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Option Description
the name of the virtual machinein vCenter.
n
Org:vDC:vApp:VCName: Name of the vCloud Director organization with the
virtual datacenter name, the name of the vApp that contains the virtual
machine, and the name of the virtual machinein vCenter.
n
Cloud:Org:vDC:vApp:VCName: Name of the vCloud Director instance with
the name of the vCloud Director organization, the virtual datacenter name, the
name of the vApp that contains the virtual machine, and the name of the
virtual machinein vCenter.
Machine
Name
Delimiter
Select a character to separate the elements of the vCloud Director hierarchy that
you use as the machine name.
Domain
Name
Type or select the domain in which you are managing the virtual machines.
Domain
Type
Select the type of domain to which you are adding the virtual machines.
Protocol Select the protocol by which the Collector will communicate with the Agent.
If the virtual machines in the vApp uses NAT mapping, you must select HTTP. If
the virtual machines do not use NAT, you can use HTTP or DCOM.
HTTPPort If you selected the HTTP protocol, you must specify the port used to communicate
with the Collector.
Uses the HTTP Listener on the target machine. The listener is configured to listen
on the designated port. Port 26542 is the default setting. Accepted port values
range from 1–65535. Other applications should not use this port.
Use a
proxy
server
Select Yes if you use a proxy server for communication between the Collector and
the Agents on the virtual Windows machines.
Select No if you do not use a proxy server or if you are managing UNIX/Linux
machines.
If the machines you add are Windows machines, you can select a proxy server for
communication between the Collector and the Agents on managed machines that
are located on the other side of a proxy server. The proxy server routes requests
from the Collector to the Agents on managed machines. A proxy server can only
be used with Windows HTTP agents.
Connection
String
Select the IP address to use when communicating with the virtual machines.
This address can differ from the address that resolves by machine name from
DNS or other name resolution systems. Use this address when VCM must contact
a vApp virtual machine through a Network Address Translation (NAT) address,
or when DNS available to the Collector cannot resolve the vApp virtual machines.
If the virtual machines that appear in the console as part of your vCloud Director
collections are not added as part of your database discovery of vCloud Director
data, ensure that the internal or external connection string is valid for the virtual
machines. If the connection string is set to External IP, you will discover only
machines with external IP addresses.
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