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I often been asked and also have to refer internally what does vCenter Operations Manager (vC Ops) support in terms of plugin or adapters to what 3rd parties functions or software (in this case they are call packs). During a search recently, I realize VMware Solution Exchange contains all these plugins or adapters and I thought I should just share this.  For vC Ops, you can go directly here .  You will be entitled to these adapters (any licensing requirements please check with specific vendors) depending on the vC Ops editions you own.  For only Advanced and Enterprise would have some free adapters for use and is classified in the page.  For Advanced, other than Hyperic and AWS, most of the adapters are related to Storage performance metrics. For Enterprise Edition, you will see more 3rd parties monitoring tools like SCOM, IBM Tivoli, TeamQuest, etc are available.  Also Enterprise Edition will be able to use Advanced adapters too. A simple screenshot of ...

I realize that there isn't any guide on updating the vC Ops vApp anyway in the guide or on the internet.  Updating the vApp is pretty easy.  You just need to browse to vC Ops in VMware site and download the update file which end with .pak. Access the Admin page to upload the update file and after which just double check after the update is done.

For those who have been deploying vC Ops and have been using it in their environment, you may not have face any problem deploying the ovf vApp. However there are some who have acquire vC Ops but facing error deploying the vApp.  This applies to mostly customer on Essential, Essential Plus or customer with a cluster without DRS enabled.  vSphere Essential and Essential Plus does not contain DRS features. There is a KB stating this issue and the work around for those customer affected however the caveat is to lose the vApp container.  For those no aware, vC Ops manager consist of two VMs groups together in a vApp container.