Chapter 1, Going Ahead with vRealize Operations, begins by taking you through the key vRealize Operations 6.6 components architecture. We will cover some of the main services and databases and their purposes. We will then discuss the different vRealize Operations node types. We will also discuss what High Availability is and how it works in vRealize Operations 6.6.
Chapter 2, Which vRealize Operations Deployment Model Fits Your Needs, discusses how things such as High Availability, Remote Collectors and Remote Collector Groups, number of users, and deployment size can affect how we design a vRealize Operations deployment. Finally, we will take a look at the most popular deployment examples.
Chapter 3, Initial Setup and Configuration, takes you through all the steps of installing, expanding, and upgrading an existing installation of vRealize Operations.
Chapter 4, Extending vRealize Operations with Management Packs and Plugins, discusses what a vRealize Operations solution is. We will also take a look at some of the most popular solutions and how to install them. Finally, we will talk about how we can import data into vRealize Operations using a REST API.
Chapter 5, Badges, describes what vRealize Operations badges are, what they represent, and how they are calculated.
Chapter 6, Getting a Handle on Alerting and Notifications, talks about vRealize Operations Symptoms, Recommendations, and Actions, and how to create them. We will also discuss what Alert notifications are and how we can push Alerts to external systems.
Chapter 7, Capacity Management Made Easy, explains the different resource capacity models that we can use in vRealize Operations. We will also discuss what capacity management policies are and how to correctly define them.
Chapter 8, Aligning vRealize Operations with Business Outcomes, discusses what Business-Oriented Reporting is. We will also look at how this can be achieved in vRealize Operations using Tags, Application Groups, and Custom Object Groups.
Chapter 9, Super Metrics Made Super Easy, describes what vRealize Operations Super Metrics are. We will look at different metric types, terminology, and definitions. Finally, we will build our own Super Metrics and compare them to Views.
Chapter 10, Creating Custom Views, explains what vRealize Operations Views and Reports are and how to create and use them.
Chapter 11, Creating Custom Dashboards, discusses what vRealize Operations Dashboards and Widgets are and how to use them together to display information. We will create our own custom dashboards using some of the most popular widgets.
Chapter 12, Using vRealize Operations to Monitor Applications, shows what Endpoint Operations Management is, what the Endpoint Operations Management Agent is used for, and how to install and reinstall it. Finally, we will take a look at some of the monitoring functionalities the Agent provides.
Chapter 13, Leveraging vRealize Operations for vSphere and vRealize Automation Workload Placement, discusses what vRealize Operations Intelligent Workload Placement is and how we can use vRealize Operations to rebalance workloads in our environment. We will also look at how Intelligent Workload Placement can be used to optimize vRealize Automation workload placement.
Chapter 14, Using vRealize Operations for Infrastructure Compliance, explains how we can use vRealize Operations to monitor configuration compliance in our environment to comply with industry-standard compliance standards such as PCI and HIPAA.
Chapter 15, Troubleshooting vRealize Operations, discusses how we can use vRealize Operations for troubleshooting. In particular, we will take a look at the Self-Monitoring Dashboards, which come out of the box. We will then discuss some of the key vRealize Operations components and how to troubleshoot them.