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
vCenter/ESX Server Monitoring Configuration
Collection Mode	Select the type of collection mode Enterprise Cloud LifeCycle Management
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: DNSNAME: (default) The KM sets the hostname variable as the DNS name of the virtual machine (as reported by the VMware tools). If the DNS name of the virtual machine is not available, the hostname is set to an empty string. VMNAME: The KM sets the hostname variable as the virtual machine name if the virtual machine name is a valid DNS name. Otherwise, the hostname is set to an empty string. DNSNAME, VMNAME: The KM sets the hostname variable as the DNS name of the virtual machine (as reported by the VMware tools). If the DNS name is not available, the KM sets the hostname variable as the virtual machine name, provided that virtual machine name is a valid DNS name. If the virtual machine name is not a valid DNS name, the hostname is set to an empty string.
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. Note If you enter a regular expression to include or exclude a datacenter, all the clusters, hosts and virtual machines under that datacenter are included or excluded from monitoring.
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. Note If you enter a regular expression to include or exclude a cluster, all the hosts and virtual machines under that cluster are included or excluded from the inventory.
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. Note If you enter a regular expression to include or exclude a host, all the virtual machines on that host are included or excluded from the inventory.
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. Note If you enter a regular expression to include or exclude a cluster, all the hosts and virtual machines under that cluster are included or excluded from the inventory.
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.
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.
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.
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	Specify the name of the event filter.
Filter Description	Specify the description for the event filter.
Managed Object Name	Specify the name and type of the managed object for which you want to monitor events. Note If none of the objects are specified, then by default all the objects will be monitored.
Managed Object Type	Select the type of events that you want to monitor for the managed object: Datacenter HostSystem VirtualMachine ClusterComputerResource ResourcePool Datastore Folder Other Type
Monitor Events of Child Entities of this Object	Select this option if you want to monitor the events of the child entities of the selected object type.
Event Severity	Select the severity of the events to monitor for the managed object: Information Warning Error User
Event Types	Specify the types of events to monitor for the managed object.
Event Users	Specify the user (s) for which you want to monitor events.
Monitor System Generated Events	Select this check box if you want to monitor system 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.

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