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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 49
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Using and Configuring Widgets 53
Edit a Widget Configuration 54
Supported Widget Interactions 55
Configure Widget Interactions 61
Advanced Health Tree Widget 62
Alerts Widget 64
Application Detail Widget 66
Application Overview Widget 67
Configuration Overview Widget 68
Custom Relationship Widget 69
Data Distribution Analysis Widget 71
Generic Scoreboard Widget 73
GEO Widget 76
Health Status Widget 77
Health Tree Widget 78
Health-Workload Scoreboard Widget 80
Heat Map Widget 81
Mashup Charts Widget 84
Metric Graph Widget 86
Metric Graph (Rolling View) Widget 90
Metric Selector Widget 93
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