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vRealize Network Insight Overview

vRealize Network Insight Overview

“It’s the network!” seems like the battle-cry for some server teams. I come from a system administration background; I get it. When all of your services are running and the event logs look clear, it must be something external to the system… which is either the network, or something is being talked to through the network. I’ve seen so many server guys chant that mantra, toss the problem over the fence and then wash their hands of the whole situation that I want to scream. That said, I’ve…Read More

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Exploring the Awesome New vRealize Operations 6.6 HTML5 User Interface – David Davis on vROps Post #41

Exploring the Awesome New vRealize Operations…

Now it’s time to come clean and admit it… I’ve never been much of a fan of the traditional vCenter Operations / vRealize Operations user interface (there, I said it for all the world to hear). BUT, let me also say this – I LOVE THE NEW vROPS 6.6 INTERFACE. You see, being a visual The post Exploring the Awesome New vRealize Operations 6.6 HTML5 User Interface – David Davis on vROps Post #41 appeared first on VMware Cloud Management .

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Log Insight: Aliasing Feature

Log Insight: Aliasing Feature

I covered the datastore ID to name aliasing feature in Log Insight 4.0, but under the covers is really a more generic aliasing feature that has not been exposed yet. I walked though a bit of how the aliasing feature works, but I wanted to dig a little deeper into the aliasRules option. Read on […] The post Log Insight: Aliasing Feature appeared first on SFlanders.net by Steve Flanders .

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vRealize Operations 6.6 – DRS and Workload Placement Explained

vRealize Operations 6.6 – DRS and Workload…

http://bit.ly/2uiPhbK VMware Technical Account Manager Matt Bradford explains how vRealize Operations Manager 6.6 integrates with vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) for a powerful solution to protect VM availability and performance Service Level Agreements.

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vRealize Operations 6.6 Makes DRS better!

vRealize Operations 6.6 Makes DRS better!

vRealize Operations 6.6 makes DRS more powerful by helping to balance virtual machine workloads between clusters. It can also provide valuable metrics to DRS to move virtual machines BEFORE resource contention can even occur! Visit https://www.vmware.com/products/vrealize-operations.html

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Log Insight 4.5: Agent Recursive Directory Support

Log Insight 4.5: Agent Recursive Directory Support

The Log Insight Importer has always supported recursive directory support, however the Log Insight Agent has not. I am happy to announce that in Log Insight 4.5, the agent now supports this functionality as well. Read on to learn more! Problems Dynamic directory naming — the name of the directory from which you collect logs […] The post Log Insight 4.5: Agent Recursive Directory Support appeared first on SFlanders.net by Steve Flanders .

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Log Insight: Ingestion API versus Agent

Log Insight: Ingestion API versus Agent

I have compared the ingestion API to syslog and also explained why you should use the Log Insight agent, but I have never compared the ingestion API to the Log Insight agent. In this post, I will do exactly that. Read on to learn more! What is the Ingestion API? The ingestion API is a […] The post Log Insight: Ingestion API versus Agent appeared first on SFlanders.net by Steve Flanders .

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vRealize Log Insight : pre-classifying and filtering events for SIEM systems

vRealize Log Insight : pre-classifying and…

For a project i’m currently working on we are using vRealize Log Insight as a logging and monitoring solution. One of the important requirements this customer has is the forwarding of syslog events to HP Arcsight, a SIEM solution. However, as the amount of syslog events is increased significantly with

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Integrating Log Insight Alerts into vSphere with Operations Management

Integrating Log Insight Alerts into vSphere…

vRealize Log Insight for vCenter is a fantastic utility on all on its own. However, when you combine it with the power of vSphere with Operations Management you really get some fireworks! Alerting is one of the areas where this dynamic combination shines. This happens to be because of Log Insight’s ability to take any query The post Integrating Log Insight Alerts into vSphere with Operations Management appeared first on VMware vSphere Blog .

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Log Insight: Missing OVF Properties

Log Insight: Missing OVF Properties

As you probably know, the Log Insight virtual appliance relies on OVF properties to handle some amount of configuration. OVF properties are powerful in that they can be set at deploy time, changed at a later time, and can be used instead of relying on a CLI or needing to write a UI on top […] The post Log Insight: Missing OVF Properties appeared first on SFlanders.net by Steve Flanders .

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Log Insight VIDM: Unexpected Redirections

Log Insight VIDM: Unexpected Redirections

In my last post, I talked about the “Redirect URL Host” option that is part of VIDM integration. In this post, I would like to discuss configurations that may result in unexpected redirections and what you can do about it. Read on to learn more! Standalone Instance As you may recall in my last post, […] The post Log Insight VIDM: Unexpected Redirections appeared first on SFlanders.net by Steve Flanders .

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Log Insight VIDM: Redirect URL Host

Log Insight VIDM: Redirect URL Host

I recently covered the newly supported VIDM integration in Log Insight 4.3. In this post, I would like to focus on the “Redirect URL Host” option to discuss how it works and what is required to make it work properly. Read on to learn more. Log Insight 4.3 offers supported, external VIDM integration. What I mean […] The post Log Insight VIDM: Redirect URL Host appeared first on SFlanders.net by Steve Flanders .

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vROps Management Pack for Storage Devices 6.0.2 is GA – CormacHogan.com

vROps Management Pack for Storage Devices 6.0.2…

Today sees the release of the vRealize Operations Management Pack for Storage Devices (MPSD) version 6.0.2. This is exciting for me as it means that vROps now has management and monitoring features for Virtual SAN 6.0. The management pack comes with a set of default dashboards for Virtual SAN clusters, as well as the ability to monitor and create proactive alerts/notifications based on VSAN events.

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vRealize Operations 6.6 – VM Configuration Dashboard

vRealize Operations 6.6 – VM Configuration…

http://bit.ly/2uiPhbK This dashboard highlights the key configurations of your virtual machines in your environment.

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vRealize Operations 6.6 – Host Configuration Dashboard

vRealize Operations 6.6 – Host Configuration…

http://bit.ly/2uiPhbK The Host Configuration Dashboard provides an easy way to spot inconsistencies among you ESXi host configurations. For example, while several hosts in this environment are running ESXi 6.5 there are three different build numbers which can confound troubleshooting and remediation.

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vRealize Operations 6.6 – Cluster Utilization Dashboard

vRealize Operations 6.6 – Cluster Utilization…

http://bit.ly/2uiPhbK The Cluster Utilization Dashboard provides cluster usage details for CPU, memory, disk IO and network throughput.

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vRealize Operations 6.6 – Troubleshoot a Datastore Dashboard

vRealize Operations 6.6 – Troubleshoot a…

http://bit.ly/2uiPhbK The Troubleshoot a Datastore Dashboard walks you through a guided approach of identifying storage issues and isolating them easily.

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vRealize Operations 6.6 Dashboard Palooza

vRealize Operations 6.6 Dashboard Palooza

Have you seen vRealize Operations 6.6 yet? Customers are really excited about the new HTML5 product UI, Workload Balance and overall improved ease-of-use with this release. Speaking of “ease-of-use” our product team really nailed it with new and improved dashboard content. We have some other blogs coming out that go a bit deeper on those The post vRealize Operations 6.6 Dashboard Palooza appeared first on VMware Cloud Management .

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vRealize Operations 6.6 – Network Configuration Dashboard

vRealize Operations 6.6 – Network Configuration…

http://bit.ly/2uiPhbK The Network Configuration Dashboard provides you a detailed view of how your Virtual network switches are configured.

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vRealize Operations 6.6 – Troubleshoot a VM Dashboard

vRealize Operations 6.6 – Troubleshoot a VM…

http://bit.ly/2uiPhbK In this demonstration, we will show how an administrator can verify the health and performance of a VM. Let’s assume that an application owner is complaining about poor performance on a VM.

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