Recreating Rightsizing/Reclaim Tools in VIEWS

You’re likely aware that VCF Operations includes powerful purpose-built interfaces designed for quick detection and remediation of under/over-powered virtual machines in your inventory. However, if you have tried to create a user that only has access to a subset of VMs and not the entire inventory of VMs, then you may have noticed that the Rightsizingi/Reclaim tools no longer work for that user. Below is a quick workaround for [Read More…]

Monitoring Custom Groups On Custom Dashboards

So you’ve created your Custom Group Types & Custom Groups…now you can monitor them on your Custom Dashboard. Note: This is a continuation from this post here which explains how to create Custom Group Types and Custom Groups. 2nd Note: We won’t cover all the steps of building custom dashboards, just the necessary ones in regards to leveraging Custom Groups. First, you’ll need to click Edit Dashboard. At the [Read More…]

Creating Custom Group Types and Custom Groups

Quickly organize your vms, hosts, clusters, and other objects manually or by filter criteria. As pictured above, it’s helpful to create CUSTOM GROUPS of resources so that you can segment and monitor them as a whole or as parts. It’s also beneficial to organize these CUSTOM GROUPS into folders (GROUP TYPES) to keep your ever-growing lists of lists organized. We’ll discuss how to accomplish both of these workflows below. [Read More…]