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VMware Aria Operations pros and cons

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4.1 out of 5
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PROS

VMware Aria Operations offers robust capacity and performance management capabilities, which are highly valued by users.
Its integration with VMware infrastructure and compatibility with various data sources allows users to consolidate and analyze monitoring data effectively.
Predictive analysis within VMware Aria Operations assists in resource planning and optimization, enhancing infrastructure efficiency.
The reporting features in VMware Aria Operations facilitate insightful performance tracking and help in capacity forecasting.
VMware Aria Operations is known for its ease of installation and configuration, making it convenient for users to deploy and manage.

CONS

VMware Aria Operations requires significant learning and training, making it not intuitive or user-friendly according to reviewers.
There are challenges in effectively integrating VMware Aria Operations with other cloud services like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, often necessitating VMware personnel involvement.
The pricing and licensing model of VMware Aria Operations has been criticized for being expensive, with some considering it overpriced.
Users face difficulties with VMware Aria Operations' stability, experiencing frequent disconnections and interruptions in data collection.
Technical support for VMware Aria Operations is noted as needing improvement, with delays in response times and inadequate assistance reported by users.
 

VMware Aria Operations Pros review quotes

it_user184947 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. System Administrator at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Jan 29, 2015
VCOPs is one of the best products from VMware.
it_user195402 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Cloud Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Feb 17, 2015
VCOPS is the best product for vSphere and vCloud Director.
Eric Sturm - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Architect at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 24, 2015
If your virtualized infrastructure is primarily VMware and you are having issues with monitoring, analyzing and planning from an operational perspective this is the software to use.
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it_user321165 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer 4 at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 30, 2015
It's solid and gives us the info we need, and are looking for.
it_user343362 - PeerSpot reviewer
Global Command Center Analyst at AstraZeneca
Nov 19, 2015
The detailed metrics of the virtual servers/machines and the graphing capabilities make it amazing to use this product.
it_user509028 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Systems Technology Engineer at a local government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 8, 2016
It's nicer for our customers, because if they say the server is slow, we can actually look and see if it really is slow or if it's their application, or figure out what's going on.
it_user509031 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Dec 3, 2016
What's valuable to us is that we can create virtual routers and NICs.
it_user509034 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Technical Specialist, Servers Storage and Middleware Group at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 8, 2016
The most valuable feature is the single pane of glass to see everything in your infrastructure and know when you're running low on resources, and things are over-provisioned and under-provisioned and so on.
it_user509037 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Systems Administration at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 8, 2016
It has also been a huge help with capacity management and with performance management.
it_user509040 - PeerSpot reviewer
Advisory Consultant at a tech company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 8, 2016
It definitely helps from a troubleshooting standpoint.
 

VMware Aria Operations Cons review quotes

it_user184947 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. System Administrator at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Jan 29, 2015
I think, one of flaws is in its reporting, in that you can’t search, export or manipulate metrics relating to VM IOPS in a useful way, (version 5.6).
it_user195402 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Cloud Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Feb 17, 2015
Once we had problem that caused a two hour outage on the monitoring system.
Eric Sturm - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Architect at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 24, 2015
I would say the reporting side could be more flexible as well as including more information, maybe adding additional graphics and charts to better summarize the data it captures for operational review.
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it_user321165 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer 4 at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 30, 2015
There's none that I can think of, but I don't think I've used it enough to offer an opinion.
it_user343362 - PeerSpot reviewer
Global Command Center Analyst at AstraZeneca
Nov 19, 2015
They should show the processes that are consuming the CPU/memory usage rather than taking the RDP of the server.
it_user509028 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Systems Technology Engineer at a local government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 8, 2016
Dealing with the technical support the first time for that internal CA certificate, was quite painful.
it_user509031 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Dec 3, 2016
We used technical support quite a lot. They worked hard to find solutions to our problems and helped us with product updates, but I think they need to improve.
it_user509034 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Technical Specialist, Servers Storage and Middleware Group at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 8, 2016
The biggest issue we have with it, honestly, is the interface, it's very unintuitive.
it_user509037 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Systems Administration at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 8, 2016
I find it to be a little chuggish sometimes; it can be very slow.
it_user509040 - PeerSpot reviewer
Advisory Consultant at a tech company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 8, 2016
We've had stability issues with the underlying PostgreSQL database; it's very chatty, it fills the logs up, it fills the drives up.