6.3

Follow this order to avoid errors during communication with the Endpoint Operations Management agent.
N You cannot upgrade Endpoint Operations Management agents from 6.1 to 6.3.
Installing Optional Solutions in vRealize Operations Manager
You can extend the monitoring capabilities of vRealize Operations Manager by installing optional solutions
from VMware or third parties.
VMware solutions include adapters for Storage Devices, Log Insight, NSX for vSphere, Network Devices,
and VCM. Third-party solutions include AWS, SCOM, EMC Smarts, and many others. To download
software and documentation for optional solutions, visit the VMware Solution Exchange.
Solutions can include dashboards, reports, alerts and other content, and adapters. Adapters are how
vRealize Operations Manager manages communication and integration with other products, applications,
and functions. When a management pack is installed and the solution adapters are congured, you can use
the vRealize Operations Manager analytics and alerting tools to manage the objects in your environment.
If you upgrade from an earlier version of vRealize Operations Manager, your management pack les are
copied to the /usr/lib/vmware-vcops/user/plugins/.backup le in a folder with a date and time as the
folder name. Before migrating your data to your new vRealize Operations Manager instance, you must
congure the new adapters in the Administration > Solutions workspace. If you have customized the
adapter, your adapter customizations are not included in the migration, and you must recongure them.
If you update a management pack in vRealize Operations Manager to a newer version, and you have
customized the adapter, your adapter customizations are not included in the upgrade, and you must
recongure them.
Managing Solution Credentials
Credentials are the user accounts that vRealize Operations Manager uses to enable one or more solutions
and associated adapters, and to establish communication with the target data sources. The credentials are
supplied when you congure each adapter. You use the credential option to add or modify the seings
outside the adapter conguration process, accommodating changes to your environment.
If you are modifying existing credentials, for example, to accommodate changes based on your password
policy, the adapters congured with these credentials begin using the new user name and password for
communication between the vRealize Operations Manager and the target system.
Another use of credential management is to remove miscongured credentials. If you delete valid
credentials that were in active use by an adapter, you disable the communication between the two systems.
If you need to change the congured credential to accommodate changes in your environment, you can edit
seings, for example, name, user name and password, or pass code and key phrase, without being required
to congure a new adapter instance for the target system. You can edit credential seings by clicking
Administration and then clicking Credentials.
Any adapter credential you add are shared with other adapter administrators and
vRealize Operations Manager collector hosts. Other administrators might use these credential to congure a
new adapter instance or to move an adapter instance to a new host.
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