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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 command line to script their infrastructure request) and what you 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 integration, instead of the previously used VCAC Designer (no longer 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 or backup your appliance before attempting this procedure. NOTE: This 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 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