vRealize Operations Manager (vROM/vROPS) gives you visibility into the performance and health of your virtual infrastructure. The bad thing about virtualization is how easy it is to accumulate over-provisioned virtual machines. When your environment grows the numbers can really be staggering. With vROM you can find these VMs and really tweak your environment making it more lean and resource efficient. vROM also has the ability to ensure compliance with IT policies, regulatory requirements, and smart alerting. Basically vRealize Operations Manager will take your structure data like performance metrics and give you a unified interface of analytics. Here is my documented deployment of vRealize Operations Manager 6.0.1 in my lab environment.
Planning and Reading:
- VMware vRealize Operations Manager – This is all the documentation in one place!
- vRealize Operations Manager Sizing Guidelines – VMware KB2093783
- vRealize Operations Manager vApp Deployment and Configuration Guide
- Exploring New vRealize Operations Capabilities – VMware Blog, David Davis
- If you are deploying vROM in your lab and need a license I highly recommend you check out the VMUG Advantage subscription.