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Part 12: Monitoring Goals in vRealize Operations Manager 6.0

In the past I have written about vCenter Operations / vRealize Operations policies and how they play an important role in the way the analytics and capacity engine run to process the collected metrics in your environment. With the release of vRealize Operations Manager 6.0, the policies do not change much, however the way youContinue reading “Part 12: Monitoring Goals in vRealize Operations Manager 6.0”

Part 11: Using vRealize Operations Manager to Monitor the Cluster Nodes

In the series on vRealize Operations, I wrote about the Architecture of vRealize Operations Manager which allows you to have Master and Replica nodes in a vROps Cluster. This not only allows you to distribute the adapters or solutions to more than one collectors present on each host, but also gives you resiliency in caseContinue reading “Part 11: Using vRealize Operations Manager to Monitor the Cluster Nodes”

Book Review : vROps Performance & Capacity Management + Coupon Code Inside!

Today I decided to spend the weekend by writing about books I have been reading for the past few days. Infact, this review is for a book which I officially reviewed as a Technical Reviewer and has my name on it. While I have been contemplating on writing a book myself on the topic ofContinue reading “Book Review : vROps Performance & Capacity Management + Coupon Code Inside!”

Part 10 : Reviewing the Global Settings in vRealize Operations Manager!

As a part of the series I am doing on vRealize Operations Manager, I thought it would be useful for readers to know about the Global Settings parameters you can now change from the GUI. These settings were available (most of them) with the previous release known as vCenter Operations Manager, however now these settingsContinue reading “Part 10 : Reviewing the Global Settings in vRealize Operations Manager!”

OnePlus One Review : Things I like the most!!

With the buzz in the air around the “Flagship Killer” phone I was pretty interested in following the developments around the OnePlus One. The phone was recently launched in India and sold through Amazon India. Just a couple of days back, I received an invite from my colleague and within minutes, I ordered the phone.Continue reading “OnePlus One Review : Things I like the most!!”

Part 9: Exporting & Importing Policies with vRealize Operations Manager 6.0

With the release of vRealize Operations Manager 6.0, VMware has introduced a much required feature into the product which allows you export policies created in your vROps 6.0 instance and import them back into the system as and when you need them. This feature was in constant demand with vCOps 5.x, however was never possibleContinue reading “Part 9: Exporting & Importing Policies with vRealize Operations Manager 6.0”

Part 8 : Exploring Policies in vRealize Operations Manager 6.0.

Let me start by sending a lot of best wishes your way this new year. 2014 was rocking and I thank my family, friends, colleagues and readers for making it a special year for me. As I step into this new year, I look forward to more exciting times in my personal and professional life.Continue reading “Part 8 : Exploring Policies in vRealize Operations Manager 6.0.”

Part 7 : Recommendation Intelligence in vRealize Operations Manager 6.0!

One of the unique feature of VMware’s Operations Management solution has been the analytics engine which has the ability to learn the behaviour of every metric and create a dynamic threshold which reflects the usage patterns. These usage patterns are the key to register anomalies or abnormal behaviour of a metric which helps in proactiveContinue reading “Part 7 : Recommendation Intelligence in vRealize Operations Manager 6.0!”

Part 6: vRealize Operations 6.0 – Am I missing the Badge Scores?

With the release of vRealize Operations Manager 6.0, a number of new things have been introduced. While I continue to add content around what’s new in my series on this new release, I always wanted to share some major changes int he way data is displayed and should be interpreted with the new release. IfContinue reading “Part 6: vRealize Operations 6.0 – Am I missing the Badge Scores?”

Part 5 – What migrates from vCOps 5.x to vROps 6.0?

I have received questions from a number of people around migration of data from vCenter Operations Manager 5.x to the latest and the greatest vRealize Operations Manager 6.0. I will not re-invent the wheel by writing about the migration process since my buddy Lior Kamrat has already explained the process in this article. A quickContinue reading “Part 5 – What migrates from vCOps 5.x to vROps 6.0?”