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vRO Get VM Object By Name
When working on VM’s deployed by vRA, vRO needs to operate on a VM object. This scriptable task will find a VM object by searching the vCenter inventories by the input VM name. The result will be a single VM … Continue reading
vRA 8 Dump VM Properties
Create a workflow using this and call it during Machine Provisioned Post in vRA 8.x to dump all the properties of the VM being deployed. Can be helpful troubleshooting builds.
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Adding an NSX-T Tag to a vRA 8 VM – Tagging the VM Using ABX and Python
In my previous post I described how to use vRA 8’s native functionality to apply an NSX-T tag to a VM’s logical port. In this post I will describe how you can use vRA’s ABX platform to create a python … Continue reading
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Tagged abx, automation, NSX-T, python, vmware, vRA, vRA8
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Adding an NSX-T Tag to a vRA 8 VM – Tagging the Logical Port
Applying an NSX-T tag to a VM during a vRA 8 deployment can be accomplished in two different ways. The 1st route is to use vRA’s native tagging functionality in your blueprint. The other is to use ABX or vRO … Continue reading
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Tagged automation, NSX, NSX-T, vmware, vRA, vRA8
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MIA for a LONG time!
I just found a backup of this site on a backup disk I thought I had lost! With the backup found, I recovered the site and brought it back to life. I plan on posting regularly again. A lot has … Continue reading
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MacBook Pro 8,3 Linux Frustration
At my job one of the awesome perks (among MANY) is that I get a brand spanking new MacBook Pro. The machine is a maxed out 15″ with 2.2 GHz Core i7, 16 GB RAM, upgraded matte display and and … Continue reading
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Manually testing a SMTP connection from the command line.
I have often had to manually test a SMTP (mail server) connection from the command line but I always forget the exact order of the commands in the conversation. This test is done via a standard telnet client on Linux, … Continue reading
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My new blog
Welcome to my new blog. I had a blog a while back but didn’t keep up with it… I am hoping to use this as a location for my notes on Linux, VMWare, Storage, etc. Hopefully I can use this … Continue reading
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