VMware Aria Operations 8.17.1

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Adding an Object to Your Environment

You might want to add an object by providing its information to
VMware Aria Operations
. For example, some solutions cannot discover all the objects that might be monitored. For these solutions, you must either use manual discovery or manually add the object.
Verify that an adapter is present for the object you plan to add. See Connecting
VMware Aria Operations
 to Data Sources.
Verify that an adapter is present for the object you plan to add. See the Getting Started with
VMware Aria Operations
 .
Objects added to
VMware Aria Operations
 via API will require an OSI license per object.
When you add an individual object, you provide specific information about it, including the kind of adapter to use to make the connection and the connection method. For example, a vSAN adapter does not know the location of the vSAN devices that you want to monitor.
  1. From the left menu, click
    Environment
    , and then click
    Inventory
    .
  2. On the toolbar, click the plus sign.
  3. Use the topic menus to reveal all fields and provide the required information.
    Option
    Description
    Display name
    Enter a name for the object. For example, enter
    vSAN-Host1
    .
    Description
    Enter any description. For example, enter
    vSAN-Host monitored with vSAN adapter
    Adapter type
    Select an adapter type. For example, select
    vSAN Adapter
    .
    Adapter instance
    Select an adapter instance.
    Object type
    Select an object type. For a vSAN adapter, you might select vSAN-Host. When you select the object type, the dialog box selections change to include information you provide so that
    VMware Aria Operations
     can find and connect with the selected object type.
    Host IP address
    Enter the host IP. For example, enter the IP address of vSAN-Host1.
    Port number
    Accept the default port number or enter a new value.
    Credential
    Select the Credential, or click the plus sign to add new login credentials for the object.
    Collection interval
    Enter the collection interval, in minutes. For example, if you expect the host to generate performance data every 5 minutes, set the collection interval to 5 minutes.
    Dynamic Thresholding.
    Accept the default, Yes.
  4. Click
    OK
     to add the object.
vSAN-Host1 appears in the Inventory as a host object type for the vSAN adapter type.
When you add an individual object,
VMware Aria Operations
 does not begin collecting metrics for the object until you turn on data collection. See Inventory : List of Objects.
For each new object,
VMware Aria Operations
 assigns tag values for its collector and its object type. Sometimes, you might want to assign other tags. See Creating and Assigning Tags.
For each new object,
VMware Aria Operations
 assigns tag values for its collector and its object type. Sometimes, you might want to assign other tags.

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