Expanding Further Adoption of OCI through Integrations

Notes from this - June 2018 - YouTube video:
Expanding Further Adoption of OCI through Integrations - VMware Performance Metrics and VM Folder Structures

Recap of Previous Webinars

Best Practices for Managing OCI Servers:
- Daily Tasks (i.e. Data Sources, Health Server Page)
- Weekly Tasks (i.e. Performance Policies, Scripts)
- Monthly Tasks (i.e. Device Resolution, Annotations)
- Quarterly Tasks (i.e Upgrades, Service Packs, Patches)

Solution

- Leveraging OCI’s Integration API, customers can pull in external performance metrics for their business and operational needs.
- Data Collectors from the Automation Store have-the-ability to:
--- Pull in VMware related metric for deeper analysis into virtual infrastructures
--- Pull in VMware folder structures to tag assets with OCI business entities.

Image: Integrating OCI and VMware using PowerShell/Python
  
How it Works

python oci_vmfolder.pyz --help

Image: python oci_vmfolder.pyz --help

Will create ‘Business Entities’ based on the folder structure in the VMware vCenter.

How Customers Leverage This Today

Custom Dashboards
- Business Entity filters are leveraged to view VM’s within specific vSphere structures for better business operational context.
Custom Reports
- VM Entitlement and Demand metrics are ported into the DWH (available through NetApp Professional Services) for capacity planning activities.

Image: Powered by OnCommand Insight: Report from OCI & VMware Integration

Random Comments

“There are reasons why we don’t bring in every metric available - this has to do with scalability and responsiveness.”

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