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Many adapters are currently available for vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise. Some adapters pull data
from specific third-party products while other adapters connect to standard data sources. Certain adapters are
installed by default.
For complete information about a particular adapter, see the documentation included with the adapter
package.
NOTE Although this document is updated frequently, it might not describe all of the available adapters.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Default Adapters,” on page 21
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“Product Adapters,” on page 22
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“Generic Adapters,” on page 27
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“Field Adapters,” on page 29
Default Adapters
vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise includes several adapters by default. You do not need to manually
install these adapters.
The standalone version includes the following default adapters.
Container adapter
Creates container resources.
HTTP Post adapter
Generic adapter that pushes data to vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise
through HTTP.
vCenter Operations
adapter
Monitors vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise. You can also use this
adapter to monitor resource tags.
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