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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 How Adapters Collect and Process Data 13 Defining Adapter Instances 14 Modifying Adapter Instances 16 Customize an Adapter Kind Icon 17 Suppress No Data Receiving Alerts 17 3 Configuring Resources 19 Defining Resour
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Use a Tag to Find an Application 62 Modifying Applications 63 Modifying Application Tags 64 6 Configuring and Managing Users 67 Create a User Account 67 Importing LDAP Users 68 Configuring User Groups and Access Rights 72 Set Password Policies 75 Maintaining Users and User Groups 75 Run the User Audit Report 77 7 Configuring Alert Notifications 79 Configuring and Modifying Alert Handler Instances 79 Configuring Email Alert Notifications 83 Modify
Contents Replication MQ Sender Is Blocked 126 10 Backing Up and Recovering Data 127 Backing Up and Recovering Data Components 127 Backing Up and Recovering Processing Components 134 11 Configuring the Repository Adapter 139 Repository Adapter Requirements and Limitations 139 Repository Adapter Configuration Steps 141 Creating a Database User for the Repository Adapter 141 Configure the Source Database Connection for the Repository Adapter 141 Configure the Output Destination for the Repository Adapter
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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 105. n View, respond to, and resolve administrative system alerts. See Chapter 9, “Resolving Administrative System Alerts,” on page 119. n Back up vCenter Operations Manager data and processing components. See Chapter 10, “Backing Up and Recovering Data,” on page 127.
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 Embedded adapters create resources through manual or auto-discovery. A particular embedded adapter might support one or both resource creation methods. Manual discovery You send a request to the data source to return all available resources and select the resources to add. This method is often referred to as discovering resources or the discovery process.
Chapter 2 Configuring Adapters Add a Credential You must define a credential for each adapter instance that provides data to vCenter Operations Manager. Adapter instances use credentials to sign on to data sources. The information that you provide depends on the adapter kind and credential kind combination. Prerequisites View the list of defined credentials for the adapter kind and credential kind combination. See “View the List of Defined Credentials,” on page 14.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Modifying Adapter Instances To maintain adapter instances, you might need to edit or delete credentials or adapter instances. Edit a Credential When you edit a credential, you can change its user name or password. The information that you can modify depends on the adapter kind and credential kind combination. Prerequisites View the list of defined credentials for the adapter kind and credential kind combination.
Chapter 2 Configuring Adapters Delete an Adapter Instance If an adapter instance is no longer needed, you can delete it. Procedure 1 Select Environment > Configuration > Adapter Instances. 2 (Optional) Filter the list of adapter instances. a Select the collector to use from the Collector drop-down menu. Unless you added additional collectors, the only available collector is vCenter Operations Server. You can change the name of this collector when you install vCenter Operations Manager Standalone.
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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 4 Click OK to add the tag. The new tag appears in the tags list. 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.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide If resources of the kind that you selected are present, a tag for that kind appears in the tag list on the Environment Overview page. If you expand the tag, a tag value appears for each resource of that type. What to do next Associate resources with the tag values. See “Associate a Resource with a Tag Value,” on page 26.
Chapter 3 Configuring Resources 3 Select the tag value. The resources that have that tag value appear in the pane on the right. If you click the Invert Results icon, the list includes resources that do not match the tag values that you select. For example, if you select New York and London, all of the resources that are not in either of those cities appear in the list. If you select multiple tag values, the resources in the list depend on the values that you select.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Procedure 1 Select Admin > Global Settings. 2 Select Google from the Geo Panel Provider drop-down menu. 3 In the Google Map Key text box, type the key that you received from Google. 4 Click OK to save your settings. After you activate the geographical location feature, any user who connects to vCenter Operations Manager can use the Geographical tab or GEO widget. What to do next Create GEO Location tag values.
Chapter 3 Configuring Resources Procedure 1 Select Environment > Environment Overview. 2 Drag the resource from the list in the right pane of the Environment Overview page to the GEO Location tag value name. You can press Ctrl+click to select multiple individual resources or Shift+click to select a range of resources. The resources that you selected are now associated with the GEO Location tag value.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Procedure 1 Select Environment > Advanced > Resource Relationship. 2 In the Parent Selection column, expand the resource tag and select a tag value that contains the resource to act as the parent resource. The resources for the tag value appear in the top pane of the second column. 3 4 (Optional) If the list of resources is long, filter the list to find the child resource or resources.
Chapter 3 Configuring Resources Start or Stop Metric Collection for an Adapter Instance When you start or stop metric collection for an adapter instance, metric collection starts or stops by using specific adapter instances for the resources that you want to affect. Resources that do not use the adapter instance are not affected. If a resource collects metrics through more than one adapter instance, only the metrics that are collected through the selected instance are stopped are started.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 4 Select the start and end times that resources assigned to the schedule will be in maintenance mode from the Start Time and End Time drop-down menus. 5 Configure the recurrence pattern. 6 Option Description Daily Set the number of days between maintenance periods or set to every weekday. Weekly Set the number of weeks between maintenance periods and the day of the week.
Chapter 3 Configuring Resources Stop Maintenance Mode on a Resource If a resource was in maintenance mode for an unspecified period of time, the only way to remove it and restart metric collection is to manually stop maintenance mode. You can also stop maintenance mode for a resource that was in maintenance mode for a specified period of time or that is in maintenance mode because of its assigned maintenance schedule. Procedure 1 Select Environment > Environment Overview.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 2 On the List tab, select the resource to edit. 3 Click the Edit Resource icon on the top of the list. The Resource Management window opens. The items that appear in the window depend on the type of resource that you are editing. 4 Edit the resource. IMPORTANT Modifing some characteristics can have unintended consequences. 5 Click OK to save your changes.
Chapter 3 Configuring Resources Change the Default Settings for a Resource Kind Most or all resources of a particular resource kind typically use the same attribute package and super metric package. You can set the default packages to use for a resource kind and specify whether resources generate early warning smart alerts and use dynamic thresholds by default.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 2 Click the Manage Tags icon on the left side of the page. 3 Edit the resource tag. 4 Option Action Change the resource tag name Double-click the tag name and type a new name. Change a tag value name Expand the tag to show its values and double-click the value to type a new name. Click OK to save your changes. Your changes appear in the tag list on the Environment Overview page.
Chapter 3 Configuring Resources Prerequisites If you plan to use your own icon files, verify that each image is in PNG format and has the same height and width. The best image size is 256x256 pixels. Procedure 1 Select Environment > Advanced > Resource Kind Icons. 2 To list resource kinds for only one adapter, select the adapter kind from the Adapter kind drop-down menu. By default, the list contains all resource kinds appear and their icons.
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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 Dynamic and Hard Threshold Calculations 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 Except for Self - Total, any metric that vCenter Operations Manager generates that begins with Self includes data only for the resource. Metrics that begin with Full Set include data for all of the resource's children, but do not include the resource itself. Table 4‑1. vCenter Operations Generated Attribute Package Metrics Name Description Self - Health Score Health score of the resource. Self - Metric Count Number of metrics defined for the resource.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Creating Attribute Packages An attribute package is a group of attributes that are related to a specific resource. When you assign an attribute package to a resource, vCenter Operations Manager collects metrics for the attributes in the attribute package.
Chapter 4 Configuring Attribute Packages 7 Select the check box next to each attribute to include in the package. 8 For each attribute, select whether a violation of the upper or lower dynamic threshold is a KPI. 9 Click OK to return to the Manage Attribute Packages window. 10 Click OK to save the attribute package. What to do next After you create an attribute package, you can assign it to a resource.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 8 Option Action Wait Cycle Type a value for the wait cycle. vCenter Operations Manager multiplies the wait cycle value by the collection interval to calculate the number of minutes that a 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 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. The Manage Attribute Packages window displays the attribute details for the package. 5 In the directory tree in the left pane, select the attribute.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 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. n Add a Super Metric Package on page 51 When you create a super metric package, you specify the metrics that it contains, configure threshold characteristics for each super metric, and indicate which threshold violations should be considered KPIs.
Chapter 4 Configuring Attribute Packages Super Metric Specifications A super metric formula can consist of one or more metric specifications. You can specify a particular resource and metric, such as CPU use for Database Server 2, or you can specify a metric and use This Resource, which indicates the resource to which the super metric is assigned.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Table 4‑4. Looping Function Formats (Continued) Format Description functN(res:met,n) Similar to funct(res:met), except that it checks down or up the number of levels indicated by n instead of working on only the immediate children. This behavior is inclusive. For example, avgN(App1:CPUuse,3) averages the CPUuse metric for the children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of the App1 resource.
Chapter 4 Configuring Attribute Packages Table 4‑5. Single Functions (Continued) Function Format Description tan tan(x) Tangent of x. tanh tanh(x) Hyperbolic tangent of x. Build a Super Metric Formula 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.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide n Select a resource kind and single metric only as part of the argument for a looping function. If you select a resource kind, you must select an attribute kind. n To see the formula with resource and metric names instead of IDs, click the Show Formula Description icon in the area beneath the formula line.
Chapter 4 Configuring Attribute Packages 6 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. If your formula is not valid, an error message appears that describes the cause of the problem. You must correct the formula before you can save the super metric.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 8 To make a violation of a hard threshold a KPI, select the Violation of the Hard threshold is a Key Indicator check box and select the criticality level from the Select Criticality Level at which a Hard Threshold becomes Key Indicator drop-down menu. The criticality level indicates the level that must be reached for a violation to be considered a KPI breach. 9 Click OK to save the super metric package.
Chapter 4 Configuring Attribute Packages Import a Super Metric You can import a super metric that was exported from another instance of vCenter Operations Manager. If the super metric to import contains a reference to an object that does not exist in the target instance, the import fails. vCenter Operations Manager returns a brief error message and writes detailed information to the log file. Prerequisites Export a super metric from another vCenter Operations Manager instance.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 6 Click OK to save your changes. Clone an Attribute Package You can make a copy of an attribute package by cloning it. Procedure 1 Select Environment > Configuration > Attribute Packages. 2 (Optional) Select the adapter kind and resource kind of the attribute package to clone. 3 Select the attribute package to clone and click the Clone Selected Attribute Package icon. 4 Type a name for the cloned attribute package.
Chapter 4 Configuring Attribute Packages 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. If your formula is not valid, an error message appears that describes the cause of the problem. You must correct the formula before you can save your changes.
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 > Super Metrics and click the Super Metric Editor tab. 2 Select the super metric to delete. You can use the Search box to search for the super metric. The packages to which the super metric belongs appear in the Packages pane. 3 Click the Remove Selected Super Metric icon.
Chapter 4 Configuring Attribute Packages 6 Double-click the AvgCPUtil attribute. The database ID of the resource and metric appear in the formula line at the top of the window. 7 (Optional) To see the resource name and metric name, click below the formula line. 8 Click OK to save the super metric. 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.
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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 vCenter Operations Manager generates fingerprints only for applications. Because the only type of attribute that you can assign directly to an application or tier is a super metric, vCenter Operations Manager generates fingerprints only if you assign super metrics to a tier or application and mark them as KPIs. See “Creating Super Metric Packages,” on page 45.
Chapter 5 Configuring Applications 8 Select the resources to add to the tier from the List tab and drag them to the tier Resources pane. You can select one resource, press Shift+click to select a range of resources, press Ctrl+click to select multiple individual resources, or click the Select All to icon to select all of the listed resources. You can also add all listed resources to a tier by clicking the Add All Resources To Tier icon. NOTE You can add the same resource to more than one tier.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Add a Value to an Application Tag You can assign any number of applications to each tag value, and you can assign a single application to tag values under any number of application tags. Prerequisites Add an application tag. See “Add an Application Tag,” on page 61. Procedure 1 Select Environment > Applications Overview. 2 Click the Manage Tags icon on the left side of the Application Overview page.
Chapter 5 Configuring Applications 2 In the tag list on the left side of the page, click the tag for which the application was assigned a value. When you click a tag, the list of values expands below the tag. The number of applications associated with each value appears next to the tag value. You can collapse and expand a tag by clicking it again. You can also use the toolbar buttons above the tag list to collapse and expand application tag branches, clear all selected application tags, and manage tags.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Delete an Application If you do not need an application, you can delete it. When you delete an application, the fingerprints, alerts, and anomalies associated with the application are also deleted. Procedure 1 Select Environment > Applications Overview. 2 Select the application to delete. 3 Click the Remove Selected Application icon. 4 Click Yes on the confirmation window to delete the application.
Chapter 5 Configuring Applications Remove an Application from a Tag Value If you need to recategorize an application, you can remove it from its current tag value. Procedure 1 Select Environment > Applications Overview. 2 Select the tag value from the list on the left side of the Application Overview page. The assigned applications for the tag value appear in the tag list. 3 VMware, Inc. Drag the application from the list on the right to the UnTag line at the end of the tag list on the left.
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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 72 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 8 Select the LDAP group to import to the vCenter Operations Manager group that you selected. 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.
Chapter 6 Configuring and Managing Users n Configure Access Rights for a User Group on page 74 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 74 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 73. Procedure 1 Select Admin > Security.
Chapter 6 Configuring and Managing Users Set Password Policies You can configure the account lockout, password strength, and password change policy settings for vCenter Operations Manager user passwords. NOTE vCenter Operations Manager sessions time out after 30 minutes of inactivity and require users to log in again. You cannot change this timeout value. Procedure 1 Select Admin > Security. 2 Select the Password Policy tab.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Procedure 1 Select Admin > Security. 2 On the User Management tab, select the user and click the Edit Selected User Account icon. 3 Type different values in the appropriate text boxes to modify the user's first and last name, user name, password, email address, or description. 4 Change the user account options to modify the behavior of the user account.
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 a Log File Alert Handler Instance on page 81 A log file alert handler instance saves alert nominations to a log file on the vCenter Operations Manager server. n Add or Edit an EMC Smarts Alert Handler Instance on page 82 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.
Chapter 7 Configuring Alert Notifications Add or Edit an SNMP Trap Alert Handler Instance An SNMP trap alert handler instance sends all alerts, of all types, as SNMP traps to a destination host that you specify. Any filtering, by alert type or any other critieria, must be done on the destination host. The MIB file vcenter-ops\user\plugins\outbound\snmp_alertplugin\mibs\VMWARE-VCOPS-EVENT-MIB.mib contains the information that you need to enable the receiving party to interpret the traps.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 3 4 Configure or modify the alert handler settings. Option Action Instance Name Type a name for the alert handler instance. Alert Output Folder Type the log file path. The path must be on the vCenter Operations Manager Server. The complete path must be no longer than 50 characters. If the path is too long, vCenter Operations Manager cannot update the alert instance. Click OK to save your configuration.
Chapter 7 Configuring Alert Notifications 5 Click OK to save your configuration. vCenter Operations Manager starts the alert handler instance. Start or Stop an Alert Handler Instance You can start and stop alert handler instances from the vCenter Operations Manager user interface. NOTE When you create an alert handler instance, vCenter Operations Manager starts it for you. Procedure 1 Select Admin > Configure Outbound Alert. 2 Select the alert handler instance.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide emailFilter.xml File emailFilter.xml is an XML file that defines the filtering rules and template files to use for email alert notifications. The file also contains general settings that apply to all email alert notifications. IMPORTANT Do not edit emailFilter.xml directly unless you are familiar with XML structure and syntax. A formatting mistake might prevent email alert notifications from working. If you edit emailFilter.
Chapter 7 Configuring Alert Notifications 9495551212@vtext.com Element The first part of the emailFilter.xml file is a element, which contains a series of elements. Each element specifies the template file to use for alert email messages of a particular type, subtype, and status. You can use the following types of template files.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Table 7‑1. Element Attributes Attribute Description and Values alert_type Alert type. Valid values are as follows: RESOURCE n TIER n APPLICATION n FINGERPRINT_PREDICTION n n n n n n n n FINGERPRINT_GENERATION SMART CLASSIC ADMINISTRATIVE HEALTH RISK EFFICIENCY alert_subtype Alert subtype.
Chapter 7 Configuring Alert Notifications Table 7‑2. 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 7‑3. 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 vcenter- ops\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.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide For the vCenter Operations Manager vApp, you must edit emailFilter.xml directly. You cannot use the Configuration File editor with the vCenter Operations Manager vApp. For descriptions of the XML elements in emailFilter.xml, see “emailFilter.xml File,” on page 84. 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\
Chapter 7 Configuring Alert Notifications 11 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. Add an Email Template Definition An email template definition specifies which email template file to use for a given alert type, subtype, and status.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 6 In the Template text box, type the name of the email template file to use for the email alert notifications that meet the conditions in the template definition. The email template file does not have to exist. You can define the template and create the actual email template file later. 7 Click OK to close the Email Template window. 8 Save your changes. Option Action Save your changes to the currently open file Select Actions > Save.
Chapter 7 Configuring Alert Notifications 4 Select Actions > Save to save your changes to the currently open file, or select Actions > Save As to save your changes to a different file. The plug-in only reads the emailFilter.xml file. 5 Select Actions > Close to close the Configuration File editor. 6 To make your changes take effect, restart the email filter plug-in. a In vCenter Operations Manager, select Admin > Configure Outbound Alert.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 6 7 To edit an email address for a condition, select the address and click the Edit icon. Option Description Address type Select email to send both the message subject and text, or SMS to send only the message subject to the email address. Address value Type the destination email address.
Chapter 7 Configuring Alert Notifications 4 Click the Delete icon. 5 Select Actions > Save to save your changes to emailFilter.xml. 6 Select Actions > Close to close the Configuration File editor. 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.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 6 To change the email address for the template definition, type a different email address in the Send to text box. The template definition is used for email alert notifications sent to this email address. 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.
Chapter 7 Configuring Alert Notifications 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.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Table 7‑5. Element Attributes Attribute Description tag Specifies a text string. vCenter Operations Manager adds this text to the information string of alerts that the rule triggers. 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.
Chapter 7 Configuring Alert Notifications Configuring Hint Text for Alerts You can configure hint text for all types of alerts. Alert hint text can appear on the Alert Detail page in the Custom user interface or in email alert notifications. You configure hint text that appears in the user interface in the alert-hints.xml file. You use the {{AlertHints}} placeholder in an email template file to configure alert hint text for email alert notifications.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Table 7‑7. Element Attributes (Continued) 100 Attribute Description alertSubtype Matches the subtype of the alert.
Chapter 7 Configuring Alert Notifications Table 7‑7. Element Attributes (Continued) Attribute Description eventClass Class of an event that is part of the alert. Valid values are as follows: n empty n dt n ht n failure n system n cusum n noise n prediction n environment n change n notification n fault n multilevel ht For this attribute to be evaluated, you must also specify attributeKey. vCenter Operations Manager checks only events that have a matching attributeKey value.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Alert Hint Text Definition Examples In the following example, the first alert hint text definition matches alerts that have the attribute key Super Metric|test and are assigned to resources that have the resource kind Tier. The second definition uses the eventClass and eventSubclass attributes to match all HT above alerts.
Chapter 7 Configuring Alert Notifications 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\inbound\vmwarevi_adapter3\conf directory. The eventlist.txt file defines the list of events that the vCenter adapter collects from vCenter Server. 2 Type the event ID of the event to generate an alert and set it to alert. For example: vim.event.
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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 firstlevel 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 2 3 Select a Hierarchy Sort Order option. Option Description Parent Name/Self Name Group all child objects of a parent object. Self Name Sort objects alphabetically by object name. Value Sort object icons according to the currently selected metric, from worst range to best range. Click OK to save your changes.
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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 vcenter-ops\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 Cause The vCenter Operations Manager server did not receive data requests from the remote dynamic threshold calculation process, the DT Processor service, for at least the time period specified by the externalDTAlertGenerationTime property in the vcenter-ops\user\conf\analytics\advanced.properties file. Solution 1 If the DT Processor service is not running on the remote server where it was installed, try to start it.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 2 Verify that the alert destination is available. For example, verify that the disk is not full. For email alerts, verify that the SMTP server is running. 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.
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 highspeed storage area network (SAN) device.
Chapter 10 Backing Up and Recovering Data 4 Set enabled=true to enable replication of FSDB content. NOTE Because the synchronization process is independent from the replication process, you do not need to enable replication to run the synchronization process. 5 Save your changes and close the replication.properties file. 6 Restart the Analytics service on the primary vCenter Operations Manager server.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Prerequisites n Create a replicaton server. Because the synchronization process is independent from the replication process, you do not need to enable replication to run the synchronization process. See “Set Up FSDB Replication,” on page 128. n Become familiar with how to start and stop the Analytics service. See “Start or Stop vCenter Operations Manager Services,” on page 108.
Chapter 10 Backing Up and Recovering Data Procedure 1 Select Admin > Support and click the Info tab. The status of the synchronization process appears in the Replication Info pane. 2 Use the icons at the top of the Replication Info pane to manage the synchronization process. Option Action Start the synchronization process a b c d Pause the synchronization process a b Click the Start Synchronization icon.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Backing Up System Files vCenter Operations Manager uses system files for configuration, integration, and logging. These files are located in the vCenter Operations Manager software directory tree. Table 10‑1. System File Backup Guidelines System File Directory Description Backup Guidelines vcenter-ops\user\conf\analytics Analytics configuration directory.
Chapter 10 Backing Up and Recovering Data Table 10‑1. System File Backup Guidelines (Continued) System File Directory Description Backup Guidelines vcenterops\uninstall_vcops\installvariab les.properties Install variables file. It contains key data from the initial install, which is reused for upgrades and the vCenter Operations adapter. Rarely updated after vCenter Operations Manager is in production. Back up this file after installation.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Backing Up and Recovering Processing Components You must follow certain guidelines when you back up and recover the vCenter Operations Manager processing components. The processing components include the vCenter Operations Manager server, the vCenter Operations Manager Remote Collector server, the DT processor server, and the database server.
Chapter 10 Backing Up and Recovering Data n A virtual IP address representing the cluster, for end users and remote collectors that point to the vCenter Operations Manager server to use. When a server that hosts vCenter Operations Manager becomes unavailable and is remapped by the clustering software, any users that are logged in to vCenter Operations Manager are logged out and the vCenter Operations Manager system becomes unavailable for about 15 seconds.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide 2 On the Full Configuration page, change the Server Configuration setting from Backup to Primary. This setting converts the vCenter Operations Manager system on the backup server to serve as the new primary server. 3 Update the server IP address, or the virtual IP address that represents the cluster, to the correct IP address for the new primary server or cluster.
Chapter 10 Backing Up and Recovering Data You do not need to have a backup of a remote DT processor. If the remote DT processor becomes unavailable, you can configure the analytics process on the vCenter Operations Manager server to perform the dynamic threshold calculations. See “Configure the Analytics Process to Perform DT Calculations,” on page 137. You can also install the remote DT analytics process on a different host. See the VMware vCenter Operations Installation Guide.
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Configuring the Repository Adapter 11 You can use the Repository adapter to export metrics from vCenter Operations Manager on a schedule that you set. The destination can be a relational database or a comma-separated value (CSV) file.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide The following sample creation script is for SQL server. CREATE TABLE TestTable ( RID1 int, RNAME1 nvarchar(1000), MID1 int, MNAME1 nvarchar(900), RKNAME1 nvarchar(50), MKNAME1 nvarchar(1000), AKNAME1 nvarchar(50), timestamp1 datetime, min_threshold1 nvarchar(50), value1 nvarchar(50), max_threshold1 nvarchar(50) ) The following sample creation script is for Oracle.
Chapter 11 Configuring the Repository Adapter Repository Adapter Configuration Steps You must perform certain steps to configure the Repository adapter. 1 (Optional) If you have a vApp installation, create a Postgres database user for the Repository adapter to use. See “Creating a Database User for the Repository Adapter,” on page 141. 2 Configure the connection to the vCenter Operations Manager relational database . See “Configure the Source Database Connection for the Repository Adapter,” on page 141.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Procedure 1 Open the conf.properties file in a text editor. The conf.properties file is in the vcenter-ops\tools\RepositoryAdapter\conf directory. In a vApp installation, edit the conf.properties file on the Analytics virtual machine. 2 Use the sourcedb properties to define the connection to the source database. The following example is an SQL Server source database definition. sourcedbDriver = com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.
Chapter 11 Configuring the Repository Adapter 2 Define the output destination method. You can define only one output destination method. 3 Option Action Send output to a database Set exportToCsv to false. Send output to a CSV file Set exportToCsv to true. If you set exportToCsv to false, use the destdb properties to define the connection to the output database. The following example is an SQL Server output database definition. destdbDriver = com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide The first set of values defines the columns in the output database. You change TestTable to the name of your output table. The second set of values, which appears after values in the statement, defines the source fields in the vCenter Operations Manager data model to export to the output database columns. Source Fields The sample conf.properties file includes all of the possible source fields.
Chapter 11 Configuring the Repository Adapter A condition defines either a white list of values (equals operator) or a black list of values (not equals operator). If you define both a white list and a black list, the Repository adapter applies AND logic to the lists. For example, the following conditions cause the Repository adapter to export data if resource ID equals 1, 21, or 54 and metric ID is not equal to 1, 2, or 3. RID1=1;21;154 MID=<>1;2;3 If you do not specify an output column in the conditions.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Customizing Repository Adapter Operation You can modify properties in the vcenter-ops\tools\RepositoryAdapter\conf\conf.properties file to customize Repository adapter operation. In a vApp installation, edit the conf.properties file on the Analytics virtual machine. Table 11‑3.
Chapter 11 Configuring the Repository Adapter After the Repository adapter starts, it runs according to the schedule that you configured in the conf.properties file. VMware, Inc.
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12 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 12‑1. Summary of System Tools (Continued) Tool Description 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. JConsole is not shipped with vCenter Operations Manager.
Chapter 12 Using System Tools 3 If FSDBCheck fixes any files, change the home directory or continue using the current directory. Option Action Switch vCenter Operations Manager to use the new copy of the FSDB Use FSDBHomeChanger to change the FSDB home directory to use the corrected files, for example, FSDBHomeChanger homedir -out FSDBCheck_output_dir. Do not include the -o option. Do not overwrite the files in the new directory.
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 12 Using System Tools Table 12‑2. vcops_parameters.properties File Properties Property Description NUMBER_INBOUND_ADAPTERS_ON_ALIVE_SERVER Number of inbound adapters that vCenter Operations Manager uses. NUMBER_CONTAINERS Estimated number of container resources that will be configured. NUMBER_RESOURCES Number of resources for the tool to use as a starting point for the estimation.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Set Properties for runvcopsServerConfiguration runvcopsServerConfiguration uses values in the vcops_parameters.properties file to estimate the maximum number of resources that the vCenter Operations Manager server host can support. The vcops_server_configuration.properties file contains connection information for the vCenter Operations Manager server on the host. runvcopsServerConfiguration uses the values in this file to connect to a host.
Chapter 12 Using System Tools If FSDB home directories exist on more than one Windows drive or Linux file system, runvcopsServerConfiguration uses the minimum amount of available space on any of the defined drives or file systems and multiplies it by the defined number of drives or file systems. If the drives or files systems have very different amounts of available space, runvcopsServerConfiguration might underestimate the amount of available space.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide pcaPFraction = 0.9 pcaDataSetSamplePercent = 10.0 pcaConstantPercentile = 90.0 pcaEpsilon = 0.00001 Run the PCA Tool You can use the PCA tool to eliminate linearly correlated metrics from the dynamic threshold calculation. Prerequisites Become familiar with the pca.properties file. See “pca.properties File,” on page 155. Procedure 1 Configure the resource kinds on which to run the PCA tool and the number of days to include in the PCA calculation.
Using the Database Command Line Interface 13 The database command line interface, dbcli, is a command line Java application that you can use to perform operations in the vCenter Operations Manager database. With dbcli commands, you can manage dashboards, dashboard templates, attributes, super metrics, and resources. You can also perform certain control operations.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Export a Dashboard You can use the dbcli dashboard export command to export a dashboard from a vCenter Operations Manager instance. When you export a dashboard, vCenter Operations Manager creates a dashboard file in XML format. The dashboard export command has the following syntax. dashboard export user-name "dashboard-name" [output-dir] user-name Name of the user account that owns the dashboard. dashboard-name Name of the dashboard to export.
Chapter 13 Using the Database Command Line Interface Table 13‑1. dashboard import Command Options (Continued) Option Description --retry maxRetryMinutes Maximum amount of time, in minutes, that the command retries the import operation. The command retries the import operation at oneminute intervals until it reaches this time limit. NOTE This option is useful if data is missing from the dashboard when you initiate the command.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Reorder a Dashboard You can use the dbcli dashboard reorder command to control the order in which a dashboard appears in the user interface. The dashboard reorder command has the following syntax. dashboard reorder user-name "dashboard-name" [--set rank] [--default] user-name Name of the user account that owns the dashboard. dashboard-name Name of the dashboard to reorder. The dashboard reorder command has certain options. Table 13‑2.
Chapter 13 Using the Database Command Line Interface template export "template-name" [output-dir] template-name Name of the dashboard template to export. If the dashboard template does not exist, the command fails. output-dir Directory where the command exports the dashboard template file. If you do not provide an output directory name, the command exports the dashboard template file to the current directory.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Share a Dashboard Template You can use the dbcli template share command to to share a dashboard template with one or more user groups. The template share command has the following syntax. 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.
Chapter 13 Using the Database Command Line Interface template delete "template-name" template-name is the name of the dashboard template to delete. The following template delete command deletes a dashboard template named MyTemplate. dbcli.sh template delete "MyTemplate" Managing Attributes and Super Metrics You can use dbcli commands to manage attributes and super metrics. You can also use the Custom user interface to perform attribute and super metric operations.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Table 13‑4. attribute configure Command Options (Continued) Option Description --dtbelow {true | false} Marks or unmarks violations below the dynamic threshold of the attribute as KPI violations. --thresholds {none | "threshold-def[;thresholddef]..."} List of threshold definitions for the attribute package. Type none instead of a threshold definition to remove all existing thresholds. For more information, see “Threshold Definitions,” on page 166.
Chapter 13 Using the Database Command Line Interface The following supermetric configure command checks the super metric named SM1 for collection in the super metric package named package1. It creates two thresholds and marks HT from level critical and DT above and DT below as KPIs violations. dbcli.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide Table 13‑6. supermetric import Command Options (Continued) Option Description --retry maxRetryMinutes--retry Maximum amount of time, in minutes, that the command retries the import operation. The command retries the import operation at one-minute intervals until it reaches this time limit. NOTE This option is useful if data is missing from the super metric when you initiate the command.
Chapter 13 Using the Database Command Line Interface n < n <= n = n != compare-value Threshold value. Can be a floating number for regular metrics or a string value for string metrics. wait-cycle Number of consecutive violations that can occur before generating an alarm. cancel-cycle Number of consecutive violation-free cycles that can occur before canceling the alarm. The following definition contains two thresholds.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide The following reskind configure command sets default values for the SampleStorage adapter's Volume resource kind. It enables early warning smart alert generation, sets the default attribute package to Default Attributes, and resets the default super metric package setting. dbcli.
Index A access rights 72, 74 adapter instances adding 15 deleting 17 editing 16 managing 14, 16 starting and stopping metric collection 31 adapter kind icons 17 adapter types embedded 13 external 14 adapters, configuring 13 administrative system alerts 119 administrative tasks 105 alert handler instances configuring 79 deleting 83 starting and stopping 83 alert notifications configuring and managing 79 filtered email messages 80 modifying your configuration 93 saving to a log file 81 sending as email messa
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide deleting super metrics 166 Describe Failed alert 122 describe process 168 disaster recovery implementing 135 manually switching to a backup server 135 discovery process 13, 20 documentation information 7 DT calculations 137 dtBlockIfDataQueueSizeOver property 57 E email alert notifications 92 email template files 88 email template definitions adding 91 deleting 96 editing 95 emailFilter.xml 84 embedded adapters 13 eventlist.
Index manual discovery 13, 20 metric collection 30, 31 metric data types 44 metric specifications 47 metrics collecting 30 understanding 39 vCenter Operations Generated 40 multi-level-alert-rules.xml file 97 multilevel alert rules 97 N No Data Receiving alerts 17 No DT Processors Connected alert 124 O One or More Resources Were Not Started alert 125 Outbound Alert Send Failed alert 125 P password policies 75 PCA tool 155, 156 pca.
VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide preparing to create 46 use case 56 support bundles 117 synchronization process 130 system files backing up 132 recovering 133 system tools 149 T tag values associating with applications 62 associating with resources 26 removing applications 65 removing resources 36 tags 23 thresholds 40, 166 U unsharing dashboard templates 162 useMetricGroupWeightingForHealth property 57 user accounts creating 67 editing 75 maintaining 75 removing 76 User Audit repor
