NodeCfgUtil Overview

To configure the AIMs and discover virtual environments, do one of the following actions:

Open the Administration tab from the user interface, change to Configuration, Provisioning, and select the appropriate server type to add credentials and configure the AIM. CA Virtual Assurance automatically discovers the physical and virtual components and populates the Management Database.
Use NodeCfgUtil.exe utility on a Windows AIM Server to add the required data for managing virtual environments. The utility is located in the SystemEDGE_install_path\plugins\AIPCommon directory. Then rediscover the AIM Server from the CA Virtual Assurance manager. This option lets you manually perform the required steps.

Consider the following guidelines

The users that are specified for accessing virtual environments or clusters must have sufficient privileges to allow remote access.
To manage Hyper-V Servers, install SystemEDGE and the Hyper-V AIM on the Hyper-V Server. SystemEDGE and the Hyper-v AIM must run on the same Hyper-V Server. Then configure the AIM and discover the Hyper-V Server.
Citrix XenServer AIM can only connect to pool masters or standalone Citrix XenServers. Otherwise, the AIM does not work.
To manage VMware vSphere, enter the credentials for the corresponding vCenter Servers.
To optimize the virtualization of your VMs, install the corresponding system tools on your VMs. Many features are available only if these tools are installed. Use the following system tools, depending on your environment:
- (Valid for VMware) VMware Tools
- (Valid for XenServer) XenTools
- (Valid for RHEV) RHEV Guest Tools
Note: For further information about the corresponding system tools, see the Third-party documentation.

To discover supported environments from an AIM Server:

Verify that SystemEDGE and the AIMs which do not run on the CA Virtual Assurance manager server use the same SNMP settings as their associated CA Virtual Assurance manager.
Run the NodeCfgUtil.exe utility on a Windows AIM Server to update the configuration data for the corresponding AIMs.
The NodeCfgUtil.exe utility stores the data for each AIM in a file (for example, zone.cfg, vc.cfg, ...).
Open the user interface on the Manager Server and click Resources, Data Center in the navigation pane.
Right-click and select Management, Discover.
The discovery options appear.
Select one of the following actions:
- Discover a system
- Discover a network
The corresponding dialog opens.
Enter a system name of server that you want to manage. Alternatively, you can enter network properties for the discovery process. Click OK.
CA Virtual Assurance starts the discovery process.

The discovered resources appear in the Explore pane.

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