The VMware vRealize Operations for Operators (V8.6) course is designed to provide learners with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively manage and optimize their virtual environments using vRealize Operations. Through a series of modules, the course covers a variety of topics such as understanding vRealize Operations use cases, Navigating the UI, Implementing policies, Optimizing capacity and performance, Managing costs, Troubleshooting, and Monitoring operating systems and applications. By completing this course, learners will be able to create and use tags, understand policy inheritance, perform capacity planning, assess data center costs, optimize workloads, and troubleshoot issues using the Troubleshooting workbench. Additionally, the course teaches how to monitor the health of a vRealize Operations cluster and manage its deployment, making it an essential learning path for operators seeking to enhance their skills in virtual environment management. This comprehensive understanding will empower operators to ensure efficient, cost-effective, and high-performing virtual infrastructures.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to:
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List the vRealize Operations use cases.
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Identify features and benefits of vRealize Operations.
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Use interface features to assess and troubleshoot operational problems.
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Create policies to meet the operational needs of your environment.
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Recognize effective ways to optimize performance, capacity, and cost in data centers.
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Troubleshoot and manage problems using workbench, alerts, and predefined dashboards.
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Manage configurations.
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Configure application monitoring using VMware vRealize® Operations Cloud Appliance™.
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Monitor the health of the vRealize Operations cluster.
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Perform cluster management tasks.
Who Can Benefit
Prerequisites
Before taking this course, you must complete at least one of the following:
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VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7]
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6 months of hands-on vRealize Operations experience.
Course Outline:
1. Course Introduction
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Introductions and Course Logistics: Overview of participants, course structure, and logistical details.
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Course Objectives: Define key learning outcomes and skills participants will acquire by the end of the course.
2. Introduction to vRealize Operations
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List the vRealize Operations Use Cases: Explore various use cases for implementing vRealize Operations.
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Access the vRealize Operations User Interface (UI): Learn how to navigate and access the vRealize Operations UI.
3. vRealize Operations Concepts
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Identify the Product UI Components: Familiarization with the key components of the vRealize Operations user interface.
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Create and Use Tags to Group Objects: Techniques for tagging objects for better organization and management.
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Use a Custom Group to Group Objects: Understanding how to create and utilize custom groups for object management.
4. vRealize Operations Policies
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Create Policies for the Various Workloads: Learn how to develop policies tailored to different workloads.
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Explain How Policy Inheritance Works: Understanding the inheritance model for policies within vRealize Operations.
5. Capacity Optimization
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Define the Capacity Planning Terms: Overview of key terms related to capacity planning.
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Explain the Capacity Planning Models: Introduction to different models for capacity planning.
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Assess the Overall Capacity of a Data Center and Identify the Optimization Recommendations: Techniques for evaluating data center capacity and identifying areas for optimization.
6. Costing in vRealize Operations
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Discuss the Cost Drivers in vRealize Operations: Overview of factors that influence costs within the vRealize Operations framework.
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Assess the Cost of Your Data Center Inventory: Learn how to evaluate and analyze the costs associated with data center resources.
7. Performance Optimization
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Introduction to Performance Optimization: Overview of performance optimization concepts and importance.
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Define the Business and Operational Intentions for a Data Center: Understanding the objectives and intentions behind data center operations.
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Automate the Process of Optimizing and Balancing Workloads in Data Centers: Techniques for automating workload optimization and balancing.
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Report the Results of the Optimization Potential: Methods for reporting on the outcomes of optimization efforts.
8. Troubleshooting and Managing Configuration
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Describe the Troubleshooting Workbench: Introduction to the tools available for troubleshooting within vRealize Operations.
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Recognize How to Troubleshoot Problems by Monitoring Alerts: Techniques for monitoring alerts and identifying issues.
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Use Step-by-Step Workflows to Troubleshoot the vSphere Objects: Guided workflows for troubleshooting vSphere components.
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Assess Your Environment’s Compliance to Standards: Evaluating compliance with operational standards.
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View the Configurations of the vSphere Objects in Your Environment: Understanding how to access and analyze configuration details.
9. Operating System and Application Monitoring
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Describe the Native Service Discovery and Application Monitoring Features: Overview of built-in monitoring features for services and applications.
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Configure the Application Monitoring: Techniques for setting up application monitoring effectively.
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Monitor the Operating Systems and Applications: Methods for tracking the performance of operating systems and applications.
10. Managing a vRealize Operations Deployment
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Monitor the Health of a vRealize Operations Cluster: Techniques for assessing the health and performance of the vRealize Operations cluster.
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Generate a Support Bundle: Understanding how to create a support bundle for troubleshooting and support purposes.
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View the vRealize Operations Log Files and Audit Reports: Techniques for accessing logs and audit reports to monitor operations.
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Perform the vRealize Operations Cluster Management Tasks: Overview of key management tasks for maintaining the vRealize Operations cluster.
Live Online Training (Duration : 16 Hours)
