Below you can find all posts related to VMware solutions. For a better search, I have also added posts into subcategories like ESXi or vRA. Have fun!
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VCF 9 Deployment PART10: Create VPC with Distributed Transit Gateway connectivity.
Introduction In this tenth installment of the VCF 9 Deployment series, we move beyond the core management domain setup into a key piece of network architecture. VCF 9 allows us to configure two main architectures regarding VPC: The differences between Centralized and Distributed services: Capability Distributed Connectivity Centralized Connectivity (Active/Standby) Centralized Connectivity (Active/Active) VPC Auto-NAT No Yes No External IPs Yes Yes Yes Custom NAT rules on VPC No Yes…
Keep readingVCF 9 Deployment PART9: VCF Automation – Create VM App Organization and basic integrations.
Introduction In this ninth entry of our VCF 9 Deployment series, we shift focus to VCF Automation. With VCF 9, Automation gives us the possibility to create two types of organizations. In the context of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and VCF Automation, an Organization is a logical grouping of users, resources, and policies that helps define and isolate environments for different teams, applications, or business units. This time, I will…
Keep readingVCF 9 Deployment PART8: VCF Single Sign-On configuration (VCF Automation).
Introduction It’s time to complete the Single Sign-On (SSO) integration across the platform by configuring identity federation for VCF Automation. VCF Automation plays a central role in enabling self-service provisioning, governance, and infrastructure-as-code workflows within VCF. Integrating it with your enterprise identity provider via the VMware Identity Broker ensures that all automation workflows and service access are governed by the same secure, centralized authentication system already used by vCenter, NSX,…
Keep readingVCF 9 Deployment PART7: VCF Single Sign-On configuration (VCF Operations for Logs).
Introduction In this seventh part of our VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9 deployment series, we continue extending Single Sign-On (SSO) integration—this time to VCF Operations for Logs (formerly Aria Operations for Logs). Centralizing authentication for log management is a crucial step in ensuring secure, auditable access to one of your most critical operational tools. VCF Operations for Logs provides deep visibility into system, application, and security logs across your virtual…
Keep readingVCF 9 Deployment PART6: VCF Single Sign-On configuration (VCF Operations).
Introduction Continuing with the Single Sign-On (SSO) integration across the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9 stack, this part of the series focuses on configuring identity federation for VCF Operations (formerly Aria Operations). VCF Operations plays a critical role in providing intelligent analytics, performance monitoring, and capacity planning across your cloud infrastructure. To maintain a consistent and secure user experience, it’s essential to ensure VCF Operations uses the same centralized identity…
Keep readingVCF 9 Deployment PART5: VCF Single Sign-On configuration (NSX Manager).
Introduction As we continue to build out our VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9 environment, the next step is to extend Single Sign-On (SSO) integration to NSX Manager. NSX is a core component of VCF, providing software-defined networking and security services; aligning it with centralized authentication is essential for secure and consistent administrative access. In this part of the series, we’ll walk through the process of configuring identity for NSX Manager…
Keep readingVCF 9 Deployment PART4: VCF Single Sign-On configuration (Identity Broker and vCenter).
Introduction: As we continue our journey through deploying VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9, we now arrive at one of the most critical stages of the stack — Single Sign-On (SSO) integration. In this fourth part of the series, we’ll walk through the configuration of VCF Identity Broker and its integration with vCenter Server (other solutions like VCF Operations, operations for Logs, or Automation will be covered in the following posts).…
Keep readingVCF 9 Deployment PART3: VCF Operation for Logs deployment.
Introduction: Welcome to the third part of the VCF 9 Deployment series. After completing the bring-up of the management domain in the previous post, it’s time to enhance observability and operational insight across your VMware Cloud Foundation environment. In this post, we’ll walk through the deployment of VCF Operations for Logs (formerly Aria Operations for Logs), which is a key component for centralized log collection, analysis, and troubleshooting in VCF.…
Keep readingVCF 9 Deployment PART2: VCF deployment.
Introduction: Welcome to the second post in my new blog series on VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9 Deployment. In this multi-part guide, I’ll walk you step by step through the whole installation process of VCF 9 – from initial planning and environment preparation to a fully functional private cloud stack built on VMware’s latest platform.Here, you can find the first part, which describes how to prepare ESX Hosts, deploy the…
Keep readingVCF 9 Deployment PART1: Topology, ESX Host Preparation and VCF Installer deployment
Introduction: Welcome to the first post in my new blog series on VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9 Deployment. In this multi-part guide, I’ll walk you step by step through the full installation process of VCF 9 – from initial planning and environment preparation to a fully functional private cloud stack built on VMware’s latest platform. In Part 1, we’ll focus on three foundational elements: – Understanding the design of my…
Keep readingAria Operations – PART II: Deploy Open Source Telegraf agent on Windows VM.
In the previous post (PART I), I described how to deploy the Open Source Telegraf agent on a Linux VM. This time we keep focus on the Windows OS. If you want to read a few words of introduction and find out how you can use Telegraf agent, go to the PART I. List of all parts: STEP 1: Prerequisites Prerequisites for the Windows OS:: Required network traffic: STEP 2:…
Keep readingAria Operations – PART I: Deploy Open Source Telegraf agent on Linux VM.
Aria Operations supports two kinds of Telegraf Agents: Managed and Open Source Telegraf agents. What is the advantage of using an Open Source Telegraf agent? It supports more applications and is fully configurable. For example, Active Directory monitoring can be done using Managed Agent and Open Source. If you configure Managed Agent, you will see a set of metrics and properties, but you cannot add others. Using the Open Source…
Keep readingAria Operations: Rule based application discovery.
With Aria Operations, you can discover your applications based on defined criteria, such as tags. This is a great feature that can help you easily create groups in Aria Operations that correspond to your application. Below, I will show you how to do that using vSphere tags.Why vSphere tags? vSphere tags are commonly used for many reasons, including easy search, grouping applications, marked backups, etc. It’s very likely that you…
Keep readingVCF 5.1 – SDDC Manager SFTP configuration failed: Validation failed for directory <path> on server <SFTP>.
If you are trying to configure the SFTP Server on SDDC Manager in VCF, you are pretty sure that your SFTP server works fine, but in SDDC you can see an error similar to that:Validation failed for directory <path> on server <FQDN or IP>. Please make sure backup directory is intact and sftp server has write permissions on backup path.That post may be for you. Solution: In my case the…
Keep readingHow to check used username for Compute Manager in NSX-T 4.x
Last time I tried to find out which service account I used for NSX-T to the vCenter integration. I could not and I ask my colleagues for help. I’m sharing the solution with you so you don’t have to look for it.The article provides guidelines on how to check what username is used with Compute Manager integration in the NSX-T solution. (for example, vCenter Server integration). Typically, if you check…
Keep readingReset Cloud Builder in VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1
The article provides steps to clear the history of bring-up processes. It can fix many issues when you try multiple deployments, and it fails. After that, your Cloud Builder instance will be cleared from previous runs. Solution:
Keep readingvCenter 8 failed to install patch Update 2b
Short post. A few days ago, I tried to install the latest patch, vCenter 8 Update 2b, and it failed. Ok, it happens. But not every time on the fresh vCenter deployment. I saw the error message: Exception occurred in the postInstallHook for last_component:Patch.Please check the logs for more details. Take corrective action and then resume. In the logs, I have found in logs that the PSCHealth service can’t start.…
Keep readingCreate WorkspaceOne Access local user or reset a password without SMTP server configured.
Sometimes you do not want to connect your WorkspaceOne Access to SMTP, but you need to create a local user or reset a local user password (for example, in a test environment or fast PoC deployment). Below you can find an instruction on how to use REST API to set/reset a password for a local user. Prerequisites: First of all, we need a local user. If you do not have…
Keep readingvROPS Management Pack for vRealize Orchestrator stopped working with vRA/vRO 8.8 and later (Incorrect user name or password).
If you have a problem with the vRealize Operations Manager Management Pack for vRealize Orchestrator with the newest version of vRealize Orchestrator (standalone or embedded), you probably have not read vRO 8.8 release notes carefully. So, do I :)The main reason why that management pack stopped working is that vRO 8.8 has disabled Basic Authentication by default. That’s why we can see such message error in the vROPS integration as…
Keep readingvRealize Operations Manager: Troubleshooting Cloud Proxy and Telegraf agents.
Cloud Proxy is a required component in vRealize Operations Manager if you use Telegraf agents to monitor operating systems or applications. However, I can see that many people don’t know what to do if their Cloud Proxies or Telegraf agents do not work correctly. That post describes basic commands, files location, etc., to help you solve the problems with Cloud Proxy and/or Telegraf agents. Check Cloud Proxy to vROPS connectivity…
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