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vRealize Operations Manager 6.0 Released. Go get it!

I am glad to share that vRealize Operations Manager 6.0 is out today. I have been writing a series about this release of the operations management suite in a series here. The release will now allow me to take you deep into the great new features and the recommended best practices to design, deploy andContinue reading “vRealize Operations Manager 6.0 Released. Go get it!”

Configuring Policies in vCenter / vRealize Operations Manager!

A few days back, I had this opportunity to discuss vCOps policies with my colleagues during an internal enablement event at VMware. I thought that it would be useful to others if they can have a look at the deck I presented and can get cues from it as to how one should configure policiesContinue reading “Configuring Policies in vCenter / vRealize Operations Manager!”

Creating a vROps Capacity Dashboard for your Virtual Desktop Infrastructure!

As a part of the GUEST BLOGGERS initiative on vXpress, here is the second post by Anand Vaneswaran. In this article he is giving us a dope on using vRealize Custom Dashboards to showcase the Capacity of Virtual Desktops managed by Horizon View and running on the vSphere platform. With this post, he has used the concept of capacity managementContinue reading “Creating a vROps Capacity Dashboard for your Virtual Desktop Infrastructure!”

vRealize Operations Manager 6.0 Tutorial!

With the announcement of vRealize Operations Manager 6.0, here is the page which I am dedicating to all I will write about the 6.0. This is similar to the back to basics series I wrote on vROps 6.0. I will keep updating the page as I publish more content on the new release!! Stay Tuned…Continue reading “vRealize Operations Manager 6.0 Tutorial!”

Part 4 – vRealize Operations Manager Deployment Models!

Now that we are aware of the new features and the architecture of vRealize Operations Manager, with this post I will talk about the various deployment models which are possible while deploying vROps 6.0 in your infrastructure. I will be writing about the options available to those who are already running on vCOps 5.x forContinue reading “Part 4 – vRealize Operations Manager Deployment Models!”

Part 3: High Availability options with vRealize Operations Manager!

With this part of the series, I will start right from where I left in my last article. In the previous post, I spoke about the architecture of vROps along with the various services and node types which are available with this release. At the end of that article, I spoke about the benefit of havingContinue reading “Part 3: High Availability options with vRealize Operations Manager!”

Part 2 : vRealize Operations Manager Architecture Deep-dive!

In my previous post I gave you an overview of vRealize Operations Manager 6.0. In that post, I have spoken briefly about the architectural changes or differences between vCOps 5.x and vROps 6.0. With this post, I will take it a few levels deeper to explain the entire architecture of vROps 6.0 One of theContinue reading “Part 2 : vRealize Operations Manager Architecture Deep-dive!”

Part 1 : vCOps 5.x to vROps 6.0 – Intelligent Operations from Apps to Storage!

Back in the month of August, I had an opportunity to get an early interface to vRealize Operations Manager. I jumped out of the seat when I saw the new UI and the amazing features. As much I wanted to share the goodness of this version of vCOps now called vROps, I knew that IContinue reading “Part 1 : vCOps 5.x to vROps 6.0 – Intelligent Operations from Apps to Storage!”

Creating a One Click Datacenter Capacity & Cluster Performance Dashboard!

I have got a number of requests in the past to modify the famous Cluster Capacity Dashboard. Today I have modified it to create a similar dashboard which shows the capacity from a Datacenter Point of View. So if you have a large install base of vCenter Operations Manager with multiple Datacenters, you can useContinue reading “Creating a One Click Datacenter Capacity & Cluster Performance Dashboard!”

Recover Deleted Custom Dashboards from vCenter Operations Manager

Some time back, I wrote an article highlighting the custom dashboards which are available out of the box with the release of vCenter Operations Manager 5.7. I have been asked questions about, how these dashboards can be recovered in case someone deletes them accidentally. In reality these dashboards are a bunch of XML files whichContinue reading “Recover Deleted Custom Dashboards from vCenter Operations Manager”