When you install a management pack, you install the PAK file that you downloaded as part of the solution, and then you configure the adapter instance.

The Management Pack for NSX for vSphere includes the Management Pack for Network Devices, and the content pack for vRealize Log Insight.

Managing Your Physical Network with the Management Pack for Network Devices

When you install the Management Pack for NSX for vSphere, you also install the Management Pack for Network Devices. To discover the leaf and spine switches in your NSX for vSphere environment, you must configure an instance of the Network Devices adapter. For more information, refer to the Management Pack for Network Devices documentation on the Solution Exchange.

Managing Logs with Log Insight

The Management Pack for NSX for vSphere is packaged with a content pack for Log Insight that matches the log data that comes from the NSX components in your environment, and creates alerts around specific events. If you have configured Log Insight with vRealize Operations Manager, when you install the Management Pack for NSX for vSphere, you also install the content pack for Log Insight.

The Management Pack for NSX for vSphere installs a version of the content pack that is optimal for the NSX environment, and overwrites any other version of the content pack integrated with vRealize Operations Manager. Always use the content pack that is installed with the Management Pack for NSX for vSphere, and do not perform any upgrades to other versions.

To view a list of alerts that are based on Log Insight-specific events, refer to Management Pack for NSX for vSphere Alert Definitions.

Prerequisites for Installing Management Packs

  • Save the PAK file from the downloaded solution to a temporary folder on your local system.
  • Deploy the vCenter server, NSX Manager, vRealize Operations Manager, and vRealize Log Insight.
  • Select Enable alerts integration and Enable launch in context check-boxes during vRealize Log Insight integration with vRealize Operations Manager.
  • Configure an instance of the vCenter adapter for each NSX manager that is being monitored.