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Discover Resources
You typically define resources to vCenter Operations Manager through the discovery process. Discovering
resources is usually more efficient than adding resources individually.
NOTE You use discovery to define resources that use embedded adapters. Resources that use external adapters
are already added to vCenter Operations Manager and do not need to be discovered.
If the adapter type does not support discovery, you must add each resource individually. See “Add an
Individual Resource,” on page 21.
Prerequisites
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Add adapter instances for the resources that you plan to define or, if you plan to add adapter instances
during the discovery process, become familiar with defining adapter instances. See “Add an Adapter
Instance,” on page 15.
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If you plan to add an attribute package during the discovery process, become familiar with creating
attribute packages. See “Creating Attribute Packages,” on page 40.
Procedure
1 Select Environment > Environment Overview.
2 On the List tab, click the Discover Resources icon.
3 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.
4 Select the adapter kind from the Adapter kind drop-down menu.
5 Select an adapter instance from the Adapter instance drop-down menu, or click Add to create a new
adapter instance.
6 Make any additional selections for the adapter kind.
Depending on the adapter kind that you select, additional menus might appear.
7 (Optional) To omit resources that are already added to vCenter Operations Manager from the discovery
results, select the Only New Resources check box.
8 Click OK to start the discovery process.
The discovery process can take several seconds to several minutes.
When the discovery process is finished, the Discovery Results window lists your resource kinds.
9 Double-click each resource kind that contains resources to include in vCenter Operations Manager.
The resource list shows all of the resources of the specified resource kind. You can sort the resource list
by clicking any column header. To find a specific resource in the list, type all or part of the resource name
in the Search text box and click Search.
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