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Mastering vRealize Operations Manager

By : Chris Slater, Scott Norris
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Mastering vRealize Operations Manager

By: Chris Slater, Scott Norris

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Table of Contents (23 chapters)
Mastering vRealize Operations Manager
Mastering vRealize Operations Manager
Credits
Credits
Foreword
Foreword
About the Authors
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
vROps – Introduction, Architecture, and Availability
vROps – Introduction, Architecture, and Availability
A new, common platform design
The vRealize Operations Manager component architecture
vRealize Operations Manager node types
Multi-node deployment and high availability
High availability in vRealize Operations Manager 6.0
Summary
2
Installing and Migrating vROps 6.0
Installing and Migrating vROps 6.0
Installation and migration
Adding additional nodes
Summary
3
vRealize Operations Manager Badges
vRealize Operations Manager Badges
What are vRealize Operations Manager badges?
Changes in badges of vROps 6.0
Understanding the Health badge
Understanding the Risk badge
Understanding the Efficiency badge
Summary
4
The Merged UI
The Merged UI
What has changed in the new UI?
Components that make up the Merged UI
The primary vROps sections overview
Summary
5
Policies in vRealize Operations Manager 6.0
Policies in vRealize Operations Manager 6.0
What are policies?
Creating policies
Modular policies
Summary
6
Capacity Management Made Easy
Capacity Management Made Easy
An Introduction to capacity management for Operations Manager policies
Defining the correct capacity management policies for your environment
Projects
Summary
7
Dashboard Design
Dashboard Design
Why use custom dashboards?
Widgets
Creating a custom dashboard
Summary
8
Reporting and Views
Reporting and Views
Changes to views and reports in Operations Manager 6.0
Views in Operations Manager 6.0
Reports in Operations Manager 6.0
Summary
9
Super Metrics
Super Metrics
What are super metrics and when do I use them?
Metric terminology and definitions
Super metric types
Building your own super metrics
Applying super metrics in Operations Manager 6.0
Comparing super metrics to views
Summary
10
Administering vROps 6.0
Administering vROps 6.0
Overview of role-based access
Configuring an LDAP source
Configuring users and groups
Summary
11
Expanding vROps with Solutions
Expanding vROps with Solutions
Why collect additional data?
Installing solutions
Importing data using the REST API
Summary
12
Application Management in vROps 6.0
Application Management in vROps 6.0
Creating applications
Importing applications
Summary
13
Alerting, Actions, and Recommendations
Alerting, Actions, and Recommendations
Symptoms, recommendations, and actions
Creating symptoms and recommendations
Creating alerts
Summary
14
Just Messing Around
Just Messing Around
Summary
Index
Index

Chapter 3. vRealize Operations Manager Badges

This chapter discusses in detail the critical concept of Operations Manager 6.0 badges and how they assist in effectively managing your vSphere and non-vSphere environments. You will discover the differences between badges in Operations Manager 5.x and 6.0 as well as the details of how the badges are calculated and tuned to best suit your own environment.

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