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Contents
VMware vCenter Adapter Installation and Configuration Guide
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Updated Information 7
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Introduction to the vCenter Adapter 9
How the Adapter Creates Resources 9
Data that the Adapter Collects
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Using the VM Entity Status Resource Tag 10
Installation and Configuration Requirements 10
vCenter Adapter Resource Identification 11
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Installing the vCenter Adapter 15
Install the Adapter in a Standalone Installation 15
Install the Adapter in a vApp Installation 16
vCenter Adapter Folders and Files 16
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Configuring the vCenter Adapter 19
Add a Credential 19
Add an Adapter Instance 20
Reducing the Number of Collected Metrics 20
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Troubleshooting the vCenter Adapter 21
Troubleshooting a vCenter Adapter Instance 21
View Collection Information 21
Viewing System Log Files 23
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Metrics for vCenter Server Components 25
vCenter Server Metrics 25
Datacenter Metrics 28
Cluster Compute Resource Metrics 30
Resource Pool Metrics 35
Host System Metrics 37
Virtual Machine Metrics 48
Datastore Metrics 55
Capacity Planning Metrics 59
Badge Metrics 63
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Metrics for vCenter Operations Manager Components 65
Analytics Metrics 65
Collector Metrics 70
ActiveMQ Service Metrics 71
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