VMware vCenter Operations Manager: Analyze and Predict

COURSE OVERVIEW

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. This course is 60 percent lecture and 40 hands-on lab.

PREREQUISITES

• Hands-on experience administering vSphere 5 deployments
• Completion of VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5] recommended (HL235S)

AUDIENCE

• Experienced system administrators and system integrators

COURSE OBJECTIVES

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 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 Analysis tab, and the Reports tab
• 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 itcan 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 howto 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

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1: Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

Module 2: Introduction to VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite

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

Module 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

Module 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

Module 5: Analyzing with Heat Maps

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

Module 6: Working with Smart Alerts

• Configure and use smart alerts
• Set up email notifications

Module 7: Working with Capacity Planning and Reports

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

Module 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

Module 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

Module 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

Module 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

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For whom it is intended:

• Presale/consultant
• System administrator
• System engineer