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2 Assign the Adapter Type icon.
a Select the adapter type in the list with the icon to change.
b Click the Upload icon.
c Browse to and select the le to use and click Done.
3 (Optional) To return to the default icon, select the adapter type and click the Assign Default Icons icon.
The original default icon appears.
Managing Objects in Your Environment
An object is the individual managed item in your environment for which vRealize Operations Manager
collects data, such as a router, switch, database, virtual machine, host, and vCenter Server instances.
vRealize Operations Manager requires specic information about each object. When you congure an
adapter instance, vRealize Operations Manager performs object discovery to start collecting data from the
objects with which the adapter communicates.
An object can be a single entity, such as a database, or a container that holds other objects. For example, if
you have multiple Web servers, you can dene a single object for each Web server and dene a separate
container object to hold all of the Web server objects. Groups and applications are types of containers.
You categorize your objects using tags, so that you can easily nd, group, or lter them later. A tag type can
have multiple tag values. You or vRealize Operations Manager assigns objects to tag values. When you select
a tag value, vRealize Operations Manager displays the objects associated with that tag. For example, if a tag
type is Lifecycle and tag values are Development, Test, Pre-production, and Production, you might assign
virtual machine objects VM1, VM2, or VM3 in your environment to one or more of these tag values,
depending on the virtual machine function.
Adding an Object to Your Environment
You might want to add an object by providing its information to vRealize Operations Manager. For example,
some solutions cannot discover all the objects that might be monitored. For these solutions, you must either
use manual discovery or manually add the object.
When you add an individual object, you provide specic information about it, including the kind of adapter
to use to make the connection and the connection method. For example, an SNMP adapter does not know
the location of the SNMP devices that you want to monitor. You can use manual discovery to perform a port
scan through an IP range. If port scans are not allowed on the network for security reasons, you must add
the devices manually.
Prerequisites
Verify that an adapter is present for the object you plan to add. See the vRealize Operations Manager vApp
Deployment and Conguration Guide.
Procedure
1 Select Administration > Inventory Explorer.
2 On the toolbar, click the plus sign.
3 Provide the required information.
Option Description
Display name
Enter a name for the object. For example, enter SNMP-Switch1.
Description
Enter any description. For example, enter
Switch monitored with SNMP adapter
Adapter type
Select an adapter type. For example, select SNMP Adapter.
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