware) United States

vRealize Automation Related Blogs

Deploying vRA 8.6.1 using the Easy Installer by Cosmin Trif (@cosm0_) United States

VMware vRealize Automation 8.6.1 is Now Available by Steven Bright (@stevenbright) United States

NSX Plugin 1.2 in VRA 7.6 Not Generating NSX Security Groups in a Page (NOT SOLVED YET) by Pradeep Adapa (@pradeepadapa) United States

Log4j patch for vRealize Automation 7.6 and vRealize Orchestrator 7.6 (KB87121) by Jose Cavalheri (@JoseCavalheri) Belgium

What’s New in vRealize Automation 8.6 by Prem Kumar (@mail4prem) India

Log4j Workaround for vRealize Automation 8 and vRealize Orchestrator 8 by Steven Bright (@stevenbright) United States

vRA8.6 Cloud Assembly Custom Resource Actions by Paul Wynne (@vdiallstar) Ireland

Getting Started with SaltStack Config by Brian Wuchner (@bwuch) United States

Patching VMware vRealize Automation for Log4j Vulnerability | CVE-2021-44228 & CVE-2021-45046 by Ravi Kumar S (@ravi_489) Singapore

Deploy CoreOS with advanced VM parameters by Kristof Asaert (@vkasaert) Belgium

vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager Related Blogs

LCMVSPHERECONFIG1000087 – vRSLCM Cannot Deploy vRealize Operations Manager (vROPS 8.6.0) by Jose Cavalheri (@JoseCavalheri) Belgium

Upgrading vRSLCM (vRealize Lifecycle Manager) to 8.6.1 by Cosmin Trif (@cosm0_) United States

Patching vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager for Log4j Vulnerability | CVE-2021-44228 & CVE-2021-45046 by Ravi Kumar S (@ravi_489) Singapore

Using the vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager (vRSLCM) API for vRSLCM Day 2 Operations – Managing Global NTP by Christopher Lewis (@thecloudxpert) Great Britain

Using the vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager (vRSLCM) API for vRSLCM Day 2 Operations – Managing Global DNS by Christopher Lewis (@thecloudxpert) Great Britain

vRSLCM (vRealize Lifecycle Manager) Product Support Pack by Cosmin Trif (@cosm0_) United States

vRSLCM 8.x – Quick Tip – log4jfix.sh Fix Error: Binary Operator Expected – CVE-2021-44228 by Michaël Van de gaer (@vdgMichael) Belgium

Using the vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager (vRSLCM) API for vRSLCM Day 2 Operations – Downloading Products from My VMware by Christopher Lewis (@thecloudxpert) Great Britain