The Google Cloud Plug-in for VMware vRealize Automation is now available for download on VMware Solution Exchange (VSX)! Google Cloud Plug-in for VMware vRealize Automation As announced last year in July, Google Cloud and VMware have been collaborating to develop a native integration between Google Cloud and VMware vRealize Automation via a Google Cloud plug-in Read more...
In my previous blog post “Adding Custom Metrics and Properties to vRealize Operations Objects with the REST API” I have described how to add additional metrics and properties to existing objects in vRealize Operations using the REST API and Postman. But what if you would like to use the outstanding vRealize Operations engine to manage Read more...
Whether you are deploying vRealize Operations for the first time or you have a current cluster and want to validate your cluster node size and number of nodes you will want to use the vRealize Operations Sizing Tool which was published late last year in conjunction with vRealize Operations 7.0. This simple, easy-to-use tool provides Read more...
In previous post (here) I walked through how to build a Ubuntu template that was ready to be use in Cloud Automation Services. In this follow-up post I will walkthrough the process to make a Cloud Automation Service Ready CentOS template. This one is super easy!! Prerequisites: A downloaded copy of CentOS (I test this Read more...
Don’t be shy, admit it – you already used Cloud Automation Services and fell in love with it, didn’t you? One thing you could be wondering about is how to achieve the same level of extensibility as you do with vRA. Probably, you have already found out that you can provide the payload of a Read more...
This blog post was written by Thomas Kopton: Thomas Kopton is a Senior Consultant at VMware PSO based in CEMEA specializing in SDDC Management solutions like vRealize Operations, Log Insight, Network Insight etc. He has been with VMware since 2016 and worked in the IT industry for over 20 years. Even if vRealize Operations, together with Read more...
On February 20th, we will be hosting another “Getting More out of VMware” webinar. This one will be on how to get started with VMware Cloud Automation Services. You won’t want to miss this one! In this webinar we will provide a quick overview of the VMware Cloud Automation Services (Service Broker, Cloud Assembly, and Code Stream), Read more...
One of the core tenets of VMware Cloud Assembly is blueprint creation. Cloud Administrators will use Cloud Assembly to design their services not just in the graphical interface, but also directly editing the infrastructure as code. As customers discover the capabilities of VMware Cloud Assemblies blueprint interface, their requirements and blueprint complexity are going to Read more...
In a previous post (here), by Cody De Arkland (@Codydeakland), he discussed how to get started using Cloud Assembly and Cloud-Init to build robust blueprints that can do just about anything!! In this post I am going to go through the process of creating an Ubuntu 16 or 18 template that will work smashingly Read more...
A frequent request from the field and VMware customers is, “How can I get data out of vROps using the REST APIs?” The reasons for this vary, but typically there is a desire to incorporate the metrics and properties from vROps with another data set or monitoring tool. In this blog post, I’ll give you Read more...
