You can register the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics with the VMware vCenter Server to perform all the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics operations from vSphere Client.

As an operator, you want to register single or multiple VMware vSphere Server instances and use the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics plug-in on vSphere Client as single point for performing diagnostics and reports view.

Prerequisites

  1. Verify that you can access the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics user interface.

  2. Verify that you have the administrator privileged user credentials to log in the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics.

  3. VMware vCenter Server version 7.0 and onward.

  4. You need a valid vSphere, SSO admin credentials.

Caution:

The VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics plug-in is only supported for VMware Standalone vCenter Servers.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics user interface on a supported web browser using a user with administrator privilege.
  2. Click on the Settings tab from the top-menu.
  3. In the left pane, select vSphere Plugin Registration.

    The vSphere plug-in management page will be loaded.

  4. Click the + icon, to open a register vSphere plugin wizard.

    Register vSphere plug-in dialog box will be displayed.

  5. Enter the VMware vCenter Server FQDN or IP address in the Target.
  6. Enter the VMware vCenter Server appliance SSO admin user credentials.
  7. Click Submit.

    • It authenticates the entered SSO credentials with the VMware vCenter Server appliance.

    • Registers the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics plug-in to the entered target VMware vCenter Server.

    • Wizard closes with success message SHD Extension registered on vCenter Server: xx.xx.xx.xx after successful registration of the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics plug-in.

    • If the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics plug-in registration process with the target VMware vCenter Server fails, then the Register vSphere plug-in wizard remains open along with corresponding error message visible on top of the wizard.

  8. To use the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics plug-in from vSphere Client, log in to vSphere Client Server user interface by entering SSO administrator credentials and navigate to Menu > Skyline Health Diagnostics

    The VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics plug-in user interface is visible in vSphere Client Server user interface.