vCenter Operations Manager

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Building vCloud Suite POC – Part 15: Create Custom UI in vCenter Operations Manager

23 May, 2013 4

Beside the standard dashboard that comes with the default installation, the vCenter Operations Manager allows you to create your own custom dashboard to meet your specific needs. The design process is done using the custom portal and not in the administration portal. The custom portal can be accessed by typing the FQDN/IP address of the UI virtual machine in the internet browser followed by /vcops-custom/. For example: https://10.10.13.28/vcops-custom/ In this example, I’ll create a custom […]

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Building vCloud Suite POC – Part 14: Configure vCenter Operations Manager

15 May, 2013 4

Now the vCenter Operations Manager vApp is deployed, we can proceed with the initial configuration. Initial Setup Open the vSphere Client and log in to the vCenter Server where the vCenter Operations Manager vApp is located. Select the vApp and from the Summary tab click the Available link to open the vCenter Operations Manager Administration page. Accept the SSL security warning and log in with username admin and password admin. In the Initial Setup Wizard, provide […]

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Building vCloud Suite POC – Part 13: Add vCenter Operations Manager

7 May, 2013 0

So far the vCloud Suite proof of concept has been installed and configured with the vCloud Director with vCloud Networking and Security, vCloud Connector and vCenter Chargeback Manager. In this part we will take a look on how to proactively manage the health of vSphere infrastructure, virtual machines and applications. But also how to spot potential bottlenecks and how to remediate the problems. To do this, VMware offers vCenter Operations Manager, which is also part […]