In this chapter, we will show how it is possible to monitor and optimize your vSphere environment. Here, we will look at virtual machine (VM) optimization through the vSphere approach, as well as through the guest OS approach.

This chapter focuses on monitoring different critical resources, such as computing, storage, and networking, across the ESXi hosts, resource pools, and clusters. Other tools, such as vRealize Operations and third-party tools, will also be described briefly.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

• How to monitor and optimize your vSphere environment
• VM optimization
• The importance of log management
• vRealize Operations
• Third-party monitoring tools