5.8.5

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.
Starting and Stopping Metric Collection
When you add an individual resource to vCenter Operations Manager, vCenter Operations Manager does
not start collecting metrics for the resource until you start metric collection. When you discover a resource,
you can select an option to start metric collection on the discovery results page. If you did not select this
option, you must start metric collection for the resource.
You can start and stop metric collection for specific resources, including tag values, and for adapter
instances.
Start or Stop Metric Collection for a Resource
You can start and stop metric collection for specific resources. When you add an individual resource to
vCenter Operations Manager, vCenter Operations Manager does not begin collecting metrics for the
resource until you start metric collection. When you stop metric collection for a resource,
vCenter Operations Manager retains its metric data in case you restart metric collection at a later time.
Because tag values are stored in vCenter Operations Manager as resources, you can also start and stop
metric collection for tag values. When you start metric collection for a tag value,
vCenter Operations Manager generated metrics are collected for it. With these metrics, you can see the
health score that reflects all of the resources that have that tag value.
Procedure
1 Select Environment > Environment Overview.
2 (Optional) On the List tab, select the resource or resources to affect.
You can press Ctrl+click to select multiple individual resources or Shift+click to select a range of
resources. If you do not select any resources, all of the resources in the system are affected.
3 Click the Start Collecting or Stop Collecting icon to start or stop metric collection for the selected
resources.
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