🎉 Congratulations! #vExpert 2024 Awards Announcement 🎉 Congratulations! vExpert 2024 Awards… Thank you to everyone who applied for the vExpert program. A special thank you to the vExpert PROs for managing the application voting; it’s a lot of work! We are pleased to announce the list of 2024 vExperts. You can visit the vExpert Directory to see the list and profiles of each vExpert. VMware […]

Track vCenter Logins with Aria Operations for Logs Track vCenter Logins with Aria Operations for Logs You have dozens of vCenters and want to track logins across your estate, enter Aria Operations for Logs! We won’t discuss deployment here, but it’s pretty straight forward. Once deployed, go to Integration – vSphere and add your vCenters. Here you can see I’ve configured three vCenters (and […] […]

The misconception of self-learning capabilities of Large Language Models during … The misconception of self-learning capabilities… I enjoyed engaging with many customers about bringing Gen-AI to the on-prem data center at VMware Explore. Many customers want to keep their data and IP between the four walls of their organization, and rightly so. With VMware Private AI Foundation, we aim to utilize foundation models and build […]

Monitor Oracle Database with Aria Operations and Telegraf Monitor Oracle Database with Aria Operations… We discussed monitoring Oracle Database with vRTVS a couple years ago, but there is another way to monitor as well, Telegraf! Here’s how you do it. VMware Social Media Advocacy

Add Data Node to Aria Operations Cluster Add Data Node to Aria Operations Cluster I’d like to expand my single node Aria Operations deployment to include a Data Node, here’s how to do it! VMware Social Media Advocacy

Access Aria Operations Views via Internal API Access Aria Operations Views via Internal API Adapter Instances, Reports, and more, you can access all of these via the Aria Operations API. But, did you know there is also an Internal API?! This is how we’ll access Views, let’s have a look! VMware Social Media Advocacy

Getting Started with Data Services Manager 2.0 – Part 10: Consumption Operator Getting Started with Data Services Manager 2.0… One of the common asks we get from customers on Data Services Manager (DSM) 2.0 is the following: “I already run Kubernetes. Is it possible to create databases from my existing Kubernetes clusters using DSM?”. The answer is Yes. We provide a piece of software called […]

ESXi on Minisforum MS-01 ESXi on Minisforum MS-01 In recent years, there have been a number of new players that have entered the mini PC market that have really been pushing the boundaries on small form factor systems. Minisforum is one such company, that was founded in 2018 and have been steadily producing more interesting kits to compete with some of the more […] VMware […]

New Aria Operations True Insight Management Pack Releases New Aria Operations True Insight Management… I have been using Aria Operations and True Insight Management Packs quite a bit recently. This is mostly to get visibility into databases that are being provisioned by VMware Data Services Manager (DSM). I just learnt that we released a bunch of new Management Packs (v9.1) only last week, […] VMware […]

Horizon 2312, new feature to simplify the Gold Image Linux Configuration – BIOLN… Horizon 2312, new feature to simplify the Gold… Few people know that it is possible use Linux Distribution to create VDI desktop or Stream Application (Like RDS) to publish it with Horizon. The desktop pool can to be Instant Clone or Full Clone. […] VMware Social Media Advocacy