Adding VMs to Inventory

Adding VMs to Inventory allows you to select the VMs that you would like to be monitored and evaluated by CloudAdvisor.

1. From the Setup Wizard, click Add VMs to Inventory Now.

   Tip:

   You can also add VMs to the inventory at any time from the Home tab by selecting Inventory > Add VMs to Inventory.

2. Select the virtualization manager or backup provider from which you want to add VMs.

   Note:

   If you are using CloudAdvisor for Availability, this list is limited to the Veeam backup systems that you have already added. In order to add VMs associated with a virtualization manager, you must use CloudAdvisor for Data.

3. Click Continue.

4. Select one or more VMs that you want to add and click Continue.

   Tip:

   To search for specific VMs, enter the search terms you want to use in the text boxes underneath the columns. Search terms specified in multiple columns are treated as a logical AND.

5. Click Continue to use the default Insight Profile for all of the selected VMs. You can change to a custom Insight Profile at any time. For details, see the HyTrust CloudAdvisor Administration Guide or search the online help for "Insight Profile".

6. Set the monitoring schedule based on the selected provider type:

   Provider Type	Description
   Virtualization Manager	By default, CloudAdvisor creates a snapshot of each VM once a day. If you want to change the default snapshot schedule for one or more VMs, select the VMs you want to change and click Update Schedule. There are two out-of-the-box schedules: Default, which specifies that CloudAdvisor will automatically create a daily a snapshot of the selected VMs. Manual Only, which specifies that all snapshots must be created manually by the CloudAdvisor administrator. You can also click the Add button to create a custom snapshot schedule. Select or create the snapshot schedule you want to use and click Apply. For details, see the HyTrust CloudAdvisor Administration Guide or search the online help for "Managing Snapshot Schedules".
   Backup Provider	By default, CloudAdvisor starts its analysis with the most recent backup file and it will automatically analyze every backup file created thereafter. If you want to change the default behavior, select the VMs you want to change and click Update Policy. You can tell CloudAdvisor to analyze the most recent backup, all existing backups, or all backups created after a user-specified date. In addition,you can tell CloudAdvisor to automatically analyze new backup files as they are created or to stop monitoring the backups when a user-specified date is reached. Make your selections and click Apply. For more information, see the HyTrust CloudAdvisor Administration Guide or search the online help for "Backup Discovery Policy".

7. Click Continue.

8. CloudAdvisor Discovery Tools can be installed on any Windows VM in the CloudAdvisor inventory. These tools collect a richer set of data on the VM, such as file activities (creations, deletions, reads, and writes). If you want to install CloudAdvisor Discovery Tools on one or more of the Windows VMs:

   1. Select the VMs and click Manage Discovery Tools.
   2. Select whether CloudAdvisor should collect data from the tools continuously (real time) or only at DiscoveryPoints.
   3. Click Install or Upgrade.
   4. Enter Administrator credentials for the VM on which you are installing CloudAdvisor Discovery Tools and click Continue.

   CloudAdvisor begins the installation and configuration process. Once successfully installed, the version of the CloudAdvisor Discovery Tools is displayed in the Discovery Tools column of the setup step and the Activity Status column is updated with the status of real time activities.

9. Click Continue.