vCloud vCenter Status Test

The vCloud Director interacts with the vCenter server attached to it to abstract and pool the resources it manages. If the vCloud Director Cell is unable to connect to a vCenter server, or if the vCenter server is not enabled for use with the Cell, then, the Cell will not have access to any network, compute, or storage resources that can be pooled and provided for on-demand consumption to users.  Using this test, you can be promptly alerted to connectivity issues between the vCloud Director Cell and vCenter and can also determine whether/not the vCenter server is enabled for use with the 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 each vCenter attached to 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.

vCloud Director User

Specify the name of the user with Administrator access to the target vCloud Director Cell.

vCloud Director Pass

Enter the password of the specified vCloud Director User.

Confirm password

Confirm the password by retyping it here.

SSL

By default, the vCloud Director Cell is SSL-enabled. Accordingly, the SSL flag is set to Yes by default.

Measurements made by the test
Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation

Is connected?

Indicates whether/not the vCloud Director is currently connected to this vCenter server.

 

This measure reports the value Yes if the vCloud Director is connected to the vCenter server and the value No if the vCloud Director is not connected to vCenter.

The numeric values for the above mentioned states are represented in the table below:

State Numeric Value
Yes 1
No 0

 

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned States while indicating whether/not the vCloud Director is connected to the vCenter server. However, in the graph of this measure, states will be represented using their corresponding numeric equivalents only.

Enabled

Indicates whether/not this vCenter server is currently enabled for use with the vCloud Director Cell being monitored .

 

This measure reports the value Yes if the vCenter server is enabled, and the value No if the vCenter server is not enabled.

The numeric values for the above mentioned states are represented in the table below:

State Numeric Value
Yes 1
No 0

Note:

By default, this measure reports the above-mentioned States while indicating whether/not the vCenter server is enabled. However, in the graph of this measure, states will be represented using their corresponding numeric equivalents only.

Datastores in VC

Indicates the number of datastores currently managed by this vCenter server.

Number