Configure event collection from vCenter

Configure the VMware vCenter Server (vCenter or vCenter_V2) connector instance to receive events from your VMware vSphere environment.

Before you begin

Events collected by this connector are events that match the vCenter ESX Servers event rule.

Supported version: 7.0.2.00500.

Role required: evt_mgmt_admin

About this task

Starting from the Xanadu release, the OOTB (Out-Of-The-Box) event rules provided with the connector, which you have not previously used (i.e., neither activated, deactivated, nor modified), will now have the Apply additional matching rules check box set to true. Previously, this check box was disabled. This change allows you to execute more event rules or automation using the same filter conditions for the events.

Note:

This feature applies only to active event rules.

This connector has the debug and logPayloadForDebug log parameters enabled. The debug parameter logs debug messages, such as calls made to the source system to retrieve events. The logPayloadForDebug parameter logs event and metric payloads from the source system. Once debugging is complete, set this parameter to false to prevent overloading the system.

Procedure

1. Navigate to All > Event Management > Integrations > Connector Instances.
2. Click New.
3. On the form, fill in the fields.

   Table 1. Connector Instance form

   Field	Description
   Name	Descriptive and unique name for the vCenter connector.
   Description	Description for the use of the vCenter event collection instance.
   Connector definition	Name of the required connector definition. Select vCenter or vCenter_V2 (vCenter_V2 is located in the Event Management connectors scope).
   Host IP	IP address where vCenter is installed.
   Credential	Permission to connect to vCenter. Click the search icon in the Credential field. Either select the required credentials from the list or click New and create the required credentials on the Credentials form. If you create the credentials, save them using a unique and recognizable name, for example, vCenterCHCK.
   Event collection last run time	Last run time value. Automatically updated.
   Last event collection status	Last run status. Automatically updated.
   Event collection schedule (seconds)	Frequency, in seconds, that the system checks for new events from vCenter. The default value is 120 seconds.
   Last error message	Last error message. Automatically updated.

4. Right-click the form header and select Save.
   The connector instance values are added to the form and the parameters that are relevant to the connector appear.
5. In the Connector Instance Values section, specify the vCenter values.

   Field	Value
   collect_stateless_events	Events that have a status (stateful) are collected when this field is set to false (default). These events are of type AlarmStatusChangedEvent and AlarmClearedEvent. If this field is set to true, events of other types are collected as well.
   port	Specify the value of the port. Default value: 443.
   protocol	Specify the protocol. Default value: https.

6. Optional: In the MID Servers for Connectors section, specify a MID Server that is up and is valid.
   If no MID Server is specified, an available MID Server that has a matching IP range is used.

   You can configure several MID Servers. If the first is down, the next MID Server is used. If that MID Server is not available, the next is selected, and so on. MID Servers are sorted according to the order that their details were entered into the MID Server for Connectors section.

7. Right-click the form header and select Save.
8. Test the connection between the MID Server and the vCenter connector.
   1. Click Test Connector.
      If the test fails, follow the instructions that the error issues to correct the problem and then run another test.

      Note:

      Use a network tool, such as ping, to verify credential correctness and network connectivity from the MID Server to the external monitoring tool.
   2. After a successful test, select the Active check box.
9. Click Update.