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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 impact performance. Always snapshot or backup your appliance before attempting Continue reading How to reindex the ITBM 1.x Standard Appliance Database
The vCenter appliance has it’s own local database. Behind the scenes it is running a vPostgres to store information for the hosts and clusters it is manageing. Over time the database tables can become fragmented and impact performance. Always snapshot or backup your appliance before attempting this procedure. NOTE: This Continue reading How to reindex the vCenter 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 can become fragmented and impact performance and of vCO. Always 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 impact performance of the portal. Note: this may not help Continue reading How to reindex the vCAC Appliance Database
I come across a recurring theme that many customers are confused on the path to Automation and self service. I can also agree that the technology industry as a whole is making this even more confusing as no one wants to lose market share. For example if “Vendor A” solution Continue reading The path to Automation is Virtual
There I said it. I keep hearing this recurring theme that customers want to to provide self service with AIX or HP-UX. First of all, how often do you provision AIX to warrant self service anyway? In my experience it is not nearly as often as Window’s or Linux. Second, Continue reading AIX is not cloud
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 your evolutionary journey from VMtoCloud! New Portal Icons: New Continue reading Updated vCAC 6 icon pack
Once again I am here to prove that vCAC can integrate with anything. The new kid in town this week ; – ) is Docker Containers. In this example I am using CentOS Linux 6.5 with the vCAC guest agents installed to host Docker. This same example will work with Continue reading Docker as a Service in vCAC Part 1
ITBM standard is an additional component for cost and usage reporting in vCAC 6. For this guide you will need vCAC 6 already installed and configured. You can follow my guide here: vCAC 6 Quick Start Guide NOTE: The minimum requirement to run ITBM standard is Part 1 of the Continue reading How to install ITBM standard