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Aria Operations 8.17.1
VMware Aria Operations 8.17.1 dropped last Friday, here are the helpful links: What's New in VMware Aria Operations 8.17.1 Blog VMware...
Apr 15, 2024


Aria Operations Dynamic Thresholds
We previously discussed the algorithms used to determine Aria Operations Dynamic Thresholds (DTs), this blog will detail the logistics...
Apr 8, 2024


Aria Operations Authentication with vIDM
Aria Operations supports several different methods of authentication: local, Active Directory, Open LDAP, SSO SAML, vIDM, and others. ...
Apr 7, 2024


Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager Easy Installer
I've been running Aria Operations, Aria Operations for Logs, Aria Automation, all supported by Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager (ASLCM) for...
Mar 27, 2024


Aria Operations 8.16 HF1
Aria Operations 8.16 HF1 dropped this morning, it contains all sorts of fixes and addresses dozens of CVEs, details can be found here. ...
Mar 26, 2024


Send Aria Operations Reports to Box
Reports are a powerful way to consume data using Aria Operations! They can be run ad-hoc or scheduled, at which time they can be emailed...
Mar 24, 2024


Average VM Size with Aria Operations
You'd like to know the average VM size (vCPU and Memory) for all VMs in a Cluster, couple different ways to do it, let's explore! First...
Mar 23, 2024


Aria Automation 8.16.2
Aria Automation 8.16.2 dropped last night, let's upgrade! You can find the Release Notes here if you're interested. Log into your Aria...
Mar 22, 2024


Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Cloud Foundation
Aria Operations 8.10 introduced a new Management Pack we haven't discussed yet, the Management Pack for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)....
Mar 12, 2024


Compliance with Aria Operations
It's been a while since we last discussed Compliance and things have moved around quite a bit since then, so let's review. All...
Mar 11, 2024


Aria Operations 8.16 Intelligent Alerts
Aria Operations 8.16 recently dropped with several new features, a comprehensive list can be found in the Release Notes. In this blog,...
Mar 8, 2024


New Aria 8.16 and 8.16.1 Updates!
On February 20th the original Aria 8.16 and 8.16.1 updates were released, but we quickly pulled them due to a missing feature. They've...
Mar 5, 2024


Aria 8.16 Updates!
Aria updates are here, they were released originally on 2.20.2024. Aria Operations, Aria Operations for Logs, Aria Suite Lifecycle...
Feb 27, 2024


Track vCenter Logins with Aria Operations for Logs
You have dozens of vCenters and want to track logins across your estate, enter Aria Operations for Logs! We won't discuss deployment...
Feb 19, 2024


Launch VMRC from Aria Operations
I wanted to use Aria Operations to search for VMs, determine which vCenter managed them, and connect to that vCenter to explore. I...
Feb 17, 2024


Aria Operations for Networks 6.12
I wanted to upgrade Aria Operations for Networks to the latest release (which is 6.12), but my Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager wasn't seeing...
Feb 12, 2024


Send Aria Operations Alerts to Google Chat
We've discussed sending Alerts from Aria Operations to Slack and Microsoft Teams in previous blogs, but what about Google Chat? Let's...
Feb 1, 2024


Monitor Oracle Database with Aria Operations and Telegraf
We discussed monitoring Oracle Database with vRTVS a couple years ago, but there is another way to monitor as well, Telegraf! Here's how...
Jan 28, 2024


Access Aria Operations Views via Internal API
Adapter Instances, Reports, and more, you can access all of these via the Aria Operations API. But, did you know there is also an...
Jan 21, 2024


Add Data Node to Aria Operations Cluster
I'd like to expand my single node Aria Operations deployment to include a Data Node, here's how to do it! Deploy an Aria Operations...
Jan 17, 2024


Aria Automation 8.16 for VMSA-2024-0001
This morning we announced VMSA-2024-001 with the following Synopsis: VMware Aria Automation (formerly vRealize Automation) updates...
Jan 16, 2024


Edit Credentials via Aria Operations SaaS API
We discussed the Aria Operations SaaS API previously here, detailing how to get a Cloud Services Portal (CSP) API Token, use that token...
Jan 15, 2024


Aria Operations for Logs Expansion
You're running a single node Aria Operations for Logs deployment and would like to expand it, let's make it a 3-node cluster (the...
Jan 14, 2024


Adjust Adapter Instances with the Aria Operations API
Maybe targets changed, domains changed, IPs were adjusted, whatever it is, you now need to adjust Adapter Instances in Aria Operations. ...
Jan 13, 2024
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