Mastering Monitoring

• 15 features that makes vROPS the best Monitoring tool period
• How to Maximize all Monitoring Tools
• vROPS – Answering all the major vROPS questions (Best vROPS References)
• vROPS – Alerting Do’s and Don’t
• vROPS Full Book by Iwan – https://www.vmwareopsguide.com/

Automation

• vROPS 8.4 – How to use Automation Central to schedule task
• vROPS 6 – How to Automate Actions

Troubleshooting

• vROPS – vSphere Health Checker Dashboard 2.0
• vROPS 7.5 – Using Custom Groups to create a custom health metric
• Download – VM Troubleshooting Dashboard for vROPS 7.0+
• Download – VM Host Troubleshooting for vROPs 7.0

Capacity Management

• Download – vROPS Complete 360 Inventory Dashboard
• Download – vROPS Environment Growth Dashboard for vROPS 7.0+
• vROPS 6.7 – Reclamation Settings Guide (Powered Off VMs, Idle VMs, Old Snapshots)

Administration

• vROPS 8.2 – Three ways to backup vROPS Content
• vROPS 6 – How to properly shutdown a vROPS Cluster

Alerting

• vROPS – Alerting Do’s and Don’t
• vROPS – How to add additional metrics/properties to an Alert

Monitoring Apps and Infrastructure

• vROPS 8.4 – Executive Dashboard (Download)
• vROPS – Vmware Appliance Monitoring Dashboard
• vROPS – How to monitor VMware SDDC Stack (vCenter, vSAN, NSX, vRA, vIDM, vRLI, vRO, SRM, vROPS)
• vROPS – How to monitor VM uptime using vSphere Tags
• vROPS 8.2 – How to Ping almost anything with the Ping Adapter
• Download – VM Uptime Dashboard for vROPS 8.2+
• Download – vROPS Cluster Uptime Checker Dashboard

Dashboard Tips

• vROPS 8 – How to Enable Hidden Metrics and properties
• vROPS 7 – How to get VM growth stats by any given time
• vROPs – Using Instance breakdown feature to get more detailed data
• vROPS 7.5 – Using Custom Groups to create a custom health metric
• vROPS 6.7+ – How to use Expressions to make metrics more useful
• vROPS 6.7 – Adding Colors to Metrics using the View Widget
• vROPS 6 – How to use the Interval Breakdown feature
• vROPS 6.6 – How to create Dashboard Only Role
• vROPS 7.5 – Filter out data without using Custom Groups

User Guides / Tips

• vROPS 8 – How to Enable Hidden Metrics and properties
• vROPS – How to add additional metrics/properties to an Alert
• vROPS 7.5 – How to create a Custom Profile Metric
• vROPS 7.5 – Using Custom Groups to create a custom health metric
• vROPS – How to find out which Clusters have inconsistent datastores mounted to the Host
• vROPS 6.7+ – What-If Analysis Guide (Future Capacity Planning)
• vROPS 6 – Creating Custom Groups like a Pro
• vROPS 6.6 – How to create Dashboard Only Role
• vROPS – How to change the default summary page for Objects

Architecture / Support / News

• vROPS – Answering all the major vROPS questions (Best vROPS References)
• https://vrealize.vmware.com/t/vrealize-operations-13/