vRealize Operations Manager -Part 2

Installation and Configuration vRealize Operation manager

Stage2: Configure vRealize Operation Manager .

1.First login to browser using FQDN or using IP. You will get screen where you need to choose the installation type:


Express Installation : (Will only ask about license information and move to cluster configuration)

Expand an existing Installation : (This option is used only when you have an existing cluster and this node will be added into it, can be done for multiple reasons). New Installation: It same as Express but when you are going to deploy primary node you have to provide other information.

New Installation: It same as Express but when you are going to deploy primary node you have to provide other Information.

2.In My case I am going to choose New Installation and it will started with below page.

3.In This Step we need to setup the password for admin credentials of vROPS.

4. Now we must provide certificate details if you want to use the custom certificate then browse file and choose the certificate which you created from certificate server. In my case I am going to continue with Default Certificate .

5. This is the 1st node or primary node of the cluster; it becomes the master node. we need to add the NTP address as well.

6. This step is very important if you want to configure High Availability for Primary node. We have two Option here 1. High Availability and 2. Continuous Availability.

High Availability: As name defined you can choose this option for high availability of node means it will prevent data loss in case of node failure. Once you will use this option it will create secondary copy of master node and create replica node.

Continuous Availability: This mode is also help you in case of node failure and to prevent from data loss. but in this node you need one more node called as witness node. This configuration divide across two fault domain which basically need atleast three data nodes .

7.In this step we need to role of node. As this is 1st node it will be master node but if you are going to deploy 2nd node and want to configure as data node then choose Data node you want to configure as witness node.

8.Final step Click on Finish to complete the configuration part.

9.Once you will click o Finish on Last step it will start configuring the nodes and create cluster.

10.Once configuration will finish, it will highlight option to start vRealieze Operations.

11.When we will click on start vRealieze Operations initial installation will start and Cluster will come up online.

12. In Below picture you can see Cluster is running and online .Using above steps you can also deploy other data node and configure in this cluster .

Setup vRealize Operation and configure Data Source .

Basically, you are getting two options to login vRealize Operation Manager:

1.Admin Login: - When you are login to vROPS with admin, you will land to administrator page from where you can upgrade software, cluster status and some other admin status. https://<FQDN_vROPS/admin>

2.Operational login: When you login to vROPS without admin it will land to operational page from where you can perform you all operation task like dashboard, monitoring infrastructure, configure data soure,add cloud end point and lots of other task which you can explore when you will deploy in your environment .

1.Let me show you when we will login vROPS with admin how it will look like , https://<FQDN_vRops/admin>,In Below screenshot in left plane you can see administrator task when you login with admin .

2.Now let’s login without admin option in url: https://<<Fqdn_vROPS>>

3.Now let’s understand what are the steps we need to perform to setup operation page .

4.Login to browser with https://fqdn_vROPS ,First screen you will et is Welcome to configuration and setting up vRealize Operation .

5.In next screen accept the EULA and click Next .

6.Now we have to provide License key that you can also apply later and you can proceed with Evaluation License.

7.Join the CIEP (Customer Experience Improvement Program) and Click Next.

8.Click on Finish to complete the setup.

9.Once you click on Finish it will complete the setup and you are good to configure the Data sources from where vROPS collect the data.

1.Click On Home page and from Left Plane navigate Data Sources. Expand the Data sources option and Navigate to Integration .

2.Once you will click on Integration you will get different Account Types which you can configure. Like vCenter, NSXT, VMC on AWS, etc..

In My case I am going to configure with my on prem vCenter. So clicked on vCenter from below account types.

3.After Click on vCenter it will ask me to provide admin credentials to configure vROPS with vCenter.

4.Once you will provide the administrator credentials, Click in Validation it will validate that provided details is correct or not and is there any issue between connectivity .

5.When you click on Validate it will ask you to review and Accept the certificate .Review and Click on Accept.

6.In below screenshot you can see connection is successfully validated.

7.After successfully connection we can see vCenter is connected with my vROPS and soon it will start collecting data.

8.Go to Home Page ,Navigate to Operation Overview and you will able to monitor infrastraucture .Cluster ,VMs,any alert,Utilization and lots of other task .For which I will engourge configure your enviorment with vROPS and explore all options .

I hope my blog will help you to undertand vRealize operation Manager and how to setup in your enviorment .

vRealize Operations Manager -Part 1

Deployment of vRealize Operations Manager 8.10.1

Install and configure vRealize Operations Manager

 

Lets understand what is vRealize Operations Manager?

vRealize Operations deliver a unified management platform to optimize, plan, and scale hybrid cloud deployments from applications to infrastructure, powered by AI/ML, as a service.
It is also called as vROPS (vRealize Operations manager).

vRealize Operations Manager comes as a virtual appliance that is to be deployed in your management cluster if you have one. It can be installed in a number of ways, tailored to your environment’s size and complexity.

What is use cae of vROPS in Privare and Hybrid Cloud ?

In simple word , vROps is a tool from VMware that helps IT administrators monitor, troubleshoot, and manage the health and capacity of their virtual environment. The VMware vRealize Operations (vROps) Management Suite provides complete information about performance, capacity, and health of our infrastructure.

What are the some other benifts which you can get with vROPS ?

It enables proactive monitoring, capacity planning, and automation, allowing organizations to manage and scale their virtual infrastructure effectively. Additionally, vROps offers integration with other VMware solutions, such as vSphere and vSAN, to provide a holistic view of the entire virtual environment.Few other benefits which will you recommendation for VM sizing like undersized VMs,Oversized VMs ,High vCPU vonfigured with VMs and like that lots of other recommendations which you can use to manage your infrastructure.

vRealize Operations components and Architecture?

Master Node: Master node we also called as primary nodes , The primary node performs administration for the cluster and must be online before you configure any new nodes. In addition, the primary node must be online before other nodes are brought online.
In a single-node installation, the master node manages itself, has adapters installed on it, and performs data collection and analysis.

Replica Node: Replica Node as name defined is copy of Primary Node. During a failure event of the master node, the master replica DB is promoted to a full read/write master. Although the process of the replica DB's promotion can be done online, the migration of the master role during a failover does require an automated restart of the cluster.

Data Node : It provides the core functionality of collecting and processing data and data queries as well as extending the vROps cluster by being a member of the GemFire Federation, which in turn provides the horizontal scaling of the platform. Specifically, they host adapters performing data collection as well as analysis. Larger deployments usually include adapters only on the data nodes so that master and master replica nodes can be dedicated to cluster management.

Remore Collector Node: The remote collector role is for remote sites or secure enclaves. Remote collectors do not process data themselves; instead, they simply forward metric data to data nodes for analytics processing. remote collector node that can span firewalls, collect data from a remote source, reduce bandwidth across data centers, and/or reduce workload on the vROps cluster.

Witness Node : Witness node is play his role ,If network connectivity between two fault domains is lost, the witness node acts as a decision maker regarding the availability of vROps.

vRealize Operations Large Deployment Profile Architecture:

Sizing tool for deployment of vROPS nodes as per your environment

(https://vropssizer.vmware.com)

You have to choose the version which you are going to deploy then need to provide details about workload like how many datacenter you have ,vCenter ]s ,Cluster ,Object ,etc… 

Below is the sample snap for you:

Deployment of vRealize Operations appliance or nodes:

1.Righit Click on Cluster and Click on deploy OVF .

2. Once you will click on deploy OVF , IT will ask you to choose offline location where you have download OVF from customer connect .Else , If you have internet connectivity with vCenter you can

also provide url.

3.In this Step you have to provide name of vROPS appliance as per your company standard.

4.Next you have to choose the compute resource where you want to deploy vROPS nodes which will utilize the compute resource of cluster.

5.Now Review all the details related to appliance like version, size on disk ,product and etc and click Next.

6. Accept the License Agreement and Click Next.

7. Now her we must choose the size of node. If you remember we have provided you vROPS sizer tool which will help you to determine what kind of node you need to deploy as per infrastructure like how many object, cluster size, vCenter etc.. I am deploying in Lab so choosing small node.

8.Here we have to select the datastore where vROPS appliance will use, You can also change disk format as per your requirement.

9. Now we must choose the port group or network from which vROPS manager will get ip and using which it will communicate will other nodes as well as management VMs (like vCenter, ESXi..)

10.In Customize Template choose the Time zone, gateway network and DNS name and click Next .Make sure DNS entry for all nodes should be on place before deployment .

11.Last Review all the details which you provided in all previous steps and once everything is fine Click on Finish. Deployment of OVF will take 15-20 minutes .

12.After Deployment of OVF will complete ,Go to vCenter and check the vROPS cm console it will give you FQDN which we need to access on browser to start stage 2 and finish the configuration Part .

Now we have completed the deployment of vROPS ovf and In my next blog we will discuss stage 2 , how to configure and setup vROPS .