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3 Select the tag value.
The resources that have that tag value appear in the pane on the right. If you click the Invert Results
icon, the list includes resources that do not match the tag values that you select. For example, if you
select New York and London, all of the resources that are not in either of those cities appear in the list.
If you select multiple tag values, the resources in the list depend on the values that you select.
Option Action
Select more than one value for the
same tag
The list includes resources that have either value. For example, if you
select two values of the GEO Location tag, such as New York and London,
the list shows resources that have either value.
Select values for two or more
different tags
The list includes only resources that have all of the selected values. For
example, if you select two values of the GEO Location tag, such as New
York and London, and you also select the Tier value of the Resource kind
tag, only tiers that are in New York or London appear in the list. Tiers in
other locations do not appear in the list, nor do resources in those cities
that are not tiers.
4 Select the resource from the list.
Grouping Resources by Physical Location
Depending on your environment, you might want to group some or all of your resources according to their
physical location. When resources are grouped according to their physical location, you can see the health of
all of the resources in a particular place.
To group resources by their physical location, you must activate the geographical location feature, create
values for the GEO Location tag, and assign the resources that you want to track to GEO Location tag
values.
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Activate the Geographical Location Feature on page 27
To group resources by location, you must activate the geographical location feature in
vCenter Operations Manager.
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Create a GEO Location Tag Value on page 28
Before you can assign resources to a location, you must create that location as a value of the GEO
Location tag and define its position on the map. Create tag values for each of your office locations.
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Assign a Resource to a GEO Location Tag Value on page 28
You define a resource's location by assigning it to a value of the GEO Location tag.
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View the Resource Map on page 29
You can use the world map on the Geographical tab on the Environment Overview page to see the
health of the resources at some or all of your defined locations.
Activate the Geographical Location Feature
To group resources by location, you must activate the geographical location feature in
vCenter Operations Manager.
The Geographical tab on the Environment Overview page and the GEO widget show a world map that
includes the locations of resources that have GEO Location tag values. Because these maps use the Google
Maps API, you must license the Google Maps API to use the geographical location feature.
Prerequisites
Go to the Google support Web site at http://support.google.com, read the license agreement for the Google
Maps API, and follow the procedure to license the API for your use.
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