User`s guide

To identify the vCloud Director virtual machines, you configure discovery rules that analyze data collected
from the vCloud Director REST API and use the vApp virtual machine information to add new virtual
machines to VCM. After installing the Agent and licensing the virtual machines, you manage the new
machines based on their operating systems. The machines appear in VCM based on your configured
naming convention.
Prerequisites
Review how network address translation is used in your vCloud Director environment. See "Network
Address Translation and vCloud Director vApp Discovery Rules" on page 153.
Procedure
1. "Generate vCloud Director Collection Credentials" on page 155
To collect vCloud Director data, you must generate encrypted user credentials that the collection filters
use to access vCloud Director.
2. "Create vCloud Director Data Collection Filters" on page 156
For each of your vCloud Director instances, you clone the custom information collection filter template
to create a unique collection filter for each instance.
3. "Collect vCloud Director Data" on page 158
You collect the vCloud Director data using the collection filters configured for each vCloud Director
instance. You must run the collection against the Collector, not the vCloud Director.
4. "Discover vCloud Director vApp Virtual Machines" on page 158
To begin managing the vCloud Director vApp virtual machines, you create and run a VCM discovery
rule. The rule runs against the collected vCloud Director data in the VCM database.
The vCloud Director data is collected using a collection filter with the Custom Information (Win) data type.
The collected data appears in the Console. The discovered vApp virtual machines appear in
Administration. After you license the virtual machines and install the Agent, you manage them based on
their operating system.The collected vCloud Director data appears in the Console. The discovered virtual
machines appear on Administration. After you license the virtual machines and install the Agent, you
manage them based on their operating system. See "vCloud Director Collection Results" on page 162.
Network Address Translation and vCloud Director vApp Discovery Rules
To configure the connection string when creating a vCloud Director virtual machines discovery rule, you
must know how network address translation (NAT) is implemented in your vCloud Director instances.
The vCloud Director administrator configures the NATmapping. How the virtual machines are
configured with NATand where VCM is in the network determines the connection string that VCM uses
to communicate with the virtual machines.
vCloud Director 1.0 and 1.5 support a variety of vApp network configurations. VCM supports these
scenarios.
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