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Table Of Contents
- VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide
- Contents
- VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide
- Configuring and Managing vCenter Operations Manager
- Configuring Adapters
- Configuring Resources
- Configuring Attribute Packages
- Configuring Applications
- Configuring and Managing Users
- Configuring Alert Notifications
- Performing Basic System Administration Tasks
- View Performance Information
- View Status Information
- vCenter Operations Manager Service Names
- Start or Stop vCenter Operations Manager Services
- Viewing and Managing System Log Files
- Delete Old Data in the File System Database
- Run the Audit Report
- Modify Global Settings
- Modify Global Settings for Virtual Environments
- Create a Support Bundle
- Resolving Administrative System Alerts
- Analytics FSDB Overloaded
- Analytics Threshold Checking Overloaded
- Collector Is Down
- Controller Is Unable to Connect to MQ
- DataQueue Is Filling Up
- Describe Failed
- Failed to Connect to Replication MQ
- Failed to Repair Corrupted FSDB Files
- File Queue Is Full
- FSDB Files Corrupted for Resources
- FSDB Storage Drive Free Space Is Less Than 10%
- No DT Processors Connected
- One or More Resources Were Not Started
- Outbound Alert Send Failed
- Replication MQ Sender Is Blocked
- Backing Up and Recovering Data
- Backing Up and Recovering Data Components
- Backing Up and Recovering Processing Components
- Configuring the Repository Adapter
- Repository Adapter Requirements and Limitations
- Repository Adapter Configuration Steps
- Creating a Database User for the Repository Adapter
- Configure the Source Database Connection for the Repository Adapter
- Configure the Output Destination for the Repository Adapter
- Configuring the Source and Destination Columns for the Repository Adapter
- Configure Data Export Values for the Repository Adapter
- Customizing Repository Adapter Operation
- Start the Repository Adapter
- Using System Tools
- Using the Database Command Line Interface
- Index
Delete an Adapter Instance
If an adapter instance is no longer needed, you can delete it.
Procedure
1 Select Environment > Configuration > Adapter Instances.
2 (Optional) Filter the list of adapter instances.
a Select the collector to use from the Collector drop-down menu.
Unless you added additional collectors, the only available collector is vCenter Operations Server.
You can change the name of this collector when you install vCenter Operations Manager Standalone.
b Select the kind of the adapter instance to delete from the Adapter kind drop-down menu.
3 Select the adapter instance and click the Remove Selected Adapter Instance icon.
4 Click Yes to confirm the deletion.
Customize an Adapter Kind Icon
vCenter Operations Manager uses icons to represent the kind of adapter through which you access each
resource. For example, icons appear in the Data Source column of widgets that list resources. You can customize
icons to represent any kind of adapter.
Procedure
1 Select Enviroment > Advanced > Adapter Kind Icons.
2 (Optional) To upload your own icon to use, click the Upload Icon icon, browse to and select the file to
use, and click Open.
The icon appears in the icon list.
3 Assign the adapter kind icon.
Option Description
Assign an icon or change an
assigned icon
Select the adapter kind in the list, click the icon to assign, and click the Assign
Icon icon.
Return to the default icon
Select the adapter kind in the list and click the Assign Default Icons icon.
4 Click OK.
5 (Optional) If you returned to the default icon and you want to delete your icon from the icon list, delete
the icon file in the
vcenter-ops
\tomcat\webapps\ROOT\images\adpknd directory.
You cannot remove an icon file from within vCenter Operations Manager.
Suppress No Data Receiving Alerts
You can configure an adapter instance to stop generating alerts when it is not receiving data.
Prerequisites
Become familiar with how to start and stop the Analytics service. See “Start or Stop vCenter Operations
Manager Services,” on page 106.
Procedure
1 Open the advanced.properties file in the
vcenter-ops
\user\conf\analytics directory.
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