Changing IP / Hostname on existing vCenter 7.x

At one time or another, we've all found our current IP scheme to be lacking or needing a refresh. That's the situation I found myself in this week. In order to match with other networks and systems, I needed to change some IP addresses around. In the past changing this...
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A Quick Primer in Troubleshooting vRealize Automation 8.x

Let me start by saying this is definitely not a all-inclusive guide, but this hopefully might help a few people or get you started. I've been working with vRealize Automation for the last year, and I've had to troubleshoot quite a few problems. Not sure if that's...
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Error upgrading VMware Identity Manager from 3.3.4 to 3.3.5

Recently while upgrading my vRealize Suite of products (vRealize Automation, Identity Manager, and Lifecycle Manager) I received an error. I had already updated Lifecycle Manager and downloaded the binaries for IDM and vRA. The error occurred when I tried to upgrade...
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Using vRealize Orchestrator 8.3 API calls to deploy Cloud Director vAPP Templates

With all the new learning going on, in an effort to try to retain this information, I will be using these posts as documentation. (Also, because I am not finding a lot of this out there in blog land already.) Today's learning is using APIs to deploy an existing vAPP...
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Nested Environments and Cloud Director / vRealize Automation 8

When I started my new job a Pure, one of the reasons why was to push into a new area that I've dabbled very little in. Automation and scripting/programming. I forgot how frustrating learning brand new things can be. That feeling of knowing exactly where you want to go,...
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VCP-DCV 2020 vSphere 7 Study Guide, Complete PDF

VCP-DCV 2020 v7-Study-GuideDownload Thanks for everyone's support! If you want to use this in a business capacity, let me know. Also if you appreciate it and want to donate something. I have a patreon made at the suggestion of a fellow community friend...
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VMware VCP 2020 vSphere 7 Edition Exam Prep Guide (pt.5)

Section 6 – Troubleshooting and Repairing - There are no testable objectives for this section. Since this isn't a testable section, we won't cover this. If there is enough of an ask, I may add a bit in here. Section 7 – Administrative and Operational...
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VMware VCP 2020 vSphere 7 Edition Exam Prep Guide (pt.4)

Section 5 – Performance-tuning, Optimization, Upgrades Objective 5.1 – Identify resource pools use cases The official description of a resource pool is a logical abstraction for the flexible management of resources (same exact definition as vSphere 6.x). My...
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VMware VCP 2020 vSphere 7 Edition Exam Prep Guide (pt.3)

And we're back for post 3 of the VCP-DCV 2020. Section 3 is Planning and Design. VMware has no testable objectives for this section, so we won't write anything on it. Perhaps we may cover it in a future blog if enough are interested in it, on to Section 4. Section 4...
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VMware VCP 2020 vSphere 7 Edition Exam Prep Guide (pt.2)

Picking up where we left off, here is Section 2. Once again, this version has been shaken up quite a bit from previous VCP objectives; this section is a bit lighter than Section 1. Let's dig in. Section 2 – VMware Products and Solutions Objective 2.1 – Describe the...
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