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Table Of Contents
Contents
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 7
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Configuring and Managing vCenter Operations Manager 9
Configuring vCenter Operations Manager 9
Managing vCenter Operations Manager 9
Log In as the admin User 10
Using the Custom User Interface 11
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Configuring Adapters 13
How Adapters Collect and Process Data 13
Defining Adapter Instances 14
Modifying Adapter Instances 16
Customize an Adapter Kind Icon 17
Suppress No Data Receiving Alerts 17
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Configuring Resources 19
Defining Resources 19
Creating and Assigning Resource Tags 23
Grouping Resources by Physical Location 27
Configure Parent-Child Resource Relationships 29
Starting and Stopping Metric Collection 30
Using Maintenance Mode 31
Modifying Resources 33
Modifying Resource Tags 35
Customize a Resource Kind Icon 36
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Configuring Attribute Packages 39
Understanding Data Collection 39
Creating Attribute Packages 41
Creating Super Metric Packages 45
Modifying Attribute Packages 52
Modifying Super Metric Packages 54
Super Metric Use Case 56
Configure Weighted Metric Groups 56
Prioritize Threshold Checking 57
Enable the Combined Dynamic Threshold Plug-in 57
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Configuring Applications 59
Understanding Applications 59
Add an Application 60
Creating and Assigning Application Tags 61
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