Policies and End Point Operations

The number of metrics that can be made available by applications can be quite staggering. For example, with Microsoft SQL Solution for vRealize Operations, there are hundreds of metrics available.

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All the metrics for a given Solution Pack are typically listed in the installation documentation—in the case of the Microsoft SQL Solution for vRealize Operations, they take up about half of the 24-page document!

With the quantity of collected metrics being key to the sizing and performance of vRealize Operations, the Solution Pack authors typically only configure a subset of the metrics to be collected, out-of-the-box, by vRealize Operations. This approach also helps with "noise"—sometimes, too much information can be overload and unnecessary.

At times, there will be metrics, however, that you want to monitor which are not being collected. For example, your DBAs may have specific KPIs that they need to maintain, that are determined by a specific set of metrics...