Configuring the VMware discovery in Veritas Operations Manager

In Veritas Operations Manager, you must configure the VMware discovery to let a Control Host discover the VirtualCenter and ESX servers.

The discovery of a VirtualCenter server provides the following information:

In Veritas Operations Manager, you can use the Virtualization Configuration wizard panel to configure the VMware discovery.

After you configure VMware discovery in Veritas Operations Manager, you can view the VirtualCenter servers, which Veritas Operations Manager discovers, in a table in the Virtualization Management view. All ESX servers that each VirtualCenter server manages are displayed as children under the VirtualCenter server.

To configure VMware discovery in Veritas Operations Manager

  1. In the Veritas Operations Manager console, select Settings > Virtualization Management.

  2. In the Virtualization Management view, click Add Configuration.

  3. In the Virtualization Configuration wizard panel, enter the details and click Next.

    See Virtualization Configuration panel options.

  4. In the Virtualization Configuration progress details wizard panel, view the progress of the configuration and click OK.

    See Virtualization Configuration progress details panel.

More Information

Editing a VMware discovery configuration in Veritas Operations Manager

Refreshing a VMware discovery configuration in Veritas Operations Manager

Removing a VMware discovery configuration in Veritas Operations Manager

Viewing the Virtualization Management view