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	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. If you selected Other Type in the Managed Object Type field, enter the type and ID of the managed object in the following format - `ManagedObjectID\|ManagedObjectType`. For example, to create a filter for a network object with a managed object ID of network-19, enter `network-19\|Network` in the Managed Object Name field. You can find the managed object type and ID in the Managed Object browser of vCenter.
Managed Object Type	Select the type of the managed object for which you want to monitor the events. The following managed objects are available. Datacenter HostSystem VirtualMachine ClusterComputerResource ResourcePool Datastore Folder Other Type
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: Information Warning Error User
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.

VMware vSphere

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