A double-shot of knowledge
I decided to share some common troubleshooting steps I’ve had to do with vRealize Operations at customers. Troubleshooting steps Enabling SSH on the appliance: Log in to the vRealize Operations Manager (formerly known as VMware vCenter Operations Manager (vApp)) virtual machine console as root using ALT-F1.Note: By default there is no root password configured. Start the […]
Even more power comes out of VMware vRealize Operations when enabling the vRealize Operations Python Adapter, adding additional intelligent monitoring and action capabilities. To do this, execute the following steps: Image1: Select ‘Solutions’ Select ‘VMware vSphere’ Select ‘vCenter Python Adapter’ Add your vCenters, match what you configured under the ‘vCenter Adapter’ section above […]
How to find the metric description you can use for metric configuration in XML files. As with vROps 6 the way to retrieve the metric names from v5 doesn’t work anymore. This document explains how to utilize the REST API (Suite API) to achieve what some starting to struggle with. The word ‘Lab:’ in this […]
Changing Master Node IP address In some cases I have found customers want to change their Master Node IP when moving from a Pilot to Production for example. This is supported from VMware but isn’t an easy task. Before we dig into this I also want to make sure it’s clear this isn’t changing the […]
vRealize Operations Manager Licensing You must associate View objects with your vRealize Operations for Horizon license key by editing license groups in vRealize Operations Manager. A license group is a way to gather certain objects, called license group members, under a particular license key. By default, the vRealize Operations Manager and vRealize Operations for Horizon […]
