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Table Of Contents
- VMware vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Adapter Guide
- Contents
- VMware vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Adapter Guide
- Updated Information
- Understanding Adapters
- Installing and Configuring Adapters
- Troubleshooting Adapters
- Available Adapters
- Default Adapters
- Product Adapters
- BMC PATROL Agent
- Compuware Gomez WS Adapter
- EMC Smarts Adapter
- EMC Symmetrix Adapter
- HP BAC Adapter
- HP SiteScope Adapter
- IBM Tivoli Monitoring Adapter
- Microsoft SCOM Adapter
- NetApp Adapter
- Oracle Enterprise Manager Adapter
- TeamQuest Adapter
- VMware Hyperic Adapter
- VMware vCenter Adapter
- VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Adapter
- VMware vCloud Director Adapter
- Generic Adapters
- Field Adapters
- Index
Adapter Architecture
Adapters work with certain vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise components to collect, process, and store
collected data.
Figure 1-1. Adapter Architecture
vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise
Analytics process
Collector
FSDB
Embedded
adapter
MS SQL, Oracle,
or PostgreSQL
database
External
adapter
Embedded
adapter
Data
source
Store data
Data
source
Pull data
Pull data
Push data
Message Broker
Data
source
Collector
Acts as a gateway between vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise and its
adapters. Adapters pass collected data to the Collector for final processing.
In vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Standalone, the Collector is
installed in the primary server by default. In a vApp installation, the Collector
runs on the Analytics virtual machine. You can also install collectors on one or
more remote servers.
Message Broker
Passes metric information between vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise
components.
Analytics process
Receives data gathered from monitored resources, analyzes the data, and
creates statistical models to detect abnormal behavior.
vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise stores metrics in the FSDB. The
standalone version can store change events in a Microsoft SQL or Oracle
database. The vApp version stores change events in a PostgreSQL database.
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