1. On the main screen, select Configure next to the Synchronization Options line. The next screen displays the values for which the adapter is currently configured.

  2. The following options are configurable for synchronization:

    • Default Network Configuration Manager Network – This is the network inside Network Configuration Manager into which Smarts Manager devices are discovered if a mapping rule is not present or fired for a device. If you enter a network that does not exist in Network Configuration Manager, it will be created.

      • Default Network Configuration Manager Device server – Discovery operations in Network Configuration Manager require a Device server to be specified. This Device server is used as the default if a mapping rule is not present or fired for a device. Once the Network Configuration Manager public API connection is configured properly, the adapter selects a default Device server. This server can be changed here, but it must already exist in Network Configuration Manager.

      • Network Configuration Manager Job Scheduling – Discovery operations in Network Configuration Manager are jobs. There are two options for how the adapter schedules the discovery jobs.

      • Run Upon Approval – the jobs are put into a Pending Approval state, and begin when the job is approved in Network Configuration Manager.

      • Run In Maintenance Window – the jobs are scheduled to run in the next maintenance window in Network Configuration Manager.

      • Network Configuration Manager Name Filtering – in the mapping rules, filtering can be accomplished based on the device name. This option specifies which Network Configuration Manager device name the mapping rules will use.

      • Network Configuration Manager Discovery – Use Global Credentials – selecting this option pulls the accounts and privileged passwords from the global configuration in Network Configuration Manager, when discovering devices are coming from Smarts Manager.

      • Manage Default Mapping – Deselecting this checkbox disables default mapping from Network Configuration Manager to VMware Smart Assurance manager. This option is enabled by default.

      • Manage Network to be used for Mapping – Selecting this option allows mapping devices from Network Configuration Manager using only primary networks, or only secondary networks, or from both. The default option is Primary. When you selects the Secondary or Both option, the default mapping is deselected and disabled message is displayed. You can enable the default mapping.

        Note:

        Use only explicit mapping when Secondary or Both option is used to avoid overloading the pending list entries on Smarts manager.

      • Manage listening to Device Configuration Changes on NCM – This option can be used to add notifications on device changes in the IP Availability Manager. This option is enabled by default

      • Manage listening to Credential Changes – This option can be used to update changes in the SNMP (RO community string) credentials on devices in the IP Availability Manager.

        Note:

        Changes in credentials on Network Configuration Manager sends both device change and credential change notifications to the adapter. When both theoptions are selected, the update notifications are added as pending list entries on Smarts Manager, and the credentials are updated. If device configuration change is deselected, then the credential changes are silently updated on Smarts manager and not in the pending list.

      • Default Smarts IP Availability Manager – This IP Availability Manager is used as the default if a mapping rule is not present or fired for a device flowing from Network Configuration Manager to Smarts Manager. Devices will end up on the pending list of this IP Availability Manager by default if a mapping rule is not used.

      • Smarts Manager Name Filtering – in the mapping rules, filtering can be accomplished based on the device name. This option specifies which Smarts Manager devices name the mapping rules will use.

      • Active Sync (seconds) – Although the integration adapter is always listening for events that may trigger device synchronization, it only processes these events at regular intervals. For example, the default setting is five minutes, but can be changed to happen only once a night.

      • Credential Sync (seconds) – The same concept as with Active Synchronization applies, except this applies to credential synchronization. When a password is changed in Network Configuration Manager, Smarts Manager needs to be notified to continue monitoring the device. Therefore, it is advisable to keep this setting relatively short.

  3. When you are satisfied with the values in the configuration, click Update located in the bottom left of the screen.

  4. Click Home (at any time) to return to the main screen.