You can choose to refresh client plug-in of a registered VMware vCenter Server instance from the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics. After updating configurations on VMware vCenter Server, the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics plug-in may not work.

As an operator, you can refresh the registered VMware vCenter Server details from the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics, if the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics plug-in stops working post updating any critical information on VMware vCenter server.

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 Skyline Health Diagnostics must be registered with VMware vCenter Server instance.

  4. You need to have valid VMware vCenter Server, SSO admin credentials.

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.

    vSphere plug-in Management will be loaded.

  4. Select the VMware vCenter server and Click on the Refresh icon, it should open the wizard.
  5. Enter the VMware vCenter Server appliance new SSO admin user credentials.
  6. Click Refresh.

    • It authenticates the entered VMware vCenter Server SSO credentials by performing a login to the VMware vCenter Server and refreshes VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics plug-in on the VMware vCenter client.

    • Once the plug-in refresh is successful the pop-up will close, and you will see the SHD Extension registered on vCenter Server: xx.xx.xx.xx message.

    • If the error is observed while the registration of the VMware vCenter Server, the Refresh vSphere plug-in pop will not close, and corresponding error message is displayed on its top.

  7. To use the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics plug-in from vSphere Client, log in to vSphere Client user interface with SSO Administrator credentials and Navigate to Menu > Skyline Health Diagnostics.

Results

Refresh of vSphere with the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics is successful, and the client plug-in of VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics will be visible and working into vSphere Client.