This hands-on workshop is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of Aria Operations and its potential benefits when integrated into businesses for enhanced operational efficiency. Through a balanced combination of lectures and interactive lab sessions, we will gain practical experience and insights on dashboard creation, troubleshooting, and environmental sustainability in operations.
Agenda
- Objectives for the Day: Brief attendees on the day's objectives and expected outcomes.
- Overview: Walkthrough and introduction to the full capabilities of this self-driving operations tool. Covering aspects such as Proactive Management, Resource Optimization, Cost Management, Automated Tasks, Integrations, and Custom Dashboards.
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Hands-On Labs
: This is a Show and Tell, but participants can use their pods to dive into Aria Operations with us!
- Resource Optimization: Learn to reclaim and stop resource wastage.
- Rightsizing: Navigate optimization of current resources and delay hardware investments.
- Capacity Planning: Data-driven strategies for future hardware investments.
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Hands-On Techniques
: Let’s look at Windows or Linux VMs in a real-world troubleshooting.
- CPU: Unveiling Metrics, such as Usage%, Co-Stop, CPU Ready, and Contention.
- Memory: Evaluating Needs and Understanding Memory Contention.
- Disk IO: Latency and its effects on operations.
- Dropped Packets: The last one of the “fabulous four” VM metrics
- Views: Integrate effective views into dashboards.
- Dashboards: Build an efficient "Monday Morning" dashboard and sharing strategies for stakeholder engagement.
- Bonus Lab: Time allowing, create reports for operational snapshots.
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Sustainability Dashboards
: Overview and hands-on insights into monitoring and optimizing the environmental impact of your infrastructure using Aria Operations.
- Additional Resources: Showcase dashboards created by VMware experts available for download and utilization.
- Wrap-Up: Summarize the day's key takeaways, answer any lingering questions, and hint at future workshops or events.
- Feedback Opportunity: A short feedback session for continuous improvement.
Safe travels and see you next time!
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Lectures:
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[Introduction to Aria Operations ](./LabFiles/1. introduction/README.md)
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[Optimization: Reclaim, Right Size, What-If scenarios](./LabFiles/20. optimization/README.md)
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[Deep Dive Troubleshooting](./LabFiles/30. troubleshooting/README.md)
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[Sustainability Dashboards](./LabFiles/70. sustainability/README.md)
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Modules:
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How to [Access the workshop](./LabFiles/0. LabAccess/README.md)
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Creating [Custom Groups](./LabFiles/10. customgroup/README.md)
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Creating [Views](./LabFiles/40. views/README.md)
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Creating [Dashboards ](./LabFiles/50. dashboards/README.md)
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Creating [Reports](./LabFiles/60. reports/README.md)
[RESOURCES](./LabFiles/8. resources/README.md)