VMware VCA: vRealize Automation and vRealize Operations Manager


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
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Overview/Description
VMware vRealize Automation, formerly vCloud Automation Center, achieves many of the objectives and promises of cloud computing through automation and associated efficiencies. The vRealize Operations Manager, formerly vCenter Operations Manager, intelligently and proactively monitors heterogeneous physical and virtual environments and ultimately frees up IT support staff for higher value work and projects. In this course, you will learn about the features, functionality, and use cases of vRealize Automation and vRealize Operations Manager. This course is one of a series of Skillsoft courses that covers the objectives for the VMware certification exam, VMware Certified Associate 6 – Cloud Management and Automation Fundamentals.

Target Audience
Learners embarking on a career in cloud computing with VMware's product line; non-technical learners who wish to be conversant in VMware cloud technologies

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
1.5

Lesson Objectives

VMware VCA: vRealize Automation and vRealize Operations Manager

  • start the course
  • describe the functionality of VMware vRealize Automation
  • differentiate Infrastructure, Application, and Custom Services in VMware vRealize Automation
  • describe VMware vRealize Automation's extensibility in adapting it to on-premises environments
  • describe VMware vRealize Automation's extensibility in adapting to new XaaS IT services
  • describe the functionality of the VMware vRealize Automation Unified IT Service Catalog for end user requests
  • describe VMware vRealize Automation policy-based provisioning and governance
  • describe VMware vRealize Automation life cycle management for workloads
  • describe VMware vRealize Automation intelligent business and resource management
  • describe how to integrate vRealize Automation with NSX
  • differentiate managing and monitoring cloud vs. physical environments
  • describe using Super Metrics for performance management
  • identify requirements for monitoring applications, operating systems, middleware, and databases
  • describe how VMware vRealize Operations Manager implements self-learning analytics
  • describe how VMware vRealize Operations Manager implements dynamic thresholds
  • describe how VMware vRealize Operations Manager implements proactive smart alerts
  • describe how VMware vRealize Operations Manager enables capacity management
  • identify steps to configuring compliance management
  • describe how VMware vRealize Operations Manager utilizes intelligent groups
  • describe how VMware vRealize Operations Manager integrates with vRealize Orchestrator
  • describe the automation and monitoring functionality of vRealize Automation and vRealize Operations Manager

    • Course Number:
    cl_vcca_a02_it_enus

    Expertise Level
    Beginner