How to discover a vCloud Directory Server Group (4370479)

How to discover a vCloud Directory Server Group

A vCloud Director® server group contains one or more vCloud Director servers. The vCloud Director servers use a shared database, and are associated with vCenter® servers and ESX® hosts. Each vCloud Director server is considered a cell in the server group, with established connections to the shared database, vCenter server, and any ESX hosts.

Given a vCloud Director server, the vCloud Discovery Wizard allows to locate a desired server group, and to configure monitoring for one or more server cells belonging to that group. This results in two or more agent instances: a vCloud Director agent (to monitor the vCloud server) and one or more VMware Performance agents (to monitor the associated vCenters).

NOTE: In FIPS-compliant mode, you need to import the CA certificate or the self-signed certificate to the KeyStore of FglAM to use this option.

NOTE: The VMware Performance Agent is provided with Foglight for VMware. Ensure this product is installed and enabled in your environment before running the vCloud Discovery wizard. For complete information about Foglight for VMware for VMware, see the Foglight for VMware User and Reference Guide

To start monitoring a vCloud Director server:

1. Log in to the Foglight browser interface.

2. On the navigation panel, under Dashboards, click vCloud Director | vCloud Environment.

3. Click the Administration tab.

4. Under Tasks, click Discover vCloud Server Groups to launch the vCloud Discovery Wizard.

The vCloud Discovery Wizard appears, showing the Select Agent Host page. The page lists one or more hosts that are running Agent Manager instances.

5. On the Select Agent Host page, select the running Agent Manager that you want to manage the monitoring agents you are about to create, and click Next.

6. On the Discovery Configuration page, provide the following information needed to connect to the vCloud server belonging to the group whose cell you want to monitor.

• vCloud Server: Type the vCloud server name.
• User Name: Type the user name needed to access the vCloud server.
• Password: Type the password needed to access the vCloud server, associated with the above user name.

7 Click Next.

8 On the All vCloud Cells page, select the vCloud server that you want to monitor, and click Next.

9. On the All vCenter Servers page, select one or more vCenter that you want to monitor.
10. Optional—Configure monitoring of a vCenter using the VMware Performance Agent.

b. Provide the following information needed to connected to the vCloud server belonging to the group whose cell you want to monitor.

• VMware Agent Name: If you want to specify a different name than the one provided by default (for example, VMware Agent 1), type it in this box.
• Port: If you want to use a different port number than the one provided by default, 443, type it in this box.
• User Name: Type the user name for the VMware Performance Agent to use to log in to the specified Virtual Center.
• Password: Type the password needed to access the specified Virtual Center, associated with the above user name.
• Enable Storage Collection: If you are running Foglight for Storage Management and want to enable the VMware Performance Agent to collect the Foglight for Storage Management data, select this check box. Otherwise, leave this box clear.

11 Click Finish.

12 The vCloud Discovery Wizard closes and the Result For Agent(s) Creation dialog box appears, showing a list of monitoring agents created during the discovery process.