In the May 2023/8.12.1 release notes for Aria Automation, one of the what’s new items was the ability to reserve/unreserve an IP address to make it unavailable/available for deployment. In this release the functionality is supported via API only. This post will cover how to connect to and consume this…
I was recently working with someone who was using vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.10 (now known as Aria Suite Lifecycle) to update vRealize Network Insight from version 6.7 to 6.9 (now known as Aria Operations for Networks). The Product Support Pack was updated to the correct version, the binary mapping…
I recently saw a post on a new feature that is enabled by default in vSphere 8.0u1: https://blogs.vmware.com/code/2023/06/10/introducing-vi-json-a-modern-wire-protocol-for-vsphere-management. The article describes a new JSON-based, REST-like protocol named VI/JSON that allows access to all the familiar SOAP XML properties. It seemed interesting, so I decided to try it out with PowerShell.…
Have you ever found yourself needing to simulate network latency or packet loss? I recently wanted to test a replication scenario but needed to have at least 15ms or so of latency between the source and destination. Years ago I used a WANem virtual appliance as a router to do…
I recently wanted to apply some updates (OS updates and Horizon Agent) to my Ubuntu 20.04 desktop. It had been several months since I had last updated the desktop and realized the Ubuntu 22.04 had since been released. This is the current/newest Long Term Support release (https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle), which support going…