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  • VCSA API - Exploring the Backup Endpoints

    Apr 4, 2020 (Last modified: Apr 5, 2020) appliance api vcenter

    In this post we will explore the Backup endpoints in the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) REST API

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  • VCSA API - Exploring the Update Endpoints

    Apr 4, 2020 (Last modified: Apr 4, 2020) appliance api vcenter

    Let's see how we can get information about the version updates in the VCSA and how to perform an update programatically

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  • Slides and script from VMUG session in December

    Dec 6, 2018 (Last modified: Mar 31, 2019) api appliance performance powershell vcenter

    I had the pleasure of giving a talk about how to do monitoring of the vCenter Server during the VMUG Oslo meeting in December. The session was an extension of what I presented during the VMUG meetings in May and the vBrownbag session during VMworld Europe. The demos showed how we can get health status and metrics from …

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  • vSphere Performance - vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) monitoring

    Dec 3, 2018 (Last modified: Apr 1, 2019) appliance powershell rest api stats vcenter vsphere influxdb grafana

    This post is a (late) follow-up on a previous post I did about exploring the monitoring endpoints of the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA), and an addition to the vSphere Performance blog series. Now we will add performance metrics and health status of the VCSA to our monitoring solution. We'll utilize the REST APIs in …

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  • Extending the firmware repository in HPE OneView

    Nov 13, 2018 (Last modified: Apr 1, 2019) appliance oneview

    This is a short post on how to extend the internal firmware repository in HPE OneView. The procedure is documented in the installation guide for 3.0, but if you are like me chances are that you don't have that lying around so I thought I'd write up a short post on it for future reference. The process is pretty straight …

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  • Upgrading the VCSA and converting to embedded PSC

    Nov 1, 2018 (Last modified: Mar 30, 2019) appliance psc upgrade vcenter

    This week I've been playing in our vCenter lab and tested the upgrade to 6.7 U1 and also changing the deployment type to vCenter with embedded PSC. I must say that the vCenter team has done a great job on the upgrade process over the last year. Both our migration from the Windows vCenter to the VCSA as well as the …

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  • VCSA 6.7 Upgrade error - The mystery of how the installer connected to the wrong VM

    Jul 12, 2018 (Last modified: Mar 30, 2019) appliance vcenter vcsa upgrade

    When trying to upgrade our lab vcenter from 6.5 to 6.7 this week we encountered a strange error. Our lab environement is running vSphere 6.5 on VCSA and we are running with an external PSC. So when starting the upgrade of the PSC I got an error early in the process, while connecting to the source VCSA. Error when …

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  • vSphere 6.5 upgrade – vCenter server. Check your database size

    Jun 27, 2017 (Last modified: Mar 29, 2019) appliance migration upgrade vcenter

    In my last post about upgrading vCenter to 6.5 I've outlined the steps I needed to do for the migration. Both pre-migration, the actual migration and some post-migration steps. Today we were about to upgrade/migrate one of our oldest and biggest vCenters which presented some additional steps to consider for the …

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  • vSphere 6.5 upgrade – vCenter server

    Jun 22, 2017 (Last modified: Mar 29, 2019) appliance upgrade vcenter

    In a previous postI talked about the upgrade of our vSphere environment. The first post described the upgrade and migration of the Platform Services Controller (PSC) from a version 6 running on Windows to a 6.5 Appliance. Our upgrade path would be PSC -> vCenter -> Hosts. Our environment consists of several …

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Rudi is a VMware vExpert and a 2xVCIX (Datacenter Virtualization & Cloud Management and Automation). Currently focusing on Cloud Automation and modern apps
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