VIM Inventory Event Manager Test

For every type of inventory events that were handled by the  VCD cell, this test reports the number of inventory events that were dispatched. This enables administrators to identify the type of inventory events that occurred the maximum on the VCD cell.

Target of the test : A vCloud Director Cell

Agent deploying the test : An internal/remote agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for every type of inventory event that occurred on the vCloud Director Cell being monitored.

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameter Description

Test Period

How often should the test be executed.

Host

The host for which the test is being configured.

Port

Specify the port at which the specified host listens in the Port text box. By default, this is NULL.

JMX Remote Port

Here, specify the port at which the JMX listens for requests from remote hosts. Ensure that you specify the same port that you configured in the vmware-vcd-cell file in the /opt/vmware/vcloud-director/binfolder of the vCloud Director.

JNDIName

The JNDIName is a lookup name for connecting to the JMX connector. By default, this is jmxrmi. If you have registered the JMX connector in the RMI registry using a different lookup name, then you can change this default value to reflect the same.

User, Password, and Confirm Password

By default, JMX requires no authentication or security (SSL). This is why, by default, the User and Password parameters are set to none. If JMX requires authentication only (but no security), then ensure that the User and Password parameters are configured with the credentials of a user with read-write access to JMX. To know how to create this user, refer to Pre-requisites for Monitoring vCloud Director. Confirm the password by retyping it in the Confirm Password text box.

Measurements made by the test
Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation

Total invocations

Indicates the total number of VIM inventory events of this type that were dispatched during the last measurement period.

Number

Compare the value of this measure across event types to know which type of events occurred frequently on the VCD cell.