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 138.
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License the ESX and ESXi machines as as UNIX machines. See "Licensing UNIX/Linux Machines" on
page 98.
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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. If the name does not match, you must manually add the
machine. See the online Help.
Procedure
1. To license and configure settings for VM Hosts, select Console > Virtual Environments > vCenter >
Inventory > Manage VMHosts.
2. Add the machines to be configured to the lower grid and click Next.
The selected machines will all use the same Agent Proxy and the same SSHand Web Services settings.
3. 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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Confirm Password: Retype the password.
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