Description
About This Course
This course, for experienced VMware vSphere® personnel, teaches skills for the use of VMware® vCenter™ Operations Manager™ as a forensic and predictive tool. The course is based on VMware vSphere® ESXi™ 5.x, VMware® vCenter™ Server 5.x, and vCenter Operations Manager 5.x.
Prerequisites
- Hands-on experience administering vSphere 5 deployments
- Completion of VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.x] recommended
- 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.x 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
Course Outline
Module 1 Course Introduction
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Introductions and course logistics
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Course goals and objectives
Module 2: Introduction to VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite
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Understand the role of operations management in the cloud era
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Understand the vCenter Operations Management Suite and its packaging
Module 3: Architecture and Concepts
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Understand the data collection methodology of the vCenter Operations Manager architecture
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Learn how vCenter Operations Manager collects data
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Master the main components of the dashboard view
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Navigate the objects tree and understand the badge pane
Module 4: Working with Dashboards and Badges
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Understand the functions of major and minor badges
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Use the Health major badge
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Use the Risk major badge
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Use the Efficiency major badge
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Use the Operations tab to navigate to details
Module 5: Analyzing with Heat Maps
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Work with predefined and custom heat maps through the Analysis tab
Module 6: Working with Smart Alerts
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Configure and use smart alerts
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Set up email notifications
Module 7: Working with Capacity Planning and Reports
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Schedule, use, and export predefined capacity management reports
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Perform what-if analyses
Module 8: Installing and Configuring VMware vCenter Operations Manager
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Understand and meet preinstallation requirements
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Install vCenter Operations Manager
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Configure vCenter Operations Manager to gather data from its
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environment
A: VMware vCenter Operatiosn Suite Update
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Discuss the VMware managment suite solution and products
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List the key components and capabiltities of vCenter Operations Management Suite
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Describe the main features available in each of the vCenter Operations Management Suite products and editions
B: VMware vCenter Operations Manager v5.6 Changes
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Discuss configuration of policies and groups
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Identify basic use cases and benefits from using policies and groups
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Make changes to the vCenter Operations Manager 5.6 configurations
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Explain changes to badges, metrics, and reports in version 5.6 of vCenter Operations Manager
C: Integration with Other VMware Products
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Identify use cases for the integration of additional vCenter Operations management Suite Products
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Discuss Integration with vCenter Operations Manager for group management
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Learn about new dashboard badges in vCenter Operations Manager
Who Should Attend
Experienced system administrators and system integrators
