by vMan | Mar 17, 2024 | vCenter, VMware
So this is a quick post for those of you like me with SYS-5028D-TN4T wondering if it runs vSphere 8…. So I finally pulled my thumb out this weekend and upgraded from vSphere 7 to vSphere 8, to my surprise it did install on SYS-5028D-TN4T and vSAN, Tanzu and...
by vMan | Oct 11, 2023 | ElasticSearch
As in my previous post for winlogbeat I covered how to split logs using fields to different kafka topics using dynamic values, in this post I will cover the same thing but using metricbeat. So again, lets say you want to direct different kinds of metrics to various...
by vMan | Oct 3, 2023 | ElasticSearch
So in this next post I will cover an examples of how I can use winlogbeat, with kafka output in combination with a dynamic variable “fields” to direct the kafka output as I please. So lets say you have a requirement to split windows logs to different kafka...
by vMan | Sep 30, 2023 | Docker, Powershell
This post will cover how to run the System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) or ConfigurationManager module from a windows container. Just like my previous post for SCOM, ConfigurationManager is not available from PowershellGalary and requires an install from the...
by vMan | Sep 27, 2023 | Docker, Powershell
This post will cover how to run the Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) or VirtualMachineManager module from a windows container. Again like my previous post for SCCM, VirtualMachineManager is not available from PowershellGalary and requires an install from the GUI. Make...
by vMan | Sep 23, 2023 | Docker, Powershell
This post will cover how to run the SCOM or OperationsManager module from a windows container, make sure to install just the SCOM Admin Console and Powershell modules from the ISO’s installer on a donor server so we can grab the files needed. In my previous post...
by vMan | Feb 26, 2023 | Powershell, Random, SOE
The wait is now over! I have pulled my thumb out and finally put together the post no one has been waiting for! ok,ok if you are here reading this article maybe someone is waiting for it?!? If you have not already scaled out Ansible agents into containers make sure...
by vMan | Dec 28, 2022 | vRops
This one is a quick and dirty, just to help those who are trying to push the Telegraf agent from the vROPS / Aria Operations UI but are getting an error. This is likely because the account doesn’t have passwordless sudo so lets set this up! Create the following...
by vMan | Dec 27, 2022 | Random, SOE
So you are back for more Automagical goodness? You loved the Poor Mans vRA post but now want to scale out with container goodness and still be the poor man? This post will cover how to setup / build the containers running Ansible for the Automated SOE. (Powershell...
by vMan | Nov 1, 2022 | Powershell, SOE, vCenter
Might this just be the poor mans vRA for server builds? In this post I will show you how to build an Azure Devops Pipeline to automatically deploy Windows Server SOE’s (Standard Operating Environment) onto vSphere using Azure Devops Agents, Ansible on Ubuntu 22.04 and...
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