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BlanketVM is my blog where I would like to post articles about my VMware journey and other solutions. I have years of experience with vSphere, SRM, vROPS, vRA, etc., and now I have decided to share it with you. I want to participate in the virtualization community, which has motivated me to create that website.
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Table of contents

Cloud Foundation (VCF9):

• VCF 9 Deployment PART1: Topology, ESX Host Preparation and VCF Installer deployment
• VCF 9 Deployment PART2: VCF deployment
• VCF 9 Deployment PART3: VCF Operation for Logs deployment.
• VCF 9 Deployment PART4: VCF Single Sign-On configuration (Identity Broker and vCenter).
• VCF 9 Deployment PART5: VCF Single Sign-On configuration (NSX Manager).
• VCF 9 Deployment PART6: VCF Single Sign-On configuration (VCF Operations).
• VCF 9 Deployment PART7: VCF Single Sign-On configuration (VCF Operations for Logs).
• VCF 9 Deployment PART8: VCF Single Sign-On configuration (VCF Automation).
• VCF 9 Deployment PART9: VCF Automation – Create VM App Organization and basic integrations.
• VCF 9 Deployment PART10: Create VPC with Distributed Transit Gateway connectivity.

Cloud Foundation:

• Reset Cloud Builder in VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1
• VCF 5.1 – SDDC Manager SFTP configuration failed: Validation failed for directory <path> on server <SFTP>

Aria Automation.

• vRA 8.4+ Custom resource action: Remove virtual machine snapshots older than X days/hours for all VMs inside Deployment
• vRA 8.4.x – How to attach disconnected persistent volume to virtual machine using API

Aria Operations:

• Aria Operations – PART II: Deploy Open Source Telegraf agent on Windows VM.
• Aria Operations – PART I: Deploy Open Source Telegraf agent on Linux VM.
• Aria Operations: Rule based application discovery.
• vROPS Management Pack for vRealize Orchestrator stopped working with vRA/vRO 8.8 and later (Incorrect user name or password).
• vRealize Operations Manager: Troubleshooting Cloud Proxy and Telegraf agents
• How to exclude partitions from vRealize Operations Manager alerts
• vROPS Super Metric: VM OS Uptime in a given time
• Add vRO workflow as a custom resource action in vRealize Operations Manager

NSX-T:

• How to check used username for Compute Manager in NSX-T 4.x

Aria Automation Orchestrator:

• Remove virtual machine snapshots older than X days/hours
• vRO workflow: sleep or pause and wait? What’s the difference, and when to use these options?
• Create/Remove snapshots for all virtual machines inside VM folder using vRO Plugin
• Register vRealize Orchestrator 8.3 as an extension of vCenter Server 7.0

Identity Manager/Workspace ONE Access:

• Create WorkspaceOne Access local user or reset a password without SMTP server configured
• Configure Kerberos authentication in vRealize Identity Manager 3.3.4
• How to add vRealize Operations Manager 8.x to vRealize Identity Manager Web Apps catalog

vCenter:

• vCenter failed to install patch Update 2b

ESXi:

• How to build custom ESXi image [Updated on 17.02.2021]
• How to shrink a thick VMDK disk on a virtual machine

Home Lab:

• Home Lab [Updated on 04.10.2021]