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ARUNNUKULA
I am an accomplished product management professional with a proven track record of driving innovation and delivering customer success in the tech industry.
With extensive experience in product lifecycle management, I specialise in crafting strategic product roadmaps and developing cloud-native solutions that meet the evolving needs of customers.
My expertise spans identity and access management, cloud automation, and managing the full product lifecycle for VMware Aria Suite, where I lead upgrades, patching, and installations for diverse customer environments, including Fortune 500 companies.
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Arun Nukula
Nov 7, 2023
What's VMware Identity Manager Cluster Auto-Recovery in VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.14
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.14 introduces an innovative capability known as "VMware Identity Manager Cluster Auto-Recovery". Why do we...
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Arun Nukula
Oct 21, 2023
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle Upgrade to 8.14 | Postupdate phase failure |
This is a rare occurrance and might be seen on appliances which were deployed with fips mode disabled. Tried to explain this in a video...
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Arun Nukula
Oct 21, 2023
How to overcome / partition space warning during pre-check of Suite Lifecycle Upgrade to 8.14
There's a precheck which was slight enhance to a higher limit to ensure there is enough space available on / before going for an upgrade...
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Arun Nukula
Oct 21, 2023
Upgrading VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle | 8.12 to 8.14 | Demo |
Pre-Requisites Take Snapshots Review Release notes Video Important Logs Pre-Upgrade & Upgrade Phase /var/log/vmware/capengine/cap-non-lvm...
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Arun Nukula
Oct 20, 2023
Upgrading VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle | 8.12 to 8.14 | Deepdive |
Pre-Requisites Take Snapshots Review Release notes Note : For VCF aware VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle environments , wait for respective...
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Arun Nukula
Aug 8, 2023
Moving VMware Aria Operations from one VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle to another
Usecase Explaination of the steps taken if one wants to move VMware Aria Operations which is integrated with vIDM or Globalenvironment...
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Arun Nukula
Jul 24, 2023
Deploying Clustered VMware Aria Operations for Logs through Suite Lifecycle
Goal Deploy a clustered VMware Aria Operations for Logs (formerly vRealize Log Insight) Environment Logs to monitor Deployment Process...
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Arun Nukula
Jul 22, 2023
VMware Identity Manager Upgrade from 3.3.6 to 3.3.7 | Deepdive |
Goal Upgrade globalenvironment or VMware Identity Manager from version 3.3.6 to 3.3.7 For this demo, we are using vRSLCM 8.10 PSPACK 15...
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Arun Nukula
Jul 16, 2023
What happens when i download a Product Binary? Where does it store?
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle allows us to download product binaries once we have "My VMware Account " mapped into it. What really happens...
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Arun Nukula
Jul 16, 2023
Why should I upgrade my infrastructure and management apps frequently?
Upgrading infrastructure and management applications regularly offers several benefits: 1. Security: Newer versions often include...
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Arun Nukula
Jul 15, 2023
| What’s CJD and how does it occur ? | My experience with an incurable disease |
It was all normal till November 8, 2022 till my dad boarded Chicago flight from Abu Dhabi to visit my brother in Austin along with my...
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Arun Nukula
Jul 15, 2023
Qualities of a good Product Manager
A good product manager possesses several key qualities that contribute to their effectiveness in the role. Here are some important...
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Arun Nukula
Jul 15, 2023
Pros and Cons of upgrading your infrastructure frequently
Upgrading VMware products frequently can have both advantages and challenges. Here are a few points to consider: Advantages: 1. Access to...
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Arun Nukula
Jul 1, 2023
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle UI does not load , what could have happened ?
There was a vRSLCM or VASL environment where the product UI wasn't loading at all after a reboot After checking logs , none of the...
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Arun Nukula
Jun 25, 2023
Check for upgrades returned with a value -6 Internal Error. Please make sure sfcbd is running.
A week back , there was a scenario where a check for an upgrade was being performed in vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.10 to be...
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Arun Nukula
Jun 25, 2023
Why do i need Product Support Packs ? Let’s learn …
Goal While speaking to customers and peers , there were questions around why do i need product support packs and what's the importance of...
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Arun Nukula
Jun 24, 2023
VMware Aria Cloud Extensibility Proxy | Deploy and Upgrade | Runbook |
The cloud extensibility proxy is a virtual appliance (VA) used in the configuration of the on-premises extensibility action integrations...
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Arun Nukula
May 25, 2023
Fetching Environment Details from VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle using API
Step:1 Get the login token from VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle Below table describes the data we need When this API is executed , it...
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Arun Nukula
May 5, 2023
Deploying VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator with vSphere Authentication using Suite Lifecycle 8.12
We have been requested interally many times on how we can deploy VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator without VMware Aria Automation....
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Arun Nukula
Apr 23, 2023
Upgrading Operations for Logs through Suite Lifecycle
Recently VMware has announced that there are few vulnerabilities which are affecting VMware Aria Operations for Logs which are documneted...
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Arun Nukula
Apr 21, 2023
What's CAP in VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.12
CAP is a Common Appliance Platform, an approach to standardize appliance management for all VMware appliances which would significantly...
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Arun Nukula
Apr 21, 2023
Upgrading to VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.12
Current version of vRSLCM in my lab is of version 8.10 PSPACK 9. Goal is to upgrade to version 8.12. As we all know from this version...
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Arun Nukula
Apr 20, 2023
Changing VMware Aria Automation Config Passwords using Suite Lifecycle API's
There are 2 local accounts of VMware Aria Automation Config for which VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle would be able to change passwords They...
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Arun Nukula
Dec 12, 2022
Authenticating via AD users and executing vRSLCM API's -- Detailed Procedure
This blog is available in PDF format too. Download the PDF attached below to consume it. Demo Pre-Requisites vIDM LB url ( if clustered )...
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