Managing Virtual Host VMware Servers

Managing Virtual Host VMware Servers

CA SRM collects and monitors storage capacity and other information from a server virtualization product, for example, VMware ESX server. Virtual Host Environments allows you to correlate the virtual hosts to the physical environment.

CA SRM provides a licensed option that collects storage usage data from the following virtual host server objects:

• Virtual Host Servers
• Virtual Guests
• Snap Shots
• Data Stores
• Extents
• Storage Devices

CA SRM supports the virtualization of host servers in the following ways:

• Individual Virtual Host Data Collection
• Data Collection of a Virtual Center

This section contains the following topics:

Virtual Host VMware Environment Objects

Registering Virtual Host VMware Servers

Registering Virtual Center

Defining a Query Service

Defining an Automate Service