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information about the metrics that the adapter collects for these objects, see Chapter 5, “Metrics for vCenter
Server Components,” on page 25.
Using the VM Entity Status Resource Tag
The vCenter adapter creates the VM Entity Status resource tag in the Custom user interface.
The VM Entity Status resource tag values are NotExisting, PoweredOff, and PoweredOn. Each resource tag
value includes the name of the vCenter Server instance, for example, PoweredOn:vCenter4-qalab.
Figure 1-1. VM Entity Status Resource Tag
You can select the PoweredOff or PoweredOn tag value to filter host system and virtual machine resources
based on their running state.
You
can select the NotExisting tag value to locate resources that no longer exist in the vCenter Server inventory
and remove them from the Custom user interface. When objects are removed from the vCenter Server
inventory, they remain available in the user interface until you remove them.
Installation and Configuration Requirements
Before you install the vCenter adapter, you must make sure that your system meets certain requirements.
VMware vSphere Compatibility
The vCenter adapter is compatible with vSphere 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 update 2, 4.1, 5.0, and 5.1.
Credential Requirements
You must provide a vCenter Server user name and password when you create a credential for a vCenter adapter
instance.
The vCenter Server privileges assigned to this user account determine the scope of the data that the vCenter
adapter can collect and the visibility of that data in vCenter Operations Manager.
The adapter calculates metric values based on the visibility that the user account has to the vCenter Server
inventory. If certain objects are not visible, vCenter Operations Manager does not consider the values for these
objects when it calculates metrics for their container objects.
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