In this chapter, we will take a look at an exciting new feature in vRealize Operations called Intelligent Workload Placement, and how it can help us deal with underutilized and overutilized clusters in our environment. We will also see how it can integrate with vRealize Automation to provide the same effect for workloads provisioned through the portal.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

• What is Intelligent Workload Placement
• How to use the Workload Balance dashboard
• How to rebalance workloads with vRealize Operations and DRS
• How to automate rebalancing
• How to optimize vRealize Automation Workload Placement with vRealize Operations