This topic introduces VMware Tanzu Operations Manager (Ops Manager) (previously Pivotal Ops Manager or PCF Ops Manager) and describes how to get started.
Ops Manager is a software tool to help you expand and manage products you can install on your deployment. Each of these products is represented as a tile in the UI.
Ops Manager deploys with the BOSH Director tile by default, which is a single point of control for VMs. The BOSH Director supports various IaaSes, including AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack, and vSphere.
With Ops Manager, you can install two types of tiles:
Runtime Tiles: You can install VM-based or Kubernetes-based runtimes. These dynamically run apps and other processes to balance demand throughout app lifecycles. Example runtimes managed though Ops Manager include VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs (TAS for VMs) and VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition (TKGI).
Service Tiles: You can install various services that help support your deployment. Example services you can manage through Ops Manager include MySQL, Redis, and Gemfire.
For more information about the tiles you can install, see VMware Tanzu Network.
Ops Manager is managed by an operator. The operator is responsible for installing and maintaining runtime and service tiles.
The Ops Manager operator is responsible for:
Configuring Ops Manager capabilities
Integrating Ops Manager with external systems
Updating Ops Manager and installed products
Monitoring Ops Manager health and performance
Adjusting Ops Manager resources and options to fix health or performance issues
Diagnosing and troubleshooting Ops Manager problems
Managing TAS for VMs users, resources, and infrastructure
Installing software services and otherwise assisting developers
Creating and managing Ops Manager user and client accounts
Operators can give limited-access view or write Ops Manager responsibilites to others within an organization.
For more information about privileges, see Configuring Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) in Ops Manager.
The following sections describe where to get started in the Ops Manager documentation.
For information on new features, security patches, and upgrading Ops Manager, see the following topics:
For information about managing each IaaS on Ops Manager, see the following documentation sets:
For information about how to fulfill common operator duties with the UI, see the following topics:
For information about how to use the Ops Manager API or CLI and to configure deployments programmatically, see the following topics:
For information about how to back up, restore, and troubleshoot Ops Manager deployments, see the following topics:
For information about accessing logs and metrics for VMs and app containers, see the following topics:
