Description

This course will teach you how to implement VCOM (vCenter Operations Manager) within a VMware vSphere 5.5 virtual infrastructure. You will see how to install and configure the product, set thresholds and create reports to detect system incidents using intelligent alerts.

Who is this training for ?

For whom ?

This training is aimed at system administrators and architects wishing to quickly get started with the VMware vSphere 5.5 vCenter Operations Manager software suite.

Prerequisites

Training objectives

Install and configure vCenter Operations Manager (vCOM) Understand how major and minor indicators work and the corresponding measures Use metrics to determine the root cause of issues in a vSphere 5

5 environment Manage hardware capacities and perform forecasting analyzes Detect system incidents using alerts

Training program

• Virtual Infrastructure Overview

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• Installation et configuration
  • - System and virtual infrastructure prerequisites.
  • - Install and configure the product: vApp vCOM.
  • - Configuration tasks.
  • - Collect data from the vSphere environment.
  • - Practical work Installation and configuration of the vApp.
• Indicators
  • - Indicators: presentation and functions.
  • - The "Health status" indicator
  • - The "Risk" indicator.
  • - The "Efficiency" indicator.
  • - The role of minor or major indicators.
  • - The detailed view of the indicators.
  • - Configure the thresholds and notifications.
  • - Interpretation of results.
  • - Practical work Use of indicators.
  • - Interpretation of results.
• Dashboards
  • - Detailed analysis of resources: "Operations".
  • - Capacity Planning: "Planning" view.
  • - Overall analysis of the operation of the environment : "Analysis" view.
  • - Dashboards: presentation and functions.
  • - Practical work Use of dashboards.
  • - Operation and handling of operational views.
• Alerts and reports
  • - Smart Alerts: presentation and configuration.
  • - Smart Alerts: navigation.
  • - Reports: presentation, configuration and creation.
  • - Reports: planning.
  • - Working with alerts, configuring and using alerts.
  • - Practical work Configuring custom alerts.
  • - Collecting data.
  • - Creating and planning the first reports.
• Conclusion
  • - Monitoring and management of virtual resources in virtual infrastructures.
  • - Implementation: risks, limits and recommendations.
  • - Useful links and references.