Determine where to start.

Have you already installed and configured other SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted products?

• If this is your first SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted product, start with the tasks listed in the SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted Getting Started Guide, and then continue with this list.

• If you have already performed those tasks for one or more SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted products, continue with this list.

Use the Web Console.

Log into the SolarWinds Web Console, which you'll use to do everything in VMAN.

Add virtualization environments and virtual machines.

Add systems to monitor and manage as nodes for virtual environments and cloud instances. See Add and manage virtual systems to monitor.

Monitor virtualization environments.

Review polled metrics and performance for virtual and cloud systems, including alerts, events, and reports. See Monitor virtual environments.

Optimize virtual resources.

Use VMAN features including Recommendations, the Sprawl dashboard, snapshot management, orphan VMDK management, PerfStack, and AppStack to optimize allocations and more.

Determine resource usage in virtual environments.

Create scenarios using historical and trending data. Determine and plan your virtual resource allocation, clusters, hosts, and more.