Author Archives: brian.wuchner

Linux P2V with vCenter Converter Standalone

Posted on August 8, 2024 by brian.wuchner

I was recently speaking with someone who was encountering an Access Denied issue when trying to P2V an older CentOS physical machine. The specific error they were getting was The thumbprint of the remote host you are connecting to is: … Continue reading →

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PowerCLI 13.3, Scheduled Snapshot Removal, and Privilege Report

Posted on August 7, 2024 by brian.wuchner

PowerCLI 13.3 was recently released (https://blogs.vmware.com/PowerCLI/2024/07/introducing-powercli-13-3.html). This release has a handful of really good features that we’ll explore below. vSphere modules updated to vSphere 8.0U3 The vSphere modules in PowerCLI 13.3 have been updated to support vSphere 8.0U3 features. One … Continue reading →

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Monitoring MongoDB Enterprise using LDAP Authentication

Posted on August 4, 2024 by brian.wuchner

I had a recent need to dig into MongoDB monitoring with Aria Operations. In those posts, I used a preconfigured Bitnami MongoDB virtual appliance. This virtual appliance used MongoDB Community Edition. As a follow-up, I was looking into if it … Continue reading →

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Event Driven Automation: Domain Controller FSMO role has moved

Posted on July 21, 2024 by brian.wuchner

In a prior post (https://enterpriseadmins.org/blog/scripting/event-driven-automation-with-aria-operations-for-logs-webhooks-and-jenkins/), I wrote about using Aria Operations for Logs to call Jenkins using a webhook to automate a process. In that post, Aria Operations for Logs is watching for a specific vSphere event and when that … Continue reading →

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Event Driven Automation with Aria Operations for Logs, webhooks, and Jenkins

Posted on July 20, 2024 by brian.wuchner

I was recently looking at the VMware Event Broker Appliance fling (https://vmweventbroker.io/). This fling enables a custom function to execute when a vSphere event happens, sort of an ‘if this then that’ approach to vSphere events (https://octo.vmware.com/vsphere-power-event-driven-automation/). As I was … Continue reading →

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