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Table Of Contents
Contents
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide 5
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Introducing Custom User Interface Features and Concepts 7
Viewing Resources 7
Understanding How vCenter Operations Manager Collects Data 8
Understanding Alerts 8
Understanding Health Ratings 10
Monitoring Virtual Resources 11
Analyzing Performance and Capacity 13
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Introducing Common Tasks 17
Logging In and Using vCenter Operations Manager 17
Monitoring Day-to-Day Operations 19
Handling Alerts 24
Optimizing Your Resources 33
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Designing Your Workspace 41
Working with Dashboards 41
Working with Widgets 50
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Using and Configuring Widgets 55
Edit a Widget Configuration 56
Supported Widget Interactions 57
Configure Widget Interactions 63
Advanced Health Tree Widget 64
Alerts Widget 66
Application Detail Widget 68
Application Overview Widget 69
Configuration Overview Widget 70
Custom Relationship Widget 71
Data Collection Results Widget 73
Data Distribution Analysis Widget 74
Generic Scoreboard Widget 77
GEO Widget 79
Health Status Widget 80
Health Tree Widget 82
Health-Workload Scoreboard Widget 84
Heat Map Widget 85
Mashup Charts Widget 88
Metric Graph Widget 90
Metric Graph (Rolling View) Widget 94
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