The proper operation of vCloud Usage Meter depends on certain services and ports.
vCloud Usage Meter Services
Service Name | Startup Type | Description |
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Nginx | Automatic | Provides vCloud Usage Meter Web interface functionality. |
GW | Automatic | Authentication gateway service. |
Core | Automatic | A service for storing core information about the metered instances. The service is used for an internal communication only. |
vmware-um-login | Automatic | An OAuth 2.1 authorization server for authentication of internal services. The service is not exposed outside the vCloud Usage Meter appliance and runs as a system daemon. |
DSS | Automatic | A service for storing, archiving, and uploading of product consumption data to the VMware cloud. |
vmware-um-journal | Automatic | A service that keeps journal of all notifications in the vCloud Usage Meter appliance. The service is not exposed outside the vCloud Usage Meter appliance and runs as a system daemon. |
VcCol | Automatic | A service for collecting of a product consumption data from the vCenter Server instance and the vCenter add-on components, like Site Recovery Manager and vSAN. |
nsxvCol | Automatic | NSX Data Center for vSphere collector service |
nsxtCol | Automatic | NSX-T Data Center collector service |
vropsCol | Automatic | vRealize Operations Manager collector service |
daasCol | Automatic | Horizon DaaS collector service |
vrniCol | Automatic | vRealize Network Insight collector service |
vcavCol | Automatic | VMware Cloud Director Availability collector service |
vcdCol | Automatic | VMware Cloud Director collector service |
vraCol | Automatic | vRealize Automation collector service. |
horizonCol | Automatic | VMware Horizoncollector service. |
nats-server | Automatic | A message bus between all services. The service is used for an internal communication only. |
vCloud Usage Meter Ports
For information about vCloud Usage Meter network ports and protocols, see VMware Ports and Protocols.