VMware ® vCenter Operations Manager: Advanced Usage and Dashboard Design v5.x

Course details

This training course focuses on the advanced capabilities of VMware® vCenter™ Operations Manager™ 5.6, such as adapters, customization, and management topics. You will learn how to use adapters, define custom super metrics, and customize dashboards.

Course Outline

1 - Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

2 - vCenter Operations Manager Advanced Architecture

• Introduce vCenter Operations Manager architecture
• Explain sizing guidelines
• Describe vCenter Operations Manager availability and backup

3 - Adapters for Data Collection

• Understand adapters
• Identify available adapters
• Install and configure adapters
• Troubleshoot adapters

4 - Metrics and Super Metrics

• Understand metrics
• Configure and use super metrics

5 - Applications, Attribute Packaging, KPIs, and Tags

• Introduce the application design concept in vCenter Operations Manager
• Configure and use attribute packages and KPIs
• Create tags and groups

6 - Dashboards

• Introduce custom dashboards
• Manage widgets
• Manage interactions
• Manage templates

7 - Smart Alerts and Custom Alerts

• Work with and troubleshoot alerts
• Configure alert notifications

8 - User and Role Management

• Manage user and role permissions for the vSphere UI
• Manage user and group permissions for the Custom UI

9 - Troubleshooting

• Identify the basic troubleshooting workflows
• Understand Self Info and self-monitoring of vCenter Operations Manager
• Examine the Support page in the Custom UI

Target Audience: System administrators and consultants responsible for customizing vCenter Operations Manager to expand from the vSphere user interface to a customized environment