In this chapter, we will focus on how VMware helps customers to automate data centers and the public cloud running on vSphere by injecting advanced analytics into the solution to manage IT operations based on intent. The capacity analytics engine with vRealize Operations leverages ML techniques to proactively alert you about future events based on past trend analysis.

We will learn about different analytics engines in vRealize Suite and how vRealize tools work across different clouds. Also, we will learn about the automation of containers on vSphere by reducing the total cost of ownership (TCO) and improve ROI with better optimizations.

We will cover the following topics in this chapter:

• Unified end-to-end monitoring
• Intelligent operational analytics with the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) journey
• The vRealize operations architecture and capacity planning
• VMware container management services
• VMware Cloud on the AWS implementation plan