Deploying Vrealize VROPS

Deploying vRealize Operations Manager
Module 18
2016 VMware Inc. All rights reserved.
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1. Course Introduction
10. Custom Alert Definitions
2. Introduction to vRealize
11. Custom Views
Operations Manager
12. Custom Dashboards
3. vRealize Operations Manager
User Interface
4. vRealize Operations Manager
Concepts
13. Super Metrics

14. User Access Control
15. Operating System and
5. Troubleshooting System Health
Issues
Application Monitoring
16. Management Packs
6. Capacity Planning
17. Architecture, Scalability, and
7. Tags, Application Groups, and
Custom Object Groups
Availability
18. Deploying vRealize
Operations Manager
8. Policies
9. Intelligent Workload Placement
VMware vRealize Operations Manager: Install, Configure, Manage

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Importance
A VMware vRealize Operations Manager cluster provides resources
to analyze your infrastructure. A correctly deployed vRealize Operations
Manager cluster can reduce support costs and improve performance.

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Module Lessons
Lesson 1:
Installation and Configuration
Lesson 2:
Ongoing Operations and Maintenance

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Lesson 1:
Installation and Configuration
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Learner Objectives
By the end of this lesson, you should be able to meet the following
objectives:
Install a vRealize Operations Manager cluster
Configure a vRealize Operations Manager cluster

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Overview of vRealize Operations Manager Installation

vRealize Operations Manager can be
installed in the following ways:
As a virtual appliance (SLES-based)
Node
Product/Admin UI
On a Linux (RHEL) system

Collector
On a Windows Server
(REST API)
The same software stack is used for

virtual appliance, Linux, and Windows
installations.
This module discusses the vRealize
Operations Manager virtual appliance
installation only.
Controller
Analytics
Persistence
Databases

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Designing Your Cluster

Before you install the software, create the appropriate cluster design:
How many objects are you going to monitor?
Include objects from solutions that you want to install.
Do you want to enable high availability?

Are you collecting data from remote locations?
Which types of nodes do you need to deploy?
Master
Master replica
Data
Remote collector

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Sizing Your Cluster: CPU and Memory

When you create nodes, resource sizing must be identical across the
nodes in the cluster.
Self-monitoring is the best way to address sizing.
The table provides CPU and memory guidelines based on the node size.
Node Size
Single-Node
Maximum Objects
Single-Node
Maximum Collected
Metrics
vCPUs
Memory
(GB)
Extra Small
250
70,000
Small
2,400
800,000
16
Medium
7,000
2,000,000
32
Large
12,000
3,500,000
16
48

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Sizing Your Cluster: Disk Space

To size disk space,
use the sizing
guidelines
worksheet available
in VMware
knowledge base
article 2130551.

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Complexity of Your Environment

When you deploy vRealize Operations Manager, the number and nature
of the objects that you want to monitor might be complex enough to
recommend a Professional Services engagement:
Green: Installation includes only conditions that most users can understand
and work with, without assistance. Continue your deployment.

Yellow: Installation includes conditions that might justify help with your
deployment, depending on your level of experience. Consult your account

representative before proceeding, and discuss using Professional Services.
Red: Your installation includes conditions that strongly recommend a
Professional Services engagement. Consult your account representative

before proceeding, and discuss using Professional Services.

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Networking Requirements for a Multinode Cluster

All nodes must perform successful DNS resolution to the fully qualified
domain name (FQDN) of the node:
Forward DNS
Reverse DNS
Long name
Short name
The master node and master replica node must be addressed by a static
IP address and an FQDN.
All nodes in the cluster must be bidirectionally routable by IP address or
FQDN.
vRealize Operations Manager supports Internet Protocol version 6.

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Networking Port Requirements

Several network ports are used to communicate with the vRealize
Operations Manager components.
Port Number
Description
22 (TCP)
Used for SSH access to the vRealize Operations Manager cluster
80 (TCP)
Redirects to port 443
123 (UDP)
Used for Network Time Protocol (NTP) synchronization to the master node
443 (TCP)
Used to access the product user interface and the administrator interface
1235 (TCP)
Used by all nodes to transmit resource data and key-value data for the
Global database instance
3091 to 3094
(TCP)
When View is installed, used to access data for vRealize Operations

Manager from View
6061 (TCP)
Used by clients to connect to the VMware vFabric GemFire Locator to

get connection information to servers in the distributed system
10000 to 10010
(TCP and UDP)
vFabric GemFire Server ephemeral port range
20000 to 20010
(TCP and UDP)
vFabric GemFire Locator ephemeral port range

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Installation Prerequisites
Before you install the software, perform the prerequisite tasks:
Ensure that you have adequate server capacity to deploy the required nodes.
Determine the VMware vCenter Server inventory location for your node.
Ensure that the networking requirements are met.
Reserve static IP addresses for the nodes in the vRealize Operations Manager
cluster.
Determine the NTP time source for synchronizing the master node.
Ensure that you are using a supported Web browser version.

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Workflow: Installation and Configuration

You perform the following general steps for installing and configuring
vRealize Operations Manager.
Deploy OVF to create master node.
Run initial setup to create master node.
(Optional)
Set up data nodes.
(Optional)
Set up remote collector nodes.
(Optional)
Enable high availability.
Log in for the first time to the product user interface.

Configure a new installation.
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Deploying the vRealize Operations Manager Node

To deploy a vRealize Operations Manager virtual appliance:
1. Download the OVF file to the local system.
2. Use VMware vSphere Web Client to deploy the OVF template.
3. Provide the following information to the deploy template task:
Deployment size: Extra small, small, medium, large
Location in vCenter Server inventory to place the virtual appliance
Datastore to place the virtual appliance
Network
Time zone
Network IP properties
4. Power on the virtual appliance after it is deployed.

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Types of Installations
After deploying the virtual appliance, enter the node name in the URL
address bar of your browser.
Select the type of installation that you want to perform.
The first node that is installed becomes the master node.

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Initial Setup for a New Installation

If you select New Installation, you are asked for the following
information during the initial setup phase:
Password for the admin user account.
Certificate: Your own certificate or the default certificate.
Node name.
NTP server name:
If this field is left blank, the master node uses its internal clock for timekeeping.
The best practice is to set an external NTP server for the master node.

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Continuing the New Installation

After the initial setup is complete, you are automatically logged in to the
administration user interface, as user admin, for the first time.

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Expanding an Existing Installation (1)

To add a node to the vRealize Operations Manager cluster:
1. Deploy another virtual appliance from the OVF file.
2. In the URL address bar of your browser, enter the name of the node that you
are installing.
3. Click Expand an Existing Installation.

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You are asked for
the following node
information:
Node name
Node type: Data
or Remote
Collector
Master node IP
address or FQDN

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To add a node to the cluster, you can use one of the following
credentials:
The password for the admin user account
A shared passphrase

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Generating a Passphrase
A passphrase is a
temporary password that
you can set by using the
administration user
interface.
Use a passphrase when
you want
nonadministrative users
to add a node to the
cluster, but you do not
want them to access the
administration user
interface.

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Viewing the Cluster

Use the administration user interface to verify that the node is added to
the cluster.

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Enabling High Availability for the Cluster

Enable high availability for your vRealize Operations Manager cluster.
You can enable it now or later.

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Viewing the Cluster

High availability is enabled and the nodes list shows the master replica
node.

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Starting the Cluster

Monitor the status of the nodes and wait for all nodes to come online.

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Finishing the Installation

To finish the installation, log in to any data node as user admin.
In the vRealize Operations Manager Configuration, perform the following

tasks:
1. Select the New Environment option.
2. Select the product evaluation mode or enter a product license key.

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Logging In for the First Time to the Product User Interface

To continue with the final steps of your new installation, you are taken to
the product user interface and placed on the Administration > Solutions
page.

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Configuring the VMware vSphere Solution

Configure the adapters for the VMware vSphere solution:
vCenter adapter
vCenter Python
Actions adapter

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Viewing Adapters
View the Solutions tab to verify that your adapters are collecting and
receiving data.

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Viewing the Policy

Based on your monitoring goals, a default policy is created for the
solution that you installed and configured.

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Postinstallation Tasks
After installing your vRealize Operations Manager cluster, you perform
the following tasks:
Configure additional solutions.
Create users and user groups:
Local users and user groups
Imported LDAP users and user groups
Configure policies.

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Deployment Example 1
In this scenario, you have multiple vCenter Server instances in a single
data center.
Deploy at least one node and scale out as needed.
East Coast Data Center
vCenter
vCenter
vCenter

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In this scenario, you have multiple vCenter Server instances in one data
center and a vCenter Server instance in each of the remote data center
locations.
vCenter
Chicago
Japan
vCenter
vCenter
vCenter
vCenter
San Francisco
vCenter

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In this scenario, you have multiple vCenter Server instances in two main
data centers.
West Coast Data Center
vCenter

vCenter
vCenter
vCenter
vCenter
vCenter

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Demonstration: Deploying vRealize Operations Manager

Your instructor will run a demonstration.

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Review of Learner Objectives

You should be able to meet the following objectives:
Install a vRealize Operations Manager cluster
Configure a vRealize Operations Manager cluster

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Lesson 2:
Ongoing Operations and
Maintenance
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Learner Objectives
By the end of this lesson, you should be able to meet the following
objectives:
Monitor the health of a vRealize Operations Manager cluster
Generate a support bundle
View logs
Perform cluster management tasks

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About Self-Monitoring
Self-monitoring and management capabilities are important for
maintaining a healthy vRealize Operations Manager cluster.
In a multinode cluster, each node has multiple components that make up
the overall application. Each component on each node is monitored for
issues.

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About the vRealize Operations Manager Adapter

The vRealize Operations Manager adapter collects performance and
health metrics about the applications so that you can visualize the
application.
The vRealize Operations Manager adapter provides various selfmonitoring views and dashboards.
If high availability is enabled on the vRealize Operations Manager
cluster, the adapter can automatically fail over to the master replica node
if the master node fails.

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Visualization: Self Health Dashboard

Using the Self Health
dashboard, you can
monitor the vRealize
Operations Manager
instance, including the
individual components.

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Visualization: View by Object Group

You can monitor components by using the single custom group named
vRealize Operations Manager Self Monitoring.

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Visualization: View by Cluster Object

You can monitor the vRealize Operations Manager cluster service.

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About Support Bundles

A support bundle consists of specific logs and configuration files that are
used by VMware technical support specialists for helping troubleshoot
issues.
A vRealize Operations Manager support bundle includes the following
contents:
Log files, configuration files, and system dump information for every node in
the cluster
Cluster information
A specific set of self-monitoring metric graphs

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Generating a Support Bundle (1)

You can generate a support bundle from either the product user interface
or the administration user interface.
Product User Interface
Administration User Interface

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Generating a Support Bundle (2)

To generate a support bundle, select the bundle type and the nodes to
include in the bundle.

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Viewing vRealize Operations Manager Logs

You view vRealize Operations Manager logs from either the product or the
administration user interface. You can view logs by node and by log type.

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About Audit Reports

The Administration > Audit page enables you to view audit reports, which
provide traceability of the objects and users in the environment:
User Activity Audit:
Report on who did what and when
User Permissions Audit:

Report on user names, roles, access groups, and access rights
System Audit:
Report on objects, adapters, and metrics

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Cluster Management from the Product User Interface (1)

From the
Administration >
Cluster Management
page, you can perform
the following tasks:
Specify an NTP
server for the cluster.

Rebalance the cluster.

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Cluster Management from the Product User Interface (2)

From the Administration > Support page, you can perform the following
tasks:
Force a dynamic threshold calculation.
Redescribe
adapters.

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Management from the Administration Interface

From the administration interface, you can perform the following tasks:
Bring a cluster online or offline.
Bring an individual node online or offline.
Enable or disable high availability.
Apply software updates.

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Cluster Maintenance Tasks

Cluster maintenance tasks include:
Back up and restore the cluster.
Add resources to the nodes in the cluster.
Change the nodes IP address.
Change the master nodes IP address.

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Backing Up and Restoring vRealize Operations Manager

You can use one of the following methods to back up your vRealize
Operations Manager cluster:
VMware vSphere Data Protection
Third-party backup tools, for example, Symantec NetBackup
VMware vSphere Storage APIs - Data Protection makes storage

efficient with the following features:
It enables you to make centralized, off-host backups of vSphere virtual
machines.
It uses the snapshot capabilities of VMware vSphere VMFS datastores, which
enable virtual machine backups across the SAN without requiring virtual
machine downtime.
If you restore a vRealize Operations Manager cluster, you must restore

the entire cluster, not individual nodes.

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Adding Resources to the Cluster

You can use one of the following methods to increase resource capacity
in the cluster:
Increase resource capacity on the nodes in the cluster:
Take the cluster offline.
Power off the nodes.
Increase the resources (CPU, memory, storage) evenly on all nodes.
Power on the nodes.
Bring the cluster online.
Add more nodes to the cluster:

This method requires a rebalance operation, which is a costly operation, but one that
makes the cluster well balanced.
Whichever method you choose, all nodes in the cluster must be of equal
size.

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Changing a Nodes IP Address

To change the IP address of a node (other than the master node):
1. Take the node offline.
2. Shut down the node (guest operations system shutdown).
3. Modify the virtual machine properties to input the new
IP information.
4. Power on the node.
5. Bring the node online.

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Changing a Master Nodes IP Address

To change the IP address of the master node:
1. Take all the nodes, except the master node, offline.
2. Take the master node offline.
3. Shut down the master node (guest operating system shutdown).
4. Modify the virtual machine properties and input the new IP information.
5. Update the DNS server with the new IP information.
6. Power on the master node.
7. Bring the master node online.
8. Bring all other nodes online.
Verify that the master nodes FQDN resolves to the new IP address.
Otherwise, the other cluster nodes do not find the master node after the
IP address change.

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Telemetry
vRealize Operations Manager sends deployment and usage data to
VMware for data analysis.
The data sent to Phone Home is analyzed by the Phone Home analytics
platform.
User data is uploaded securely over HTTPS into the Phone Home
database.
%ofinstallbaseby[product]versions
Numberofproductinstances
80
v5.0
25%
v5.1
30%
50
HTTPS
10
Q3'13
15
Q4'13
22
Q1'14
v4.1
8%
Other
12%
35
v4.0
4%
v5.5
33%
Q2'14
Q3'14
Q4'14
%ofproductinstancesusing[product]features
%ofcustomersusingfeaturesX
60%
50%
40%
40%
30%
30%
20%
10%
10%
5%
0%
Feature1
Feature2
Feature3
Feature4
Feature5
Feature6
Feature7
Feature8
Phone Home
Database and
Reporting
vRealize Operations Nodes

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Q3'13
Q4'13
Q1'14
Q2'14
Lab 22: Monitoring vRealize Operations Manager

Monitor and manage vRealize Operations Manager
1. Log In to the Live vRealize Operations Manager Instance
2. Monitor the Health of the vRealize Operations Manager Instance
3. Generate a Support Bundle
4. View vRealize Operations Manager Log Files
5. Navigate the Administrator User Interface

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Review of Learner Objectives

You should be able to meet the following objectives:
Monitor the health of a vRealize Operations Manager cluster
Generate a support bundle
View logs
Perform cluster management tasks

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Key Points
When you create nodes, the CPU, memory, and disk sizing must be identical
across the nodes in the cluster.

All nodes must perform successful DNS resolution (forward, reverse, long
name, short name) to the nodes FQDN.

The vRealize Operations Manager adapter collects performance and health
metrics about the application itself so that you can visualize the application.
The administration interface enables you to bring the cluster online or offline,
bring individual nodes online or offline, and enable or disable high availability.
Questions?

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You Are Here

10. Custom Alert Definitions

11. Custom Views

12. Custom Dashboards

3. vRealize Operations Manager

13. Super Metrics

5. Troubleshooting System Health

17. Architecture, Scalability, and

7. Tags, Application Groups, and

Custom Object Groups

VMware vRealize Operations Manager: Install, Configure, Manage

VMware vRealize Operations Manager: Install, Configure, Manage

Installation and Configuration

Ongoing Operations and Maintenance

VMware vRealize Operations Manager: Install, Configure, Manage

VMware vRealize Operations Manager: Install, Configure, Manage

Overview of vRealize Operations Manager Installation

On a Linux (RHEL) system

The same software stack is used for

VMware vRealize Operations Manager: Install, Configure, Manage

Designing Your Cluster

Do you want to enable high availability?

VMware vRealize Operations Manager: Install, Configure, Manage

Sizing Your Cluster: CPU and Memory

VMware vRealize Operations Manager: Install, Configure, Manage

Sizing Your Cluster: Disk Space

VMware vRealize Operations Manager: Install, Configure, Manage

Complexity of Your Environment

and work with, without assistance. Continue your deployment.

deployment, depending on your level of experience. Consult your account

Professional Services engagement. Consult your account representative

VMware vRealize Operations Manager: Install, Configure, Manage

Networking Requirements for a Multinode Cluster

VMware vRealize Operations Manager: Install, Configure, Manage

Networking Port Requirements

Used for SSH access to the vRealize Operations Manager cluster

Redirects to port 443

When View is installed, used to access data for vRealize Operations

Used by clients to connect to the VMware vFabric GemFire Locator to

vFabric GemFire Server ephemeral port range

vFabric GemFire Locator ephemeral port range

VMware vRealize Operations Manager: Install, Configure, Manage

VMware vRealize Operations Manager: Install, Configure, Manage

Workflow: Installation and Configuration

Log in for the first time to the product user interface.

Deploying the vRealize Operations Manager Node

4. Power on the virtual appliance after it is deployed.

VMware vRealize Operations Manager: Install, Configure, Manage

VMware vRealize Operations Manager: Install, Configure, Manage

Initial Setup for a New Installation

VMware vRealize Operations Manager: Install, Configure, Manage

Continuing the New Installation

VMware vRealize Operations Manager: Install, Configure, Manage

Expanding an Existing Installation (1)

VMware vRealize Operations Manager: Install, Configure, Manage

Expanding an Existing Installation (2)

VMware vRealize Operations Manager: Install, Configure, Manage

Expanding an Existing Installation (3)

VMware vRealize Operations Manager: Install, Configure, Manage

VMware vRealize Operations Manager: Install, Configure, Manage

Viewing the Cluster