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Table 4‑3. Data Collection Types (Continued)
Data Collection Type Description
Performance Data Collection (vSphere compute resources only) Updates the record of the average CPU, storage, memory, and
network usage for each virtual machine discovered through
inventory data collection.
Performance data collection runs every 24 hours.
The default timeout interval for performance data collection is 2
hours.
vCNS inventory data collection (vSphere compute resources
only)
Updates the record of network and security data related to
vCloud Networking and Security and NSX, particularly
information about security groups and load balancing, for each
machine following inventory data collection.
WMI data collection (Windows compute resources only) Updates the record of the management data for each Windows
machine. A WMI agent must be installed, typically on the
Manager Service host, and enabled to collect data from
Windows machines.
Cost data collection (compute resources managed by
vRealize Business Standard Edition only)
Updates the CPU, memory, and storage costs for each compute
resource managed by vRealize Business Standard Edition. The
costs of catalog items that can be provisioned by using the
compute resources are updated.
Fabric Groups
An IaaS administrator can organize virtualization compute resources and cloud endpoints into fabric
groups by type and intent. One or more fabric administrators manage the resources in each fabric group.
Fabric administrators are responsible for creating reservations on the compute resources in their groups
to allocate fabric to specific business groups. Fabric groups are created in a specific tenant, but their
resources can be made available to users who belong to business groups in all tenants.
Business Groups
A business group associates a set of services and resources to a set of users, often corresponding to a
line of business, department, or other organizational unit.
Business groups are managed on the Infrastructure tab but are used throughout the service catalog.
Entitlements in the catalog are based on business groups.
To request catalog items, a user must belong to at least one business group. A business group can have
access to catalog items specific to that group and to catalog items that are shared between business
groups in the same tenant. In IaaS, each business group has one or more reservations that determine on
which compute resources the machines that this group requested can be provisioned.
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