VMware vCenter Operations Manager: Analyze and Predict

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About this Course

This course for experienced users of VMware® vSphere® teaches skills in the use of VMware® vCenter™ Operations Manager™ as a forensic and predictive tool. The course is based on VMware ESXi™ 5.x, VMware® vCenter Server™ 5.x, and vCenter Operations Manager 5.x.

At Course Completion

By the end of the course, you should be able to do the following:

  • Understand major and minor badges and their underlying metrics.
  • Use these badges to find the root causes of common operational issues in a vSphere environment.
  • Perform capacity management and what-if analyses.
  • Use the Operations tab, the Planning tab, the Alerts tab, the
  • Navigate the vCenter Operations Manager 5.0 user interface.
  • Use heat maps and create a custom heat map.
  • Use smart alerts to detect system issues.
  • Articulate the use case for the new policy structure in vCenter Operations Manager and how it can be used to define configuration settings for objects in a vSphere environment.
  • Work with groups to classify virtual objects in logical and business-related structures and how to apply them to policies.
  • Define new use cases based on the optimized integration with VMware® vCenter™ Operations Management Suite™ products like VMware® vCenter Configuration Manager™, VMware® vFabric™ Hyperic®, VMware® vCenter™ Infrastructure Navigator™, and other adapters.

Prerequisites

  • Hands-on experience administering vSphere 5 deployments
  • Completion of VMware vSchere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5] recommended

Course Outline

1. Course Introduction

  • Introductions and course logistics
  • Course objectives

2. Introduction to VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite

  • Understand the role of operations management in the cloud era
  • Understand the vCenter Operations Management Suite andits packaging

3. Architecture and Concepts

  • Understand the data collection methodology of the vCenter Operations Manager architecture
  • Learn how vCenter Operations Manager collects data
  • Master the main components of the dashboard view
  • Navigate the objects tree and understand the badge pane

4. Working with Dashboards and Badges

  • Understand the functions of major and minor badges
  • Use the Health major badge
  • Use the Risk major badge
  • Use the Efficiency major badge
  • Use the Operations tab to navigate to details

5. Analyzing with Heat Maps

  • Work with predefined and custom heat maps through the Analysis tab

6. Working with Smart Alerts

  • Configure and use smart alerts
  • Set up email notifications

7. Working with Capacity Planning and Reports

  • Schedule, use, and export predefined capacity management reports
  • Perform what-if analyses

8. Installing and Configuring VMware vCenter Operations Manager

  • Understand and meet preinstallation requirements
  • Install vCenter Operations Manager
  • Configure vCenter Operations Manager to gather data from its environment

 

A. VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite Update

  • Discuss the VMware management suite solution and products
  • List the key components and capabilities of vCenter Operations Management Suite
  • Describe the main features available in each of the vCenter Operations Management Suite products and editions  

B. VMware vCenter Operations Manager v5.6 Changes

  • Discuss configuration of policies and groups
  • Identify basic use cases and benefits from using policies and groups
  • Make changes to the vCenter Operations Manager 5.6 configurations
  • Explain changes to badges, metrics, and reports in version 5.6 of vCenter Operations Manager

C. Integration with Other VMware Products

  • Identify use cases for the integration of additional vCenter Operations Management Suite products
  • Discuss integration with vCenter Operations Manager for group management
  • Learn about new dashboard badges in vCenter Operations Manager