VMware vSphere
This topic provides information about configuring the VMware vSphere by using Central Monitoring Administration.
On the Add Monitor Types dialog, with the Monitoring Profile set to VMware vSphere, and the Monitor Type set to VMware vSphere, provide the following details:
Field | Description |
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vCenter/ESX Server Monitoring Configuration | |
Collection Mode | Select the type of collection mode
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JAVA Home | Specify the path of the Java home. |
vCenter/ESX server Details | |
Host Name | Enter the name or the IP address of the VMware vCenter or ESX server you want to monitor. |
Port Number | Enter the port number for the vCenter or ESX server you want to connect to. Default port: 443 |
vCenter/ESX Credentials | |
User Name | Enter the user name required to connect to the vCenter or ESX server. This user must be the vCenter user and must have Read-Only rights. |
Password | Enter the password required to connect to the vCenter or ESX server. |
Confirm Password | Re-enter the password required to connect to the vCenter or ESX server. |
Device Hostname lookup order | Define the lookup order for the hostname of the virtual machine. The namespace variable for the hostname of the VSM_VM application class (InfoBox: DNS name) is set according to the value defined in this field. Valid values are:
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Enable vSAN Performance | Select this check box if you want to enable the vSAN performance. |
Object Filtering Details | |
Datacenter Name | Specify a datacenter name or a regular expression to filter datacenters that you want to include or exclude from monitoring. The regular expression is case sensitive. |
Datacenter Filter Type | Select whether to Include or Exclude the Datacenter filter type. |
Cluster Name | Specify a cluster name or a regular expression to filter clusters that you want to include or exclude from monitoring. The regular expression is case sensitive. |
Cluster Filter Type | Select Include or Exclude to include/exclude only those clusters in the inventory that satisfy the regular expression. |
Host Name | Specify a host name or a regular expression to filter hosts that you want to include or exclude from monitoring. The regular expression is case sensitive. |
Host Filter Type | Select Include or Exclude to include/exclude only those hosts in the inventory that satisfy the regular expression. |
VM Name | Specify a virtual machine name or a regular expression to filter virtual machines that you want to include or exclude from monitoring. The regular expression is case sensitive. |
VM Filter Type | Select Include or Exclude to include/exclude only those virtual machines in the inventory that satisfy the regular expression. |
VM DNS Name | Specify a virtual machine DNS name or a regular expression to filter virtual machines that you want to include or exclude from monitoring based on DNS names. The regular expression is case sensitive. |
VM DNS Name Filter Type | Select whether to Include or Exclude the VM DNS Name filter type. |
VM IP Address | Specify a virtual machine IP address or a regular expression to filter virtual machines that you want to include or exclude from monitoring based on IP addresses. The regular expression is case sensitive. |
VM IP Address Filter Type | Select whether to Include or Exclude the VM IP Address filter type. |
Datastore Name | Specify a datastore name or a regular expression to filter datastore that you want to include or exclude from monitoring. The regular expression is case sensitive. |
Datastore Filter Type | Select Include or Exclude to include/exclude only those datastores in the inventory that satisfy the regular expression. |
Exclude SCSI Device | Select this check box if you want to exclude SCSI devices from monitoring. |
Exclude VM Templates | Select this check box if you want to exclude virtual machine templates from monitoring. |
Event Monitoring Configuration | |
Enable Annotations | Select this check box to receive VMware event details in annotations of event filter parameters. |
Turn Off Events | Select this check box to turn off the custom events generated by KM. When you enable this checkbox, it disables all the custom events. When you disable this checkbox, it enables all the custom events. For more details, see custom events. |
Event Filtering Details | |
Filter Name | Enter a unique filter name. |
Filter Description | Enter any significant information that you would like to store about the filter |
Managed Object Name | If you selected any one of the managed object type (except Other Type) from the Managed Object Type list, enter the managed object name as it appears in the vCenter. |
Managed Object Type | Select the type of the managed object for which you want to monitor the events.
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Monitor Events of Child Entities of this Object | Select the check box to monitor events of all the child instances of the selected managed object name. For example, if you want to monitor all events for a Datacenter and all its related entities, select this check box and ensure that you have selected Datacenter in the Manged Object Type list. |
Event Severity | Select one or more event severity by which you want to filter events for the selected managed object type. The following severity values are available for monitoring:
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Event Types | Enter a comma-separated list of VMware vSphere available event types (VMware event data objects) by which you want to filter events for the selected managed object type. If you do not specify an event type, all event types are monitored by default. For example (VMware event data objects): VmConnectedEvent,VmPoweredOffEvent,VmPoweredOnEvent,DrsVmMigratedEvent |
Event Users | Enter a comma-separated list of users by which you want to filter events for the selected managed object type. If you do not specify a user, events for all the users are monitored by default. |
Monitor System Generated Events | Select the check box to monitor system-generated events along with the user-generated events. |
Add to List | Click this option for confirming the configuration information that you provided and adding the host name to the list of configured hosts. |
Modify Selection | Select one of the items that you added to the list in the preceding step, and click this option to modify details. |
Reset | Click this option to clear off your configuration details and revert to default settings. |
Add | Click this option to add this monitoring configuration. This information is displayed on the Monitor Configuration page. After you click this option, you can continue to add more objects for monitoring. |
Close | Click this option to exit without saving any changes. |