After the FREE training VMware now announced a new training course called “VMware vCenter Operations Manager: Analyze and Predict [V5.X]“. This is a 2 day course which can be done online and (live) onsite.

Overview

This course, for experienced VMware vSphere® personnel, teaches skills for the use of VMware® vCenter™ Operations Manager™ as a forensic and predictive tool. The course is based on VMware vSphere® ESXi™ 5.0, VMware® vCenter™ Server 5.0, and vCenter Operations Manager 5.0.

Objectives

• Understand major and minor badges and their underlying metrics.
• Use these badges to find root causes of common operational issues in a vSphere environment.
• Perform capacity management and what-if analyses.
• Use the Operations tab, the Planning tab, the Alerts tab, the Analysis tab, and the Reports tab.
• Navigate the vCenter Operations Manager 5.0 user interface.
• Use heat maps and create a custom heat map.
• Use smart alerts to detect system issues.

Outline

1. Course Introduction
• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives
2. Introduction to VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite
• Understand the role of operations management in the cloud era
• Understand the vCenter Operations Management Suite and its packaging
3. Architecture and Concepts
• Understand the data collection methodology of the vCenter Operations Manager architecture
• Learn how vCenter Operations Manager collects data
• Master the main components of the dashboard view
• Navigate the objects tree and understand the badge pane
4. Working with Dashboards and Badges
• Understand the functions of major and minor badges
• Use the Health major badge
• Use the Risk major badge
• Use the Efficiency major badge
• Use the Operations tab to navigate to details
5. Analyzing with Heat Maps
• Work with predefined and custom heat maps through the Analysis tab
6. Working with Smart Alerts
• Configure and use smart alerts
• Set up email notifications
7. Working with Capacity Planning and Reports
• Schedule, use, and export predefined capacity management reports
• Perform what-if analyses
8. Installing and Configuring VMware vCenter Operations Manager
• Understand and meet preinstallation requirements
• Install vCenter Operations Manager
• Configure vCenter Operations Manager to gather data from its environment

Fore more information and registration head over to the mylearn page.