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Pull Events from the Aria Operations for Logs API
I wanted to pull events out of Aria Operations for Logs via API, so I started exploring the available endpoints. The Operations for Logs...
Jun 10


Adjusting the Report Email Header in Aria Operations
In VCF Operations you have the ability to schedule Reports and email them. They come in looking like this, with a header in bold saying...
Jun 5


Aria Operations Custom Group Custom Properties
I had a Dashboard (and View) with a list of ESXi Hosts, the parent Cluster they were in, but also wanted the name of the Custom Group...
Jun 3


Two-Phase Aria Automation 8.18.1 Deployment
When downloading the Aria Suite Lifecycle Easy Installer for Aria Automation recently I noticed Aria Automation has an OVA. I've only...
May 26


ESXi Host CPU Contention in Aria Operations
ESXi Hosts have dozen of metrics in Aria Operations, one of them is CPU Contention (%). As the hover indicates, this represents the...
May 25


Aria Operations 8.18 HF6 via Admin UI
Aria Operations 8.18 HF6 dropped yesterday, fixing a few bugs and addressing several CVEs, it was announced here . It can be applied to...
May 23


Aria Operations 8.18 HF6 Update via Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager
Aria Operations 8.18 HF6 dropped this morning, it can be applied to any 8.18.x environments. Let's download it and apply it vis Aria...
May 22


vSphere Tags on Clusters in Aria Operations
vSphere VMs have this concept of "Notes" in vCenter, which are pulled into Aria Operations quite nicely. They look like this. This works...
May 21


Adding Aria Operations and Operations for Logs into a freshly deployed Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager
Last week we deployed Aria Operations and Aria Operations for Logs stand-alone (without Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager). We also...
May 18


Fresh Deploy of Aria Automation 8.18.1
To go along with my fresh deployments of Operations and Operations for Logs, I wanted a fresh deployment of Automation, here goes. I...
May 14


Fresh Deploy of Aria Operations for Logs 8.18.3
We deployed Aria Operations earlier this week, let's now do Aria Operations for Logs! The latest version of Logs is 8.18.3 and can be...
May 11


Fresh Deploy of Aria Operations 8.18.3
It's been a while since I freshly deployed Aria Operations, so let's see what it looks like with Operations 8.18.3. For the record, I...
May 8


Aria Operations Inventory
Aria Operations Inventory got an update in 8.18 , here's what it looks like now, this screenshot is taken from 8.18.3 (24521408). Up top...
May 5


Cluster Availability % in Aria Operations
Looking to determine vSphere Cluster availability in Aria Operations? We introduced a metric called Cluster Availability (%) back in...
May 2


Creating Dell EMC PowerEdge Adapter Instances Programmatically in Aria Operations
I published a blog recently focused on creating HPE ProLiant Adapter Instances in Aria Operations. I wanted another one for Dell EMC...
May 1


vCenter Logins with Aria Operations for Logs
I wanted to track vCenter logins across my estate, so started exploring Dashboards and Queries provided by the VMware- vSphere Content...
Apr 29


Updated Script for Automated Adapter Instance Creation in Aria Operations
Last month I published a blog including a script that helped users create HPE Proliant Adapter instances. I've updated that script to...
Apr 22


Aria Operations View Customization
A teammate reached out recently asking why a View wasn't assigning colors to the metrics properly, like this. You'll notice the color...
Apr 19


Created and Deleted VMs with Aria Operations for Logs
I was trying to determine VMs built this month with Aria Operations and came up with this. Top left is a List View leveraging the...
Apr 18


Aria Operations Super Metrics on Properties
I wanted to attach the vSphere Distributed Port Group (DPG) vLAN ID property to the VM/s using it, so I tried creating a Super Metric for...
Apr 13


Tracking adminstrator@vsphere.local Logins with Aria Operations for Logs
If you're using Aria Operations for Logs and have installed the vSphere Content Pack, you'll notice dozens of Dashboards, Queries,...
Apr 12


Creating Aria Operations for Logs Users without SMTP
Part of the Aria Operations for Logs deployment is configuring an SMTP server, which is used to notify new users of their account...
Apr 11


Logging into Aria Operations
Have you ever noticed the Operations authentication dropdown shows your vCenter integrations? You'll notice Local Users, a Microsoft...
Apr 6


Aria Operations 8.18 HF5
Aria Operations 8.18 HF5 just dropped this morning , fixing a few bugs and addressing several VMSAs/CVEs, go get it here ! You can apply...
Apr 1
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