Hey MMAgeek....
Both advanced and enteprise include Hyperic, but only enterprise has the option "Monitoring of Microsoft OS, middleware, applications and Oracle databases**" Is this not what Hyperic does anyway? What exactly is the difference between the 2 if Hyperic is included in both editions?
The difference is that only OS level metrics from Hyperic are available in the Advanced suite (think CPU, network, file system), while the Enterprise suite adds applications (think IIS, SQL and Oracle stats).
Advanced has an option saying "Extensible to 3rd party datasources". Does this mean i can use 3rd party adapters such as one from LiquidwareLabs or do I need enterprise edition?
Advanced suite and Enterprise suite both allow you to add 3rd party adapters.
If i purchase enterprise edition does that include the functionality needed for monitoring VMware View or do i need to purchase ops mgr for view in addition?
vC Ops for View is a seperate product, although it is using the same technology it is a seperate license purchase.