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Troubleshooting with
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You can use the monitoring features of vCenter Operations Manager to troubleshoot performance and
capacity problems in the virtual environment.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Troubleshooting Overview,” on page 37
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“Troubleshooting a Help Desk Problem,” on page 38
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“Troubleshooting an Alert,” on page 38
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“Finding Problems in the Virtual Environment,” on page 39
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“Finding the Cause of the Problem,” on page 41
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“Fix the Cause of the Problem,” on page 47
Troubleshooting Overview
vCenter Operations Manager provides visual and metric indicators that enable you to research performance
and capacity problems in the virtual environment.
The troubleshooting process consists of these main steps:
1 Find an object that has a problem.
2 Identify the cause of the problem.
3 Fix the cause of the problem.
For example, a user might call the help desk and report a performance problem. You can use the Health
major badge and Workload, Anomalies, and Faults minor badges to identify the object that is experiencing
performance degradation. After you identify the problem area, you can relocate the object or transfer
resources to it.
Finding an Object with a Problem
A troubleshooting process is often initiated in one of these ways:
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An end user reports a problem with their system.
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One or more alert notifications are received, reporting problems with the environment.
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A vCenter Operations Manager user, such as a system administrator, identifies an immediate or near-
term problem.
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