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Contents VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 7 1 Configuring and Managing vCenter Operations Manager 9 Configuring vCenter Operations Manager 9 Managing vCenter Operations Manager 9 Log In as the admin User 10 Using the Custom User Interface 11 2 Configuring Adapters 13 Understanding Adapters 13 Defining Adapter Instances 15 Modifying Adapter Instances 16 Customize an Adapter Kind Icon 18 Suppress No Data Receiving Alerts 18 3 Configuring Resources 19 Defining Resources 19 Creating
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Modifying Applications 63 Modifying Application Tags 64 6 Configuring and Managing Users 65 Create a User Account 65 Importing LDAP Users 66 Configuring User Groups and Access Rights 70 Set Password Policies 72 Maintaining Users and User Groups 73 Run the User Audit Report 75 7 Configuring Alert Notifications 77 Configuring and Modifying Alert Handler Instances 77 Configuring Email Alert Notifications 81 Modifying Email Alert Notifications 86 Confi
Contents 10 Backing Up and Recovering Data 121 Backing Up and Recovering Data Components 121 Backing Up and Recovering Processing Components 126 11 Using System Tools 131 Summary of System Tools 131 Check the FSDB and Repair Problems 132 Move the FSDB 133 View Resources in the FSDB 134 Remove System-Generated Metrics from the FSDB 135 Monitor vCenter Operations Manager Services in JConsole 136 Verify Server to Collector Communication 136 Configuring and Running the Repository Adapter 136 Configuring and
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VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide The VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide (Custom User Interface) describes how to configure ® and manage the VMware vCenter™ Operations Manager Custom user interface. Intended Audience The information in this document is intended for anyone who must configure or manage vCenter Operations Manager by using the Custom user interface. VMware, Inc.
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Configuring and Managing vCenter Operations Manager 1 Before vCenter Operations Manager can begin collecting and analyzing your data, you must configure it. After it is configured, you can manage vCenter Operations Manager by performing basic system administration tasks.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide n View system performance and status information and examine log messages. See Chapter 8, “Performing Basic System Administration Tasks,” on page 99. n View, respond to, and resolve administrative system alerts. See Chapter 9, “Resolving Administrative System Alerts,” on page 113. n Back up vCenter Operations Manager data and processing components. See Chapter 10, “Backing Up and Recovering Data,” on page 121.
Chapter 1 Configuring and Managing vCenter Operations Manager Using the Custom User Interface When you log in to the Custom user interface, your Home page appears in the browser window. The Home page contains the following components. Dashboards The tabs near the top of the Home page are your dashboards. The user groups to which your account belongs determine which dashboards are available to you. You can switch to a different dashboard by clicking its tab or selecting it from the Dashboards menu.
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Configuring Adapters 2 vCenter Operations Manager uses adapters to exchange information with the data collection landscape. Configuring adapters involves defining and maintaining adapter instances and credentials.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide The vCenter Operations Manager vApp includes the same default adapters as the Standalone version and the following additional default adapters. vCenter adapter Integrates vCenter Operations Manager and VMware vCenter Server. The vCenter adapter connects to and collects metrics and events from vCenter server. This adapter is also referred to as the VMware adapter.
Chapter 2 Configuring Adapters Defining Adapter Instances An adapter instance defines the type of adapter to use to connect to a particular data source. It also defines the information that is required to identify and access that data source. A vCenter Operations Manager administrator must define an adapter instance for each data source that uses an embedded adapter. NOTE You do not define adapter instances for external adapters.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Add an Adapter Instance You must add an adapter instance in vCenter Operations Manager for each embedded adapter. The information that you provide depends on the type of adapter. Prerequisites n Install the adapter. For information about installing a particular adapter, see the installation and configuration guide for that adapter.
Chapter 2 Configuring Adapters Delete a Credential If you do not need a credential, you can delete it. You cannot delete a credential if a resource is using it. Prerequisites View the list of defined credentials for the adapter kind and credential kind combination. See “View the List of Defined Credentials,” on page 15. Procedure 1 In the list of credentials, click Delete next to the credential. 2 Click Yes to confirm the deletion.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Customize an Adapter Kind Icon vCenter Operations Manager uses icons to represent the kind of adapter through which you access each resource. For example, icons appear in the Data Source column of widgets that list resources. You can customize icons to represent any kind of adapter. Procedure 1 Select Enviroment > Advanced > Adapter Kind Icons.
Configuring Resources 3 A resource is any entity in your environment for which vCenter Operations Manager can collect data, such as a router, switch, firewall, database, application server, or TCP/IP-based application.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Discover Resources You typically define resources to vCenter Operations Manager through the manual discovery process. Discovering resources is usually more efficient than adding resources individually. NOTE You use discovery to define resources for embedded adapters. Resources that use external adapters are already added to vCenter Operations Manager and do not need to be discovered.
Chapter 3 Configuring Resources 10 11 Select options for each resource kind. Option Description Import Import the resources but do not start collecting data. Resources appear in the resource list as Not Collecting and data is not stored and analysis is not performed. Collect Import the resources and start collecting data. When you select the Collect check box, the Import check box is also selected.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 6 Select an adapter instance from the Adapter instance drop-down menu, or click Add to add a new adapter instance. 7 Select a resource kind from the Resource kind drop-down menu. Additional configuration options might appear, depending on your selection. 8 Type the name of the resource that the adapter monitors in the Target to collect from text box. The name must be the name of the resource as it appears in the adapter's operating environment.
Chapter 3 Configuring Resources Creating and Assigning Resource Tags A large enterprise can have thousands of resources defined in vCenter Operations Manager. Creating resource tags and tag values makes it easier to find resources and metrics in vCenter Operations Manager. With resource tags, you select the tag value assigned to a resource and view the list of resources that are associated with that tag value. A tag is a type of information, such as Application or GEO Location.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Table 3-1. Predefined Tags Tag Description Collectors (Full Set) Each defined collector is a tag value. Each resource is assigned to the tag value for the collector that it uses when you add the resource to vCenter Operations Manager. The default collector is vCenter Operations Server. Application Each defined application is a tag value. When you add a tier to an application, the tier is assigned to that tag value.
Chapter 3 Configuring Resources What to do next Add a value to the resource tag. See “Add a Value to a Resource Tag,” on page 25. Add a Value to a Resource Tag A resource tag is a type of information, and a tag value is an individual instance of that type of information. You can add multiple values to a resource tag. If a resource tag is locked, you cannot add values to it. vCenter Operations Manager maintains locked resource tags. Prerequisites Add a resource tag. See “Add a Resource Tag,” on page 24.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Associate a Resource with a Tag Value You can assign any number of resources to each tag value, and you can assign a single resource to tag values under any number of tags. Prerequisites n Create a resource tag. See “Add a Resource Tag,” on page 24. n Add a value to the resource tag. See “Add a Value to a Resource Tag,” on page 25. Procedure 1 Select Environment > Environment Overview.
Chapter 3 Configuring Resources 4 Select the resource from the list. Grouping Resources by Physical Location Depending on your environment, you might want to group some or all of your resources according to their physical location. When resources are grouped according to their physical location, you can see the health of all of the resources in a particular place.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Create a GEO Location Tag Value Before you can assign resources to a location, you must create that location as a value of the GEO Location tag and define its position on the map. Create tag values for each of your office locations. Prerequisites Activate the geographical location feature in vCenter Operations Manager. See “Activate the Geographical Location Feature,” on page 27. Procedure 1 Select Environment > Environment Overview.
Chapter 3 Configuring Resources View the Resource Map You can use the world map on the Geographical tab on the Environment Overview page to see the health of the resources at some or all of your defined locations. The GEO widget shows a map similar to the map on the Geographical tab. You can add the GEO widget to any dashboard. Prerequisites n Activate the geographical location feature in vCenter Operations Manager. See “Activate the Geographical Location Feature,” on page 27.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 3 4 (Optional) If the list of resources is long, filter the list to find the child resource or resources. Option Description Navigate the resource tag list for a resource Expand the resource tag and select a tag value that contains the resource. The resources for the tag value appear in the top pane of the List column. If you select more than one value for the same tag, the list contains resources that have either value.
Chapter 3 Configuring Resources Procedure 1 Select Environment > Environment Overview. 2 On the List tab, select the resource or resources to affect. You can press Ctrl+click to select multiple individual resources or Shift+click to select a range of resources. 3 Click the Perform Multi-Collecting icon. The Adapter Instance Resources window opens. The window lists all of the adapter instances that the selected resources use. 4 Click the adapter instance to start or stop metric collection.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 6 Option Description Monthly Set the number of months between maintenance periods and either the day of the month or the week and day. Yearly Set to a specific date or a specific month, day, and week. Click OK to save the maintenance schedule. The new maintenance schedule appears in the list in the Manage Maintenance Schedules window and is available when you add or edit resources.
Chapter 3 Configuring Resources Delete a Maintenance Schedule When you do not need a maintenance schedule, you can delete it. Procedure 1 Select Environment > Maintenance Schedules. 2 Select the maintenance schedule to delete and cilck the Delete Schedule icon. 3 Click Yes on the confirmation window to delete the schedule. Edit a Maintenance Schedule When you edit a maintenance schedule, you can change the schedule name, start time and end times, and recurrence pattern.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Edit Multiple Resources You can change the same property for multiple resources at the same time. For example, you can assign a new attribute package to several resources, or to all resources of a given resource kind, at the same time. You can change one or more properties and leave other properties unchanged. Procedure 1 Select Environment > Environment Overview. 2 On the List tab, select the resources to edit.
Chapter 3 Configuring Resources 2 Select the adapter kind that contains the resource kind for which you want to set defaults from the Adapter kind drop-down menu. 3 In the list on the left, select the resource kind. 4 Select the default attribute package from the Attribute package drop-down menu. 5 Select the default super metric package from the Super Metric package drop-down menu.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Delete a Resource Tag or Tag Value If you do not need a resource tag or tag value, you can delete it. Procedure 1 Select Environment > Environment Overview. 2 Click the Manage Tags icon on the left side of the page. 3 Delete the tag or tag value. 4 Option Action Delete a tag Click the tag name and click the Remove Tag icon. Delete a tag value Expand the tag, select the value, and click the Remove Tag Value icon. Click OK.
Chapter 3 Configuring Resources 3 (Optional) To upload your own icon to use, click the Upload Icon icon, browse to and select the file to use, and click Open. The icon appears in the icon list. 4 Assign the resource kind icon. Option Action Assign an icon or change an assigned icon Select the resource kind in the list, click the icon to assign, and click the Assign Icon icon. Return to the default icon Select the resource kind and click the Assign Default Icons icon.
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Configuring Attribute Packages 4 vCenter Operations Manager can collect several types of data for a single resource. For example, for a database server, it might receive data on free disk space, CPU use, and the average response time for a database request. Each type of data is called an attribute in vCenter Operations Manager. A vCenter Operations Manager administrator creates attribute packages to tell vCenter Operations Manager which attributes to track for your resources.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Thresholds A threshold is a value that marks the boundary between normal and abnormal behavior for a metric. When a metric crosses one of its thresholds, vCenter Operations Manager generates an anomaly. vCenter Operations Manager can use dynamic and hard thresholds. It defines dynamic thresholds for a metric based on historical and incoming data. A dynamic threshold changes, and a hard threshold is static.
Chapter 4 Configuring Attribute Packages Metrics that vCenter Operations Manager Generates For every resource that you define, vCenter Operations Manager generates and stores metrics in an attribute package metric group called vCenter Operations Generated. vCenter Operations Manager uses these metrics when it calculates the health of a resource. The vCenter Operations Generated package appears when you list the metrics for a resource.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Table 4-1. vCenter Operations Generated Attribute Package Metrics (Continued) Name Description Self - Total Anomalies Total number of active anomalies for the resource and all its children. This is the only vCenter Operations Manager generated metric that includes the resource itself and its children.
Chapter 4 Configuring Attribute Packages 6 Type a collection interval value, in minutes, in the Collection Interval (mins) text box. For example, if you expect the resource to generate performance data every 30 minutes, set the collection interval to 30 minutes. The collection interval for a resource influences the collection status for that resource. The collection interval for the adapter instance resource determines how often to collect data.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 7 8 Configure the hard thresholds options for the attribute. Option Action Critical Level Select the criticality level of the threshold. Threshold Operator Select the threshold operator. Compare Value Type the value to compare to the threshold. Wait Cycle Type a value for the wait cycle.
Chapter 4 Configuring Attribute Packages Procedure 1 Select Environment > Configuration > Attribute Packages. 2 Select the adapter kind of the attribute package from the Adapter kind drop-down menu. 3 Select the resource kind of the attribute package from the Resource kind drop-down menu. The Manage Attribute Packages window lists the attribute packages for the resource kind that you selected. 4 Select the attribute package and click the Edit Selected Attribute Package icon.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide n Build a Super Metric Formula on page 49 A super metric formula can include one or more metric specifications, super metric functions, arithmetic operators (such as the plus or minus sign), and constants. You can enter any number of constants as part of the formula. n Add a Super Metric on page 50 You create a super metric when only a combination of metrics can let you know if your systems are behaving normally.
Chapter 4 Configuring Attribute Packages 4 Decide where to assign the super metric. You place super metrics in a package and assign the package to a resource. For many super metrics, you assign the super metric package to an application to have it monitor all of the resources of the specified kind in that application.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Table 4-4. Looping Function Formats Format Description funct(res:met) Checks one level below the indicated resource and acts on the values of the metric for all of the resource's children. For example, avg(Tier1;CPUuse) returns the average of the CPUuse metric for all of the children of the Tier1 resource.
Chapter 4 Configuring Attribute Packages Table 4-5. Single Functions (Continued) Function Format Description log log(x) Natural logarithm (base x) of x. log10 log10(x) Common logarithm (base 10) of x. pow pow(x,y) Raises x to the y power. rand rand(x:y) Generates a random number between x and y. sin sin(x) Sine of x. sinh sinh(x) Hyperbolic sine of x. sqrt sqrt(x) Square root of x. tan tan(x) Tangent of x. tanh tanh(x) Hyperbolic tangent of x.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide n To shorten the resource kinds list, type all or part of the resource kind in the Search text box and click the arrow next to the text box. n To use looping functions in array mode, type brackets to enclose the array and type commas between each value. n Use values that are the same type, either single values or arrays. Arrays are defined when you select a resource kind and attribute kind instead of a particular metric.
Chapter 4 Configuring Attribute Packages 6 d If the formula uses resource kinds, and you want the graph to use only resources that are current being collected, select the Only Monitoring Resources check box. e Click the Show Graph icon. Click OK. vCenter Operations Manager checks the syntax of your formula. For example, it verifies that the number of opening and closing parentheses are the same and that single values and arrays are not mixed.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 8 Option Action Wait Cycle Type a value for the wait cycle. vCenter Operations Manager multiples the wait cycle value by the collection interval to calculate the number of minutes that the hard threshold must be out of bounds before generating an anomaly. Cancel Cycle Type a value for the cancel cycle.
Chapter 4 Configuring Attribute Packages 3 Select Save File and click OK to download the super metric file to your computer. What to do next Import the super metric file to another instance of vCenter Operations Manager. See “Import a Super Metric,” on page 53. Import a Super Metric You can import a super metric that was exported from another instance of vCenter Operations Manager.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 5 6 Edit the attribute package. Option Action Change the package name Type a new name in the Package name text box. Change the collection interval Type a new value in the Collection interval (mins) text box. Add or remove an attribute from the package Select or deselect the check box next to the attribute name. Click OK to save your changes. Clone an Attribute Package You can make a copy of an attribute package by cloning it.
Chapter 4 Configuring Attribute Packages 4 To change the formula for the super metric, select, in the order in which they will be used, each function or operator to use and the metrics or attributes kinds to use in each function or with each operator. 5 To save your changes, click OK. vCenter Operations Manager checks the syntax of your formula. For example, it verifies that the number of opening and closing parentheses are the same and that single values and arrays are not mixed.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Delete a Super Metric If you do not need a super metric, you can delete it. Procedure 1 Select Environment > Advanced > Super Metrics > Super Metric Editor. 2 Select the super metric to delete. 3 Click the Remove Selected Super Metric icon. Delete a Super Metric Package If you do not need a super metric package, you can delete it. Procedure 1 Select Environment > Advanced > Super Metrics > Super Metric Packages.
Chapter 4 Configuring Attribute Packages 9 Add the super metric to an existing super metric package, or create a new super metric package. 10 Assign the super metric package to the tier. Configure Weighted Metric Groups With the weighted metric groups feature, vCenter Operations Manager calculates the weight of individual metrics based on the number of metrics in the group so that every top-level group has equal weight in the health calculation.
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Configuring Applications 5 An application is a type of container resource that defines an interdependent set of hardware and software components that delivers a specific capability that supports your business. A vCenter Operations Manager administrator builds application topologies to determine how applications are affected when one or more of the resources that they contain experience problems.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide To maintain the highest possible server performance, vCenter Operations Manager tracks each captured fingerprint to determine if the set of conditions it represents recurs and if those conditions help to predict future problems. If a fingerprint is not useful in predicting problems, vCenter Operations Manager deactivates it and stops checking for its recurrence. Add an Application You build an application topology by adding an application.
Chapter 5 Configuring Applications Creating and Assigning Application Tags You can use application tags to categorize and manage applications in your environment. Creating application tags and tag values makes it easier to find applications in vCenter Operations Manager. Rather than searching through thousands of applications in a long list, you can easily use tags to find the applications you want.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide What to do next Associate an application with the tag value. See “Associate an Application with a Tag Value,” on page 62. Associate an Application with a Tag Value When an application is associated with a tag value, you can use the application tag hierarchy to select it in vCenter Operations Manager. Prerequisites n Create an application tag. See “Add an Application Tag,” on page 61. n Add a value to the application tag.
Chapter 5 Configuring Applications Modifying Applications To maintain your applications in vCenter Operations Manager, you might need to add or delete tiers, add or delete resources from tiers, change the names of tiers, or delete applications. Edit an Application When you edit an application, you can add and delete tiers, add and delete resources from tiers, and change the names of tiers. IMPORTANT Do not delete a tier that contains resources for which metrics are being collected.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Modifying Application Tags To maintain application tags, you might need to remove an application from a tag value, edit or delete an application tag, or edit or delete a tag value. Edit an Application Tag When you edit an application tag, you can change the tag name and the names of its tag values. Procedure 1 Select Environment > Applications Overview. 2 Click the Manage Tags icon on the left side of the page. 3 Edit the application tag.
Configuring and Managing Users 6 To use vCenter Operations Manager, a user must have a user account. If your organization uses an LDAP user database, a vCenter Operations Manager administrator can import some or all of the LDAP users to vCenter Operations Manager. vCenter Operations Manager provides user group-based security. You can place each user in one or more user groups, and you can assign access rights to user groups.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 5 Select the Is Enabled check box to activate the user profile. If you do not select this check box, the user account is inactive and the user cannot log in to vCenter Operations Manager. 6 Deselect the Is Locked check box. If you select this check box, the user account is locked and the user cannot use vCenter Operations Manager. 7 Select Change Pswd At Next Login to force the user to change his or her password at the next login.
Chapter 6 Configuring and Managing Users n Stop Importing LDAP Users on page 70 You can configure the autosynchronization feature to stop importing LDAP users to a vCenter Operations Manager group. Add or Modify an LDAP Host Definition To import LDAP users, you must define the LDAP host in vCenter Operations Manager. You can also modify existing LDAP host definitions. Procedure 1 Select Admin > Security. 2 In the User Accounts pane, click the Import From LDAP icon.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 6 Option Description Member Match Field The attribute name of a User object to be matched with the Member entry from the Group object. If you do not specify an attribute name, vCenter Operations Manager treats the Member entry as a DN. LDAP Context Attributes Additional attributes to apply to the LDAP context environment. Type sets of key=value pairs separated by commas, for example, java.naming.referral=ignore,java.naming.ldap.deleteRDNfalse.
Chapter 6 Configuring and Managing Users 3 Select the LDAP host from the Ldap Host drop-down menu. vCenter Operations Manager populates the user name and password text boxes by using values from the LDAP host definition. 4 Click Lookup. vCenter Operations Manager searches the LDAP data and lists all of the users that it finds. If the search returns a user who is already imported to vCenter Operations Manager, that row is dimmed and locked. You cannot reimport users. 5 Select the users to import.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 9 Repeat Step 6 through Step 8 for each LDAP group to import. 10 Click OK to save your configuration. The next time that autosynchronization runs, vCenter Operations Manager retrieves the members of the LDAP groups that you selected and adds them to the mapped vCenter Operations Manager groups. Stop Importing LDAP Users You can configure the autosynchronization feature to stop importing LDAP users to a vCenter Operations Manager group.
Chapter 6 Configuring and Managing Users n Configure Access Rights for a User Group on page 72 To enable users to perform certain actions in vCenter Operations Manager, you must assign access rights to each user group. You define which menus users within a user group can access and the actions that the users can perform. n Assign a User to a User Group on page 72 You can assign any number of users to a user group, and each user can belong to any number of groups.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Configure Access Rights for a User Group To enable users to perform certain actions in vCenter Operations Manager, you must assign access rights to each user group. You define which menus users within a user group can access and the actions that the users can perform. Prerequisites Add user groups to vCenter Operations Manager. See “Add a User Group,” on page 71. Procedure 1 Select Admin > Security.
Chapter 6 Configuring and Managing Users Procedure 1 Select Admin > Security. 2 Select the Password Policy tab. 3 In the Account Lockout Policy group, configure the account lockout settings. 4 5 6 Option Description Active Locks users out of vCenter Operations Manager after the number of failed login attempts specified in Allowed Login Attempts. Allowed Login Attempts The number of login attempts that a user can attempt before being locked out of vCenter Operations Manager.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 4 5 Change the user account options to modify the behavior of the user account. Option Action Enable or disable the user account Select or deselect the Is Enabled check box. When a user account is disabled, it becomes inactive and the user cannot log in to vCenter Operations Manager. Lock or unlock the user account Select or deselect the Is Locked check box. When a user account is locked, the user cannot use vCenter Operations Manager.
Chapter 6 Configuring and Managing Users Run the User Audit Report The User Audit report shows information about the users, groups, and access rights configuration of a vCenter Operations Manager system. For each user, it shows the groups that the user belongs to and the access rights that are granted to each group. The access rights are arranged by group. Procedure 1 Select Admin > User Audit Report. 2 Select the report format from the Report type drop-down menu. 3 Click Submit.
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Configuring Alert Notifications 7 vCenter Operations Manager generates an anomaly when a metric violates its threshold. If vCenter Operations Manager determines that the current combination of anomalies indicates a real problem, it generates an alert. An alert is a notification to inform you of an abnormal condition that might require attention. Alerts appear in the vCenter Operations Manager user interface on the Alerts Overview page, in the alert watch list, and in the Alerts widget.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide n Add or Edit an EMC Smarts Alert Handler Instance on page 80 If you use vCenter Operations Manager with EMC Smarts, you can configure an alert handler instance to send alerts directly to the EMC Smarts SAM Global Console. n Start or Stop an Alert Handler Instance on page 80 You can start and stop alert handler instances from the vCenter Operations Manager user interface.
Chapter 7 Configuring Alert Notifications 2 3 4 Add or edit an SNMP trap alert handler instance. Option Action Add an SNMP trap alert handler instance a b c Edit an SNMP trap alert handler instance Select the alert handler and click the Edit Alert Handler icon. You cannot change the outbound alert type. Click the Add Alert Handler icon. Select SNMP Trap from the Outbound Alert Type drop-down menu. Type a name for the alert handler instance in the Instance Name text box.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Add or Edit an EMC Smarts Alert Handler Instance If you use vCenter Operations Manager with EMC Smarts, you can configure an alert handler instance to send alerts directly to the EMC Smarts SAM Global Console. When you use an EMC Smarts alert handler, EMC Smarts users can see vCenter Operations Manager alert information and can open vCenter Operations Manager to see alert details from their EMC Smarts display.
Chapter 7 Configuring Alert Notifications 2 Select the alert handler instance. Option Action Start the alert handler instance Click the Start button on the toolbar at the top of the page. The Alert Handler Status column shows Started when the instance is activated. Stop the alert handler instance Click the Stop button on the toolbar at the top of the page. The Alert Handler Status column shows Stopped when the instance is deactivated.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Procedure 1 To start the Configuration File editor, use any standard Windows method to run the file FilterPluginConfEditor.jar. FilterPluginConfEditor.jar is in the vcenter-ops\user\plugins\outbound\filter_alertplugin\conf directory. 2 Select Actions > Open to open emailFilter.xml or another XML file, or select Actions > New to create a new XML file. To review your changes before they take effect, you can create and modify other XML files.
Chapter 7 Configuring Alert Notifications Add an Email Template Definition An email template definition specifies which email template file to use for a given alert type, subtype, and status. An email template file defines the body text of an email alert notification. You configure email template definitions in the emailFilter.xml file, which is located in the vcenterops\user\plugins\outbound\filter_alertplugin\conf directory. If you are using the vCenter Operations Manager vApp, edit the emailFilter.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 8 Save your changes. Option Action Save your changes to the currently open file Select Actions > Save. Save your changes to a different file Select Actions > Save As. The plug-in only reads the emailFilter.xml. 9 Click Actions > Close to close the Configuration File Editor. 10 To make your changes take effect, restart the email filter plug-in. a In vCenter Operations Manager, select Admin > Configure Outbound Alert.
Chapter 7 Configuring Alert Notifications 6 To make your changes take effect, restart the email filter plug-in. a In vCenter Operations Manager, select Admin > Configure Outbound Alert. b Select the email filter plug-in instance and click the Stop icon. c Select the email filter plug-in instance and click the Start icon. Configure Alerts for vCenter Server Events You can configure vCenter Server events to generate alerts. Procedure 1 Open the eventlist.txt file in the vcenter-ops\user\plugins\inbou
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Modifying Email Alert Notifications You can edit and delete filtering rules and email template definitions. Edit a Filtering Rule When you edit a filtering rule, you can modify the condition type, condition value, and email address values for specific conditions. You define filtering rules in the emailFilter.xml file, which is in the vcenterops\user\plugins\outbound\filter_alertplugin\conf directory.
Chapter 7 Configuring Alert Notifications 7 Option Description Resend value (Optional) If the email address should receive messages at intervals while the alert condition remains in effect, type a value in the Resend value text box. For example, type 60 to send an alert notification email message every hour as long as the alert condition is met.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 7 To make your changes take effect, restart the email filter plug-in. a In vCenter Operations Manager, select Admin > Configure Outbound Alert. b Select the email filter plug-in instance and click the Stop icon. c Select the email filter plug-in instance and click the Start icon.
Chapter 7 Configuring Alert Notifications 7 To change the email template file to use, type the name of a different template file in the Template text box. The email template file does not have to exist. You can define the template and create the actual email template file later. 8 Click OK to close the Email Template window. 9 Save your changes. Option Action Save your changes to the currently open file Select Actions > Save. Save your changes to a different file Select Actions > Save As.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 7 To make your changes take effect, restart the email filter plug-in. a In vCenter Operations Manager, select Admin > Configure Outbound Alert. b Select the email filter plug-in instance and click the Stop icon. c Select the email filter plug-in instance and click the Start icon. Configuring Mulitilevel Alert Rules You can configure complex alert rules that evaluate multiple conditions on related resources.
Chapter 7 Configuring Alert Notifications Table 7-1. Element Attributes Attribute Description alert Specifies the resource kind on which the alert is defined. vCenter Operations Manager checks all resources of the specified resource kind if the resource or its parents satisfy the rule. For example, the rule VirtualMachine cpu_usage > 50 AND HostSystem cpu_usage 50 defines an alert on VirtualMachine. attributeKey The attribute key of an attribute.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Procedure 1 In a Web browser, type http://ip_address/dbAccessQuery.action where ip_address is the IP address of the vCenter Operations Manager server. 2 Type your SQL query in the top right window. For example: select a.ADAPTER_KIND_ID, a.ADAPTER_KEY, b.RESKND_ID, b.RESKND_KEY, e.ATTRKEY_ID, e.ATTR_KEY from AdapterKind a inner join ResourceKind b on (b.ADAPTER_KIND_ID = a.ADAPTER_KIND_ID) inner join AliveResource c on (c.RESKND_ID = b.
Chapter 7 Configuring Alert Notifications Critical name2@example.com 9495554444@vtext.com OPEN_API:DEMO New Location:NewYork name3@example.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Table 7-3. Element Attributes Attribute Description and Values alert_type Alert type. Valid values are as follows: n n n n n n n n n n n alert_subtype RESOURCE TIER APPLICATION FINGERPRINT_PREDICTION FINGERPRINT_GENERATION SMART CLASSIC ADMINISTRATIVE HEALTH RISK EFFICIENCY Alert subtype.
Chapter 7 Configuring Alert Notifications Table 7-4. Elements for General Options Element Description (Optional) Sets the address to use as the from address for all email alert notifications. If you do not include this element, vCenter Operations Manager sends messages from the default email sender address in the vcenter-ops\user\conf\email.properties configuration file. Element The rest of the emailFilter.xml file contains one or more elements.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Table 7-5. Valid Type Settings (Continued) Type Description Status Status of the alert. Valid values are ACTIVE, NEW, or CANCEL. For example: Cancel Tag Tag name and value pair in the format TagName:TagValue. For example: Geo Location:Chicago Tier Tier within an application. You must include the application name and the tier name in the format Application:Tier.
Chapter 7 Configuring Alert Notifications n You must store custom email template files in the vcenterops\user\plugins\outbound\filter_alertplugin\conf\custom_templates directory. Placeholders All email template files can include placeholders, which are replaced with information from the alert. A placeholder can be a replaced by a single value, such as an alert type, or it can represent multiple values, such as the health of the parent or child resources.
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Performing Basic System Administration Tasks 8 vCenter Operations Manager administrators monitor system operations and perform basic system maintenance tasks, such as starting and stopping vCenter Operations Manager services. If a problem occurs that requires VMware assistance, an administrator can create a support bundle and send it to VMware technical support for analysis. System administrators are also responsible for monitoring and responding to administrative alerts.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Interpreting Performance Information vCenter Operations Manager provides performance information related to its own operation. Performance information is divided into multiple panes on the Status tab. Health Status Shows the health graph and the current health score. To see the exact health score from a time on the graph, point to that time. You can point to the More icon to see its collector and other information.
Chapter 8 Performing Basic System Administration Tasks Collectors Info Shows the status of the synchronize process that vCenter Operations Manager runs for each collector. The synchronize process sends any updated configuration information from the controller to each adapter. The describe process sends information about the data that can be collected from each adapter to the vCenter Operations Manager server.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Table 8-1. vCenter Operations Manager Standalone Services Windows Server Name Linux Server Name vcopsWebService vcopsserver vCenter Operations Manager Web service. Runs on the vCenter Operations Manager server. AnalyticsService analytics Analytics service. Runs on the vCenter Operations Manager server. ActiveMQ activemq ActiveMQ service. Runs on the vCenter Operations Manager server. CollectorService collector Collector service.
Chapter 8 Performing Basic System Administration Tasks n To start or stop individual vCenter Operations Manager services on a Windows server, use the Windows Services dialog box or open a command prompt and type the sc command. For example: sc start service_name sc stop service_name service_name is the name of the service on Windows.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Enable Logging for Widgets You can enable logging for widgets by editing the log4.properties file. Procedure 1 Open the log4.properties file. For vCenter Operations Manager Standalone, log4.properties is in the vcenter_ops\user\conf directory. For the vCenter Operations Manager vApp, it is in the vcenter-ops\user\conf\web directory. 2 Add the following line after the line log4j.rootLogger=ERROR. log4j.logger.com.integrien.alive.
Chapter 8 Performing Basic System Administration Tasks Using an External Log Monitoring Tool If you use an external log file monitoring tool to search for significant messages in vCenter Operations Manager log files, you might want to check for specific message strings in specific log files. Analytics Log File Messages These messages in the analytics.log file might indicate that an Oracle database is down. ERROR [Thread-10] com.integrien.alive.common.hibernate.util.OracleConnectionProvider.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Collector Log File Messages These messages in the collector.log file indicate that the ActiveMQ service is down. 2010-04-12 19:04:10,715 ERROR [ActiveMQ Task] org.apache.activemq.transport.failover.FailoverTransport.doReconnect - Failed to connect to transport after: 5 attempt(s) 2010-04-12 19:04:10,715 ERROR [Communicator] com.integrien.alive.collector.CommunicatorThread.connect - Can not connect to the MQ Broker.
Chapter 8 Performing Basic System Administration Tasks Delete Old Data in the File System Database You can configure how often vCenter Operations Manager removes old data from the file system database (FSDB) by modifying properties in the advanced.properties file. IMPORTANT Always make a backup copy of the advanced.properties file. Changes you make to the file might cause errors that can adversely affect vCenter Operations Manager operations.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Modify Global Settings You can customize certain vCenter Operations Manager user interface behaviors by modifying global settings. Global settings control the ranges for health color indicators, the interaction metrics count, and the number of root cause groups. These settings affect all users. Modify Health Ranges One of the ways that vCenter Operations Manager indicates the health of a resource is to show a colored indicator.
Chapter 8 Performing Basic System Administration Tasks Set the Number of Root Cause Groups When vCenter Operations Manager shows root cause information, for example, in the Root Cause widget or on the Alert Summary page, it breaks the causes into groups. You can set the maximum number of first-level root cause groups that vCenter Operations Manager shows for any condition. The number of first-level groups that vCenter Operations Manager stores when it captures root cause information is set in the advanced.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Customize the Performance Graph You can specify whether change events appear in the performance graph on the Resource Detail page. NOTE The performance graph is named Events and Performance or Events and Health, depending on whether Health is selected. Procedure 1 Select Admin > VM Global Settings. 2 To specify whether to show change events, select a Show Change Events option.
Chapter 8 Performing Basic System Administration Tasks 3 Click OK to save your changes. Create a Support Bundle You can package all log and configuration files in one compressed ZIP file and send the file to VMware technical support. vCenter Operations Manager creates support bundles in the vcenter-ops\tomcat\webapps\ROOT\support directory on the vCenter Operations Manager server. It creates the directory the first time you create a support bundle. Procedure 1 Select Admin > Support.
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Resolving Administrative System Alerts 9 An administrative system alert indicates a problem with one of the vCenter Operations Manager components. When you resolve an administrative system alert, follow certain recommended procedures.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Solution 1 Increase the number of FSDB savings threads by modifying the FSDBSaveThreads property in the vcenterops\user\conf\analytics\advanced.properties file. The default value for the FSDBSaveThreads property is 3. You can increase the value up to the number of CPU cores on the host. 2 Use the FSDBHomeChanger tool to create additional mount points for the FSDB so that files are distributed on multiple file systems.
Chapter 9 Resolving Administrative System Alerts Solution 1 Verify that the collector service is running. 2 If the collector service is not running, check the collector (vcenter-ops\user\log\collector.log) and Java service wrapper (vcenter-ops\user\log\collector-wrapper.log) log files. 3 Verify that the network connection is available between the collector and the vCenter Operations Manager server.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide DataQueue Is Filling Up The data queue has reached the maximum limit. Problem The message DataQueue is Filling Up appears in the Reason pane of the Alert Summary page for the alert. Cause The size of the data queue has sequentially reached the predefined maximum limit. Solution n If the Analytics service is not running, restart it.
Chapter 9 Resolving Administrative System Alerts Failed to Connect to Replication MQ vCenter Operations Manager cannot connect to the replication queue. Problem The message Failed to Connect to Replication MQ appears in the Reason pane of the Alert Summary page for the alert. Cause The connection to the replication queue failed. Solution 1 Open the replication.properties file and verify that the replication queue is configured properly. 2 Verify that the ActiveMQ service configured in the replication.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 2 Increase the network bandwidth between the vCenter Operations Manager server and the replication server or increase the processing capacity of the replication server. Increasing replication server performance enables the server to retrieve data from the queue more quickly, which prevents the queue from filling the disk. FSDB Files Corrupted for Resources One or more FSDB files are corrupted.
Chapter 9 Resolving Administrative System Alerts Solution 1 If the DT Processor service is not running on the remote server where it was installed, try to start it. 2 Select Admin > Support, click the Logs tab, open the vCenter Operations Analytics folder, and look for the cause of the problem in the log for the analytics process.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Replication MQ Sender Is Blocked The replication queue has reached its maximum size and cannot accept any more data from the vCenter Operations Manager server. Problem The message Replication MQ sender is blocked, data replication has been disabled appears in the Reason pane of the Alert Summary page for the alert. Cause The replication server cannot keep up, either because of a lack of resources or a slow network connection.
Backing Up and Recovering Data 10 You can configure vCenter Operations Manager to handle backup and recovery options, including highavailability clustering and remote failover. The appropriate amount of component redundancy varies from organization to organization. At a minimum, include vCenter Operations Manager data components in the standard backup procedures of your organization. Perform a complete backup of vCenter Operations Manager data before you upgrade the vCenter Operations Manager software.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Backing Up the FSDB All metric values that vCenter Operations Manager collects are stored in its file system database (FSDB). This implementation enables the vCenter Operations Manager analytics software high access rates to the large amounts of data that vCenter Operations Manager stores. The FSDB is located on the vCenter Operations Manager server in either internal hard drives or a high-speed storage area network (SAN) device.
Chapter 10 Backing Up and Recovering Data 6 Restart the Analytics service on the primary vCenter Operations Manager server. If a resource file is deleted on the primary vCenter Operations Manager server, it is also deleted on the replication server. Switch the Primary and Backup Replication Servers You can use the Configure VMware vCenter Operations utility to switch the replication server configuration from primary to backup, and the reverse.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Procedure 1 Open the replication.properties file in the vcenter-ops\user\conf\analytics directory on the vCenter Operations Manager server. 2 Set synchronize=true. 3 Specify the resource ID from which to start synchronization. 4 Save your changes and close the replication.properties file. 5 Restart the Analytics service on the primary vCenter Operations Manager server.
Chapter 10 Backing Up and Recovering Data Table 10-1. System File Backup Guidelines (Continued) System File Directory Description Backup Guidelines vcenter-ops\user\plugins\outbound Outbound alert plug-ins directory. It contains alert notification formats that vCenter Operations Manager uses. Files in this directory are rarely updated after vCenter Operations Manager is in production.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Recovering Data Components No data components depend on other components, and they do not need to be absolutely in sync relative to backup and recovery times. Keep the RDB and the vCenter Operations Manager system files as up-to-date as possible because they contain the configuration of the vCenter Operations Manager system, integration adapters, and monitored environment.
Chapter 10 Backing Up and Recovering Data Selecting a Backup and Recovery Strategy for the Server The vCenter Operations Manager server runs the services that make up the vCenter Operations Manager application. These services include the vCenter Operations Manager Web service, Collector service, ActiveMQ service , and Analytics service. Because it is a high-performance and resource-intensive application, vCenter Operations Manager usually requires a dedicated server.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide n A scheduled batch file that copies key vCenter Operations Manager files to the backup server. For information about the vCenter Operations Manager files that are required on the backup server, see “Backing Up System Files,” on page 124. When the primary server or cluster that hosts vCenter Operations Manager becomes unavailable, the vCenter Operations Manager database should failover to the backup database by using the appropriate vendor software.
Chapter 10 Backing Up and Recovering Data Backing Up and Recovering a Remote Collector Server The vCenter Operations Manager remote collector is a remote host that has only the vCenter Operations Manager collector installed. A remote collector does not store data. You might want to install one or more remote collectors to navigate firewalls, reduce bandwidth across data centers, and reduce the load on the vCenter Operations Manager server.
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11 Using System Tools vCenter Operations Manager includes several system tools. You can use these tools to manage and troubleshoot the file system database (FSDB), monitor and troubleshoot vCenter Operations Manager performance, check communication between the vCenter Operations Manager server host and remote or local collectors, configure and run the Repository Adapter, and estimate how many resources a host can support.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Table 11-1. Summary of System Tools (Continued) Tool Description FSDBCleaner Removes all vCenter Operations Managere system-generated metrics from the FSDB. run-jconsole Starts the Java JConsole tool to open the Java application console. You can use this tool to troubleshoot certain vCenter Operations Manager performance issues. NOTE You must install the Java SDK, which includes JConsole, to use run-jconsole.
Chapter 11 Using System Tools 3 n fsdb_outdir is the path to the output directory for the checked files. If the output directory does not exist, FSDBCheck creates it. If you do not include the -out option, the output directory is vcenterops\data_backup_yyyy_mm_dd_hh_mm_ss. The final lines of the output file specify whether any files were fixed. n count is the number of threads to use for the command. The thread count can be 1 to 100. The default thread count is 1.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 3 (Optional) If you are using FSDBHomeChanger after using FSDBCheck, and FSDBCheck corrects any files, you might want to change the FSDB home directory to the FSDBCheck output directory so that it uses the corrected files. For example: FSDBHomeChanger homedir -out FSDBCheck_output-dir In the example, homedir is the currently defined FSDB home directory and FSDBCheck_output_dir is the output directory from the FSDBCheck command.
Chapter 11 Using System Tools Remove System-Generated Metrics from the FSDB You can use the FSDBCleaner tool to remove all vCenter Operations Manager system-generated metrics from the FSDB. When you run FSDBCleaner, it renames the FSDB root directory and writes all metric values, except the vCenter Operations Manager system-generated metrics, back to a recreated FSDB root directory. You typically use FSDBCleaner only during an Historical Proof of Concept (HPOC) for vCenter Operations Manager.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Monitor vCenter Operations Manager Services in JConsole You can use the run-jconsole tool to monitor vCenter Operations Manager services and troubleshoot performance issues. run-jconsole starts the Java JConsole tool to open the Java application console. Prerequisites Install the Java SDK, which includes JConsole. JConsole must be installed to use run-jconsole. JConsole is not included with vCenter Operations Manager.
Chapter 11 Using System Tools n conf.properties File on page 137 The conf.properties file contains most of the configuration information for the Repository Adapter. It is located in the vcenter-ops\tools\RepositoryAdapter directory. n Configure Database Connections for the Repository Adapter on page 139 The Repository Adapter requires connections to the vCenter Operations Manager relational database, the FSDB, and the output database. You configure this information in the conf.properties file.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide destdbUrl=jdbc\:sqlserver\://192.168.1.120\:1433 destdbName=sa destdbUserName=testDestDB destdbPassword=111 encrypted=false #incremental = false means full for maxDays days incremental = false maxDays = 365 retryConnectCount = 5 #milliseconds delayBetweenRetries = 10000 exportToCsv = true csvFilePath = C:/csv.csv csvDelimiter = , insertCommand Statement You use the insertCommand statement in the conf.
Chapter 11 Using System Tools Configure Database Connections for the Repository Adapter The Repository Adapter requires connections to the vCenter Operations Manager relational database, the FSDB, and the output database. You configure this information in the conf.properties file. When you type user names and passwords for the database connections, type them in plain text and verify that the encrypted property is set to false.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 4 Define the output database. The exportToCsv setting determines whether to use a database or CSV file for the output database. If exportToCsv is set to true, the Repository Adapter uses the CSV file definition. If exportToCsv is set to false, the Repository Adapter uses the destdb properties, which define a database. Define only one output destination. Option Action Send output to a database n Set exportToCsv to false.
Chapter 11 Using System Tools 2 3 Set the scheduleTime property. Option Action Configure the Repository Adapter to run at a particular time of day Set scheduleTime to a positive number. For example, if scheduleTime=23, the Repository Adapter runs at 11:00 p.m. each day. Configure the Repository Adapter to run at specific intervals Set scheduleTime to a negative number. For example, if scheduleTime=-1, the Repository Adapter runs once per hour. Save your changes and close the config.properties file.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 2 Configure how much data the Repository Adapter retrieves from the database. Option Action Retrieve data incrementally Set the incremental property to true. Each time the Repository Adapter runs, it retrieves only values collected by vCenter Operations Manager since the last time it ran. Retrieve data collected during a specific number of days n Set the incremental property to false.
Chapter 11 Using System Tools 3 To define the values to exclude from an output column, use a not equals operator (=<>). When a line includes a not equals operator, the Repository Adapter exports the value only if the value for the corresponding field in the vCenter Operations Manager database does not match any of the listed values. For example: Column=<>value;value2 4 Save your changes and close the conditions.properties file. Example: conditions.properties File In the following conditions.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide vcops_parameters.properties File runvcopsServerConfiguration uses values in the vcops_parameters.properties file to estimate the maximum number of resources that a vCenter Operations Manager server host can support. The vcops_parameters.properties file is located in the vcenterops\vcopsServerConfiguration\vcops_server_configuration\conf directory. Table 11-4. vcops_parameters.
Chapter 11 Using System Tools Table 11-5. vcops_server_configuration.properties Properties (Continued) Property Description ALIVE_SERVER_PASSWORD_ENCRYPTED Leave this property set to false. When you first run the runvcopsServerConfiguration, the tool encrypts the password value and change this value to true. ALIVE_SERVER_PASSWORD Password for the user named in ALIVE_SERVER_USER_NAME. This property is encrypted when you run runvcopsServerConfiguration.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide When you run runvcopsServerConfiguration in print mode using the -print option, it returns a summary that shows the number of CPU cores, total physical memory, available free space on drives or file systems where the vCenter Operations Manager FSDB is located, and the estimated number of resources that the host can support.
Chapter 11 Using System Tools user-name is the name of the user account to own the imported dashboard on the target system and inputfile is the name of a previously exported dashboard file. If the user name or dashboard file does not exist, the command fails. Command Options The dashboard import command has certain options. Table 11-6.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide dashboard share Command You can use the dashboard share command to share a dashboard with one or more user groups. Command Syntax The dashboard share command has the following syntax. dashboard share user-name "dashboard-name" all | group-name[,group-name] user-name is the name of the user account that owns the dashboard and dashboard-name is the name of the dashboard to share.
Chapter 11 Using System Tools Example The following dashboard delete command deletes the dashboard named MyDashboard that belongs to the MyUser user account. dbcli.sh dashboard delete MyUser "MyDashboard" dashboard reorder Command You can use the dashboard reorder command to control the order in which a dashboard appears in the user interface. Command Syntax The dashboard reorder command has the following syntax.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Table 11-8. template import Command Options Option Description --force Use this option to import the dashboard template even if a dashboard template with the same name already exists on the target system. NOTE This option can cause the command to create a duplicate dashboard tempate on the target system. --share all | group-name[,group-name] List of user groups that can share the dashboard template on the target system.
Chapter 11 Using System Tools template share "template-name" all | group-name[,group-name] template-name is the name of the dashboard template to share. You can type the name of each user group that can share the dashboard template or type all to share the dashboard with all user groups. Separate multiple user group names with a comma. Example The following template share command shares the dashboard template named MyTemplate with members of the Users user group. dbcli.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide template reorder "template-name" [--set rank] template-name is the name of the dashboard template. Command Options You can use the --set option to set the dashboard rank to a certain value. For example, --set 1 makes dashboards created from the specified dashboard template first in the list of dashboards that are created from templates. If you do not specify this option, the dashboard template order is not changed.
12 Using the FSDB JDBC Driver The vCenter Operations Manager file system database Java Database Connectivity driver (FSDB JDBC driver) is a standard JDBC driver that connects to the vCenter Operations Manager analytics software and retrieves metric data from the vCenter Operations Manager FSDB. You can configure Crystal Reports and SQuirreL SQL to use the FSDB JDBC driver.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide URLs for FSDB JDBC Driver Connections Whether it uses RMI or HTTP, the FSDB JDBC driver needs to know the location of the vCenter Operations Manager DBMS. The URL that is used during driver instantiation must include this connection information. To connect with either RMI or HTTP, you must also provide a vCenter Operations Manager administrator user name and password to the FSDB JDBC driver. Table 12-1.
Chapter 12 Using the FSDB JDBC Driver Configure Crystal Reports to Use the FSDB JDBC Driver If you have Crystal Reports 11, you can configure it to use the FSDB JDBC driver. The FSDB JDBC driver does not currently support the SQL GROUP BY keyword. Procedure 1 Open the CRConfig.xml file in the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Business Objects\3.0\java directory. 2 In the tag of the element, add the full paths to the FSDB_JDBC_DRIVER\FSDBJDBCDriver.jar and FSDB_JDBC_DRIVER\lib\
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Configure SQuirreL SQL to Use the FSDB JDBC Driver If you have SQuirreL SQL, you can configure it to use the FSDB JDBC driver. Prerequisites If you are configuring SQuirreL SQL on a remote server, copy the common.jar file from the vcenterops\common\lib directory on the vCenter Operations Manager server to the local vcenter-ops\common\lib directory. Procedure 1 In the SQuirreL SQL Client, select Drivers > New Driver. 2 Configure the driver settings.
Chapter 12 Using the FSDB JDBC Driver 8 In the Connect to dialog box, click Connect. A Connection successful message box appears if the connection succeeds. 9 In the Add Alias dialog box, click OK. 10 To connect to the new alias, select it from the alias list and click the Connect icon. You do not need to type a user name and password. 11 To verify the driver connection, try a simple query. For example: Select * from FSDB where resource_id=1 If you are using an Oracle database, use resource_id=1000.
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Index A access rights 70, 72 adapter instances adding 16 deleting 17 editing 17 managing 15, 16 starting and stopping metric collection 30 adapter kind icons 18 adapter types embedded 14 external 14 adapters configuring 13 understanding 13 administrative system alerts 113 administrative tasks 99 alert handler instances configuring 77 deleting 81 starting and stopping 80 alert notifications configuring and managing 77 filtered email messages 78 modifying your configuration 86 saving to a log file 79 sending
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide disaster recovery implementing 127 manually switching to a backup server 128 discovery process 14, 20 documentation information 7 DT calculations 129 dtBlockIfDataQueueSizeOver property 57 E email alert notifications 84 email template definitions adding 83 deleting 89 editing 88 email template files 96 emailFilter.xml 92 embedded adapters 14 eventlist.
Index management tasks 9 managing dashboards and templates 146 manual discovery 14, 20 metric collection 30 metric data types 44 metric specifications 47 metrics collecting 30 understanding 39 vCenter Operations Generated 41 multi-level-alert-rules.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide system files backing up 124 recovering 126 system tools 131 T tag values associating with applications 62 associating with resources 26 removing applications 64 removing resources 36 tags 23 thresholds 40 U unsharing dashboard templates 151 useMetricGroupWeightingForHealth property 57 user accounts creating 65 editing 73 maintaining 73 removing 74 User Audit report 75 user groups adding 71 configuring 65, 70 editing 74 maintaining 73 predefined 71 re
