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MODULE 4 - VREALIZE OPERATIONS WITH

VCLOUD DIRECTOR (45 MINUTES)
This module contains the following lessons:
Introduction
vRealize Operations Overview
Custom Reports for Tenants
Custom Dashboards for Tenants
Conclusion
INTRODUCTION
vRealize Operations and vCloud Director
VMware vRealize Operations delivers intelligent operations

management across the physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructure,
enabling the VMware Cloud Provider to efficiently operate a cloud
platform and meet required customer service level agreements
(SLAs).
vRealize Operations correlates data from applications to storage in a

unified easy-to-use management tool that provides control over
performance, capacity, and configuration, with predictive analytics
driving proactive action policy-based automation.
This module includes:
vRealize Operations Overview - Learn some of the basics of vRealize

Operations and how it can be used with vCloud Director
Custom Reports for Tenants - Learn how to use reports to easily

provide vROps information to tenants
Custom Dashboards for Tenants - Learn how to provide tenants

access to vROps dashboards.
VREALIZE OPERATIONS OVERVIEW

This lesson will cover a general overview of vRealize Operations for
VMware Cloud Partners.
VREALIZE OPERATIONS OVERVIEW

vRealize Operations is the key component of a VMware Cloud

Provider service offering. It provides a simplified yet extensible
approach to operations management of the cloud infrastructure.
vRealize Operations collects and analyzes information from multiple

data sources and uses advanced analytics algorithms to learn and
recognize the normal behavior of every object it monitors. Through
dashboard views and reports, users are able to view details so they
can make informed decisions in the following areas:
Issue resolution and root cause analysis

Environment health and advanced warning of potential issues
Capacity management and forecasting
vRealize Operations uses management packs to collect, analyze, and

present data from many VMware and third-party data sources,
thereby providing a holistic view of a service providers cloud
infrastructure and tenant-specific workloads.
DEPLOYMENT MODEL CONSIDERATIONS
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Multiple deployment models are available when deploying a vCloud,

depending on the manner in which resources are provided and who
consumes them. These are:
Private cloud Cloud infrastructure operated exclusively for an

organization. Can be managed by the organization or a third party. The
infrastructure can be located on-premises or off-premises.
Public cloud Cloud infrastructure made available to the public or to a

large industry group and owned by an organization that sells cloud services.
Hybrid cloud Cloud infrastructure is a composite of two or more cloud

instances (private and public) that are unique entities but are also bound
together by standardized technology.
LAUNCH CHOME BROWSER
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If it's not already open, launch the Chrome browser from the
Windows Quick Launch taskbar.
OPEN VREALIZE OPERATIONS
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Click the vRealize Operations shortcut on the bookmarks bar.
LOG IN TO VREALIZE OPERATIONS
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Log in to vRealize Operations as:

User name: admin

Password: VMware1!
HOME DASHBOARD
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When you first log in, you will see a dashboard named Home. This is
a good dashboard to look at first as it shows a high-level overview of
how well everying in the environment is running.
DASHBOARD LIST
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You can access more dashboards by clicking on the Dashboard

List dropdown menu and selecting another dashboard. When it is first
installed, vRealize Operations only has its built-in dashboards and
vSphere dashboards. When Management Packs are installed in
vRealize Operations, they install an adapter to allow vRealize
Operations to collect metrics from that source. They also install
some pre-built dashboards to allow you to easily make use of the
new metrics. Notice this lab environment has dashboards for NSX,
vSAN, and vCloud Director. You can also build custom dashboards,
like the vCD Tenant dashboard we built in this lab. Click around and
look at some of the different dashboards.
NAVIGATION PANE
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When you're on the Home section, you can see other sections of
vRealize Operations in the left-hand navigation pane. As you click on
different sections in the left-hand navigation pane, the content in the
navigation pane changes. The icons at the top of the left-hand
navigation pane can be used to quickly access the different main
sections (Home, Alerts, Environment, Content, and Administration).
Click on the either the Alerts link in the left-hand navigation bar or
the Alerts icon at the top of the bar to see the Alerts section.
ALERTS
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The Alerts section shows all alerts on objects in the vRealize

Operations environment. You can filter the results (1) to find things
faster, cancel alerts, suspend alerts, take ownership, release
ownership, or group alerts (2). Clicking an alert will take you to a
screen with more details on the alert (3).
Click the Environment icon (4) at the top of the navigation bar to go
to the Environment section.
ENVIRONMENT
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In the Environment section of vRealize Operations, you can see

Groups, Applications, and Inventory Trees. You can create custom
groups and you can click on different inventory trees to see data
being collected by different adapters. The most familiar inventory
tree for vSphere administrators is the vSphere Hosts and Clusters
tree. Click on vSphere Hosts and Clusters.
VSPHERE HOSTS AND CLUSTERS

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Click the arrows (1) to expand vSphere World down to see the
clusters. Click on the RegionA01-COMP01 cluster (2).
CLUSTER DETAILS
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In the main window, you'll see a summary of the cluster. This is

similar to the Home tab we saw earlier, but it is just showing
information for the cluster. You can click on different tabs across the
top of the window to see more details and analysis of how things are
running in the cluster. Click the double arrow to show advanced tabs.
ANALYSIS
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Click the Analysis tab to see a breakdown of how the cluster is

running. Click through each of the different sub-tabs (Workload,
Anomalies, Faults, Capacity Remaining, Time Remaining) to see
different analytic breakdowns of the cluster.
BACK TO ENVIRONMENT
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Click the back button in the UI (not the browser back button) to go
back to the Environmentsection.
VCLOUD PROVIDER TREE
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Click on the vCloud Provider tree.
VCLOUD PROVIDER
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Click the arrow next to vCloud World (1) to expand and keep clicking
arrows to expand the environment. Similar to the vSphere Web
Client, whatever you select in the left-hand navigation pane is what
you'll see details for in the main window. Click around to see
different analytic details about the vCloud Director environment with
regards to Provider side resources.
BACK TO ENVIRONMENT
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Click the back button in the UI (not the browser back button) to go
back to the Environmentsection.
VCLOUD TENANT TREE
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Click on the vCloud Tenant tree.
VCLOUD TENANT
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Click the arrow next to vCloud World (1) to expand and keep clicking
arrows to expand the environment. Similar to the vSphere Web
Client, whatever you select in the left-hand navigation pane is what
you'll see details for in the main window. Click around to see
different analytic details about the vCloud Director Tenant
envrionment.
When you're done, click the Content icon (2) at the top of the left-
hand navigation bar.
CONTENT
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The Content section is where you can view and create dashboards
and reports. You can define custom alerts and notifications. You can
also create custom profiles, Super Metrics, and define profiles.
Later in this module we'll show how to create custom reports and
dashboards.
Click on the Administration icon at the top of the left-hand

navigation bar.
ADMINISTRATION
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The Administration section is where you go to add new Management

Packs, define policies, and configure access control, among other
things.
By default, vRealize Operations only collects data from vCenter. You

can add Management Packs to vRealize Operations to collect metrics
from other sources, like applications, storage devices, and network
devices. To add a new Management Pack, you go to Solutions and
click the green + icon. Once the .pak file is uploaded, you can then
configure the solution for collection. Take a look at some of the
solutions we have installed in this lab.
Later in this module we'll go over how to use Access Control to allow
tenants to view their custom dashboards.
CUSTOM REPORTS FOR TENANTS

While admins will definitely appreciate using vRealize Operations for
operations management, many VMware Cloud Partners are looking
for ways to add value to their service offerings. Possibly the easiest
way to use vRealize Operations to provide added value to tenants in
a multi-tenant environment is building custom reports for tenants.
What makes it easy is that you can create a single custom report
that can be used on each individual tenant, giving each tenant the
perception that they have their own custom report. In this section of
the lab, we will create a custom report and run it on different

tenants.
OPEN CONTENT
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Click the Content icon at the top of the left-hand navigation bar.
REPORTS
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Click the Reports link in the left-hand navigation bar. There are a
number of existing built-in reports you can use, if you like. But most
of the built-in reports are limited in scope, focusing on a small set of
metrics. You would have to run multiple reports to see all the metrics
you want to see. However, you can build a custom report to be able
to show multiple metrics in a single report.
CUSTOM REPORTS
Creating custom reports usually involves some trial and error to
decide which Views and metrics you want to show up in your report.
To simplify this process for the lab, we pre-built a custom report that
can be used for vCD tenants.
Search for "vcd" in the filter (1).
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To create a new custom report, you would click the green + icon. But
for this lab, we will edit the pre-built report. Click the report
named vCD Tenant Summary and then click the pencil icon (3) to edit
the report.
NAME AND DESCRIPTION
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Click the Name and Description link.

When you build a new custom report, this is the first screen you see.
You would just give your report a name and description. Then you
would go to Views and Dashboards to define the content of the
report.
VIEWS AND DASHBOARDS
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Click on Views and Dashboards.
Views and Dashboards is where you decide what Views to include in

your report. Views are used by both Dashboards and Reports to
provide a visual representation of metric data. There are a number of
built-in Views in vRealize Operations. If you can't find a View that
shows what you want, you can built a custom View by clicking the
green + icon. Views can be configured to show any metrics that
vRealize Operations is collecting on any objects that vRealize
Operations has in inventory.
We have already selected some Views for the vCD Tenant Summary
Report.
FORMATS
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Click the Formats section to decide which output formats you want
the report to use.
LAYOUT OPTIONS
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Click the Layout Options section. You can check the boxes to include
a Cover Page, a Table of Contents, and a Footer. We will keep things
simple for the lab, so leave them unchecked. Click the Cancel button.
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RUN REPORT
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Run the report by clicking on the Run Reporticon.
SELECT AN OBJECT
When you run a report, you can select what part of the environment
you want to run the report against. This report has been configured
to run against the vCloud Tenant tree. In a multi-tenant environment,
you can run the same report on different tenants and each report will
only have the information for each respective tenant in it.
Click the arrows to expand vCloud World and vcd-01a. Select T1 and
click OK.
Go through the same steps to run the report for T2.

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GENERATED REPORTS
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Click the Generated Reports link or tab to see the reports that have
been generated.
VIEWING REPORTS
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It may take a few minutes for the report to run and show up in the
Generated Reports list. Once the report shows up, you can click on
one of the links in the Download section to download and view the
report.
Download the PDFs for T1 and T2 and see how they only show
information for the VMs for each tenant.
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Click the downloaded file links at the bottom of the Chrome window
to view the files.
SCHEDULING REPORTS
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Go back to the vRealize Operations tab in the browser. Click on the

Report Templates tab. Click the gear icon. Note that you can
schedule reports.
Reports can be scheduled to run on a recurring basis (daily, weekly,

monthly). You can also configure the scheduled report to be sent to
an email address.
The scheduling window is too big to show properly in the HOL

environment, so don't actually click the Schedule report link. If you
accidentally click it, just click the X in the upper right-hand corner
to close the scheduling window.
REPORTS FOR MULTI-TENANCY

Now you've seen that you can build a custom report that can be run
on different tenants. Because scheduling allows you to send the
report via email, you can configure a scheduled report to send each
tenant a copy of the report for their portion of the environment. This
is an easy way to add value for tenants with vRealize Operations.
CUSTOM DASHBOARDS FOR TENANTS

Having vRealize Operations email reports to tenants is an easy way
to add value. But what if a tenant wants to be able to log in to see
how their environment is running in real time? While vRealize
Operations is not built for multi-tenancy, there is a way to use role-
based access control and custom groups to allow a tenant to log in
to see their environment. There is a whitepaper on the vCloud
Architecture Toolkit for Service Providers (vCAT-SP) that shows how
to do this. This portion of the lab is based on that paper.
OPEN AN INCOGNITO WINDOW
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Open an Incognito Window in Chrome by clicking the icon in the

upper right-hand corner and selecting New incognito window.
OPEN VREALIZE OPERATIONS

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In the new Incognito window, click the vRealize Operations shortcut

in the bookmarks bar. Log in as:
User name: t1admin

Password: VMware1!
DIAGNOSE DASHBOARD
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Click on the Diagnose Dashboard. Notice that the Object List only
shows VMs associated with Tenant 1 (the vApp VMs and Edge
Gateways).
Let's go back to the Admin interface of vRealize Operations to see

how this was done. Either close the Incognito window or just click on
the first Chrome button on the Windows taskbar.
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GROUP TYPE
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The first thing to do is create a Group Type so we can group all our
custom tenant groups under one type.
Click on the Content icon at the top of the left-hand navigation pane,
then click on Group Types.
Notice we created a Group Type named vCD Tenants. This is the

Group Type we will use for all vCD tenants.
ENVIRONMENT
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Go to the Environment section by clicking on the icon above the left-

hand navigation pane.
GROUPS AND APPLICATIONS
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Under Groups and Applications, click Custom Groups.
CUSTOM GROUPS
vRealize Operations allows you to create custom groups. This can be
done for various reasons, but for the purpose of this section of the
lab, we will use a custom group to gather all the VMs associated
with a tenant.
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Under Custom Groups, click the arrow next to vCD Tenants (this is
the Group Type previously configured). Note the custom group for
Tenant1 is part of the vCD Tenants group. Click on Tenant1, then
click Actionsand Edit group...
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GROUP MEMBERSHIP
Custom groups can use membership criteria to include objects that
meet certain filters. The group can be dynamic, meaning the group
membership can be kept up to date, by checking the box to keep
group membership up to date. This particular group is using
membership criteria to include any VMs in the T1-OVDC, any VMs
containing T1 in the name, and any NSX-vSphere Edge objects
containing T1 in the name. We could easily use the always include
and always exclude options, but those only work for static groups
(where membership doesn't change). Click Cancel to close the
window.
Group membership only covers part of what we need. Next we need

to look at Roles. Click the Administration icon at the top of the left-
hand navigation pane.
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ACCESS CONTROL
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Click on Access Control
ROLES
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Click the Roles tab. Here we created a new role named vCD Tenant.
Scroll down and select vCD Tenant and click the pencil icon next to
Permissions.
PERMISSIONS
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Click the arrows next to Administration, Content, and Environment to

see what limited permissions this role has. Click Cancelwhen done.
USER ACCOUNTS
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Click on the User Accounts tab. Notice we created a local user

named t1admin. That user was given the vCD Tenant role to give
them limited access to vRealize Operations. Notice that the t1admin

user is also a member of two groups.
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USER GROUPS
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Click on the User Groups tab. We had to create two user groups,
Tenant User and Ops User, to limit access to certain dashboards. By
default, all dashboards are accessible to the Everyone group, which
means any user with Read Dashboard rights can real all dashboards.
SHARE DASHBOARDS
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Go to Content by clicking the Content icon (1) at the top of the left-
hand navigation pane. Click Dashboards (2), the Actions icon (3),
then select Share Dashboards (4).
CONTROL DASHBOARD ACCESS

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By default, all dashboards are assigned to the Everyone group. In

order to limit access to dashboards, we have to remove all the
dashboards from the Everyone group. First, we clicked on the
Everyone group, selected all the dashboards, then copied them over
to the Ops User group by dragging and dropping. Next, we removed
all the dashboards from the Everyone group. Finally, to allow access
to a limited number of dashboards, we copied a handful of
dashboards from the Ops User group over to the Tenant User group.
CONCLUSION
You should now have a better understanding of vRealize Operations
and how you can use it for better operations management as well as
adding value to a vCloud Director multi-tenant environment.
YOU'VE FINISHED MODULE 4

Congratulations on completing Module 4.
If you are looking for additional information on vRealize Operations,

try one of these:
vRealize Operations landing

page: https://www.vmware.com/products/vrealize-operations.html
Documents from vCloud Architecture Toolkit for Service Providers (vCAT-
SP):
Architecting a vROps Solution - https://tinyurl.com/ybca37b9
vROps for Multi-tenancy - https://tinyurl.com/ybkklyg6
Proceed to any module below which interests you most.
Module 1 - Intro to vCloud Director (30 minutes) (Basic)

Module 2 - vCloud Director Consumption (15 minutes) (Basic)
Module 3 - vSAN and vCloud Director (30 minutes) (Basic)
Module 5 - vRealize Log Insight with vCloud Director (30 minutes)

(Basic)
Module 6 - Usage Meter (30 minutes) (Basic)
Module 7 - vCloud Availability (30 minutes) (Basic)
HOW TO END LAB
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To end your lab click on the END button.

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MODULE 4 - VREALIZE OPERATIONS WITH

Custom Reports for Tenants

Custom Dashboards for Tenants

VMware vRealize Operations delivers intelligent operations

vRealize Operations correlates data from applications to storage in a

This module includes:

vRealize Operations Overview - Learn some of the basics of vRealize

Custom Reports for Tenants - Learn how to use reports to easily

Custom Dashboards for Tenants - Learn how to provide tenants

VREALIZE OPERATIONS OVERVIEW

VREALIZE OPERATIONS OVERVIEW

vRealize Operations is the key component of a VMware Cloud

vRealize Operations collects and analyzes information from multiple

Issue resolution and root cause analysis

Capacity management and forecasting

vRealize Operations uses management packs to collect, analyze, and

DEPLOYMENT MODEL CONSIDERATIONS

Multiple deployment models are available when deploying a vCloud,

Private cloud Cloud infrastructure operated exclusively for an

Public cloud Cloud infrastructure made available to the public or to a

Hybrid cloud Cloud infrastructure is a composite of two or more cloud

LAUNCH CHOME BROWSER

OPEN VREALIZE OPERATIONS

Click the vRealize Operations shortcut on the bookmarks bar.

LOG IN TO VREALIZE OPERATIONS

Log in to vRealize Operations as:

User name: admin

You can access more dashboards by clicking on the Dashboard

The Alerts section shows all alerts on objects in the vRealize

In the Environment section of vRealize Operations, you can see

VSPHERE HOSTS AND CLUSTERS

In the main window, you'll see a summary of the cluster. This is

Click the Analysis tab to see a breakdown of how the cluster is

VCLOUD PROVIDER TREE

Click on the vCloud Provider tree.

VCLOUD TENANT TREE

Click on the vCloud Tenant tree.

Click on the Administration icon at the top of the left-hand

The Administration section is where you go to add new Management

By default, vRealize Operations only collects data from vCenter. You

CUSTOM REPORTS FOR TENANTS

the lab, we will create a custom report and run it on different

Search for "vcd" in the filter (1).

NAME AND DESCRIPTION

Click the Name and Description link.

VIEWS AND DASHBOARDS

Click on Views and Dashboards.

Views and Dashboards is where you decide what Views to include in

Run the report by clicking on the Run Reporticon.

Go through the same steps to run the report for T2.

Go back to the vRealize Operations tab in the browser. Click on the

Reports can be scheduled to run on a recurring basis (daily, weekly,

The scheduling window is too big to show properly in the HOL

REPORTS FOR MULTI-TENANCY

CUSTOM DASHBOARDS FOR TENANTS

OPEN AN INCOGNITO WINDOW

Open an Incognito Window in Chrome by clicking the icon in the

OPEN VREALIZE OPERATIONS

In the new Incognito window, click the vRealize Operations shortcut

User name: t1admin

Let's go back to the Admin interface of vRealize Operations to see

Notice we created a Group Type named vCD Tenants. This is the