Register a Data Center component with VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager

To enable VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager to manage products, first you must register a data center component.

The data center components are instances or services available in the data center that VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager does not manage. You can register vCenter Server, NSX-T, and vRealize Operations Manager as data center components.

Prerequisites

Procedure

1. To access the VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager UI, navigate to https://vcplcm-host-name and login as vcplcm.
2. In the top navigation bar, click Datacenters.
3. Click Register Datacenter.
4. Enter the information about the data center component.

   Registration Type	Procedure
   Register a data center component by using a JSON file.	Under Upload datacenter, click Browse and navigate to the JSON file. Upload the JSON file and click Next. Under Datacenter, confirm the information about the data center component, and click Next.
   Register a data center component without using a JSON file.	Under Upload datacenter, click Next. Under Datacenter, enter the information about the data center component, and click Next.

5. On the Complete datacenter setup tab, you can select to validate or register the data center component, or download the information about the data center as a JSON file.