VCOAP5 Links for Students

General Links

They are to do with the configuration – allocation v demand based – and allowing for
overprovisioning. – and different scenarios for productions v testdev.

http://imallvirtual.com/?p=761

http://imallvirtual.com/?p=797

Suite editions

http://www.vmware.com/products/datacenter-virtualization/vcenter-operations-
management/compare-editions.html

Change management

a video on config manager.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUftSnx39N0&feature=plcp

Infrastructure navigator

If you have a problem with 1 app, need to know if other apps or vms depend on it. Eg if you have
exchange you can discover its dependent on dcs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjqv6_c5G5c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkx9sEjnSLE

useful for SRM as well to determine which apps to protect as a group.

Communication requirement

Ports document:

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/microsite.do?
cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=1012382&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1#vCenter
%20Operations%20Manager%20vApp%205.x
Vapp installation considerations

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?
language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2013695

Off line analysis

www.kf.vu.lt/~albud/progn/Erasmus/Engl-VU/.../trend_analysis.ppt

http://www.ehow.com/list_7255661_types-trend-lines.html

vcenter ops manager tabs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9wlt0L046g&feature=plcp

Planning – time remaining

The user configurable buffer (the 30 days) is on config>capacity and time remaining. “Time
remaining score relative to 30 days of provisioning buffer” where the 30 is configurable.

http://www.virtualclouds.co.za/?p=544

Planning minor badge stress

http://www.virtualclouds.co.za/?p=510

Density

Forecasting algorithms

http://www.ehow.com/list_7255661_types-trend-lines.html

counters

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=
%2Fcom.vmware.wssdk.smssdk.doc_50%2Fsystem_counters.html
Data filtering and smoothing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average

License vcops manager

https://www.vmware.com/products/vcenter-operations-management/pricing.html

https://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere-operations-management/

Backup procedure with VDR is documented here

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?
cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=2031890

Backup and restore considerations-

http://www.virtualclouds.co.za/?p=353

http://www.storagegumbo.com/2012/07/protecting-vc-ops-data-with-vadp-and-srm.html

http://blogs.vmware.com/vapp/2009/07/selfconfiguration-and-the-ovf-environment.html

Use cases

Debugging poor vm perf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyOZn2uL6AM&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpqhfMiSmC4&feature=plcp
Links from community

elearning for ops manager : http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrreg/courses.cfm?

ui=www_edu&a=one&id_subject=31413

comparison of the editions of vc ops : http://www.vmware.com/products/datacenter-

virtualization/vcenter-operations-management/compare-editions.html

50 minute overview on change management features of VCM which is part of the VCops Suite :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUftSnx39N0&feature=plcp

VMware vCenter Chargeback Technical Deep Dive session CIM3257-EMEA on VMworld 2011 site :
http://www.vmworld.com/community/sessions/

vCenter Infrastructure Navigator 10 minute video demonstration : http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=Fjqv6_c5G5c

vCenter Infrastructure Navigator 5 minute installation :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkx9sEjnSLE

Server ports numbers : http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/microsite.do?

cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=1012382&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1#vCenter
%20Operations%20Manager%20vApp%205.x

Comedy video on the benefits of dashboards : http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=S9wlt0L046g&feature=plcp

For the non mathematicians amongst you go read Wikipedia for details on linear regression
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_regression

also look at www.kf.vu.lt/~albud/progn/Erasmus/Engl-VU/.../trend_analysis.ppt and

http://www.ehow.com/list_7255661_types-trend-lines.html

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=
%2Fcom.vmware.wssdk.smssdk.doc_50%2Fsystem_counters.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average
VMware vCenter Operations in the Real World - VMworld 2011 - CIM4280 :
http://www.vmworld.com/community/sessions/

More info on vApp and IP pools at http://blogs.vmware.com/vapp/2009/07/selfconfiguration-and-

the-ovf-environment.html

4 use cases

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyOZn2uL6AM&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpqhfMiSmC4&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7SAtdkuNGc&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG5ePiP7Q6E&feature=plcp

more links

An faq-

http://www.virtualclouds.co.za/?page_id=262

pricing and links

http://www.vexperienced.co.uk/2012/04/16/using-vcenter-operations-v5-capacity-features-and-
conclusions-33/

A 2008 document on vcenter perf counters by scott drummonds

https://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-5600

http://blogs.vmware.com/management/2010/06/rightsizing-vms-using-vcenter-capacityiq-part-
1.html