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 […]
I was working with a client recently who needed to route all their vSphere host’s syslogs to their Log Insight Manager server. I decided to write a script to automate the process. Hope this helps! You will need a machine with VMware’s PowerCLI installed <Tested on 6.5 Release 1 (Build 4624819)> to execute this script […]
The first step in this process is to install Log Insight Agent on ONE App Volumes Server per instance. 1. From the Log Insight Manager web portal navigate to the top-corner of the page selecting the three lines 2. Select ‘Administration’ 3. Select ‘Agents’ 4. Select the dropdown under ‘Agents’ 5. Select ‘+ NEW […]
With as much traveling as I do around the country one thing I sometimes need is being able to access multiple Horizon View environments. To do this on a Mac, you can simply clone the Horizon View Client. Adding those multiple View Clients to your Dock can be a little tricky considering it’s the same […]
Hey all, I wanted to highlight an excellent blog post Mark Ma did about Migrating from a single SQL database with App Volumes to an AlwaysOn solution. With the recent release of App Volumes 2.12, we officially support Microsoft SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups. SQL AlwaysOn Availability Groups is a great way to provide high […]
When installing a fresh App Volumes Manager, you might receive the error that HTTP port is in-use. Verify services such as Microsoft’s IIS is not running, if it is, remove it. To check what application is using what port on a Windows system execute the following from a command-line: Syntax: Netstat<space>-anob Netstat –anob This will […]
Blast Improvements Further enhancements to the protocol Improvements in the GPU-encode/decode that significantly lower bandwidth and latency Improvements in the JPG/PNG codec to reduce bandwidth utilization by 6x vRealize Operations integration with Blast Extreme. I can now see Blast statistics in the vROPs console UEM Smart Policies Integration with Blast. I can now use the […]
Working with a customer and also conducting some testing in my lab I discovered that with Horizon 7 Instant Clones I wasn’t able to RDP into them. I verified my firewall settings and also that the ‘Allow connections from computers’ piece was enabled. After various tests I discovered once installing the Horizon 7 Agent it […]
Thanks to @NatHeidler at VMware for sharing a lot of useful VMware Partner links I’ve decided to create a ‘useful links’ section. Check it out: https://www.virtuallycaffeinated.com/useful-links/
App Volumes Manager logs are growing continuously, after a long while taking up substantial amounts of disk space. App Volumes can be configured to roll the logs after a specified size on disk has been reached. On the manager server: 1) Open C:\Program Files (x86)\CloudVolumes\Manager\config\log4r.yml 2) Find the section output_templates under which standard_output section […]
