What this book is not
The book focuses on the management of the SDDC. It does not cover the architecture. So no vCloud Suite design best practices are present in this book. It also does not cover all aspects of operation. For example, it does cover processes, organizational structure, financial management, and audit. Specific to management, the book only focuses on the most fundamental areas, namely:
- Performance
- Capacity
This book does not cover other areas of management, such as configuration management, compliance management, and availability management. For performance management, it focuses on the infrastructure only. It does not cover application management. So there is no discussion of monitoring databases, web, and application servers here.
This book is also a solutions book. It is not a product book. It uses vRealize Operations to apply the solutions. You can probably use other products to apply the use cases. Because it is not a product book, it does not cover all modules of vRealize Operations Suite. For examples, vCenter Infrastructure Navigator, Hyperic, and VMware Configuration Manager are not covered.
For the sake of the environment, I set a hard limit of 250 pages for this book. Plus, I wanted to provide a book that you can finish in one sitting and that is comfortable to hold with one hand. As a result, the book is light on the Capacity Management portion. vRealize Operations 6 introduces a brand new capacity management engine, so I expect that there will be a lot of write-up on it. I have not operationalized this revamped capacity management functionality for my customers. As a result, I am not qualified to write a book on it. Once I gain the implementation experience and see it being used by customers, I will update my blog (http://virtual-red-dot.info).
