This is a quick write up that outlines how to leverage vRealize Operations Manager (vROps) to monitor a website with an “HTTP Check” Method and the Endpoint Operations Management Agent (EPOPS). Below are two specific use cases that made this solution relevant for me. Use Case 1 – Monitoring my Blog with vROps A couple…Continue Reading “Monitoring my Blog & Printer w/vRealize Operations (vROps)”
Yikes! It has been far too long since I wrote my last blog. I made a resolution to be more consistent in 2018… #newyearnewme. To kick off the year I wanted to do a quick review of what I have setup and configured for storage options in my lab… thus far. ? Local Storage You may…Continue Reading “Storage Review – NFS, iSCSI, VVols, OH MY!”
Welcome to Part II of my Home Lab Introduction blog series where I will be focusing further on the installation/configuration of the VMware environment. If you missed Part I where I reviewed the lab from a hardware perspective it can be found here. I will not be covering the install of ESXi itself; however, I…Continue Reading “Home Lab Introduction – Part II – Install/Config”
Let me kick this off by saying that two months ago this home lab did not exist. Building out a lab (on physical hardware) was always something I wanted to do but the cost of it always kept me from pulling the trigger. I usually just ran nested VMware Fusion ESXi VMs on my laptop…Continue Reading “Home Lab Introduction – Part I – Hardware Overview”
Well I guess this makes it official. Tune in frequently for posts related to cloud computing technology (VMware mostly). I’ll keep this post short and sweet… I don’t want to burn myself out too quickly. Technology – I work as a VMware Technical Account Manager in the Sacramento, CA area and am faced almost daily…Continue Reading “Hello World!”