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Deploying a Windows VM using vRealize Automation & configuring with SaltStack Config – Part 1

In this two-part blog post series, I’m going to detail what I consider a basic customer use case when deploying new Windows Servers in their environment. Deploy a Windows Server Virtual Machine Add to the Active Directory Domain Install software Configure some system settings To achieve this, I’m going to use vRealize Automation to deploy … Continue reading Deploying a Windows VM using vRealize Automation & configuring with SaltStack Config – Part 1

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A debugging example of Salt Win-Repo issues

The Issue I was hitting issues when trying to use the Salt Win-Repo to install software. Below is a copy of my state file. ensure_malwarebytes_installed: pkg.installed: – pkgs: – malwarebytes It would fail with the below helpful error messages. But most importantly, I’d check the minion, to find the software was actually installed. { “return”: … Continue reading A debugging example of Salt Win-Repo issues

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VMware Cloud on AWS – Managed Tanzu Kubernetes Grid with Tanzu Mission Control

In my previous blog post, I detailed a full end to end guide in deploying and configurating the managed Tanzu Kubernetes Service offering as part of VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC), finishing with some example application deployments and configurations. In this blog post, I am moving on to show you how to integrate this environment … Continue reading VMware Cloud on AWS – Managed Tanzu Kubernetes Grid with Tanzu Mission Control

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CloudHealth – Configuring vRealize Operations cost visibility for your private datacenters

In this blog post, we are going to synchronise our vRealize Operations costing information with CloudHealth, to provide the ability to have true multi-cloud cost reporting, that includes our on-premises VMware Datacenter. Configuring the CloudHeath Integration Pre-Requisites Your vRealize Operations instance will need to have the basic cost settings configured, I have written a deep … Continue reading CloudHealth – Configuring vRealize Operations cost visibility for your private datacenters

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Tanzu Kubernetes Grid – Upgrading a Management and Workload Cluster deployed to vSphere

In this blog post, I am going to walk through how to upgrade both your Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Management and Workload clusters. I’ll cover the Tanzu CLI options, as well as how you can leverage the features of Tanzu Mission Control for upgrades as well. For my example use cases, I’ll be upgrading from TKG … Continue reading Tanzu Kubernetes Grid – Upgrading a Management and Workload Cluster deployed to vSphere