How to Remove Default Dashboards in vRealize Operation Manager
I don't know why VMware doesn't allow hidden default dashboards in VMware design vRealize Operation Manager (vROps). They also states no solution in current version. I searched internet, only thing I found was a community post that someone wants to delete the dashboards, but no proper answer.
I reviewed vROps documents and figured out an imperfect workaround. Basically you need to hide "Content" node on left panel and the default dashboards. You need to leverage OPS-CLI Command-Line tool to hide dashboards for group, user or global. I was confused when I read the command reference in vROps documents, I spent some times to figure out how to make it works. Following is the useful command line.
The commands above hides "Recommendation" dashboard for user "test".
You could also replace user "test" by "group:Users" or "all" to hide dashboard for group "Users" or global. Here is the commands:
I reviewed vROps documents and figured out an imperfect workaround. Basically you need to hide "Content" node on left panel and the default dashboards. You need to leverage OPS-CLI Command-Line tool to hide dashboards for group, user or global. I was confused when I read the command reference in vROps documents, I spent some times to figure out how to make it works. Following is the useful command line.
# cd $ALIVE_BASE/tools/vcopscli/
# ./vcops-cli.sh dashboard hide test "Recommendations"
The commands above hides "Recommendation" dashboard for user "test".
You could also replace user "test" by "group:Users" or "all" to hide dashboard for group "Users" or global. Here is the commands:
# ./vcops-cli.sh dashboard hide group:Users "Recommendations"
# ./vcops-cli.sh dashboard hide all "Recommendations"