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

How to Use the vRealize Operations Documentation?

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

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

In vRealize Operations Cloud, the support panel is available to you at all time. You can use the support panel to read more about the current screen. You can also access the contextual help from the screen by clicking the Help icon (?).

What Is vRealize Operations?

vRealize Operations Cloud and 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. For more information, see About vRealize Operations.

Ready to Get Started with vRealize Operations?

vRealize Operations Scenario Related Documentation
Cloud You have a subscription and an invitation email for vRealize Operations Cloud

See the VMware vRealize Operations Cloud Getting Started Guide.

Cloud You are interested in trying out vRealize Operations Cloud before purchasing Request for a trial using this Request Form. For more information, see VMware vRealize Operations Cloud Trial Experience.
On-prem You have a license for vRealize Operations on-premises Download the product from the VMware vRealize Operations download page.

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

Before You Begin using vRealize Operations Cloud

Configuring Cloud Proxies in vRealize Operations Cloud

Performance Management

VMware Product Interoperability Matrix

How to Get Started with vRealize Operations Cloud?

Adding and Configuring Cloud Accounts

Capacity Management VMware Compatibility Guide

After You Log in to vRealize Operations Cloud

Connecting vRealize Operations to Data Sources Troubleshooting Compare vRealize Operations Editions
Reference Architecture for vRealize Operations Configuring Compliance Application Monitoring VMware Cloud Management Blog
Best Practices for Deploying vRealize Operations

Configuring Alerts

Managing Solutions and Accounts in vRealize Operations VMware Solution Exchange

Installing vRealize Operations

Configuring Dashboards

Secure Configuration

vRealize Operations Guided Tour

Upgrading vRealize Operations

Configuring Administration Settings

Videos for vRealize Operations

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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