vRealize Operations 6.4 enhances the performance of Software-Defined Data Centers (SDDC) by optimizing resource utilization and enabling cross-domain collaboration through role-based dashboards. It features predictive Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) that anticipates workload demands to prevent contention efficiently and offers guided troubleshooting workflows for faster issue resolution. The platform allows integrated monitoring and management of infrastructure and virtual machines, improving operational insights and reducing mean time to resolution.

1. vRealize Operations 6.4
Supercharge your SDDC Intelligent Operations

2. vRealize Operations 6.4: Getting more done, faster
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Cross Domain Collaboration Lower Mean Time To Resolution Optimize Resource Utilization
• Role-based Dashboards:
management, Capacity,
Storage, Network, Helpdesk
Teams & VM Owners can
share operational data
• Guided troubleshooting workflow
with high resolution metrics and
events correlated across the stack
• Faster resolution with alert
grouping and business context
awareness with vSphere VM
Folders
• Predictive DRS boosts
resource utilization by
factoring in utilization trends
from vR OPs into vSphere 6.5
DRS
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3. Three Approaches to Avoiding Contention
Optimize Resource Utilization
• DRS & vR Ops
– Balancing workloads
across hosts and
clusters
– Mitigates risk
– Attempts to prevent hot
spots
– HUGE potential for
overhead
– No guarantees
• DRS and vR Ops
– Predict the future
demand
– Minimal overhead
– Only moves VMs that
must be moved
– Moves before
contention starts
• DRS
– Resolve unexpected
resource demand
– Minimal overhead
– Only moves VMs that
must be moved
– Moves VMs when
contention starts
Reactive Balance *NEW* Predictive
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4. How Predictive DRS Works
Optimize Resource Utilization
• Tight integration between DRS and vRealize Operations Manager
• Resource utilization trends are observed by vR Ops and sent to DRS
• Predicted demand of workloads is incorporated into DRS algorithms
– DRS Moves, Initial Placement and Load Balancing
– Current VM demands are honored before future demands are satisfied
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5. New Role Based Dashboards
Boost Cross Domain Collaboration
• Infrastructure specific
– Clusters, Datastores,
ESXi
• VM specific
– Configuration, high
Usage, high IOPS, and
Network throughput
• Operations Overview
• Capacity Overview
• Troubleshoot a VM
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6. OOTB - Troubleshoot a VM dashboard
Boost Cross Domain Collaboration
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• Why is VM slow?
• Known critical issues?
• Is it a Windows VM?
• Is demand spiking?
• Is there contention?
• Is there Datastore
Latency?
• Does the parent
infrastructure have
contention?
• Parent infrastructure
details
• Troubleshooting workflow
Overview
Expand Widgets to
troubleshoot further
Expand Widgets to
troubleshoot further

7. OOTB - Operations Overview dashboard
Boost Cross Domain Collaboration
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Across any part of my
environment:
• Inventory counts?
• Select a DC
• Uptime
• Alerts
• Top CPU and
Memory
Contention
• Top Latency
Overview

8. OOTB - Capacity Overview dashboard
Boost Cross Domain Collaboration
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Across any part of my
environment:
• Available Capacity?
• CPU / Memory / Disk
Utilization trends
• Reclaimable Capacity
• Distribution Utilization,
over and under utilized
Overview
Expand Widgets
for more details

9. Bring in vSphere VM Folders for Business Context
Reduce Mean Time To Resolution
Bring in vSphere VM Folders
• Left navigation shows business context
based on vSphere folders
• Search for problem VMs by App Names
• New Resource details page showing
alerts on children VMs
Overview
Business Context: by Application,
by Tier, by function, etc.
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Alerts on children

10. Alert Enhancements – Alert Grouping
Reduce Mean Time To Resolution
• View all alerts, and then
group them by alert
definition
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Noisiest Alerts
Disable and Clear
noisy alerts
Top Critical Alerts
to fix today