Manager Discovery - Oracle VM Manager

eG Enterprise can automatically discover the Oracle VM servers in an environment by connecting to the Oracle VM Manager managing them. To configure auto-discovery through an Oracle VM manager, do the following:

1. Select the Virtual Platforms option under the Settings sub-node of the Manager Discovery node in the Discovery tree in the left panel. Then, choose the Oracle VM Manager option from the Choose a virtual platform to discover drop-down in the right panel.

2. First, you need to configure the Oracle VM Manager with which the eG manager should connect for automatically discovering the Oracle VM servers that require monitoring. click on the Add new VM Manager option from the What action would you like to perform? drop-down.

3. In the right panel, a Oracle VM Manager Preferences section appears. To add, specify the following in this section:

   • Oracle VM Manager identity (IP or Host name): Specify the IP address/host name of the Oracle VM Manager that the eG manager should use for discovery.

   • Use SSL to Connect to Oracle VM Manager: Set this flag to Yes if the Oracle VM Manager in your environment is SSL-enabled. Otherwise, set this flag to No.

   • Web Port: By default, the Oracle VM Manager server listens on port 7002. This implies that to auto-discover Oracle VM servers, the eG manager connects to the Oracle VM Manager server via port 7002.

   • Discover Oracle VM Servers: If you want to discover the Oracle VM servers using the configured Oracle VM Manager, set this flag to Yes. If you only want to use this Oracle VM Manager to obtain the outside view of VMs, set this flag to No.

   • Username to connect to Oracle VM Manager and Password for the user: Specify the credentials (i.e., user name and password) of a user who has been assigned the Admin rights to the Oracle VM Manager.

   • Confirm password for user: Confirm the password of the user by retyping it here.

4. Then, click the Update button. A message box requesting your confirmation to proceed with the discovery will then appear. Click the Yes button in the message to trigger the discovery. Clicking the No button will save the details of the Oracle VM Manager, but will not start the discovery. In this case, you can use the Oracle VM Manager configuration so saved to perform discovery at a later point in time. This way, you can add the details of the multiple Oracle VM Managers to the eG Enterprise system.

5. To view the details of all the Oracle VM Managers that are added, choose the View configured Oracle VM Managers option from the What action would you like to perform? drop-down in the right panel. The right panel will then change to display the names and other details of the Oracle VM Managers that have been configured.

6. To modify the details of a Oracle VM Manager, select the Modify configured Oracle VM Manager option from the What action would you like to perform? drop-down. From the Oracle VM Manager identity list, select the IP address of the Oracle VM Manager to be modified. Upon selection of the Oracle VM Manager's IP address, the other parameters in the right panel will be populated with the corresponding details. You can change any of the displayed details to suit your needs. Finally, click the Update button to save the changes.

7. To delete a Oracle VM Manager, select the Delete configured Oracle VM Managers option from the What action would you like to perform? drop-down. Select the check box corresponding to the Oracle VM Manager to be deleted and click the Delete button to delete it. To delete all the Oracle VM Managers at one shot, select the check box just before the column heading, ORACLE VM MANAGER IP / HOST, and click the Delete button.