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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
The vApp version includes the same default adapters as the standalone version and the following additional
default adapters.
vCenter adapter
Integrates vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise and VMware vCenter
Server. The vCenter adapter connects to and collects metrics and events from
vCenter Server. This adapter is also referred to as the VMware adapter.
vCenter Configuration
Manager (VCM) Adapter
Integrates vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise with VMware vCenter
Configuration Manager. The VCM adapter collects performance data on virtual
machines in your environment that vCenter Configuration Manager manages.
vCenter CapacityIQ
(CIQ) adapter
Capacity analysis component of vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise. The
CIQ adapter performs capacity analysis on real-time performance data and
provides capacity planning information to
vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise.
Product Adapters
Product adapters support specific third-party products and open source tools that are commerically available.
BMC PATROL Agent
VCOPS_PROPAGATOR is a custom Knowledge Module (KM) that is deployed on BMC PATROL agents.
The BMC PATROL KM has the following features and requirements.
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Connects to and collects data from BMC PATROL.
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Collects, filters, and transmits metrics to vCenter Operations Manager by using the HTTP Post interface.
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Collects metrics for the CPU, DISK, FILESYSTEM, MEMORY, PROCESS, SMP, and SWAP application
classes.
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Uses auto-discovery to create resources.
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Supports UNIX and Windows operating system. For a complete list of the supported operating systems
and versions, see the adapter documentation.
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Requires the correct VCOPS_PROPAGATOR distribution package for the UNIX or Windows operating
system. VCOPS_PROPAGATOR distribution packages are available on the VMware FTP site.
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Requires adequate privileges to deploy the VCOPS_PROPAGATOR distribution package.
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Requires the vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise server location, port number, and credentials.
Compuware Gomez WS Adapter
The Gomez Web Services (WS) adapter is an embedded adapter that collects data from Gomez Backbone.
Gomez Backbone is the Internet backbone measurement component of the Compuware Gomez Synthetic
Monitoring system.
The Gomez WS adapter has the following features and requirements.
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Uses Web client stubs that Gomez provides to collect data from Gomez Backbone.
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Runs in real time and historical data collection modes.
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Uses manual discovery to create resources.
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Creates Gomez Site, Gomez Backbone Monitor, and Gomez Test resource kinds.
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Requires a Gomez account to connect to the Gomez service.
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