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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.

Credit to Edward Chew For anyone who have used vCenter Operations Manager 5, in short vCOps most called it.  But the right abbreviation is vC Ops. You might realize after deployment, some but not everyone will encounter this issue, the data for certain variable becomes unknown.  Slowly you have more of such no data returns.  You can reboot the vApp however this does not resolve any thing. As seen below this is what happen to one of the environment we have.  Luckily thanks to one of my fellow colleague, Edward Chew, he raise a support to seek for a hotfix.  And yes the build version 5.0.0 build 554150 is patched with the hotfix to 5.0.0 Build 635818 After the hotfix is applied the data collection is resumed.   One of the reason this was caused: "it has to do with how vC Ops handle an unexpected situation during collection.  Prior to the patch, if it threw an exception, it wouldn’t recover and its believe it stopped the co...

VMware has release a series of 4 videos regarding vCenter Operations Manager (vC Ops).  It really save me lots of time understanding it on my own.  Wish this was published earlier and I won't have to go through it the tough way myself :( However now with this video, my friends and fellow VMware practicetioner can have a good look at how well vC Ops look and feel and what information can it really deliver. To save trying to look through all the videos and figure out which is whic, I have posted all the 4 in order here. VMware vCenter Operations Capacity Planning & Management: Dashboard Overview VMware vCenter Operations Capacity Planning & Management: Drilldown & Alerts   VMware vCenter Operations Capacity Planning & Management: Heatmaps & Event Management     VMware vCenter Operations Capacity Planning & Management: What-if Scenarios

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.

This video shows you how to setup the vCenter Operations Manager Standard also known as VCOPS. You will first need to download the .ova vApp from VMware and sign up for a trial license. The following credential will be needed: Web console ID & Password: admin, admin VCOPS vApp ID & Password: root, vmware Note: To return to the Standard Administration Page to set SMTP, view/collect logs, change admin password, etc. https:// /adminMain.action This mark my last post for 2011.  A Happy New Year to all! VMware has release a new version of vCenter Operation Manager 5.0.  Installation and configuration setup can be view below from VMwareTV.