You can add VMware Cloud (VMC) - NSX Manager as a data source in vRealize Network Insight.
Prerequisites
- Add VMware Cloud (VMC) - vCenter
- For VMware Cloud and VMware Cloud on Dell EMC, Generate API Tokens.
For VMware Cloud, you must have Administrator and NSX Cloud Admin service roles.
For VMware Cloud on Dell EMC, you must have VMC on Dell EMC Administrator and VMC on Dell EMC Cloud Admin role for NSX service roles.
- Ensure that the platform node has direct internet access. Also, the firewall rules must allow the platform to connect to the internet. To know about firewall rules, see Create VMware Cloud (VMC) Firewall Rules for vRealize Network Insight.
If you are using a web proxy to access internet, you must configure web proxy correctly. To know about web proxy configuration, see Configuring Web Proxies for VMware Cloud (VMC).
- To use all the available vRealize Network Insight features and to enable the DFW IPFIX on VMware Cloud (VMC) Policy Manager, you must have the following privileges:
Service Organization Role Service Role Allowed Actions VMware Cloud on AWS Org Member Administrator and NSX Cloud Admin Add Data Source, Enable IPFIX. VMware Cloud On Dell EMC Org Member VMC on Dell EMC Administrator and VMC on Dell EMC Cloud Admin role for NSX Add Data Source, Enable IPFIX.