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  • Installing vRealize Automation software components as a specific user

    calendar Mar 20, 2019 · 7 min read · vra vrealize powershell  ·
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    Since I’ve been working with software components in vRealize Automation (vRA), one of the difficulties I see come up time and time again in Windows environments is the need to run a specific command or component with specific credentials. This is quite common even outside of the scope of vRA. There are multiple ways to …


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  • Deploying VMware Agents with Ansible

    calendar Jan 3, 2019 · 5 min read · ansible vrealize log insight vrops  ·
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    Although there are numerous deployment and config management tools out there, none have had as much traction and continued success as Ansible. Purchased by Red Hat in October 2015, Ansible continues to gain steam in every corner. One of the great things about it and keys to its success is its agentless design. Rather …


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  • How to Ask for Help on Tech Forums

    calendar Dec 18, 2018 · 7 min read · forums vmtn  ·
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    All of us need help at some point, and it’s only too common to reach out to others to ask for help. Before you do that, however, you need to understand some basic rules. These rules exist not only to maintain a sense of courtesy and respect, but to ultimately get you the best help possible. While most of this wisdom is …


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  • New Features in Sovlabs Property Toolkit: Entity Assignment

    calendar Dec 5, 2018 · 4 min read · vra sovlabs  ·
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    It’s no secret that I’ve been a huge proponent of the SovLabs Property Toolkit module. So much so that my new motto is, “don’t leave home without it.” I’ve written fairly extensively about some of its power in articles here and here, but today I’m really excited. No, SUPER excited because the guys and gals at SovLabs …


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  • Veeam Backup-as-a-Service, Part 1

    calendar Aug 2, 2018 · 14 min read · veeam sovlabs vra vrealize  ·
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    Today I want to introduce and provide a walk-through on how to use what I think is one of the coolest modules SovLabs has produced to date for vRealize Automation: Backup-as-a-Service (or BaaS for short). BaaS is one of those pie-in-the-sky dreams for many CMP owners and operators and, frankly, the aim of lots of other …


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  • Drop-Down Lists in vRealize Automation, from Static to Dynamic to External

    calendar May 15, 2018 · 23 min read · vra vro vrealize  ·
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    Today, I wanted to spend some time returning to a basic principle of vRealize Automation (vRA) which is central to creating customized request forms and limiting blueprint sprawl. This is also a subject which is often requested from users. Unfortunately, those unfamiliar with vRA often think this type of customization …


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  • Using vRA Software Components and binding any custom property

    calendar Apr 29, 2018 · 6 min read · vra vrealize  ·
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    Software components (SCs) are pretty neat in vRA (although you pay a pretty penny for them), but they have some serious shortcomings. One of the really cool abilities of them is to “bind” or let a property (variable, really) assume the value of something else inside that blueprint. This makes scripts much more dynamic, …


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  • Making vRA Email Easy with Custom Notifications

    calendar Mar 21, 2018 · 8 min read · vra vrealize sovlabs  ·
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    Email is one of those things that most of us take for granted these days. We just expect email works, that it is flexible, and that it’s adaptable to our situation. Within vRA, we can also get email in and out based on a variety of scenarios. But when it comes to customizing how that looks and works, it’s a little …


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  • SovLabs Property Toolkit Part 2: Dynamic Custom Property Assignment

    calendar Mar 21, 2018 · 9 min read · vra vrealize sovlabs  ·
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    Welcome back to another installment of the exploration of the SovLabs modules! A while back, I went through and introduced the Property Toolkit module via a use case of dynamically building custom properties based on the presence of other custom properties. I illustrated this in the form of placement in vCenter …


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  • What is Sovlabs?

    calendar Mar 18, 2018 · 10 min read · vra vro vrealize sovlabs  ·
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    I realized that although I have covered several of the SovLabs modules already with some fine use cases, I might have jumped the gun a little and not fully explained what this SovLabs business is and how I got to those points. I often receive the question “is it a vRO plug-in?” and so realize a little introduction is …


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