Free vROps Management Packs

[TheVMinator]

Where can I get a list of all the management packs that are available for free for vROPs?  There used to be free management packs from different vendors like EMC.  It appears now Blue Medora owns them and they all cost a fortune.  Are there any free management packs for thinks like NetApp or HP servers?  Is there a list somewhere of just what is free?

[rcporto]

Did you already take a look at the Solution Exchange? See: https://solutionexchange.vmware.com/store/category_groups/cloud-management?category=cloud-operations...

[dtaliafe]

This white paper is a few years old now, but it has a decent list of management packs and shows if they are free/paid.  The solution exchange is probably the best place to look, the only problem I have with it is you can't easily tell which ones are free.

http://www.wcs.propus.vmwaremktg.com/sw/themes/40377/site_images/vRealize-Operations-Management-Pack...

[virtualg_uk]

100% agree that this is annoying. I reached out to the solutions exchange team and they said to check the release notes per management pack to see if it's "free" or not.

Not all of them show this so I've been importing into my lab to see if a license is required or not.

All Blue Medora packs seem to be paid only so far.

[sxnxr · Accepted solution]

Yea this is a bit messy but to be fair to vmware it is more the problem with the separate vendors. As a rule of thumb i use

VMware own MP = Free

Blue Medora = They all cost money but they can tie into vmwares ELA

Vendors = pot luck

The problem with vendors is most are free but some require the vendors paid for management product to collect the data from for example the Brocade management pack is free but you need the Brocade Network Analyser to collect the data from which costs money. Same with HDS

I would recommend reading the pre req in the install guide on the ones you are interested in to see if they need to collect the data from an intermediary management product or connect directly to the devices you are looking to collect from

[TheVMinator]

Thanks all much appreciated