Log Insight 3.6: Enhanced Query API

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Log Insight 3.6: Enhanced Query API

Log Insight introduced a query API in version 3.3. In 3.6, the API has been enhanced to bring more parity to the existing UI capabilities. Read on to learn more! With Log Insight 3.6, you now have the following options also available to you: GET calls support a “duration”response which returns the number of milliseconds […] The post Log Insight 3.6: Enhanced Query API appeared first on SFlanders.net by Steve Flanders.


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VMware Code Stream 2.1 Now Available!

VMware Code Stream 2.1 Now Available!

VMware Code Stream 2.1 Now Available!

Big news for customers who are already using or planning to use our vRealize products! With today, the 23rd of August, we are launching new versions of vRealize Code Stream and vRealize Code Stream Management Pack for IT DevOps. In this blog I will go through the most important changes, updates and new features of The post VMware Code Stream 2.1 Now Available! appeared first on VMware Cloud Management .


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vR Ops Alert “VMware Virtual Data Service” Is…

vR Ops Alert “VMware Virtual Data Service” Is Not Available – What to Do? via StorageGumbo

vR Ops Alert “VMware Virtual Data Service” Is…

Running vR Ops in my home lab and noticed that a couple of VMware services were down thanks to the EPOPS agent. One of those was sort of a mystery, the “VMware Virtual Data Service” which I will shorten to “vdcs” for this post.


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MongoDB content pack for vRealize Log Insight

MongoDB content pack for vRealize Log Insight

MongoDB content pack for vRealize Log Insight

MongoDB database is more scalable and provide superior performance, and their data model addresses several issues that the relational model is not designed to address: Large volumes of rapidly changing structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data Agile sprints, quick schema iteration, and frequent code pushes Object-oriented programming that is easy to use and flexible Geographically distributed The post MongoDB content pack for vRealize Log Insight appeared first on…Read More


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Automate your F5 BIG-IP World with vRealize…

Automate your F5 BIG-IP World with vRealize Orchestrator

Automate your F5 BIG-IP World with vRealize…

By: Alain Geenrits, Blue Medora You have many options to script and automate tasks in your VMware environment: Powershell, Python modules, API calls… One tool from VMware stands out because it is the ‘glue’ in the SDDC (Software-Defined Data Center), and that tool is vRealize Orchestrator (formerly vCenter Orchestrator). When VMware bought the Swiss The post Automate your F5 BIG-IP World with vRealize Orchestrator appeared first on VMware Cloud Management .


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Log Insight: ESXi Importer Manifest

Log Insight: ESXi Importer Manifest

Log Insight: ESXi Importer Manifest

In my last post, I explained how to convert Log Insight agent groups into importer manifests. This option works great if you have an agent group already defined (e.g. vCenter Server), however agent groups would only be defined for applications that support the Log Insight agent. Since ESXi does not support the Log Insight agent […] The post Log Insight: ESXi Importer Manifest appeared first on SFlanders.net by Steve Flanders.


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vRealize Infrastructure Navigator not appearing…

vRealize Infrastructure Navigator not appearing in the Web Client — ChansBlog

vRealize Infrastructure Navigator not appearing…

I was playing around deploying the latest version of the vRealize infrastructure Navigator (5.8.6.230 – build 3923091) in my HomeLab (vSphere 6.5 with VCSA as the vCenter) and noticed that after the deployment of the VIN appliance and successfully starting… Continue Reading →


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You want micro-segmentation? vRealize Network…

You want micro-segmentation? vRealize Network Insight is your friend!

You want micro-segmentation? vRealize Network…

As many of you have probably heard, in June 2016 VMware acquired Arkin Net. Arkin Net offers 360 degree visibility, enables faster deployments via micro-segmentation planning, and delivers significantly lower time to resources, leveraging constructs like ‘time machine’, natural language search, and contextual analytics.Now 2 months later the impact and position is visible, VMware will be incorporating Arkin Net with its vRealize Cloud Management platform. Under its new name, vRealize Network…Read More


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vROps Webinar 2016 – Announcing Part 8 : SDDC…

vROps Webinar 2016 – Announcing Part 8 : SDDC Operations with vROps Custom Dashboards

vROps Webinar 2016 – Announcing Part 8 : SDDC…

With VMworld around the corner and a lot of activities under my belt, I am extremely thankful to Iwan who proposed to take this informational series to the next level with our next session. This time… Click on the title to continue reading the post..


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How to Setup vROps for NOC Dashboard Display

How to Setup vROps for NOC Dashboard Display

How to Setup vROps for NOC Dashboard Display

By: Brian Williams, Blue Medora Working on an operations team leads to some fun projects from time-to-time. Today I’m going to talk briefly about one of my favorite projects, setting up a Network Operations Center (NOC) Dashboard. In this blog, I’ll cover some of the basic User Interface (UI) changes that are available in The post How to Setup vROps for NOC Dashboard Display appeared first on VMware Cloud Management .


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VMworld16: Sign up for vROps Design Studio

VMworld16: Sign up for vROps Design Studio

VMworld16: Sign up for vROps Design Studio

Would you like to help define the next generation of VMware Operations Management solutions? The VMware User Experience team is seeking participants to attend VMware Design Studio at VMworld 2016 US between August 28-September 1. To sign up, fill out this form. What Kind of Study Is This? We’re conducting a 90min group discussion to gain insight into The post VMworld16: Sign up for vROps Design Studio appeared first on VMware Cloud Management .


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Log Insight 3.6 Available Now!

Log Insight 3.6 Available Now! — SFlanders.net

Log Insight 3.6 Available Now!

I am happy to announce the release of Log Insight 3.6. As always, this release has a ton of new features. Read on to learn more! What’s New Improved vR Ops integration Alerts contain more metadata Alerts can be configured to auto cancel Integration HA is now available General enhancements Common option support for the […] The post Log Insight 3.6 Available Now! appeared first on SFlanders.net by Steve Flanders.


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Simplifying agent parser configuration with…

Simplifying agent parser configuration with Global Common Options in vRealize Log Insight

Simplifying agent parser configuration with…

This blog post is about using the new global common options to simplify your agent parser configuration in vRealize Log Insight. Parsers in vRealize Log Insight Agents make it possible to specify an optional parser that operates on the log messages and extracts fields from the message. Parsing results in a map of field names to The post Simplifying agent parser configuration with Global Common Options in vRealize Log Insight appeared first on VMware Cloud Management .


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What’s new in vRealize Log Insight v3.6 ?

What’s new in vRealize Log Insight v3.6 ?

What’s new in vRealize Log Insight v3.6 ?

We’re pleased to announce the release of vRealize Log Insight 3.6. You can download the new release here. Read on to learn more! Let’s begin with some … vRealize Operations Manager Integration Enhancements Enhanced Alerting – Alerts sent to vRealize Operations Manager now contain the same metadata as email alerts. So when an alert is The post What’s new in vRealize Log Insight v3.6 ? appeared first on VMware Cloud Management .


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Working with maintenance mode in vROPs via…

Working with maintenance mode in vROPs via PowerCLI

Working with maintenance mode in vROPs via…

A while back I was contacted by someone who knew that PowerCLI now worked with vRealize Operations (vROPS) and knew it covered the entire API but was unsure how to get to the point where they could achieve what they wanted. Before I go into what they were doing I highly recommend that if you … Continue reading Working with maintenance mode in vROPs via PowerCLI → This post was original written and posted by Alan Renouf here: Working with maintenance mode in vROPs via PowerCLI


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Monitor MongoDB Using vRealize Operations

Monitor MongoDB Using vRealize Operations

Monitor MongoDB Using vRealize Operations

The latest addition to the VMware Solution Exchange—the Blue Medora VMware vRealize Operations Management Pack for MongoDB—was just released today. And it’s about to make monitoring MongoDB on VMware a whole lot easier. So… why monitor MongoDB inside vROps? For infrastructures that depend on MongoDB to run their business-critical The post Monitor MongoDB Using vRealize Operations appeared first on VMware Cloud Management .


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VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) content pack…

VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) content pack for vRealize Log Insight

VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) content pack…

VMware Site Recovery Manager Overview VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) is a business continuity and disaster recovery solution that helps you to plan, test, and run the recovery of virtual machines between a protected vCenter Server site and a recovery vCenter Server site. This blog will discuss the content pack for SRM, which you can download here. You can The post VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) content pack for vRealize Log Insight appeared first on VMware Cloud Management .


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vROps Views: A Blog Series Summary

vROps Views: A Blog Series Summary

vROps Views: A Blog Series Summary

By: Kyle Wassink, Blue Medora An Introduction to vROps Views Views are resource type specific, self-contained, reusable displays of information. What do each of these features mean in practice though? First, what does “resource type specific” mean? Simply put, you have to define the resource type (or types) that you want to use The post vROps Views: A Blog Series Summary appeared first on VMware Cloud Management .


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