For the most part – 12:38 was my time.
There are a few spots where I could improve but what you see here is what you get – a quick video I threw together outlining a simple VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.0.1 appliance deployment, including:
- vCenter adapter configuration
- Active Directory role integration
- Dell Storage Solutions Pack installation and configuration
- Dashboard sharing
Obviously I trimmed some of the “wait” intervals but the goal here was to cover the quick and easy steps to get vR Ops 6.x up and running from ovf download to collecting in a very short amount of time.
In case you are unaware, VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.0.1 was released a little under two weeks ago and it includes some improvements over the December 6.0.0 release:
Updates cover all major areas of the product including installation, migration, configuration, licensing, alerting, dashboards, reports, and policies. To take advantage of the following significant enhancements, upgrade to version 6.0.1.
Improved scaling numbers
- The number of objects that a single large node supports has been increased to 12,000. Also, in multi-node configurations, a four large-node configuration can manage up to 40,000 objects and an eight large-node configuration can manage up to 75,000 objects. For details on scaling numbers and a link to a Sizing Guideline Worksheet, see KB 2093783.
vSphere v6.0 interoperability support
- With this release, vSphere v6.0 can function both as a platform for vRealize Operations Manager installation, and as an environment to which vRealize Operations Manager can connect for operational assurance.
User interface improvements
- Corrections in the Views and Reports content for vSphere Hosts and Clusters.
- Addition of Hierarchical View in the Topology widget.
- Enhancement to the Geo widget displays objects on a world map.
Licensing improvements
- New functionality provides a way to use the REST API to add a license key.
Metrics switched to Collection OFF to improve performance
- Extraneous metrics are switched to Collection OFF in the default Policy. An option to enable Collection is available. However, maintaining metrics in the OFF state saves disk space, improves CPU performance, and has no negative impact on the vRealize Operations Manager functionality to collect and analyze data. For a list of metrics with Collection switched to OFF, see KB 2109869.
Alert Definition Updates
- Improved alert definitions for vSphere clusters, hosts, and virtual machines, to better detect CPU and memory problems.
- Improved alert definitions for hosts and virtual machines in the vSphere 5.5 Hardening Guide, to identify and report more non-compliance issues.
- Additional alert definitions to detect duplicate object names in vCenter and vSphere Storage Management Service errors. Note: To identify duplicate object names in the vCenter Server system, the name-based identification feature must be enabled for the vSphere adapter.
I spent a fair amount of time with vC Ops 5.x and I’ll be the first in line to say vR Ops 6.x has a much more polished look and feel which generally makes consumption of this datacenter management tool much more of a pleasure to work with in terms of installation, configuration, and daily use. But don’t take my word for it, see for yourself:
