When you use the Discover Objects feature to manually discover objects in your environment, VMware Aria Operations lists the objects of the specified object type. You can choose the objects to monitor.
Where You Find Discovery Results
From the left menu, click Environment and then, click Inventory. Click Discover Objects in the List tool bar.
After you make selections in the Discover Objects Workspace, click OK. With the default setting, VMware Aria Operations displays only newly discovered objects. See .
Options | Description |
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Object Type | Discovered object types of the Object Type selected on the Discover Objects Workspace. |
Object Count | Number of objects of the object type. |
Import | When selected, imports the object type. Option is active and selectable for newly discovered object types. |
Collect | When selected, imports the object type and starts collecting data. Option is active and selectable for newly discovered object types. |
Credential | If the object type requires a login credential to collect data from the object., the value is True. |
Double-click the Object Type to display a list of objects to monitor.
Options | Description |
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Object | Objects of the selected type that exist in the environment for the adapter. For example, the vCenter adapter discovers objects in the vCenter Server system. |
Import | When selected, imports the object but does not start collecting data. Option is active and selectable for newly discovered objects that do not exist in the VMware Aria Operations environment . |
Exists | Indicates that the object exists in the VMware Aria Operations environment. |
Collect | When selected, imports the object and starts collecting data. Option is active and selectable for newly discovered objects that do not exist in the VMware Aria Operations environment. |