Before you can begin using the Management Pack, you must create an adapter instance to identify the host from which the Management Pack will retrieve data.

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Log in to vRealize Operations as an admin user.
  2. Click the Administration administration_icon icon. In the right panel, the Solutions view will be displayed.
  3. From Other Accounts  select the Add Account option
  4. The New Account window will appear.
  5. In the Manage Solution window, enter the following information:
    1. Adapter Settings:
      • Display Name: A name for this particular instance of the Management Pack.
      • Description: Optional, but it can be helpful to describe multiple adapter instances of the Management Pack.
    2. Basic Settings:
      • Host: Enter the hostname of your Cisco HyperFlex Manager 
      • Credential: Select the credential you created in Creating a Credential (Cisco HyperFlex).
    3. Advanced Settings:
      • SSL Configuration:No SSL, No Verify, Verify
      • Port: Default port 443
      • Timeout: Value is in milliseconds
      • Collect Virtual Machines: Should only be set to true in very limited situations and will duplicate all virtual machine objects in your vROps environment.
      • Support Autodiscovery: Default setting is True, this should not be set to False.
  6. Click Test Connection to test the configured connection information. Click Save Settings and Close to save your adapter instance.

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