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VMware recently released the first plugin designed to automated Puppet Labs. The Plugin is avalaible as a downloadbale add on to vRealize Orchestrator. (Formerly vCenter Orchestrator). Let’s have a look at the capabilities of this new plugin provides. Download Here! Continue reading vRO Puppet Plugin Revealed
So you installed ITBM Standard and now you want to add your AWS account so ITBM can report on your AWS usage? You entered everything correctly and you recived the following error that the S3 bucket is not setup for Continue reading How to add AWS account to ITBM standard 1.1
A common request we get from customers is the ability to add tags to instances that are provisioned to Ec2 from vCAC. Customers tag the instances for various reasons for example reporting, billing, building app relationships. This guide will walk Continue reading How to tag EC2 instances provisioned from vCAC (vRA)
So you want to make your developers happy but you are a vSphere admin and you already have enough on your plate? I am going to make it super easy for you to give your developers what they want (a Continue reading How to call vCAC (vRA) from command line to request VM’s and run scripts in the guest
In this article, I’ll show you how you can quickly perform an integration between VCAC and Service Now for the purposes of creating and updating CIs in the CMDB for VM machine instances. I’m using the VCO/VCAC plugin for this Continue reading Service Now CMDB Integration in 30 Minutes
The application services (formerly APPD) appliance has it’s own local database. Behind the scenes it is running a vPostgres database to store information about application blueprints and services.Over time the database tables can become fragmented and impact performance. Always snapshot Continue reading How to reindex the AppService aka APPD Appliance Database
The ITBM standard appliance has it’s own local database. Behind the scenes it is running a vPostgres database to store information about cost and consumptions of your private and public cloud. Over time the database tables can become fragmented and Continue reading How to reindex the ITBM 1.x Standard Appliance Database
The vCAC 6 appliance has an embeded vCenter Orchestrator or vCO instance and database. Behind the scenes it is running a vPostgres database to store information about workflows, plug-in configuration and client sessions and logging. Over time the database tables Continue reading How to reindex the Embeded vCO Database in vCAC Appliance
The vCAC 6 appliance provides the UI and portal functionality for vCAC. Behind the scenes it is running a vPostgres database to store information about approvals, catalog items and some logging. Over time the database tables can become fragmented and Continue reading How to reindex the vCAC Appliance Database
As vCAC get’s implemented across customer data centers they begin to unleash the power of what this platform can do. To help you with your transformation I have updated the vCAC 6 icon pack with new icons so you can Continue reading Updated vCAC 6 icon pack