1. Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
2. Introduction to vRealize Operations
- Describe how vRealize Operations is used to manage the software-defined data center
- Describe the features and benefits of vRealize Operations
3. vRealize Operations User Interface
- Navigate the main areas of the user interface
- Explain the importance of inventory trees
- View widgets and dashboards on the Home page
- View inventory trees and objects on the Environment page
4. vRealize Operations Concepts
- Use views to gather information about the environment
- Create reports about the environment
- Explain how data is collected and analyzed by vRealize Operations
- List the functions of the analytics component
- Discuss key indicators in the user interface that provide warnings about potential problems
- Use alerts to identify root causes for performance, capacity, and utilization problems
- Use symptoms to indicate a potential problem
- Use badges to visually analyze your environment to identify good or bad conditions for the entire environment
5. Troubleshooting System Health Issues
- Discuss the process for troubleshooting system health problems
- Troubleshoot system health alerts
- Troubleshoot a user’s performance problem
- Use health weather maps and heat maps to monitor system health
6. Capacity Planning
- Define capacity planning terminology
- Discuss capacity planning models
- Monitor for capacity risk in the environment
- Troubleshoot risk issues
- Troubleshoot efficiency issues
- Identify ways to optimize resource use
- Use projects to perform what-if scenarios
7. Tags, Application Groups, and Custom Object Groups
- Use tags and applications to group objects
- Create custom object groups in the environment
8. Policies
- List guidelines for customizing vRealize Operations
- Import and export content
- Create policies for various types of workloads
- Explain how policy inheritance works