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Custom VM Summary Dashboard
All Object Types in VCF Operations have a Summary Page, the default VM Summary Page looks like this. But maybe you have a favorite...

Brock Peterson
Aug 17, 2025


Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.18 Patch 3
Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager (ASLCM) 8.18 Patch 3 dropped last week, you can download it here , and review Release Notes here . Before applying it, be sure to review this KB . It includes a script to be run before applying Patch 3. Let's go! We'll start by taking a Snapshot of the ASLCM VM in vCenter. Once done, download the script run in the KB . Once downloaded, upload it to /data on your ASLCM VM, and follow the steps in the KB. When I run the script it looks like thi

Brock Peterson
Aug 5, 2025


VCF Operations 9 Gauge Widget
It's finally here, the gauge widget! When using the Scoreboard widget in your Dashboards you can now toggle the View Mode between...

Brock Peterson
Jul 27, 2025


Everything You Wanted to Know About VCF Operations Costing
As soon as you set the Currency in VCF Operations, the Cost Engine starts calculating costs. It discovers your ESXi Hosts, assigns a...

Brock Peterson
Jul 27, 2025


Deploying Unified Cloud Proxy in VCF 9 Operations
Operations 8.18 introduced this idea of the Cloud Proxy for log forwarding, which we discussed previously here . In VCF 9 Operations we...

Brock Peterson
Jul 23, 2025


Forward VCF 9 Operations logs to VCF 9 Operations for Logs
I wanted to forward VCF 9 Operations related logs to VCF 9 Operations for Logs, but looks like its moved. Administration - Control Panel...

Brock Peterson
Jul 23, 2025


Ways to Limit what VCF Operations is Collecting
There are several ways to limit what you collect with VCF Operations. We discussed two of them previously here , namely License Groups...

Brock Peterson
Jul 22, 2025


VCF Operatons 9 Fleet Manager API
VCF Operations 9 introduced a new component called the Fleet Manager, which we've already discussed . As you've likely noticed, the...

Brock Peterson
Jul 21, 2025


VCF Operations 9 Management Pack Marketplace
Management Packs are now available via Marketplace in VCF Operations 9! The old days of going to Marketplace, finding the Management...

Brock Peterson
Jul 20, 2025


Deploying the VCF 9 Installer
There are several ways to deploy VCF 9 , one of them is via the VCF Installer, which is a wizard driven deployment methodology. Let's...

Brock Peterson
Jul 8, 2025


Deploying Logs from VCF Operations 9 Fleet Manager
Last time we deployed a fresh Logs 9.0 from vCenter via OVA, then imported into VCF Operations via Fleet Manager. This time, we'll...

Brock Peterson
Jul 5, 2025


Cluster Capacity with a Super Metric in VCF Operations
I wanted to know when Cluster CPU, Memory, and Disk were all below 50%, here's how I did it! Just listing Clusters and sorting theese...

Brock Peterson
Jun 30, 2025


Importing VCF Operations for Logs 9 into VCF Operations 9 via Fleet Manager
We previously upgraded Aria Operations 8.18.3 to VCF Operations 9: first we did it directly then we did it via the Aria Suite Lifecycle...

Brock Peterson
Jun 24, 2025


Connecting VCF Operations 9 Fleet Manager
We previously upgraded Aria Operations 8.18.3 to VCF Operations 9 via the Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager, which deployed the Fleet Manager...

Brock Peterson
Jun 22, 2025


Licensing your new VCF Operations 9 Environment
We recently upgraded to VCF Operations 9 and now have to license our new environment, which is a bit different than previous releases,...

Brock Peterson
Jun 22, 2025


Upgrade Aria Operations 8.18.3 to VCF Operations 9.0 via Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager
In our previous blog we discussed upgrading Aria Operations 8.18.3 to VCF Operations 9.0 via the Admin UI. Here we will show how to do...

Brock Peterson
Jun 21, 2025


Upgrade Aria Operations 8.18.3 to VCF Operations 9.0
VCF 9 dropped earlier this week, let's see what upgades looks like! I'm going to start minimal and work my way into a fresh deploy of...

Brock Peterson
Jun 21, 2025


Aria Operations for Logs Export Events and Charts
We recently discussed pulling events from Operations for Logs via API , but I also discovered something in the UI people might like to...

Brock Peterson
Jun 19, 2025


Aria Operations Super Metric attaching Datastore Metrics to Clusters
I was working on an Aria Operations Dashboard focused on Cluster capacity, it looked like this. In the middle widget (the list view), I have several different metrics for the Clusters: CPU, Memory, Disk, etc. But I wanted to include Datastore Disk Space metrics here as well, related to a specific Datastore. My first thought, use the related objects capability introduced in 8.18 . Unfortunately, Cluster to datastore isn't a 1-1 mapping, and there is no way to filter just th

Brock Peterson
Jun 15, 2025


How to Make Diagnostics Visible in Aria Operations for ReadOnly Users
I was logging into Aria Operations (8.18.3 (24746341)) with my personal account and seeing this. You'll notice two blades missing on the...

Brock Peterson
Jun 14, 2025


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...

Brock Peterson
Jun 10, 2025


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...

Brock Peterson
Jun 5, 2025


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...

Brock Peterson
Jun 3, 2025


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...

Brock Peterson
May 26, 2025
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