VCF 9 Operations: The Complete Guide (VCF 9 Operations Series)

Day-2 operations for VMware Cloud Foundation 9, run through VCF Operations (the product formerly known as vRealize Operations, then Aria Operations). This series covers the data model, dashboards, alerts, capacity, performance troubleshooting, cost, compliance, customization and operations maturity, in one sequential path for the administrator who owns uptime, performance and capacity. New parts publish here as they go live.

Series in progress · 9 of 18 parts published
Phase 1 · Orientation
  1. 01What VCF Operations Is in VCF 9: The Day-2 Console That Replaced Aria Operations
  2. 02The VCF Operations Data Model: Objects, Metrics, Properties and Relationships
  3. 03Deploying and Connecting VCF Operations
Phase 2 · Monitoring and Health
  1. 04Dashboards That Actually Get Used
  2. 05Alerts, Symptoms and Definitions Without Alert Fatigue
  3. 06What Running Out of Capacity Really Means
  4. 07Performance Troubleshooting
Phase 3 · Cost, Compliance, Efficiency
  1. 08Cost Visibility and Showback
  2. 09Rightsizing and Reclamation
  3. 10Configuration Compliance and Drift: Catching Drift Before the Auditor Does
  4. 11Logs in the Operations Workflow
Phase 4 · Customization and Scale
  1. 12Custom Dashboards, Views and Reports
  2. 13Super Metrics and Custom Groups
  3. 14From Alert to Action
  4. 15Multi-Cluster and Multi-Site at Scale
Phase 5 · Day-2 Mastery
  1. 16An Operations Runbook
  2. 17Operations Anti-Patterns
  3. 18An Operations Maturity Model

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Dr. Pranay Jha is a Cloud and AI Consultant with 18+ years of experience in hybrid cloud, virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure transformation. He specializes in VMware technologies, multi-cloud strategy, and Generative AI solutions. He holds a PhD in Computer Applications with research focused on Cloud and AI, has published multiple research papers, and has been a VMware vExpert since 2016 and a VMUG Community Leader.