OverviewVMware vCloud Director (vCD) is a software product that provides the ability to build secure, multi-tenant clouds by pooling virtual infrastructure resources into virtual datacenters and exposing them to users through Web-based portals and programmatic interfaces as a fully-automated, catalog-based service. Discovery FlowThe Server Manager discovers and monitors various vCloud Director components via REST API . Monitoring FlowThis section provides information on the classes which are monitored as part of vCD monitoring. TopologyThe Server Manager builds a topology of the deployed vCD components. The topology objects represent the vCD deployed components, their relationships, and their association with tenants and virtual infrastructure. Root-cause AnalysisThis section provides information on root cause and impact analysis for various events. NotificationServer Manager for notifications for vCD table lists the key notifications issued by the Smarts Server Manager for vCD entities. ContainmentServer Manager for vCD classes and associated attributes table lists key information in the tab pages that appear in a Containment view for an element. Polling and ThresholdsYou can configure polling interval defaults by using the Polling and Thresholds console of the Domain Manager Administrator Console. Configuring vCloud Director for VCD DiscoveryTo configure Server Manager to discover and monitor the VCD components, the following information needs to be configured. Previous topic: Polling and Thresholds Console Next topic: Overview
