Installation guide

Prerequisites
Configure the vCloud Director settings. See "Configure the vCloud Director Settings" on page 38.
Procedure
1. Click Administration.
2. Select Machines Manager > Licensed Machines > Licensed Virtual Environments.
3. Select the vCloud Director instances and click Collect on the VCM toolbar.
4. On the Collection Type page, select Machine Data and click OK.
5. On the Machines page, verify that the Selected list includes all the vCloud Director instances from
which you are collecting and click Next.
6. On the Data Types page, select the Virtualization vCloud Director data type that you want to collect
from the vCloud Director instances and click Next.
7. On the Important page, resolve any conflicts and click Finish.
What to do next
Review the collected virtualization data. Click Console and select Virtual Environments > vCloud
Director.
Discover the vApp virtual machines created by the vCloud Director and make them available in VCM. See
"Discover vCloud Director vApp Virtual Machines" on page 43.
vCloud Director Collection Results
The collected vCloud Director data appears in the Console. The discovered virtual machines appear on
Administration. After you license the virtual machines and install the Agent, you manage them based on
their operating system.
The displayed data is only as current as the last time you collected data from your vCloud Director
instances and from your managed machines.
Option Description
Console View collected vCloud Director instance data. Click Console and
selectVirtual Environments > vCloud Director.
View the change logs for the virtual environments. Click Console and
select Change Management to access the collected data.
Compliance Access compliance rules that you create based on the collected vCloud
Director data using the Virtual Environment Compliance node. You
cannot create enforceable compliance rules for vCloud Director data.
The compliance rules for the virtual machines that you license and on
which you install the Agent are managed in the Machine Group
Compliance node.
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