We introduced Diagnostics in 8.18 , improved on it in 8.18.2 , and re-imagined it entirely in VCF Operations 9! In addition to Active Findings (exportable), we have Historical Findings, and the Findings Catalog. We also introduced Log Assist , the ability to upload Support Bundles to Broadcom Support for SRs. Active Findings are based on two things: logs and properties. To trigger a log-based finding run you select the REFRESH FINDINGS button. Log-based Active Findings wil

One of the top use cases for VCF Operations is VM Rightsizing, our ability to make recommendations on the size of your VMs. We've discussed this a few times over the years: Capture VM Rightsizing Data with the Aria Operations API Rightsize with VMware vRealize Operations Exclude VMs from Rightsizing via API in VMware Aria Operations Aria Operations Rightsizing VM vCPU and Memory Recommendations from VMware Aria Operations A recent ask was to find the minimum rightsizing reco

We get the number of VM vMotions in VCF Operations, but we don't get the time they occurred, I found a way to determine that with View transformations, here's how! You can find the number of vMotions on VMs in VCF Operations here. Hovering over the metric chart will tell you when it occurred. Which is great, but I'd also like to have that in a Dashboard, so I created a View and used the Maximum Transformation along with the Absolute Timestamp to tell me when it happened. I ad

We recently released the vCommunity Management Pack for VCF Operations covering several use cases including ESXi Host Advanced System Settings, ESXi Host Packages, ESXi Host Licensings, ESXi NIC Status, VM Advanced Parameters, VM Options, VM SCSCI Controller Types, Windows Services, and Windows Events. The vCommunity Management Pack and these use cases were covered in detail by this blog series: vCommunity Management Pack for VCF Operations vCommunity Management Pack for VCF

VCF Operations 9 introduced new Compliance Packs for NIST and updated several others, here are the details. First, you'll notice the NIST Standard don't show in Security - Compliance. You'll need to download them from the Marketplace. There are two NIST-related Compliance packs, one for NIST SP 800-53 and one for NIST SP 800-171. You might also notice this is where you can find the CSA Compliance Pack that was introduced in 8.18. Once downloaded they will show in the DOWN

VCF 9.0.2 recently dropped, we already upgraded VCF Operations Fleet Manager , let's upgrade Operations and Operations for Logs next! First, we'll download the necessary binaries. Go to Operations Fleet Management - Lifecycle - Binary Management - UPGRADE BINARIES. Once you've selected both packages click DOWNLOAD. You can watch progress here. Once complete they will show like this. Back in Binary Management - UPGRADE BINARIES you'll see the new binaries. Let's upgrade! G

VCF 9.0.2 recently dropped so let's upgrade a few things, starting with VCF Operations Fleet Manager! You'll notice I'm at Fleet Manager 9.0.1. Confirm you have your Fleet Manager Depot configured, which I do. Next let's go get the 9.0.2 binaries in the Binary Management tab. Select the 9.0.2 binaries and click DOWNLOAD. You can then watch the progress on the Tasks tab. Once done back on the Binary Management tab you'll see the new 9.0.2 patch binaries you just downloaded.

This is the fourth installment of our blog series on the vCommunity Management Pack for VCF Operations, here are the first three: vCommunity Management Pack for VCF Operations vCommunity Management Pack for VCF Operations Part 2 vCommunity Management Pack for VCF Operations Part 3 Today we are announcing support for Operations 8.18 and another use case focused on ESXi Host NIC Status. You can download the latest version of the Management Pack here . Support for Operations 8

If you recall, the VMware Aria Automation 8.18 API endpoints can be found at the following url: https://vrafqdn/automation-ui/api-docs . Mine looks like this. These are the endpoints you use to programatically interact with Aria Automation 8.18. First, you'll get a Token via POST /csp/gateway/am/api/login , like this. Once you have your Token you can authenticate via Authorize top right of whatever section you're looking to run calls in. Here I'm in Blueprints section, pr

I wanted to send email notifications to the VCF Automation team on VM Deployments, it wasn't quite as easy as expected, here's how I did it! First, I added all the Properties I wanted to include in the email to my VCFA Blueprints. Here's a code snippet, but if you'd like the full Blueprint you can get it here . Cloud_vSphere_Machine_1: type: Cloud.vSphere.Machine properties: image: ${input.os} cpuCount: ${input.vcpuCount} totalMemoryMB: ${input.tota