Category Archives: vCenter Appliance

How to integrate vCenter Alarms with SocialCast – vCenter Appliance

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As you may or may not know, in my previous life I was a vSphere Admin working for a large multinational company. My team supported a large vSphere environment with a wide range of application workloads. Many times we would encounter problems with the applications that required all of us Continue reading How to integrate vCenter Alarms with SocialCast – vCenter Appliance→

How to reindex the vCenter Appliance Database

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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→