One of the key features of vCenter Operations Manager is the ability to establish dynamic baselines on millions of metrics within an organization’s environment. These baselines also take into account time of day, day of week, and other cyclical patterns in order to understand normal behavior. The baselines are then used to determine Early Warning Smart Alerts if too many metrics start behaving abnormally at the same time. If KPIs, or Super Metrics, have been defined to capture known problem areas, KPI Smart Alerts that have associated automated or interactive workflows can be triggered.