vRealize Operations Documentation

Welcome to the vRealize Operations documentation page. Use this page to access the documentation for the on-prem versions of vRealize Operations.

Note: Starting with the April 2023 release, the vRealize Operations and vRealize Operations Cloud product names have changed to VMware Aria Operations. For documentation related to it, see the VMware Aria Operations documentation home page.

How to Use the vRealize Operations Documentation

Use the navigation on the left to browse through documentation for your release of vRealize Operations.

When you are reading a topic from the documentation, use the version selector to see the documenation for a different version of vRealize Operations.

You can also access the contextual help from the screen by clicking the Help icon (?).

What Is vRealize Operations

vRealize Operations deliver a unified management platform to optimize, plan, and scale hybrid cloud deployments from applications to infrastructure, powered by AI/ML, as a service.

Documentation Resources to Help You with vRealize Operations

Access the guides on the left, use the search option at the top, or go directly to sections in the table below.

Getting Started with vRealize Operations	Configuring vRealize Operations	Top Features	Other Resources
Reference Architecture for vRealize Operations	Configuring Cloud Proxies in VMware Cloud	Performance Management	VMware Product Interoperability Matrix
Best Practices for Deploying vRealize Operations	Adding and Configuring Cloud Accounts	Capacity Management	VMware Compatibility Guide
Installing vRealize Operations	Connecting vRealize Operations to Data Sources	Troubleshooting	Compare vRealize Operations Editions
Upgrading vRealize Operations	Configuring Compliance	Application Monitoring	VMware Solution Exchange
	Configuring Alerts	Managing Solutions and Accounts in vRealize Operations	Videos for vRealize Operations
	Configuring Dashboards	Secure Configuration
	Configuring Administration Settings

Looking for the Documentation of an Older Release

Browse the list below for older vRealize Operations documentation. Click the release number to download the zip files containing PDFs of all the archived documentation for vRealize Operations 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 7.0, 7.5, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, and 8.5.

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