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Nutanix is one of the leaders in cloud software which helps their customers in building Hybrid Multi-Cloud. Nutanix was founded in the year 2009 and as per the latest public data available, Nutanix is serving around 25000 customers across the globe.

Nutanix is based on Hyperconverged Infrastructure Technology which delivers services like virtualisation, software defined storage, software defined networking, security, database management and Kubernetes Management.

In this series of Blogs we’ll cover some of the key features and functionalities offered by Nutanix Cloud Platform. On a High level, Nutanix Cloud Platform Comprises of two components: Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure and Nutanix Cloud Platform. Nutanix Cloud Platform delivers Hybrid Multi-Cloud capabilities through a unified Control Plane. We’ll talk about some of the key components of Nutanix Cloud Platform and we’ll also cover some of the How-To Blogs on Nutanix Platform. Stay Tuned!

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VMware Aria Operations – Backup & Export Configuration

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In this blog we have covered the 2 methods of taking Backup of your VMware Aria Operations (vRealize Operations Manager) configuration.

VMware Aria Operations introduced a feature called Content Management in version 8.2 back in October 2020.

Content Management helps the Customers to Backup and Export their configuration of VMware Aria Operations which can be further used to restore the configuration like Dashboards, Views, Report Templates, Supremetrics and a lot more in case you run into issues with the deployment.

We have covered two methods of taking a Backup and Export of VMware Aria Operations Configuration – First one, using the Content Management Tab under Administration in VMware Aria Operations UI and Second one, using a Python Script which makes use of the native APIs of Aria Operations.

Python script which we have developed has been tested on Python 3.10.10 version and Aria Operations 8.10 version. This script can also be scheduled as a Scheduled Task to take periodic configuration backups.

Method -1: Content Management Tab under Administration in VMware Aria Operations UI

Method -2: Python Script which uses native APIs of Aria Operations

#!/usr/local/bin python3

import requests, json, urllib3, datetime, time, os, zipfile, shutil

from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
from datetime import datetime


urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)

base_url = 'https://vrops80-weekly.cmbu.local/suite-api/api'
token_url = base_url + '/auth/token/acquire'
headers =  {"Content-Type":"application/json", "Accept":"application/json"}
body = {
    "username": "admin",
    "password": "VMware1!",
    "authSource": "local"
    }

token_api_response = requests.post(token_url, headers=headers, json=body, verify=False)

token_api_response = token_api_response.json()

vRealize_ops_token = token_api_response["token"]

print("vRealize Ops Token: " + vRealize_ops_token)

content_export_request_url = base_url + '/content/operations/export/'

headers = {"Content-Type":"application/json", "Accept":"application/json", "EncryptionPassword": "Aman@123456789", "Authorization": "vRealizeOpsToken " + vRealize_ops_token}

body = {
  "scope" : "CUSTOM",
  "contentTypes" : [ "DASHBOARDS", "VIEW_DEFINITIONS", "REPORT_DEFINITIONS", "REPORT_SCHEDULES", "CONFIG_FILES", "ALERT_DEFINITIONS", "SYMPTOM_DEFINITIONS", "RECOMMENDATION_DEFINITIONS",  "NOTIFICATION_RULES", "PAYLOAD_TEMPLATES", "POLICIES", "CUSTOM_GROUPS", "SUPER_METRICS", "COMPLIANCE_SCORECARDS", "AUTH_SOURCES", "USERS", "USER_GROUPS", "ROLES", "INTEGRATIONS", "HTTP_PROXIES", "OUTBOUND_SETTINGS", "COST_DRIVERS", "SDMP_CUSTOM_SERVICES", "SDMP_CUSTOM_APPLICATIONS", "DISCOVERY_RULES", "APP_DEF_ASSIGNMENTS", "CUSTOM_PROFILES", "GLOBAL_SETTINGS"  ],
  "Password" : "12345"
  }

content_export_response = requests.post(content_export_request_url, headers=headers, json=body, verify=False)

content_export_response = content_export_response.json()

print("Sleeping for 60 seconds")

time.sleep(60)

export_zip_url = base_url + '/content/operations/export/zip'

headers = {"Content-Type":"application/json", "Accept":"application/json", "Authorization": "vRealizeOpsToken " + vRealize_ops_token}

export_zip_response = requests.get(export_zip_url, headers=headers, verify=False)

current_datetime = datetime.now()
str_current_datetime = str(current_datetime)
file_name = "./vROpsContentBackup/" + str_current_datetime+".zip"
print(file_name)
with open(file_name, 'wb') as zipFile:
    zipFile.write(export_zip_response.content)

For the detailed process to Backup and Export VMware Aria Operations Configuration please watch our video:

I hope this blog was informative for you, stay tuned for our upcoming blogs. Happy Learning!!

#vmware #aria #operations #vROps #manager #content #management #public #private #hybrid #cloud #backup #export

VMware Aria Operations – Backup & Export Configuration

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In this blog we have covered the 2 methods of taking Backup of your VMware Aria Operations (vRealize Operations Manager) configuration.

VMware Aria Operations introduced a feature called Content Management in version 8.2 back in October 2020.

Content Management helps the Customers to Backup and Export their configuration of VMware Aria Operations which can be further used to restore the configuration like Dashboards, Views, Report Templates, Supremetrics and a lot more in case you run into issues with the deployment.

We have covered two methods of taking a Backup and Export of VMware Aria Operations Configuration – First one, using the Content Management Tab under Administration in VMware Aria Operations UI and Second one, using a Python Script which makes use of the native APIs of Aria Operations.

Python script which we have developed has been tested on Python 3.10.10 version and Aria Operations 8.10 version. This script can also be scheduled as a Scheduled Task to take periodic configuration backups.

Method -1: Content Management Tab under Administration in VMware Aria Operations UI

Method -2: Python Script which uses native APIs of Aria Operations

#!/usr/local/bin python3
import requests, json, urllib3, datetime, time, os, zipfile, shutil
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
from datetime import datetime
urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)
base_url = 'https://vrops80-weekly.cmbu.local/suite-api/api'
token_url = base_url + '/auth/token/acquire'
headers =  {"Content-Type":"application/json", "Accept":"application/json"}
body = {
    "username": "admin",
    "password": "VMware1!",
    "authSource": "local"
    }
token_api_response = requests.post(token_url, headers=headers, json=body, verify=False)
token_api_response = token_api_response.json()
vRealize_ops_token = token_api_response["token"]
print("vRealize Ops Token: " + vRealize_ops_token)
content_export_request_url = base_url + '/content/operations/export/'
headers = {"Content-Type":"application/json", "Accept":"application/json", "EncryptionPassword": "Aman@123456789", "Authorization": "vRealizeOpsToken " + vRealize_ops_token}
body = {
  "scope" : "CUSTOM",
  "contentTypes" : [ "DASHBOARDS", "VIEW_DEFINITIONS", "REPORT_DEFINITIONS", "REPORT_SCHEDULES", "CONFIG_FILES", "ALERT_DEFINITIONS", "SYMPTOM_DEFINITIONS", "RECOMMENDATION_DEFINITIONS",  "NOTIFICATION_RULES", "PAYLOAD_TEMPLATES", "POLICIES", "CUSTOM_GROUPS", "SUPER_METRICS", "COMPLIANCE_SCORECARDS", "AUTH_SOURCES", "USERS", "USER_GROUPS", "ROLES", "INTEGRATIONS", "HTTP_PROXIES", "OUTBOUND_SETTINGS", "COST_DRIVERS", "SDMP_CUSTOM_SERVICES", "SDMP_CUSTOM_APPLICATIONS", "DISCOVERY_RULES", "APP_DEF_ASSIGNMENTS", "CUSTOM_PROFILES", "GLOBAL_SETTINGS"  ],
  "Password" : "12345"
  }
content_export_response = requests.post(content_export_request_url, headers=headers, json=body, verify=False)
content_export_response = content_export_response.json()
print("Sleeping for 60 seconds")
time.sleep(60)
export_zip_url = base_url + '/content/operations/export/zip'
headers = {"Content-Type":"application/json", "Accept":"application/json", "Authorization": "vRealizeOpsToken " + vRealize_ops_token}
export_zip_response = requests.get(export_zip_url, headers=headers, verify=False)
current_datetime = datetime.now()
str_current_datetime = str(current_datetime)
file_name = "./vROpsContentBackup/" + str_current_datetime+".zip"
print(file_name)
with open(file_name, 'wb') as zipFile:
    zipFile.write(export_zip_response.content)

For the detailed process to Backup and Export VMware Aria Operations Configuration please watch our video:

I hope this blog was informative for you, stay tuned for our upcoming blogs. Happy Learning!!

#vmware #aria #operations #vROps #manager #content #management #public #private #hybrid #cloud #backup #export