Mastering vRealize Operations Manager - Softcover

Norris, Scott; Slater, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784392545 ISBN 13: 9781784392543

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

Analyze and optimize your IT environment by gaining a practical understanding of vROps 6.0

About This Book

• Get complete control of capacity management in your virtual environment
• Display the most appropriate performance metrics and assemble your own dashboard
• Analyze and process data from different sources into a single repository, allowing you to understand every layer of your environment

Who This Book Is For

If you are an administrator of a virtual environment and have used vROps before but want to gain a professional understanding by implementing complex tasks easily with it, then this book is for you.

What You Will Learn

• Discover advanced vROps concepts and design your processes effectively for the underlying architecture
• Migrate from previous versions or install new versions
• Apply proven capacity management theories and techniques in practical, real-world environments
• Manipulate data and metrics to display them in the most effective way possible
• Create custom dashboards fit for any use case
• Make better use of the powerful analytics engine by bringing in external data with third-party adapters and the REST API
• Explore how policies have evolved in vROps 6.0 and how to apply them in the most effective manner

In Detail

As x86 server virtualization becomes mainstream for even the most demanding applications, the criticality of managing the heath and efficiency of virtualized environments is more important than ever. vRealize Operations Manager 6.0 (vROps 6.0) is the key to simplify operations of your virtualized environment and move from being reactive to proactive.

Mastering vRealize Operations Manager 6.0 helps you streamline your processes and customize the environment to suit your needs. You will gain visibility across all devices in the network and retain full control. With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and support images, you will quickly master the ability to manipulate your data and display it in a way that best suits you and the requirements of your colleagues. From the new and impressive vROps 6.0 platform architecture to troubleshooting and capacity planning, this book is aimed at ensuring you get the knowledge to manage your virtualized environment as effectively as possible.

About this title

About the Author

Scott Norris

Scott Norris is currently a senior consultant in VMware's Professional Services Organization (PSO). He specializes in multiple VMware technologies, such as ESXi, vCenter, vRA, vCD, vCOps (vROps ), vRO, SRM, and vRealize Automation Application Services. Prior to VMware, Scott worked for HP Australia and was the VMware SME for the APAC region. In this role, he did everything from breaking and fixing to architecting solutions for clients all over the region. For the last 6 years, Scott has worked exclusively on VMware products and technologies, supporting small environments, from a single server office to large federal government environments with hundreds of hosts. Scott Norris is a 32-year-old father of two. He has been an IT professional for 11 years minus a small hiatus in which he fought and won the battle against non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Outside of work, Scott enjoys messing around in his test lab, playing with his children, or kicking back laying the smack down in Halo on the Xbox. This is his first book, but he runs a popular blog focused on the vRealize Suite at www.virtualiseme.net.au. Scott can be followed on Twitter at @auScottNorris.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784392545
• ISBN 13: 9781784392543
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272