Design considerations

Let's take a look at some high availability and scalability considerations we must be aware of when designing for vRealize Operations architecture. We will also take a look at what role vRealize Operations remote collector nodes and collector groups can play in a design.

To HA or not to HA?

You have to have a good grasp of the geographical layout of the infrastructure, including remote offices and data centers that you want to monitor.

'You should also consider the number and type of objects for which you want to collect data, which includes the type and number of adapters installed. Determine whether you want to enable high availability.

Based on that information you can determine what type of nodes need to be deployed in your vRealize Operations cluster to meet those requirements.

As you may remember from the previous chapter, you can deploy vRealize Operations on a single node, or on multiple nodes, to create a multi-node cluster for either scalability, availability,...