Today I installed the VMware vCenter Operations Manager 5.0 Enterprise edition. During the installation process I found a lot of resources on the topic. I want to share some of them with you.
First I watched a couple of great videos on the VMwareTV youtube channel. First one is the VMware vCenter Operations 5.0 – Introduction Video
The second on: VMware vCenter Operations Manager 5.0 – Install and Configure
Guide Download Links:
The Deployment and Configuration Guide here
The VMware vCenter Operations Manager Advanced Getting Started Guide here
The VMware vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Getting Started Guide here
The VMware vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Administration Guide here
The EMC Smarts Integration vCOPS Guide here
The VMware vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Adapter Guide here
The vCOPS Installation and Configuration Guide here
Great Blogposts:
Edward Grigson (@egrigson / http://www.vexperienced.co.uk/) did three posts on vCOPS which you can find here: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3
Bob PLankers (@plankers / http://www.lonesysadmin.net) wrote 5 Minutes with vCenter Operations Manager 5
Gregg The SaffaGeek Robbertson (@GreggRobertson5 / http://thesaffageek.co.uk) did a a resources blogpost
And make sure to visit the Official VMware vCOPS 5 Manager Suite site and the Community site