User`s guide

Procedure
1. Click Administration.
2. Select Machines Manager > Discovery Rules.
3. On the data grid toolbar, click Add.
4. On the Discovery Rules page, type a Name and Description, and click Next.
5. On the Discovery Method page, select By DB Discovery and click Next.
6. On the Discovery Query page, in the Discovery Query drop-down menu, select vCloud Director
Managed VMs and click Next.
7. On the Discovery Query Parameters page, configure the options to use when discovering and adding
the data to VCM and click Next.
Option Description
Machine
Name
Format
Select the format used to display the virtual machine name.
You can select the vCenter name for the virtual machine or select a combination
of names for the virtual machine, that includes the vApp that contains the virtual
machine, the vCloud Director organization, and the vCloud Director instance.
With these formats, you can easily sort, group, and display the data in VCM.
The composite name is limited to 128 characters.
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VCName: Name of the virtual machinein vCenter. vCloud Director creates the
virtual machine and generates the name of the virtual machine, which includes
the machine's host name and the 10-digit identification number of the virtual
machinein vCenter. This name is unique in a single vCloud Director instance.
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vApp:VCName: Name of the vApp that contains the virtual machine and the
name of the virtual machinein vCenter.
n
vDC:vApp:VCName: Name of the virtual datacenter with the vApp name and
the name of the virtual machinein vCenter.
n
Org:vDC:vApp:VCName: Name of the vCloud Director organization with the
virtual datacenter name, the name of the vApp that contains the virtual
machine, and the name of the virtual machinein vCenter.
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Cloud:Org:vDC:vApp:VCName: Name of the vCloud Director instance with
the name of the vCloud Director organization, the virtual datacenter name, the
name of the vApp that contains the virtual machine, and the name of the
virtual machinein vCenter.
Machine
Name
Delimiter
Select a character to separate the elements of the vCloud Director hierarchy that
you use as the machine name.
Domain
Name
Type or select the domain in which you are managing the virtual machines.
Domain
Type
Select the type of domain to which you are adding the virtual machines.
Protocol Select the protocol by which the Collector will communicate with the Agent.
If the virtual machines in the vApp use NAT mapping, you must select HTTP. If
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