Manage Virtualization Managers Tab

A virtualization manager is a hypervisor though which CloudAdvisor can access all of the VMs that are associated with that hypervisor. After you add the virtualization manager, you can then add one or more of the associated VMs to CloudAdvisor's inventory. CloudAdvisor monitors all of the VMs in its inventory on a user-defined schedule.

The Manage Virtualization Managers tab lets you add and remove virtualization managers. When you add a virtualization manager, you also specify the credentials that CloudAdvisor will use to communicate with it.

When adding a virtualization manager, keep the following in mind:

HyTrust CloudAdvisor currently supports VMware vCenter Server virtualization managers only.
When you add a virtualization manager, you specify the server name or IP address. This information cannot be changed once the virtualization manager has been added to the CloudAdvisor inventory.
CloudAdvisor requires the username and password for an administrator account on the virtualization manager. Because CloudAdvisor uses the virtualization manager to create and delete VM snapshots, the username must have administrator privileges.
Analyzing and monitoring the data on a VM associated with a VMware vCenter virtualization manager requires CloudAdvisor for Data. CloudAdvisor for Availability only supports analysis of backups created by a supported backup provider. For more information, see Licensing Requirements.

Tab Information

Content	Description
Search	Enables you to filter the host name list based on textual entries.
Open button	Opens a Virtualization Manager Details tab for each selected (checked) virtualization manager. For more information, see VM Details Tab.
Actions drop-down menu	Provides access to all actions that you can perform on the selected virtualization manager.
Name	Host name or IP address of the virtualization manager.
Type	Virtualization manager type.
Version	Software version of the virtualization manager.
Credential	Administrator account user name used to access the virtualization manager.
Status	Current test status of the virtual machine.

HyTrust CloudAdvisor 2.2