User`s guide

Prerequisites
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Verify that at least one Agent Proxy machine is configured. See "Configure the Collector as an Agent
Proxy" on page 147.
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License the ESX and ESXi machines as UNIX machines. See "License UNIX/Linux Machines" on page 114.
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Verify that vCenter Server data is collected. If using vCenter, the hostname in vCenter must match the
configured hostname of the ESX server. It must be a Fully-Qualified Domain Name (FQDN), not an IP
address. If the name does not match, you must manually add the machine. See the online Help.
Procedure
1. Click Console.
2. Select Virtual Environments > vCenter > Inventory > Manage VMHosts.
3. Add the machines to be configured to the lower grid and click Next.
The selected machines will use the same Agent Proxy and the same SSHand Web Services settings.
4. Configure the settings on the Agent Proxy and Communication Setting page.
Option Description
Agent Proxy The configured Agent Proxy used to manage the selected VMHost
machines.
This option is required when you are licensing VMHosts but optional if you
are modifying the settings.
SSH Settings Select the check box to configure the settings for your ESX machines.
Configure these settings if you plan to collect VM Logs data from the
managed VMHost machines.
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Port: Used by VMware's Web Services SDK for the ESX server on which
SSH listening. The Agent Proxy communicates with the ESX server using
this port. The default port (22) is set to the default value for SSH on ESX.
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User ID: Used by the Agent Proxy to communicate with the ESX server
through SSH. This account must have certain permissions, for example,
sudoers, defined in the installation process. Authentication for this account
uses public key cryptography that was setup during the installation
process.
Web Services Settings Select the check box to configure the settings for your ESX and ESXi
machines. Configure the settings to collect virtual environment data from a
VM host.
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Port: The port on the ESXserver used by the Agent Proxy to
communicate with the VMware web services interface.
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User ID: The account that has access to the VMware web services
interface. If you are using ESX, this account must have Administrator
access to web services on the ESX server. This user ID may be different
from the user ID for SSH communication, depending on whether you
created different accounts during the ESX installation process.
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Password: The password for the web services User ID specified above.
This password is encrypted in the VCM database.
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