VMTurboOperationsManager4.0UsersGuide
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TableofContentsWhat'sNew 1IntroducingOperationsManager 2
TheOptimalOperatingZone 3TheMarketandVirtualCurrency 3TheEconomicSchedulingEngine 4TheOperationsManagerSupplyChain 5VirtualApplications 6Applications 7VirtualMachines 9PhysicalMachines 11Storage 13DiskArrays 14StorageControllers 16IOModules 17FabricInterconnects 18Datacenters 19ProviderVirtualDatacenters 20OrganizationVirtualDatacenters 22
OperationsManagerActions 23Provision 24Decommission 24Move 24Resize 24ActionsSummary 25
SupplyChainTerminology 26ResourceDescriptions 27
TheOperationsManagerUserInterface 29MenuBar 31Deleting,Adding,andArrangingMenuButtons 31
ToolBarandDisplayTools 32FlyoutPanels 33SettingFlyoutPanelLocation 34BrowsingDisabled 35NavigationTreeHierarchies 35ResourceIcons 36
NotificationsBar 37StandardPanelControls 38Tooltips 39ChartLegendPulldowns 39ChartDisplayRadioButtons 40Maximize/Minimize 41ExporttoXML 41CustomizeHeatmap 41ChartDateRanges 43
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InformationPanels 44SummaryPanels 44UtilizationCharts 45DashboardPanels 46ShowToporBottomItemsinChart 48
UtilizationHistory 50
ToDoListsMaintainingQoS 52ViewingRecommendedActions 53ExecutingRecommendedActions 54ViewingRisksandEfficiencyOpportunities 56ViewingRisksandOpportunitiesfromtheInventoryView 57
ActionCategories 58Prevention 58PerformanceAssurance 59Compliance 59EfficiencyImprovement 59
ExamplesofRisksandActions 60CriticalOverUtilization 60LowUtilization 60MisconfiguredVMs 61MisconfiguredInfrastructure 61
LoggingIntoOperationsManager 62HostRequirementsandSupportedTargets 63MinimumHostingRequirements 63SupportedOperationsManagerTargets 63
TheDashboardsView 64GeneratingReportsFromtheDashboardView 65StandardDashboards 65ViewingStandardDashboards 66AssureServicePerformance 66ImproveOverallEfficiency 71ProjectClusterResources 75MonthlySummary 79ClusterCapacity 80
CustomDashboards 84
TheWorkloadView 86InspectingChartData 87VMsList 88RecommendedActionsList 89
ControllingChartDisplay 90SettingChartScope 91
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TheDeployView 93DeployingVMs 94CreatingandEditingTemplates 95CreatingVMTemplates 96CreatingDeploymentProfiles 97DiscoveredDeploymentData 97
ThePlanView 99UseCases 101IncreasingVirtualLoadunderExistingConstraints 101
RunningPlans 108CreatingPlans 111ManagingPlanFiles 112TrackingPlanModifications 112SettingPlanScope 113SelectingthePlanBaseline 115SpecifyingthePlanWorkload 118SettingAdvancedOptions 126
WorkloadDistribution 130SummaryView 131PhysicalMachineUtilization 132StorageUtilization 132PhysicalMachineandStorageDetailedUtilizationData 133
WorkloadProjection 133SummaryView 134PhysicalMachineUtilization 136StorageUtilization 137PhysicalMachineandStorageDetailedUtilizationData 137
HardwareReplace 137DefiningReplaceParameters 138SummaryView 142PhysicalMachineUtilization 143StorageUtilization 144PhysicalMachineandStorageDetailedUtilizationData 144
RecommendedActions 144
TheOptimizeView 146OptimizerUserInterface 146NavigationPanelOptimizeView 147UtilizationSummaryPanel 147ToDoPanel 149
TheInventoryView 151Summary 152SummaryReports 154SeverityIconsinSummaryPanels 154
VirtualApplications 155Applications 157GuestLoad 160
VirtualMachines 160PhysicalMachines 165
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Storage 167DiskArrays 169StorageControllers 172IOModules 174FabricInterconnects 177Datacenters 179ProviderVirtualDatacenters 181OrganizationVirtualDatacenters 184
Reports 187StandardReports 188SubscribingtoStandardReports 189
CustomReports 190AddingNewCustomReports 191EditCustomReports 191SettingBasicProperties 192ChoosingQueryFields 193SpecifyingQueryFieldConditions 193SortingReportColumns 195
ManageSubscriptions 196
TheAdminView 197UserAuthenticationConfiguration 197CreatingUserandGroupAccounts 198UserAuthentication 200AccountPrivileges 202AccountScope 204
TargetConfiguration 205AddingandRemovingTargetVirtualManagementServers 208AddingHypervisorsasTargets 209AddingCloudManagementTargets 212AddingLoadBalancersasTargets 214AddingStorageControllersasTargets 215AddingFabricManagersasTargets 216AddingOperationsManagerTargetsforAggregation 217
LicenseConfiguration 218Maintenance 220ReportConfiguration 221ExtraConfigurationTasks 222OperationsManagerBackupProcedures 222P2VPlanningMigrationfromPhysicaltoVirtual 224CustomBrandingofOperationsManager 227ViewingtheAuditLog 232
ThePolicyView 234PolicyScope 235GlobalSettings 235GroupOverrides 236
PolicyCategories 239GroupManagement 239WorkloadPlacement 244Analysis 246
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ActionModes 254ApplicationPriority 260DiscoveryPolicies 262InfrastructureCost 268EmailandTrapNotification 271RetentionConfiguration 274
AggregatedOperationsManagerInstallations 276VersionsandLicensingforAggregation 277AggregatedUserAccountsandLogin 277ActiveDirectoryAuthentication 277
AggregationDetails 278ConfiguringAggregation 279
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Users Guide 1
What'sNewThisreleaseofVMTurboOperationsManagerincludesthefollowingnewfeatures: StorageExtension
Withthisrelease,VMTurboInc.introducestheOperationsManagerStorageExtension.WiththismoduleOperationsManagernowextendsintelligentworkloadmanagementtodiskarraytechnologies.StorageExtensionfeaturesinclude: VMmovesacrossvolumesthesameordifferentdiskarrays Actionstoresize,suspend,andremovevolumesanddiskarrays Storagecontrolleranalysisthattakesintoaccounttheimpactofdeduplication,compression,anddatascrubbing DesiredStatecalculationsthataccountforthickandthinprovisioning,deduplication,snapshotspace,andarangeofstoragetypes(SSDandvariousspindlespeeds)
Formoreinformationaboutdiskarraysupport,seeTheOperationsManagerSupplyChainonpage 5. StorageClusterSupport
OperationsManagernowdiscoversstorageclustersandlimitsVMmovesaccordingly.IfaVMusesstoragethatiswithinastoragecluster,allmovesofthatstoragewillremainwithinthatcluster.
HighAvailabilitySupportOperationsManagernowdiscoversVMWareHAconfigurationsinclusters,andconsidersthereservedresourcesinitscalculations.Fortoleratedhostfailures,orareservedpercentageofclusterresources,OperationsManagerautomaticallysetsutilizationconstraintsforthatcluster(seeUtilizationConstraintsonpage 251).Ifyouconfigureafailoverhost,OperationsManagerreservesthathostforHAandwillnotmoveVMstoit.Youcanseeafailovericon( )onthereservedhostintheInventorytree.
ExportDashboardstoPDFYoucannowexportthecurrentdisplayindashboardstoPDFfiles.ThisisawaytogeneratereportsbasedonthedatayouseeintheOperationsManageruserinterface.Formoreinformation,seeGeneratingReportsFromtheDashboardViewonpage 65.
ClusterCapacityDashboardOperationsManagerincludesanewdashboardthatcalculatestheVMheadroomforeachclusterinyourenvironment.Usethistoanswerthequestion,HowmanymoreVMscanIsafelyaddtomycluster?Formoreinformation,seeClusterCapacityonpage 80.
WorkloadUtilizationChartThisreleaseincludesanewchartthatshowsoverallVMhealth,relativetotheOptimalOperatingZone.Formoreinformation,seeTheWorkloadViewonpage 86.
ImprovedSharedUserRolesOperationsManagerhasimproveditssupportforshareduseraccounts.Shareduseraccountscannowlimittheviewsotheuserwillnotseeanyhardwareinformation.Thisisusefulforserviceproviderswhowanttokeeptheirhardwareresourcesprivate.TheGUIforaccountconfigurationhasbeenchangedtoimproveconfigurationworkflows.Formoreinformation,seeUserAuthenticationConfigurationonpage 197.
Users Guide 2
IntroducingOperationsManagerThankyouforchoosingVMTurboOperationsManager,thepremiersolutionforintelligentworkloadmanagementofcloudandvirtualenvironments.OperationsManagermaintainsyourenvironmentwithintheoptimaloperatingzoneoperatingconditionsthatachievethefollowingconflictinggoalsatthesametime: Assuredapplicationperformance
Preventbottlenecks,provisionphysicalresources,upsizeVMs,prioritizeworkload. Efficientuseofresources
Consolidateworkload,downsizeVMs,preventVMsprawlanddormantVMs.Keepingavirtualinfrastructurewithintheoptimalzoneisnotasimpleproblem.Youhavetoconsidermanydifferentresources,numerouscontrolpointsforeachdevice,andhowdevicesandresourcesareusedinrelationtoeachother.Asyouadddevicestoyourinfrastructure,thefactorsforeachdecisionincreaseexponentially.Ontopofthat,theenvironmentisconstantlychangingtostayintheoptimalzone,youareconstantlytryingtohitamovingtarget.Toperformintelligentworkloadmanagement,OperationsManagermodelstheenvironmentasamarketmadeupofbuyersandsellers.Thesebuyersandsellersmakeupasupplychainthatrepresentstiersofdevicesinyourinventory.OperationsManagerusesVirtualCurrencytogiveabudgettobuyersandassigncosttoresources.Thisvirtualcurrencyassignsvalueacrossalltiersofyourenvironment,makingitpossibletocomparethecostofapplicationtransactionswiththecostofspaceonadiskorphysicalspaceinadatacenter.Thepricethatasellerchargesforaresourcechangesaccordingtothesellerssupply.Asdemandincreases,pricesincrease.Aspricesincrease,buyersandsellersreact.Buyersarefreetolookforothersellersthatofferabetterprice,andsellerscanduplicatethemselves(opennewstorefronts)tomeetincreasingdemand.OperationsManagerusesitsEconomicSchedulingEnginetoanalyzethemarketandmakethesedecisions.TheeffectisaninvisiblehandthatdynamicallyguidesyourITinfrastructuretotheoptimaluseofresources.TogetthemostoutofOperationsManager,youshouldunderstandhowitmodelsyourenvironment,thekindofanalysisitperforms,andtheoptimalstateitworkstoachieve.Thissectiondescribesthefollowinginmoredetail: TheOptimalOperatingZoneonpage 3 TheMarketandVirtua
