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VMware View Integration
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VMware.View.Library.mpcontainsclassandrelationshipdefinitionsforthemanagedobjectsinView.
See “ClassandRelationshipDefinitions”onpage 61.
VMware.View.Image.Library.mpcontainsthegraphicsthatrepresenttheclassesthataredefinedin
VMware.View.Library.mp.
Name a View Connection Server Group
YoucanassignanametoagroupofoneormoreViewConnectionServerhostsandsecurityservers.The
OperationsManagerconsoledisplaysthisnametohelpyouidentifythegroupwithinSCOM.
To name the View Connection Server group
OnoneoftheViewConnectionServerhostsinthegroup,usethe-Cand-coptions
withthevdmadmin
command.
vdmadmin -C -c group_name
Forexample,setthenameofaViewConnectionServergrouptoVCSG01.
vdmadmin -C -c VCSG01
Import the View MPs
WhenyouinstalltheViewConnectionServersoftware,theViewMPsarealsoloadedontotheView
ConnectionServerinstanceorsecurityserver.YoucancopytheViewMPstoaSCOMserverandusethe
ImportManagementPackswizardfromtheOperationsManagerconsoletoimportthem.
To import the View MPs on a SCOM server
1CopytheView
MPsfromtheirinstallationdirectory(usuallyC:\Program Files\VMware\VMware
View\Server\extras\ManagementPacks)onaViewConnectionServerinstanceorsecurityserverto
theSCOMserver.
2IntheOperationsManagerconsole,rightclickAdministration\ManagementPacks,andselectImport
ManagementPacks.
3UsetheImportManagementPackswizardtoimporttheViewMPs.
4 (Optional)Runthediscoveryscript
manuallyforthesystemsonwhichtheVMwareViewsoftwareis
installed.
Moremoreinformation,see“RuntheDiscoveryScript”onpage 57.
View Discovery Script
TheVMware.View.DiscoveryMPcontainsascriptthatfindsViewinstalledsystems.Thediscoveryscript
probestheregistriesofWindowsserversforentriesthatindicatetheversionoftheViewsoftware,thetypeof
server,andthenameandIDoftheViewConnectionServergroup.Ifthescriptdetectsthata
Viewserveris
installedonacomputer,itcreatesinstancesoftheobjectclassesthataredefinedintheVMware.View.Library
MPandestablishestherelationshipsbetweenthesemanagedobjects.
ThescriptcanonlydiscoveraWindowsserverifyouhaveusedtheOperationsManagerconsoletoenablethe
proxyagentfor
theserver.See“EnableaProxyAgentonaServeronpage 60.
Thediscoveryscriptisscheduledtorunonceeveryhour.Youcanalsoperformthediscoverymanuallyfrom
theOperationsManagerconsole.See“RuntheDiscoveryScript”onpage 57.
Youcanverifytheobjectsthatthediscoveryagenthas
createdforaserverbyviewingthemintheOperations
Managerconsole.See“DisplayDiscoveredObjects”onpage 57.
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