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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
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Requires VCM to be installed and configured to collect data from vCenter Server, virtual machines, and
ESX hosts.
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Requires the hostname or IP address of the host where the VCM database resides, the port number for
connecting to the VCM database, and database credentials to access VCM.
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Supports VCM 5.4.1 and later.
VMware vCloud Director Adapter
The VMware vCloud Director adapter is an embedded adapter that collects data for entities of VMware vCloud
Director.
The vCloud Director adapter has the following features and requirements.
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Collects resource relationships and change events for Provider vDC, Organization, Organization vDC,
and vApp entities. The adapter does not collect metrics.
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Uses auto-discovery to create resources. The adapter does not support manual discovery.
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Requires the vCloud Director host name and the credentials of the Administrator of the System
organization. The adapter logs in to vCloud Director as Administrator of the System organization.
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Supports vCloud Director 1.5.0 and vCenter Server 4.0 U2, 4.1, and 5.0.
Generic Adapters
Generic adapters are designed to connect to standard data sources. They typically require field customization
to accommodate site-specific environments.
Relationships Adapter
The Relationships adapter is an embedded adapter that updates resource relationships in
vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise. The Relationships adapter does not collect data.
The Relationships adapter has the following features and requirements.
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Updates resource relationships based on information that you store in an external database. You define
parent-child relationships in this database.
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Uses JDBC drivers to access the source relationships table.
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Requires a JDBC URL and user credentials that allow reading the database that contains the source
relationships data.
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Supports SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Sybase, and MySQL databases. The supported database
versions depend on the version of the JDBC driver included with the adapter. You can find the JDBC
driver version for each database in the
vcenter-ops
/user/plugins/inbound/general_sql_adapter3/lib
folder.
SNMP Adapter
The SNMP adapter is an embedded adapter that collects metrics from devices that support the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP). These devices typically include routers, switches, servers, workstations, and
printers.
The SNMP adapter has the following features and requirements.
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Uses Management Information Base (MIB) files to determine the metrics to collect from a particular device.
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Includes a set of standard MIB files. MIB files appear as resource kinds in the user interface. You can import
additional MIB files for the adapter to use.
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