A customer has a requirement to assign different vRealize Operations policy to a particular set of objects. Which option will help the customer satisfy this requirement?

Question

Options

• AApplications
• BCustom Groups
• CTags
• DCustom Datacenter

• A
  5% (3)
• B
  78% (51)
• C
  3% (2)
• D
  14% (9)

Explanation

Custom Groups (B) are the correct mechanism in vRealize Operations for assigning policies to specific sets of objects. You create a Custom Group by defining membership criteria (manually or dynamically via filters), then directly associate a policy with that group - the policy governs how metrics are collected, analyzed, and alerted for every member object.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A. Applications - Applications are logical containers for grouping services/tiers for health monitoring, not a policy assignment mechanism.
• C. Tags - Tags are metadata labels used for organizing and filtering objects, but you cannot directly attach a vROps policy to a tag.
• D. Custom Datacenter - This is an inventory object for organizing infrastructure hierarchically, not a policy scoping tool.

Memory tip: Think "Custom Groups = Govern policy." Groups are the only construct in vROps where you can explicitly bind a policy, making them the go-to for targeted policy enforcement.

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