Loading KMs from PATROL consoles

Before you can configure and use PATROL for VMware vSphere, you must load its KM files into a PATROL console so that the product's applications, commands, and parameters appear in the PATROL console. PATROL for VMware vSphere KM files for the VMware environment lists the KM files in this product that you can load.

• • • Verifying what you have loaded
    • To load KMs from PATROL Central Operator - Microsoft Windows Edition
    • To load KMs from PATROL Central Operator - Web Edition
    • To load KMs from the PATROL Console for Microsoft Windows
    • To load KMs from the PATROL Console for UNIX

Verifying what you have loaded

After you load a KM file, the application classes for PATROL for VMware vSphere appear in your console after application discovery is completed. However, some application classes appear only after you configure the KM.

To load KMs from PATROL Central Operator - Microsoft Windows Edition

1. In the Common Tasks tab of PATROL Central Operator Taskpad, click Load Knowledge Modules.
    The Load Knowledge Modules Wizard is displayed.
2. To start the wizard, click Next.
    The wizard lists each computer on which a PATROL Agent has been installed.
3. Select the check boxes for the managed systems on which you want to load KMs, and then click Next.
    The wizard displays a list of available .kml files for each selected computer. Each .kml file is listed once for each computer. You can display the .km files instead (equivalent to application classes) by changing the filter. The KMs available in this product are listed in PATROL for VMware vSphere KM files for the VMware environment.
4. Click the Knowledge Module Lists tab, select the check box for the VSM.kml file to load PATROL for VMware vSphere, and then click Next.
    You can load a .kml file on only a specific managed system by expanding the tree for that KML and selecting the check box for just that managed system. You can also load individual Knowledge Modules (.km files) on the Individual Knowledge Modules tab.
5. Click Finish.
    PATROL loads the selected KMs on the selected computers.

To load KMs from PATROL Central Operator - Web Edition

1. On the Monitored Systems page, click Load/Unload KMs.
    The Load KMs page appears, listing each computer on which a PATROL Agent has been installed.

2. Select each computer on which you want to load the same KMs, and click Next.
    The Load KMs page displays a list of available .km and .kmlfiles.

   Note

   If you selected more than one computer, the Load KMs page displays only the .km and .kml files that have been installed on all of the selected computers. If you want to load a particular .km or*.kml* file on a particular computer, select that computer by itself to load the file.

3. To load PATROL for VMware vSphere, select the VSM.kml file.
4. Click Finish.
    PATROL loads the selected KMs on the selected computers.

To load KMs from the PATROL Console for Microsoft Windows

1. From the PATROL Console for Microsoft Windows menu bar, select File> Load KM.
    The Load KMs dialog box displays a list of available .kml files. You can display the .km files instead (equivalent to application classes) by selecting KM Files (*.km ) from the list.
2. To load PATROL for VMware vSphere, select the VSM.kml file, and click Open.
    PATROL loads the selected KMs on all of the computers listed under PATROLMainMap in the tree view.

To load KMs from the PATROL Console for UNIX

1. From the PATROL Console for UNIX menu bar, select File> Load KM.
    The Load KMs dialog box displays a list of available .kml files. You can display the .km files instead (equivalent to application classes) by changing the filter.
2. To load PATROL for VMware vSphere, select the VSM.kml file, and click Open.
    PATROL loads the selected KMs on all of the computers to which your console is connected.