VMware - vCloud Services extractor

This topic describes how to integrate BMC Helix Continuous Optimization with VMWare vCloud Director Services ETL to extract vCloud services data. 

To collect data from 9.x and 10.x versions of VMware Cloud Director, use the VMware-Cloud-Director-9-x-10-x-Extractor. This ETL collects vCloud infrastructure and services data from the vCloud Director.

Related topics

VMware-vCloud-Infrastructure-extractor

Deploying-and-verifying-the-vCloud-View

For more information, refer to the following sections:

Before you begin

Ensure that you have created a VMware-vCloud-Infrastructure-extractor ETL. To integrate VMware - vCloud Services extractor ETL with VMware - vCloud Infrastructure ETL, set the Entity catalog to SHARED.

Integration steps

To integrate BMC Helix Continuous Optimization with the VMware - vCloud services extractor:

  1. Navigate to Administration > ETL & SYSTEM TASKS > ETL tasks.
  2. In the ETL tasks page, click Add > Add ETL under the Last run tab.

  3. In the Add ETL page, set values for the following properties under each expandable tab.

    Note

    Basic properties are displayed by default in the Add ETL page. These are the most common properties that you can set for an ETL, and it is acceptable to leave the default selections for each as is.

    Basic properties

    Note

    To view or configure Advanced properties, click Advanced. You do not need to set or modify these properties unless you want to change the way the ETL works. These properties are for advanced users and scenarios only.

    Advanced properties

  4. Click Save.
    You return to the Last run tab under the ETL tasks page.
  5. Validate the results in simulation mode: In the ETL tasks table under ETL tasks > Last run, locate your ETL (ETL task name), click run_etl.png to run the ETL.
    After you run the ETL, the Last exit column in the ETL tasks table will display one of the following values:
    • OK: The ETL executed without any error in simulation mode.
    • WARNING: The ETL execution returned some warnings in simulation mode. Check the ETL log.
    • ERROR: The ETL execution returned errors and was unsuccessful. Edit the active Run configuration and try again.
  6. Switch the ETL to production mode: To do this, perform the following task:
    1. In the ETL tasks table under ETL tasks > Last run, click the ETL under the Name column.
    2. In the Run configurations table in the ETL details page, click edit icon.png to edit the active run configuration.
    3. In the Edit run configuration page, navigate to the Run configuration expandable tab and set Execute in simulation mode to No.
    4. Click Save.
  7. Locate the ETL in the ETL tasks table and click run_etl.png to Run it, or schedule an ETL run.
    After you run the ETL, or schedule the ETL for a run, it will extract the data form the source and transfer it to the BMC Helix Continuous Optimization database.

Verifying the integration

After you run the ETL task, you can verify if the integration was successful.

  1. Navigate to the Managing-and-analyzing-data-from-your-workspace and select the branch with the name specified in the Object relationships tab while configuring the ETL.
  2. Verify that the hierarchy is populated and data is displayed.

Lookup details

The vCD defines multiple lookup fields for coordinating with other connectors. The following table lists the sequence of field sets for strong lookup and weak lookup.

Note

In vCloud Director Service ETL, the following entities are retrieved:

  • Organizations: Organization vDCs.
  • Organization vDC: vApps.
  • vApp: VMs.

 

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