Introduction
With all that is happening today, we know there are a lot of concerns on your mind:
- New/Urgent projects are dominating your inbox
- Existing projects are getting delayed
- Your focusing on just “keeping the lights on” for certain datacenter projects
If that is the case, knowing how well your VMware environment is running, if you are running out of capacity, or need to better allocate your resources can help reduce the burden of “keeping the lights on” and help you gain some time back.
With that being said, we at VMware would invite you to join in the v4Free movement and take some self-directed, free, online training that can help you learn about how to better monitor and manage your VMware environment, and get the most out of your existing or future VMware vRealize Operations investments.
We’ve scoured the internet, searching high and low to give you content that we hope is relevant to your day to day life. We have grouped the content into different categories for Beginning users, Intermediate users, and advanced users, and have put it in an order that can help you now and in the future.
Product Introduction
VMware vRealize Operations delivers self-driving IT operations management from apps to infrastructure to optimize, plan and scale SDDC and VMware Cloud deployments with visibility into multiple public clouds. Powered by AI and predictive analytics, it helps IT run production operations hands-off and hassle-free with a unified operations platform. vRealize Operations delivers continuous performance optimization, efficient capacity management, proactive planning, intelligent remediation and integrated compliance, on-premises or SaaS.
For Beginners (~4 to 6 hours depending on how fast and how much you want to read)
- vRealize Operations Manager Blog – https://blogs.vmware.com/management/tag/vrops
- vRealize Operations Power Block (30-45 minute schedule webinars)
- Troubleshooting – Tuesday April 14th 9:00-9:45am PT
- Management Packs – Tuesday April 21st 9:00-9:45am PT
- App and OS Monitoring – Tuesday April 28th 9:00-9:45am PT
- vRealize Operations 8 YouTube Playlist – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrFo2o1FG9n6YvRdrGXSfoajcoI5WG7NQ
- vRealize Operations Product Walk-Throughs – https://vrealize.vmware.com/t/vrealize-operations/
- Features and Capabilities Sub-Page – https://vrealize.vmware.com/t/vrealize-operations-features-and-capabilities/
- Management Packs – https://vrealize.vmware.com/t/management-packs/
- Why Upgrade to Advanced – https://vrealize.vmware.com/t/why-upgrade-to-vrealize-operations-advanced-or-vrealize-suite-standard/
- Additional Learning – https://vrealize.vmware.com/t/additional-learning-1/
- vRealize Operations 8 documentation – https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Operations-Manager/index.html then expand the vRealize Operations 8.0 section.
- Marketing Stuff
- vRealize Operations Main VMware Page – https://www.vmware.com/products/vrealize-operations.html
- Hybrid Cloud Operations – https://www.vmware.com/cloud-solutions/hybrid-cloud/operations.html
Intermediate (~4 to 8 hours depending on how many videos you want to watch and how much you want to read)
- VMware Online Hands-on-Lab: HOL-2001-91-ISM-HOL – vRealize Operations 8 – What’s New – Lightning Lab is vROps
- Other VMware Online Hands-on-Labs which are for older versions of vROps, but still relevant
- HOL-2006-01-CMP – vRealize Suite – Making Private Cloud Easy – https://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalogs/lab/6526
- HOL-2001-02-CMP – vRealize Operations – Optimize the Performance of Your vSphere Environment – https://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalogs/lab/6669
- YouTube Videos keyword searched:
- Supermetrics – at topic that shows the power of vRealize Operations Manager
- VMware Documentation – https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Operations-Manager/8.0/com.vmware.vcom.core.doc/GUID-9ABE9C40-46EF-401A-AAE0-9FACE95E1CCE.html?hWord=N4IghgNiBcIM4FcAOBTATgAgLYoC5oEsBjEAXyAsfasdfasdsdfsfsf
- Blog Introducing Supermetrics – https://vnuggets.com/2018/09/13/vrealize-operations-super-metrics/
Advanced (~4 to 8 hours depending on how fast you get through the labs)
- Operationalize Your World – http://virtual-red-dot.info/operationalize-your-world/
- OYW Dashboards – http://virtual-red-dot.info/operationalize-your-world-7-5/
- Other VMware Online Hands-on-Labs which are for older versions of vROps, but still relevant
- HOL-2001-03-CMP – vRealize Operations – Optimize and Plan vSphere Capacity and Costs – https://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalogs/lab/6670
- HOL-2001-04-CMP – Troubleshooting, Remediation and Compliance with vRealize Operations – https://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalogs/lab/6671
- HOL-2001-05-CMP – vRealize Operations Advanced Topics – https://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalogs/lab/6672sfasdfasdsdfsfsf
Take you time and go through the content that best suits your needs. Please, comment below with ideas and thoughts and other topics you may be interested in.
Happy Learning!