Linux – How to increase LVMs by extending existing virtual disks
Use Case: Logical Volume (LVM) on a Linux server requires expansion. Pre-Req: Increase the virtual disk size to the required size (i.e within vCenter) Quick Steps
Author: tg-test100
Synchronising VMware SDDC Manager Credentials to Hashicorp Vault with Python
VMware’s SDDC has a great feature whereby it can manage credentials for all the applications and appliances within its scope, such as vCenter, NSX-T, WSA, vRealize suite etc. The best part of this management is the periodic rotation feature which […]
Configuring iDRAC using RedFish API via Ansible.
Having a large number of iDRAC out of band (OOB) interfaces to configure on Dell hardware can seem like a mind numbing daunting task to administrators everywhere. Recently my team was tasked with the following basic tasks on around 80 […]
VMware VCF on Dell VxRail 4.2 to 4.3 – Tips & Tricks
VMware VCF 4.3 is GA and not a moment too soon! The release of 4.3 brings the vRealize product set back up to date and does a number of patch releases on the core infrastructure. If you are running VCF […]
Using the vRA Plugin for vRO – Enabling Actions in custom forms which call the vRA API
I haven’t done a blog for a while due to an overload of work, but I’m getting back on the horse! Earlier this year VMware released a new vRA plugin for vRO – https://blogs.vmware.com/management/2021/03/vro-vra-plugin.html. Typically a vRO plugin provides out […]
SDDC Manager – ‘SSO Ring Topology’ Error when rebuilding additional VCF 4.x Workload Domains
I’ve recently been working on a large VCF rollout with Dell which comprised of a management cluster and multiple workload domains. For those unfaimilar with VCF, each management and workload cluster has its own vCenter appliance, all created and managed […]
vRA 8.3 – Saltstack Config – Getting started. Part 1
Like many others, Ansible is my tool of choice for configuring endpoints once the VM is provisioned. With the introduction of Saltstack Config (Enterprise) into the vRA bundle from 8.3, I wanted to test this as an alternative. Beyond the […]
Using vRA 8.2 Terraform cloud templates to deploy AWS resources
VMware have jumped on the Terraform bandwagon and it is now fully integrated into vRA 8.2 onwards. In this blog I will go through the process of configuring vRA to deploy an AWS EC2 instance via Terraform code. I have […]
vRA Cloud ABX – Manage Action Secrets
Not a moment too soon into 2021 and vRA Cloud has been updated with some essential functionality, the ability to secure values being used within ABX scripts. To date, this omission has made ABX an insecure feature, unless an on-premise […]
Manual Sync of VMware Identity Manager (vIDM) via API
VMware’s Identity Manager. 🙁 A product which causes me more hassle than it’s worth (in my opinion!). I get why it’s there and when you have a mix of SAML / passwords / certs etc then its fine, but for […]