Category Archives: Lab Infrastructure

Automated Deployment of Storage Server

Posted on March 11, 2025 by brian.wuchner

In this post, I’ll walk through the process of automating the deployment of a storage server using Aria Automation. Specifically, I’ll show how to add an option to deploy a storage server dynamically in your lab environment and troubleshoot an … Continue reading →

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How to Set Up a Minimal NFS and iSCSI Storage Solution Using Ubuntu 24.04

Posted on February 16, 2025 by brian.wuchner

In my lab, I often need different types of storage to test various scenarios. For example, just last week someone asked about using New-Datastore with a specific version of VMFS and I needed to quickly perform a quick syntax check. … Continue reading →

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Extending Aria Automation with Custom Resources and Actions for IP Address Management

Posted on January 30, 2025 by brian.wuchner

In my lab, I leverage Aria Automation to deploy Linux, Windows, and nested ESXi VMs. This is my primary interface for requesting new systems and covers most of the common resources I need for testing. However, I sometimes deploy one … Continue reading →

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Automating SSL Certificate Replacement with the Aria Suite Lifecycle API

Posted on January 19, 2025 by brian.wuchner

Someone recently asked me if there was an API to replace the Aria Operations for Logs SSL certificate programmatically. In this case, Aria Suite Lifecycle was already deployed and used to manage multiple Aria Operations for Logs clusters, primarily used … Continue reading →

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Unlocking the Power of Metric-Based Search in Aria Operations

Posted on January 14, 2025 by brian.wuchner

When managing a large, virtualized environment, finding objects in Aria Operations can be challenging, especially when you don’t know the object name. Metric-based search, a feature introduced in Aria Operations 8.12, allows you to search for objects based on their … Continue reading →

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