vRealize Operations Best Practices
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Article ID: 318948
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Products
VMware Aria Suite
Issue/Introduction
A list of best practices and recommendations for vRealize Operations.
Environment
VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.6.x
VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.2.x
VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.0.x
VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.5.x
VMware vRealize Operations Manager 7.0.x
VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.3.x
VMware vRealize Operations Manager 7.5.x
VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.1.x
VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.7.x
VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.4.x
Resolution
Data Center
- All Analytic Nodes for a single vRealize Operations cluster must be in the same Data Center.
Cluster Management
- If HA or CO-Stop issues, all nodes should be on separate hosts.
- Maintain proper Log Levels.
- Don’t use Admin accounts for local integrations such as vRealize Operations for Horizon, vRealize Log Insight, or Endpoint Operations.
Hardware Resources
- Same amount of CPU, Memory, and Disk on Analytics Nodes.
- VMware Tools: Updated through Upgrade process.
- Validate Sizing Guidelines.
Storage
- Add VMDK Instead of Extending.
- Consistent 10ms with spikes to 15ms.
- Storage Tiers: Same Type.
- DRS Anti-Affinity Rules: Keep nodes on separate data stores, and hosts.
- Storage DRS: SDRS to Manual (unintentional migrations), vMotions are unadvised.
Networking
- Static IP: Master / Replica must use Static tied to FQDN.
- DHCP: Data and RC can use DHCP (DHCP client syncing).
- Latency:
- Analytics to Analytics: Sub 5ms
- RC to Analytics: Sub 200ms
- < 5% Packet Loss
- Forward and Reverse DNS lookup all nodes.
- Same Subnet, Stretched Layer 2 and Layer 3 network not supported.
- Network Bandwidth >= 1gbps.
- WAN: Do not distribute analytics nodes across.
- Analytics Nodes Must Not be Separated by:
- NAT
- Load Balancers (In front is fine, but not between)
- Firewalls
- Proxy (That inhibits bidirectional communication by IP or FQDN)
- Scanning tools can DOS
Additional Information
For more information on taking vRealize Operations snapshots, see
How to take a Snapshot of vRealize Operations.
For more information on vRealize Operations sizing, see
vRealize Operations Sizing Guidelines.
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