vROPS 6.1 and the New End Point Operations Monitoring Feature

By Vegard Sagbakken

In the 6.1 release of vRealize Operations, VMware merged the Hyperic Monitoring solutions into vROPS. This makes it a lot easier to get a full holistic view through the vROPS management interface all the way down to services, processes and the application layer.

To use the OS Monitoring feature described here you need vRealize Operations Advanced licensing.

Currently we support the following OSs with this End Point Operations agent:

Here is an excellent example of what you can do with this dashboard; it shows the status of a Windows vCenter Server and the status of all services running. This gives your operations team a great way of making sure all vCenter services are up and running so they can take action on any anomalies early before they escalate into bigger issues. This example was created by Peter Tymbel, Sr.Consultant, PSO, VMware.

Some of my colleagues at VMware have already documented the installation and use of this new functionality within vROPS. Please see the following blogs to get started with this new functionality, and don´t forget to use the official documentation as well.

vROPS 6.1 – EPO Agents Installation Guide

http://www.vmignite.com/2015/10/vrops-6-1-epo-agents-installation-guide/

vRealize Operations 6.1 End Point with existing JRE

http://virtual-red-dot.info/vrealize-operations-6-1-end-point-with-existing-jre/

vROPS 6.1 – How to Monitor any Windows Service

http://www.vmignite.com/2015/10/vrops-6-1-how-to-monitor-any-windows-service/

vRealize Operations 6.1 End Point: how to add metrics

http://virtual-red-dot.info/vrealize-operations-6-1-end-point-how-to-add-metrics/

If you would like to dig further into this I suggest you head over to the VMworld Hands-On Labs and launch, “HOL-SDC-1601 Cloud Management with vRealize Operations Insight.” Here you can play around in a pre-installed environment and look at how the End Point Operations agents are working.

Vegard Sagbakken is a Senior Technical Account Manager working out of Oslo, Norway. He currently holds multiple VMware certifications, VCP 2-6 and VCAP-DCD 4-5