User`s guide

Collect vCloud Director Data
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.
Prerequisites
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Create a vCloud Director collection filter. See "Create vCloud Director Data Collection Filters" on page
156.
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Ensure that PowerShell 2.0, which is required to run the script, is installed on the Collector.
Procedure
1. On the toolbar, click Collect.
2. On the Collection Type page, select Machine Data.
3. On the Machines page, select the options and click Next.
a. Move the Collector to the Selected machines list.
b. Select the Select Data Types to collect from these machines option.
4. On the Data Types page, select the options and click Next.
a. In the Window tree, select Custom Information (Windows).
b. Select the Select data filters option.
5. On the Filters page, move the filter that you created to the lower pane and click Next.
6. On the Important page, resolve any conflicts and click Finish.
What to do next
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Review the collection jobs to determine if your collection finished. Click Administration and select Job
Manager > History > Instant Collections.
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Review the collected vCloud Director data. Click Console and select Console > Windows tab >
Operating System > Tree View - Standard. Expand vCloud to view the collected organizations, virtual
data centers (VDC), vApps, virtual machines, and virtual machine network data.
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Discover the vApp virtual machines created by the vCloud Director and make them available in VCM.
See "Discover vCloud Director vApp Virtual Machines" on page 158.
Discover vCloud Director vApp Virtual Machines
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.
Prerequisites
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Collect vCloud Director data. You can run the discovery only on the collected data. See "Collect vCloud
Director Data" on page 158.
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Determine how NATis used in vCloud Director network and where VCM is located in relationship to
the network. See "Network Address Translation and vCloud Director vApp Discovery Rules" on page
153.
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