Installation guide

What to do next
Review the collected virtualization data. Click Console and select Virtual Environments > vCenter.
vCenter Server Collection Results
The collectedvCenter Server data appears in the Console in the Virtual Environments node. The collected
vCenter Server data helps you identify and manage vCenter Server, host, and guest objects.
Option Description
Console View the Virtual Environments dashboards. Click Click Console and select
Dashboards > Virtual Environments.
View the collected vCenter Server data. Click Console and select Virtual
Environments > vCenter to access the collected data.
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 vCenter Server
data using the Virtual Environment Compliance node. You cannot create
enforceable compliance rules for vCenter Server data.
The compliance rules for the virtual machines you license and on which you
install the Agent are managed in the Machine Group Compliance node.
Reports Run configured Virtual Environments reports. Click Reports and select
Machine Group Reports > Virtual Environments.
Create reports based collected vCloud Director objects. Click Reports and
select Virtual Object Reports.
Administration Displays managed vCenter Server instances from which you are collecting
data.
Click Administration and select Machines Manager > Licensed Machines >
Licensed Virtual Environments to view licensed vCenter Server instances.
Administration >
Machine Groups
Dynamic machine groups based on vCenter Server objects. These objects
include instances, hosts, and guest machines, and are used to limit the
displayed data.
Configure vCenter Server Virtual Machine Collections
Configure virtual machine collections so that you can identify and manage the guest operating systems on
the vCenter Server virtual machines.
VCM manages virtual machines as guest machines and as Windows, Linux, or UNIX machines. To manage
the virtual machines as guest machines, you collect vCenter Guests data from your vCenter Server. To
manage the virtual machines based on operating system, you license, install the VCM Agent, and collect
data directly from the managed machines.
You can identify the virtual machines in your environment two ways.
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