VMware vRealize Operations Performance and Capacity Management

A hands-on guide to mastering performance and capacity management in a virtual data center

About This Book

• Understand the drawbacks of traditional paradigm and management that make performance and capacity management difficult in SDDC
• Master the counters in vCenter and vRealize Operations by discovering what they mean and their interdependencies
• Build rich dashboards using a practical and easy-to-follow approach supported with real-life examples

Who This Book Is For

If you are an IT professional who is interested in performance management and capacity management in a virtual data center, then this book is ideal for you. The book is an intermediate-level book.

In Detail

VMware vRealize Operations is a suite of products that automates operations management using patented analytics and an integrated approach to performance, capacity, and configuration management. vRealize Operations Manager is the most important component of this suite that helps administrators to maintain and troubleshoot their VMware environment as well as their physical environment.

This book takes you through the fundamental differences between a Software-Defined Data Center and a classic physical data center, and how these differences impact both architecture and operations. From a strategic point of view, you will come across the most common challenges associated with performance management in a Software-Defined Data Center. Furthermore, you will learn all the key counters in vSphere and vRealize Operations, understand their dependencies, and acquaint yourself with practical solutions to configure them for a healthy virtual environment.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Virtual Data Center – It’s Not a Physical Data Center, It’s Virtualized
Chapter 2: Capacity Management in SDDC
Chapter 3: Mastering the Key Counters in SDDC
Chapter 4: CPU Counters
Chapter 5: Memory Counters
Chapter 6: Network Counters
Chapter 7: Storage Counters
Chapter 8: Dashboard Examples and Ideas