Placement in vRealize 6.1

[mdray]

Does anybody know how to access the placement in vRealize 6.1? I can't find any user guide documentation on getting to the IWM features.

VMWorld 2015: Intelligent Workload Management with vRealize Operations 6.1 - VMware Cloud Management...

[greco827]

At the bottom of that blog it implies it is not yet available for download, but there is a sign up to be informed when it is.

[mdray]

The blog is a a little older but you can see towards the top that it mentions the update is available. (Update: https://www.vmware.com/products/vrealize-operations/vrops-hol?src=management-blogTry vRealize Operations 6.1 here.)

All the marketing documentation points to the feature being available in 6.1, but I can not find it anywhere in the user manual.

[mark_j]

Workload placement becomes an action when you configure the workload placement section in the Policy.

Workload placement can be run on a number of containers, including the new Custom Datacenter org constructs.

Once you have the policy configured, you'll notice you can now run the rebalance action (and recommendations/actions) on supported containers. From there, give it a test drive on a dev/lab env and see how it flies!