VMware vRealize Operations is a platform that provides self-driving operations management for hybrid and multi-cloud environments. It uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to monitor, troubleshoot, optimize, and automate the performance, capacity, cost, and configuration of applications, infrastructure, and services12.
Management packs are extensions that provide additional functionality and integration for vRealize Operations. Management packs can enable vRealize Operations to monitor, analyze, and manage third-party solutions, such as applications, databases, storage, network, cloud, and security devices. Management packs can also provide dashboards, reports, alerts, policies, and actions for the third-party solutions34.
Management packs can be installed and configured by administrators in vRealize Operations. Management packs can be downloaded from VMware Marketplace or from third-party vendors. Management packs can use different methods to collect data from the third-party solutions, such as APIs, agents, or adapters .
The other options are not used to monitor third-party solutions from vRealize Operations. Inventory is the collection of objects that vRealize Operations manages and monitors, such as hosts, VMs, clusters, datastores, and so on. Authentication sources are the methods that vRealize Operations uses to authenticate users and assign roles, such as local users, LDAP, or vCenter Single Sign-On. Super metrics are custom metrics that are derived from one or more existing metrics using mathematical expressions.
1: vRealize Operations - VMware 2: vRealize Operations Manager User Guide 3: Management Packs for vRealize Operations Documentation 4: An overview of Application Monitoring with vRealize Operations : [vRealize Operations Manager Installation and Configuration Guide] : [vRealize Operations Manager Concepts Guide] : [Inventory Objects in vRealize Operations Manager] : [Authentication Sources in vRealize Operations Manager] : [Super Metrics in vRealize Operations Manager] : [vRealize Operations Manager Administration Guide] : [vRealize Operations Manager Customization and Extensibility Guide] : [vRealize Operations Manager Troubleshooting Guide] : [vRealize Operations Manager API Programming Guide] : [vRealize Operations Manager Certification Exam Guide]
