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Top 10 Things to Know Before You Go @ VMware Explore Barcelona 2023

With just under three weeks to go before VMware Explore comes to Barcelona, I thought it was about time I shared some of my top tips for attending any technology conference (with an obvious focus on VMware Explore Barcelona)!
Written by Christopher Lewis on October 18, 2023 .
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Written by Christopher Lewis on October 18, 2023 .
VMware Aria Automation Advanced Workload Placement using Allocation-based Capacity Metrics

In this post we will look at how and why we would use Advanced Workload Placement using allocation-based capacity metrics. In doing this we will review the basics of workload placement and Demand vs Allocation capacity metrics, look how to enable Advanced Workload Placement in VMware Aria Automation and how we can configure Advanced Workload Placement in Aria Operations to use allocation rather than demand-based metrics.
Written by Christopher Lewis on September 17, 2023 .
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Written by Christopher Lewis on September 17, 2023 .
Using the vRSLCM API to Deploy vRealize Automation SaltStack Config (Single Node)

This post is a part of a
series
that covers how we install, configure and manage the vRealize Suite using the VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager (vRSLCM) API. In this post, we will cover how to deploy the vRealize Automation SaltStack Config (Single Node) using the vRSLCM API.
Written by Christopher Lewis on January 5, 2023 .
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Written by Christopher Lewis on January 5, 2023 .
Using the Aria Automation API to configure a Cloud Account for VMware Cloud Director

In this post we discuss the work around for a bug within the UI that manifests when you try to create a VMware Cloud Director endpoint due to URL validation issues.
Written by Christopher Lewis on September 23, 2022 .
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Written by Christopher Lewis on September 23, 2022 .
Using the vRSLCM API to Deploy vRealize Operations (Single Node)

This post is a part of a
series
that covers how we install, configure and manage the vRealize Suite using the VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager (vRSLCM) API. In this post, we will cover how to deploy the vRealize Operations (Simple Mode) using the vRSLCM API.
Written by Christopher Lewis on August 27, 2022 .
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Written by Christopher Lewis on August 27, 2022 .
Using the vRSLCM API to Deploy vRealize Automation (Cluster Deployment)

This post is a part of a
series
that covers how we install, configure and manage the vRealize Suite using the VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager (vRSLCM) API. In this post, we will cover how to deploy the vRealize Automation (Clustered Deployment) using the vRSLCM API.
Written by Christopher Lewis on August 26, 2022 .
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Written by Christopher Lewis on August 26, 2022 .
Using the vRSLCM API to Deploy vRealize Automation (Standard Deployment)

This post is a part of a
series
that covers how we install, configure and manage the vRealize Suite using the VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager (vRSLCM) API. In this post, we will cover how to deploy the vRealize Automation (Standard Deployment) using the vRSLCM API.
Written by Christopher Lewis on August 25, 2022 .
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API
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Written by Christopher Lewis on August 25, 2022 .
Using the vRSLCM API to Create the Global Environment with VMware Identity Manager (Cluster Deployment)

This post is a part of a
series
that covers how we install, configure and manage the vRealize Suite using the VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager (vRSLCM) API. In this post, we will cover how to deploy the Global Environment (Clustered) using the vRSLCM API.
Written by Christopher Lewis on August 24, 2022 .
vRSLCM
API
VIDM
Written by Christopher Lewis on August 24, 2022 .
Using the vRSLCM API to Create the Global Environment with VMware Identity Manager (Standard Deployment)

This post is a part of a
series
that covers how we install, configure and manage the vRealize Suite using the VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager (vRSLCM) API. In this post, we will cover how to deploy the Global Environment using the vRSLCM API.
Written by Christopher Lewis on August 23, 2022 .
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API
VIDM
Written by Christopher Lewis on August 23, 2022 .
Using the vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager (vRSLCM) API for vRSLCM Day 2 Operations - Managing SSL certificates

This post is a part of a
series
that covers how we install, configure and manage the vRealize Suite using the VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager (vRSLCM) API. In this post, we will cover how to manage SSL certificates using the vRSLCM API.
Written by Christopher Lewis on May 23, 2022 .
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API
Written by Christopher Lewis on May 23, 2022 .
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