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Planning the
vCenter Operations Manager
Workflow 3
Planning your workflow in a vCenter Operations Manager virtual environment involves reacting to day-to-
day problems and initiating ways to proactively prevent problems and find opportunities for resource
optimization and cost savings.
Use the vCenter Operations Manager badges to help guide your workflow.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Monitoring Day-to-Day Activity in vCenter Operations Manager,” on page 24
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“Identify an Overall Health Issue,” on page 24
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“Determine the Timeframe and Nature of a Health Issue,” on page 24
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“Determine Whether the Environment Operates as Expected,” on page 25
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“Identify the Source of Performance Degradation,” on page 26
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“Identify Events that Occurred when an Object Experienced Performance Degradation,” on page 26
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“Identify the Top Resource Consumers,” on page 27
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“Determine the Extent of a Performance Degradation,” on page 27
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“Determine When an Object Might Run Out of Resources,” on page 28
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“Determine the Cause of a Problem with a Specific Object,” on page 28
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“Address a Problem with a Specific Virtual Machine,” on page 29
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“Address a Problem with a Specific Datastore,” on page 30
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“Identify Objects with Stressed Capacity,” on page 30
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“Identify Stressed Objects with vCenter Operations Manager,” on page 31
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“Identify the Underlying Memory Resource Problem for Clusters and Hosts,” on page 31
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“Identify the Underlying Memory Resource Problem for a Virtual Machine,” on page 32
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“Determine the Percentage of Used and Remaining Capacity to Assess Current Needs,” on page 32
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