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VMware vMotion Monitor by VIM Job

This section includes details about the job.

ClosedTrigger Query

  • Trigger CI: VMware VirtualCenter

  • Trigger query:

ClosedAdapter

This job uses the VMware_VMotion_discovery_by_VIM adapter.

  • Triggered CI Data

    Name

    Value

    Description

    credentialsId

    ${SOURCE.credentials_id}

    The credentials ID of the VIM protocol saved in the VirtualCenter attribute.

    ip_address

    ${SOURCE.application_ip}

    The IP address, taken from the vCenter Server's application_ip.

    server_url

    ${SOURCE.connection_url}

    The URL for connection, taken from the vCenter Server's connection_url attribute.

  • Used Scripts

    • vendors.py
    • memory.py
    • shared_resources_util.py
    • _vmware_vim_base.py
    • _vmware_vim_20.py
    • host_discoverer.py
    • _vmware_vim_25.py
    • _vmware_vim_40.py
    • _vmware_vim_41.py
    • vmware_vim.py
    • vmware_vmotion_monitor.py

  • Adapter Parameters

    Property Description
    connectionRetryNumber

    The maximum number of times that DFM attempts to restore the connection.

    Default: 0 (zero), meaning the number of attempts is unlimited.
    discoverUnknownIPs

    Determines whether to discover IP addresses that are out of the Data Flow Probe range.

    Default: true.
    eventBasedDiscoveryEnabled

    If this parameter is set to true, every time the job is activated, it stays connected to the destination machine listening for VMotion events, until the job is stopped.

    Default: true.
    historyHours

    The period within which DFM checks for untracked VMotion events. DFM calculates the period from when the job is activated going backwards in time.

    Default: 24 hours.
    remoteJVMArgs The JVM parameters that should be passed to the remote process.
    remoteJVMClasspath

    The class path used by the external Java process.
    runInSeparateProcess

    When true, this enables the execution of the job in the external java virtual machine.

    Default: true.

    Note Do not change this property from the default.
ClosedDiscovered CITs

  • Composition

  • Containment

  • ExecutionEnvironment

  • Interface

  • IpAddress

  • Node

  • Usage

  • VMware Host Resource

  • VMware Port Group

  • VMware Virtual Switch

  • Virtualization Layer Software