To meter the product consumption data of Site Recovery Manager, you must add the vCenter Server instance associated with the Site Recovery Manager instance.
If
Site Recovery Manager is protecting a
vCenter Server instance that you add for metering,
vCloud Usage Meter automatically detects the
Site Recovery Manager instance.
Procedure
- In the main menu bar of the vCloud Usage Meter Web interface, click Products.
- In the left navigation pane, click vCenter / VMware Cloud Foundation.
- On the vCenter / VMware Cloud Foundation page, click Add.
- In the Endpoint text box, enter the host name or IP address of the vCenter Server instance.
The default port number is 443.
- In the Username and Password text boxes, enter the credentials of a vCenter Single Sign-On user, such as [email protected].
- (Optional) If you use an external Platform Services Controller, select the Use External Platform Services Controller (PSC) check box.
- In the PSC Endpoint text box, enter the IP address or host name of the external Platform Services Controller.
- Enter the port number for the external Platform Services Controller.
The default port number is 7444.
- From the Managed by VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Edition drop-down menu, select Not Managed by VCF.
- Confirm if virtual machines protected by all Site Recovery Manager instances, associated with the vCenter Server instance, must be metered.
By default, the checkbox is selected.
- Click Add.