You must create an adapter instance for the Management Pack for VMware Cloud Director . The adapter instance defines the adapter type and identifies the VMware Cloud Director host system.

You can optionally list the Provider vDCs or Organizations for which the adapter instance collects data.

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. In the left pane of vRealize Operations Manager, click the Administration icon and click Solutions.
  2. Select Management Pack for VMware Cloud Director and click the Configure icon.
  3. Configure the instance settings.
    Option Description
    Display Name Name for the adapter instance.
    Description (Optional) Describe the instance.
    VMware Cloud Director Host Type the host name or IP address of the VMware Cloud Director host system.

    If a public REST API base URL is assigned in VMware Cloud Director , type the public address. For example, if the VCD public REST API base URL is https://vcloud.somehost.com, type vcloud.somehost.com.

    Autodiscovery Discover VMware Cloud Director objects automatically.
    • To set automatic discovery for objects, select True.
    • To set the automatic discovery off, select False. You must use manual discovery to import vCloud Director entities.
    Filter By Provider vDCs List List the names of the Provider vDCs to import. You can limit the VMware Cloud Director entities that the adapter instance imports. Use a semicolon (;) to separate multiple names. For example, pvdc1; pvdc2; pvdc3.

    Refer to the Note for more information.

    Filter By Organizations List List the names of the Organizations to import.

    Use a semicolon (;) to separate multiple names. For example, org1; org2; org3.

    Refer to the Note for more information.

    Credentials Select the credential to use to sign on to the data source from the drop-down menu, or click the plus sign to add a new credential. You can select one of the following credentials:
    • VMware Cloud Director Credentials
    • VMware Cloud Director Tenant Credentials
    VMware Cloud Director Credentials
    • Credential Name. Enter a name for the credential.
    • User Name. Enter the name of a VMware Cloud Director user.
    • Password. Enter the password of a VMware Cloud Director user.
    • AMQP Password. Enter a password to retrieve connectivity health between VMware Cloud Director and the AMQP server.
    VMware Cloud Director Tenant Credentials
    • Credential Name. Enter a name for the credential.
    • User Name. Enter the name of the tenant user in the following format: <username>@org
    • Password. Enter the password of the tenant user.
    Organization

    To discover the VMware Cloud Director object belonging to an organization, enter the organization name if it is not a tenant. The default value of organization is System if you are using vCloud credentials. Otherwise it is the name of your organization if you are using tenant credentials.

    Note:
    • If you leave the Filter By Provider vDCs List and the Filter By Organizations List lists blank, the adapter instance imports all of the supported entities from the VMware Cloud Director hierarchy.
    • If you list Organizations and leave the Provider vDC list blank, the Management Pack for VMware Cloud Director imports only the Organizations that you list and the entities that are related to those Organizations.
    • If you list Provider vDCs and leave the Organizations list blank, the Management Pack for VMware Cloud Director imports only the Provider vDCs that you list and the entities that are related to those vDCs.
    • If you list Provider vDCs and Organizations, the Management Pack for VMware Cloud Director imports the union of the two sets.
  4. Click Test to test the connection to the vCloud Director host system.
  5. Click OK to save your configuration.

What to do next

If you disabled autodiscovery for the Management Pack for VMware Cloud Director , use manual discovery to import VMware Cloud Director entities. For information about using the manual discovery process, see the online help.