Course Introduction
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Introductions and course logistics
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Course objectives
Introduction to vRealize Operations
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Describe how vRealize Operations is used to manage the software-defined data center
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Describe the features and benefits of vRealize Operations
vRealize Operations User Interface
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Navigate the main areas of the user interface
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Explain the importance of inventory trees
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View widgets and dashboards on the Home page
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View inventory trees and objects on the Environment page
vRealize Operations Concepts
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Use views to gather information about the environment
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Create reports about the environment
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Explain how data is collected and analyzed by vRealize Operations
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List the functions of the analytics component
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Discuss key indicators in the user interface that provide warnings about potential issues
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Use alerts to identify root causes for performance, capacity, and utilization issues
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Use symptoms to indicate a potential issue
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Use badges to visually analyze your environment to identify good or bad conditions for the entire environment
Troubleshooting System Health Issues
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Discuss the process for troubleshooting system health issues
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Troubleshoot system health alerts
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Troubleshoot a user’s performance issue
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Use health weather maps and heat maps to monitor system health
Capacity Planning
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Define capacity planning terminology
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Discuss capacity planning models
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Monitor for capacity risk in the environment
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Troubleshoot risk issues
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Troubleshoot efficiency issues
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Identify ways to optimize resource use
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Use projects to perform what-if scenarios
Tags, Application Groups, and Custom Object Groups
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Use tags and applications to group objects
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Create custom object groups in the environment
Policies
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List guidelines for customizing vRealize Operations
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Import and export content
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Create policies for various types of workloads
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Explain how policy inheritance works
Intelligent Workload Placement
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Identify scenarios that use intelligent workload placement
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Use intelligent workload placement to rebalance workloads across the environment
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Use policies to drive workload balance plan recommendations
Custom Alert Definitions
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Create symptom definitions
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Create recommendations and use actions
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Create actions
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Create notifications
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Create alert definitions
Custom Views
Build and use custom views in your environment
Custom Dashboards
Create custom dashboards
Configure widgets
Configure widget interactions
Configure the Scoreboard widget to use a metric configuration file
Configure dashboard navigation
Specify the dashboard used on the Summary tab of an object
Organize dashboards in folders
Share dashboards
Super Metrics
Create super metrics
Enable super metrics in policies
User Access Control
Explain how users are authorized to access objects
Explain how privileges are prioritized when a user has multiple privileges
Create local users and user groups
Import users and user groups from an LDAP source
Operating System and Application Monitoring
Deploy operating system and application monitoring
Monitor operating systems and applications
Management Packs
Explore the management packs that are available for your environment
Install and configure a management pack
Architecture, Scalability, and Availability
Describe the function of the components in a node
Describe the roles in a vRealize Operations cluster
Explain how a node’s components interact to achieve scalability and availability
Deploying vRealize Operations
Install a vRealize Operations cluster
Configure a vRealize Operations cluster
Monitor the health of a vRealize Operations cluster
Generate a support bundle
View logs
Perform cluster management tasks
