VMware vRealize AI Cloud VMworld 2020

At VMworld 2020 the new vRealize AI Cloud was announced.  This is a huge step forward for VMware to bring AI into the fold to help optimize customer environments.  The ability to create a digital copy of your environment and run ML against the copy in hundreds of scenarios is a game changer for VMware.  … Read more

VMware vRealize Cloud Universal VMworld 2020

At VMworld they announced the new vRealize Cloud Universal suite of products.  This new flexible licensing model merging both onprem and SaaS offerings is a smart move for VMware.  VMware is acknowledging that not everyone is 100% cloud yet and by allowing them a single license to manage both the onprem and cloud was the … Read more

VMWare vRealize Operations: Migration Planning

As an Architect one thing you are constantly hit with is capacity planning, migration planning, and cost savings meetings.  I am sure anyone reading this article has been sitting in their office and someone ask, “Hey could you run some quick estimate numbers on what X would cost if we performed Y?” This article is … Read more

What-If VMWare vRealize Operations for VxRail/vSAN Host Remove from Cluster

Have you ever acquired hardware for a new project that gets killed or moved to the cloud?  Has it ever been end of year for a vendor and you acquire additional hardware for future projects?  Have you ever been approaching your end of quarter/year and you still have funds that need spent from your budget … Read more

vRealize Operations Manager (vROps) 8.0 – How to create a report to show virtual machine’s with mounted ISO

One of the custom views I like to create is the ability to see which VMs in my clusters have a mounted ISO file.  There are many justified reasons to mount an ISO file via the CD-ROM on a virtual machine.  However, this prevents the VM from being able to vMotion.  This can impact things … Read more