Ansible AWX using surveys to answer questions in playbooks “Virtual machine snapshot example”
Kad You can use surveys in awx as a front-end for users to answer questions in playbooks in the from of variables. In this example I will ask a question on…
Aria Automation 8.18.1 – Adding a user with minimal permissions to be able to run requests from the service broker “service catalog”
The below can be done for a group as well following these instructions. Also ensure the users and groups are available in VMware identity manager. Login to aria automation >…
Price card for Aria Operation 18.8
I am setting up a monthly cost per tb memory and storage in Aria Operations. They like to change the location in every version of aria operations, the following is…
ESXi preparing for private AI – installing card, pass through and installing drivers
In this blog I will be prepping to install private AI in my lab environment, I will using it for development, troubleshooting and use case for businesses. I will be…
Error message – Power On virtual machine vmname Navigates to Virtual machine macaddress is not an allowed VPX-assigned Ethernet address. It conflicts with VMware reserved MACs for other usage. Failed to start the virtual machine. Module DevicePowerOn power on failed. Could not set up “macAddress” for ethernet0. Invalid MAC address
I got the following error message when trying to turn on virtual machine as I have a manual mac address added – Power On virtual machine vyos1 Navigates to Virtual…
Ansible awx – manage windows boxes
In this blog I will be manage a windows box remotely via awx ansible – I will setup the windows box to be managed, I will setup AWX so we…
Deploying a whole development environment ready using VMware templates and Ansible
In this blog I will explain how I was able to deploy a whole ready environment ready to use as people like to call it “On-demand environments”. I was able…
Installing VMware Tools the different methods
This blog is showing the number of methods to install vmtools Cluster wide vmtools update vmtool update through virtual machine settings vmtools updates through powershell vmtools upgrade through upgrade options…
VM Customization specifications walk-through and setup
The VM Customization specification is good when you’re deploying a new vm from template you can use a custom options to configure your vm. VM customization specification can be used…
Updating virtual machine templates in vCenter
High-Level Steps: Convert the template to a Virtual machine Snapshot virtual machine for safe restore Power on the Virtual machine Update VMware Tools, windows patches or anything else you need…