The course VMware vRealize Operations Manager: Install configue Manage, designed for experienced VMware vSphere® users, teaches you how to use VMware vRealize® Operations Manager™ as a forensic and predictive tool. Based on VMware ESXi™ 6, VMware vCenter Server® 6, and vRealize Operations Manager 6.2, this course includes instruction on advanced capabilities, including customization and management.
Product Alignment
• vRealize Operations Manager 6.2
• ESXi 6
• vCenter Server 6
Duration
40 hs
Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
• Navigate the vRealize Operations Manager user interface
• Use alerts and analysis badges to troubleshoot common and complex vSphere operational issues
• Monitor capacity risk and infrastructure utilization
• Perform capacity planning and what-if analyses
• Use workload placement to rebalance workloads
• Configure policies to meet the operational needs of the environment
• Customize vRealize Operations Manager by creating alert definitions, symptom definitions, views, reports,
dashboards, and super metrics
• Give users and user groups controlled access to the environment
• operating systems and applications
• Extend the capabilities of vRealize Operations Manager by adding management packs and solutions
• Scale a vRealize Operations Manager deployment and make it highly available
• Install and configure vRealize Operations Manager
• Monitor and maintain a vRealize Operations Manager deployment
Intended Audience
Experienced system administrators and system integrators, and consultants responsible for customizing vRealize Operations Manager content
Prerequisites
This class requires completion of one of the following courses:
• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6]
• VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V6]
Or system administration experience with vSphere deployments
Outline
Course Introduction
Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives
Introduction to vRealize Operations Manager
Describe how vRealize Operations Manager is used to manage the software-defined data center
the features and benefits of vRealize Operations Manager
vRealize Operations Manager User Interface
Navigate the main areas of the user interface
Explain the importance of inventory trees
View widgets and dashboards on the Home page
inventory trees and objects on the Environment page
Operations Manager Concepts
Use views to gather information about the environment
Create reports about the environment
Explain how data is collected and analyzed by vRealize Operations Manager
Discuss the importance of alerts, symptoms, and badges
Troubleshooting System Health Issues
Discuss the process for troubleshooting system health issues with vRealize Operations Manager
Monitor alerts and troubleshoot system health issues
Use heat maps to monitor system health
Capacity Planning
Discuss capacity planning models
Assess capacity risk in the environment
Troubleshoot risk and efficiency issues
Identify ways to optimize resource utilization in the environment
Use projects to perform what-if scenarios
Tags, Application Groups, and Custom Object Groups
Use tags and applications to group objects
Create custom object groups in the environment
Policies
List guidelines for customizing vRealize Operations Manager content
Create policies for various types of workloads
Explain how policy inheritance works
Intelligent Workload Placement
Use workload placement to rebalance workloads across the environment
Identify scenarios that use workload placement
Use policies to drive workload balance plan recommendations
Custom Alert Definitions
Create symptom definitions, recommendations and use actions, notifications and alert definitions
Custom Views
Describe the various types of views
Create views
Custom Dashboards
Create custom dashboards
Configure widgets and widget interactions and dashboard navigation
Manage dashboards
Super Metrics
Create super metrics
Enable super metrics in policies
User Access Control
Create local users and user groups
Assign roles to local users and groups
Import users and user groups from an LDAP source
Operating System and Application Monitoring
Deploy operating system and application monitoring
Monitor operating systems and applications
Management Packs
Describe management packs that are available to the environment
Install and configure a management pack
Architecture, Scalability, and Availability
Describe the components of a vRealize Operations Manager node and the roles in a vRealize Operations Manager cluster
Explain how a node’s components interact to achieve scalability and availability
Deploying vRealize Operations Manager
Determine how to size a vRealize Operations Manager cluster
Install and configure a vRealize Operations Manager cluster
Monitor and manage a vRealize Operations Manager cluster