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Contents
About Customization and Administration 7
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Conguring Users and Groups in vRealize Operations Manager 9
Managing Users and Access Control in vRealize Operations Manager 10
Users of vRealize Operations Manager 10
Roles and Privileges in vRealize Operations Manager 13
User Scenario: Manage User Access Control 14
Congure a Single Sign-On Source in vRealize Operations Manager 17
Audit Users and the Environment in vRealize Operations Manager 20
Managing Custom Object Groups in VMware vRealize Operations Manager 21
User Scenario: Creating Custom Object Groups 22
Managing Application Groups 24
User Scenario: Adding an Application 24
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Customizing How vRealize Operations Manager Displays Your Data 27
Using Dashboards 27
User Scenario: Create and Congure Dashboards and Widgets 28
Dashboards 32
Using Widgets 32
Widget Denitions List 32
Widget Interactions 34
Add a Resource Interaction XML File 35
Using Views 36
User Scenario: Create, Run, Export, and Import a vRealize Operations Manager View for
Tracking Virtual Machines 37
Views and Reports Ownership 39
Editing, Cloning, and Deleting a View 39
Using Reports 40
User Scenario: Handling Reports to Monitor Virtual Machines 40
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Customizing How vRealize Operations Manager Monitors Your Environment 45
Dening Alerts in vRealize Operations Manager 45
Object Relationship Hierarchies for Alert Denitions 46
Alert Denition Best Practices 47
Understanding Negative Symptoms for vRealize Operations Manager Alerts 48
Create an Alert Denition for Department Objects 49
Dening Symptoms for Alerts 59
Viewing Actions Available in vRealize Operations Manager 61
Dening Recommendations for Alert Denitions 61
Creating and Managing vRealize Operations Manager Alert Notications 62
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