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Procedure
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To show the world map, select Environment > Environment Overview and select the Geographical tab
in the right pane.
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To show specific locations on the map, select one or more tag values under the GEO Location tag in the
left pane.
By default, the Geographical tab shows all resources for all locations.
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To move the map, drag the map or use the direction arrows in the top left corner of the map.
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To zoom the map, click the plus and minus buttons under the direction arrows.
Configure Parent-Child Resource Relationships
When resources are related, the health score of one resource is based on the metrics of its child resources and
its own metrics. You can define resource relationships so that vCenter Operations Manager analytics can
consider these relationships when it calculates health scores.
Most, if not all, resources in an enterprise environment are related to other resources in that environment.
Resources are either part of a larger resource, or they contain smaller component resources, or both.
The most common resource relationships gather similar resources into tiers and related tiers into applications.
You define those relationships by defining applications. In addition, frequently other relationships exist
between resources. For example, for each application that runs on an application server, you might define a
child resource. You define these types of relationships by configuring resource relationships.
You must define applications and tiers to add resources to tiers or tiers to applications. See Chapter 5,
“Configuring Applications,” on page 55.
Procedure
1 Select Environment > Advanced > Resource Relationship.
2 In the Parent Selection column, expand the resource tag and select a tag value that contains the resource
to act as the parent resource.
The resources for the tag value appear in the top pane of the second column.
3 (Optional) If the list of resources is long, filter the list to find the child resource or resources.
Option Description
Navigate the resource tag list for a
resource
Expand the resource tag and select a tag value that contains the resource. The
resources for the tag value appear in the top pane of the List column. If you
select more than one value for the same tag, the list contains resources that
have either value. If you select values for two or more different tags, the list
includes only resources that have all of the selected values. You can click the
Invert Result icon to show the resources that do not match the tag values
that you selected.
Search for a resource by name
If you know all or part of the resource name, type it in the Search text box
and press Enter.
4 To make a resource a child resource of the parent resource, select the resource from the list and drag it to
the parent resource in the top pane of the second column, or click the Add All Resources To Parent icon
to make all of the listed resources children of the parent resource.
You can use Ctrl-click to select multiple resources or Shift-click to select a range of resources.
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