Mastering vRealize Operations Manager

Analyze and optimize your IT environment by gaining a practical understanding of vROps 6.0

About This Book

• Get complete control of capacity management in your virtual environment
• Display the most appropriate performance metrics and assemble your own dashboard
• Analyze and process data from different sources into a single repository, allowing you to understand every layer of your environment

Who This Book Is For

If you are an administrator of a virtual environment and have used vROps before but want to gain a professional understanding by implementing complex tasks easily with it, then this book is for you.

What You Will Learn

• Discover advanced vROps concepts and design your processes effectively for the underlying architecture
• Migrate from previous versions or install new versions
• Apply proven capacity management theories and techniques in practical, real-world environments
• Manipulate data and metrics to display them in the most effective way possible
• Create custom dashboards fit for any use case
• Make better use of the powerful analytics engine by bringing in external data with third-party adapters and the REST API
• Explore how policies have evolved in vROps 6.0 and how to apply them in the most effective manner

In Detail

As x86 server virtualization becomes mainstream for even the most demanding applications, the criticality of managing the heath and efficiency of virtualized environments is more important than ever. vRealize Operations Manager 6.0 (vROps 6.0) is the key to simplify operations of your virtualized environment and move from being reactive to proactive.

Mastering vRealize Operations Manager 6.0 helps you streamline your processes and customize the environment to suit your needs. You will gain visibility across all devices in the network and retain full control. With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and support images, you will quickly master the ability to manipulate your data and display it in a way that best suits you and the requirements of your colleagues. From the new and impressive vROps 6.0 platform architecture to troubleshooting and capacity planning, this book is aimed at ensuring you get the knowledge to manage your virtualized environment as effectively as possible.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: vROps – Introduction, Architecture, and Availability
Chapter 2: Installing and Migrating vROps 6.0
Chapter 3: vRealize Operations Manager Badges
Chapter 4: The Merged UI
Chapter 5: Policies in vRealize Operations Manager 6
Chapter 6: Capacity Management Made Easy
Chapter 7: Dashboard Design
Chapter 8: Reporting and Views
Chapter 9: Super Metrics
Chapter 10: Administering vROps 6
Chapter 11: Expanding vROps with Solutions
Chapter 12: Application Management in vROps 6
Chapter 13: Alerting, Actions, and Recommendations
Chapter 14: Just Messing Around