You can add NSX-T to the Skyline Collector.

Attention:

Skyline supports adding local managers to Collector as part of federated setup and standard functionality will be enabled; adding global managers is not available for NSX-T.

Please note the following:

  • Skyline Collector does not support adding global managers

  • Skyline Collector does not update the inventory view for NSX-T to depict federated setup

  • Skyline Collector does not collect data regarding federated setup

To add NSX-T to the Skyline Collector, follow these steps:

Prerequisites

For NSX-T, the NSX Auditor role does not have sufficient permissions to generate and collect support bundles from NSX-T objects. To generate and collect support bundles from NSX-T objects, a user account with the NSX Administrator role is required. For NSX-T version 3.2 and above, you can use NSX-T Support Bundle Collector role to generate and collect support bundles. Therefore, you have two options for adding NSX-T to a Skyline Collector.

For the collection of product usage data only:

  • NSX Auditor

Important:

If an account with the NSX Auditor role is used to add NSX-T, the following is displayed within Skyline Advisor:

  • On the Collector Details page, the Status of NSX-T is: Insufficient Privileges.

  • On the Initiate Log Transfer page, the privileges check for NSX-T fails.

If using an account with the NSX Auditor role, you cannot transfer support bundles to VMware GSS using Skyline Log Assist.

For the collection of both product usage data, and transferring support bundles with Log Assist:

  • NSX Enterprise Administrator

  • NSX Auditor + NSX-T Support Bundle Collector

Note:

The combination of NSX Auditor + NSX-T Support Bundle Collector role is only available in NSX-T versions 3.2 and later.

Important:

You must assign the required permission to a user account. Assigning the required permission to a group, and using a user account within that group to add NSX-T to the Skyline Collector fails the privileges check within the Skyline Advisor.

For detailed instructions for how to create a user account with the given permissions, see Knowledge Base Article 59661.

Procedure

  1. Enter the FQDN/IP Address of the NSX-T Manager nodes cluster virtual IP address (VIP). See Configure a Virtual IP Address for a Cluster (NSX-T Data Center documentation) for more details.
  2. Enter a Account Username.
  3. Enter the Account Password.
  4. To complete adding the NSX-T to the Skyline Collector, click Add.

Results

The NSX-T Manager has been added to the Skyline Collector.