Course Agenda

1. Introduction to vRealize Operations Manager

• Describe how vRealize Operations Manager is used to manage the software-defined data center
• Describe the features and benefits of vRealize Operations Manager

2. 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
• View inventory trees and objects on the Environment page

3. vRealize 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Tags, Applications, and Object Groups

• Use tags and applications to group objects
• Create custom object groups in the environment

7. Policies

• List guidelines for customizing vRealize Operations Manager content
• Create policies for different types of workloads
• Explain how policy inheritance works

8. Custom Alert Definitions

• Create symptom definitions
• Create recommendations and use actions
• Create notifications
• Create alert definitions

9. Custom Views

• Describe the different types of views
• Create views

10. Custom Dashboards

• Create custom dashboards
• Configure widgets and widget interactions
• Configure dashboard navigation
• Manage dashboards

11. Super Metrics

• Create super metrics
• Enable super metrics in policies

12. User Access Control

• Create local users and user groups
• Assign roles to local users and user groups
• Import users and user groups from an LDAP source

13. Management Packs

• Describe management packs that are available to the environment
• Install and configure a management pack

14. Architecture, Scalability, and Availability

• Describe the components of a vRealize Operations Manager node
• Describe the different roles in a vRealize Operations Manager cluster
• Explain how a node’s components interact to achieve scalability and availability

15. 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