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Building the Cloud with vCloud Director 9.0 – A-Z

GrahamDecember 16, 2017February 17, 2018

Introduction to to vCD 9.0 The growth in cloud adoption is growing year on year. Last year figures of over 20% growth in IaaS alone are proving this. VMware's vCloud Director solution is therefore an obvious choice to provide IaaS to customers. This post series will detail the steps required...

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vCloud Director Installation Part 1 – Database

GrahamDecember 16, 2017December 16, 2017

This is part 1 of the vCD 9.0 Installation guide. In this section we will install the database required for vCD There are now 3 databases supported for vCD Oracle Microsoft SQL Server PostgreSQL This guide will focus on setting up a vCD database with PostgreSQL on CentOS 7, but...

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vCloud Director Installation Part 2 – vCD Base Operating System

GrahamDecember 16, 2017December 16, 2017

This is part 2 of the vCD 9.0 Installation guide. In the previous section we installed an operating system and database for vCloud Director. In this section we will install the base OS and base software for vCD NOTE: This section is essentially a copy and paste from the database...

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vCloud Director Installation Part 3 – vCloud Director Install

GrahamDecember 9, 2017December 16, 2017

This is part 3 of the vCD 9.0 Installation guide. In the previous section we installed an base operating system for vCloud Director. In this section we will install the vCloud Director software installation. For most of this procedure there are perfectly good guides for this on VMware's website so...

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Being Colour Blind in IT

GrahamOctober 28, 2017January 21, 2018

I never used to talk about my colour blindness until this year when I realised just how "colour blind" I really was. It's something that you are born with and my parents didn't know until I was around 5 when I was unable to see our dog's red ball on...

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Log Insight – Install now because you are already licensed

GrahamOctober 21, 2017October 22, 2017

Need a syslog server that isn't just a dumping ground for logs that you view with a simple text viewer? Look no further than VMware vRealize Log Insight! This post includes information about the Log Insight version that you are probably already licensed for and how to install and configure...

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ControlUp – Monitoring and Diagnostics with Free Trial

GrahamOctober 21, 2017October 22, 2017

While at VMworld 2017 I wanted to visit as many stands in Solutions Exchange as possible, I didn't get to all of them but one which stood out to me was ControlUp. I was greeted by the whole team including @RotemAgmon So what is ControlUp ? Rotem gave me a thorough...

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vCloud Director 8.10 – Renew SSL Certificates A-Z

GrahamOctober 19, 2017October 22, 2017

Today I had to renew SSL certificates for a vCD 8.10 cell which had expired. I could not find a comprehensive guide explaining the exact steps so this post covers everything required to replace expiring / expired certificates with new ones. Notes Replace anything in BOLD CAPS with your custom configuration...

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vTestPlans – Free vSphere Test Plans

GrahamOctober 15, 2017October 22, 2017

I've recently had a few requests to share my vSphere test plans with the VMware community. Good news: With effect today I have reformatted my old test plans and uploaded them to GitHub. Please feel free to download, share & modify these. If you make any modifications or additions and...

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I’ve Installed vRealize Operations Manager (vROps) – Now what?

GrahamOctober 12, 2017October 22, 2017

I see questions like this all the time: I've installed vROps, but is that it? Am I missing something? How does this software help me? How can I get my "moneys worth" / ROI I hope to answer some of these questions by exploring some of the features that vROps...

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