Policies in vROPs enables analysis, automation, metric and alert settings to be applied to a set of objects.  These objects reside within custom groups (for more info on creating custom groups see https://vnuggets.com/2018/08/23/vrealize-operations-6-7-custom-groups). vROPs comes with a set of OOTB policies which can be edited, copied or used to create other policies from. Policy Inheritance … Continue reading vRealize Operations – Policies

One of the core functions within a monitoring and optimisation solution is to detect when something is not normal and to then do something about it.  In this example we have requirement for a specific host cluster to alert based on lower thresholds for CPU Workload %. Symptom Definitions A Symptom Definition allows the administrator … Continue reading vRealize Operations – Symptoms & Alerts

In this article I will show you how to create a custom group in order to use multiple policies within a vROPs environment.  Remember, if we want a policy other than the default policy to be applied to one or more objects then we must group those objects together and apply the policy to the … Continue reading vRealize Operations – Custom Groups

The vSphere Solutions Adapter enables vROPs to collect metrics for vSphere endpoints (individual vCenter servers and their contents).  This is pretty much the default starting point when configuring a installation to collect data. To configure the solution adapter go to "Administration" and select the adapter. The gear icon can then be used to enter the … Continue reading vRealize Operations – vSphere Adapter

Out of the box, vROPs 6.7 comes with a set of local admin accounts designed to be used for initial product setup and cluster management/maintenance. These accounts should not be used on a daily basis (it's just bad practice and has no audit trail), therefore one of the first things that should be done POST … Continue reading vRealize Operations – Authentication