Mastering vRealize Operations Manager（Second Edition）

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Going Ahead with vRealize Operations

ROI with vRealize Operations

What can vRealize Operations do?

vRealize Operations key component architecture

The Watchdog service

The user interface

The Collector

The GemFire

The GemFire locator

The Controller

Analytics

Persistence

Cassandra DB

Central (repl) DB

Alerts /HIS (Data) DB

HSQL DB

FSDB

vRealize Operations node types

The master and master replica nodes

The data node

The remote collector node

Multi-node deployment HA and scalability

GemFire clustering

GemFire sharding

Adding removing and balancing nodes

High Availability in vRealize Operations 6.6

How does HA and data duplication work?

Summary

Which vRealize Operations Deployment Model Fits Your Needs

Design considerations

To HA or not to HA?

Do I need remote collectors and collector groups?

Does size matter?

What about the number of users?

Deployment examples

Seems too complex? Need help?

Summary

Initial Setup and Configuration

Meeting the requirements

Sizing requirements

Networking requirements

Installation steps formats and types

Installation steps

Installation formats

Installation types

Installation and upgrade

Installing a new vRealize Operations instance

Deploying the vRealize Operations virtual appliance

Configuring a new vRealize Operations instance

Expanding the existing installation

Adding a node to the vRealize Operations cluster

Enabling High Availability

Enabling HA

Finalizing the new installation

Configuring user access control

Configuring your first solution

Upgrading vRealize Operations

Upgrading from vRealize Operations 6.2.x or later

Summary

Extending vRealize Operations with Management Packs and Plugins

Collecting additional data

Defining a vRealize Operations solution

Overview of popular solutions

Service Discovery solution

Log Insight solution

vSphere NSX solution

Storage Devices solution

vCloud Air solution

Installing solutions

Importing data with a REST API

Summary

Badges

What are vRealize Operations badges?

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The Workload badge

The Anomalies badge

The Fault badge

The Health badge summary

Understanding the Risk badge

The Capacity Remaining badge

The Time Remaining badge

The Stress badge

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