Using Vrealize Operations Tenant App For Vcloud Director 2.1 As A Service Provider
Using Vrealize Operations Tenant App For Vcloud Director 2.1 As A Service Provider
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Contents
1 Introduction 6
9 Support Bundle for vRealize Operations Tenant App for vCloud Director 23
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vRealize Operations Tenant App for a
vCloud Director as a Service Provider
The Using vRealize Operations Tenant App for vCloud Director as a Service Provider guide provides
information about configuring tenant users for vCloud Director.
Intended Audience
This information is intended for anyone who wants to use the tenant view of vCloud Director. The
information is written primarily for service providers to create users for an organization in vCloud Director.
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Introduction 1
The vRealize Operations Tenant App for vCloud Director as a Service Provider documentation provides
information about configuring a tenant app for vCloud Director.
Service providers can configure and create users for an organization to use the tenant application.
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Integration with
vRealize Operations Manager 2
You can integrate vRealize Operations Tenant App for vCloud Director with vRealize Operations Manager
to deploy the tenant view.
Note You cannot upgrade from an earlier version of the vRealize Operations Tenant App for
vCloud Director.
Prerequisites
n Verify that you are connected to a vCenter Server system with a vSphere Web Client, and log in to
the vSphere Client.
n Verify that you have a data center created and a host system already added to it.
Procedure
1 From the vSphere Web Client navigator, select the host system in the management vCenter where
you want to deploy the OVF file.
2 Click the Actions drop-down menu and select Deploy OVF Template.
3 From the Deploy OVF Template dialog box, select Local File.
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4 Click Browse to locate the OVA file that you downloaded from the Product download page and click
Next.
5 Rename the OVA file and location at which the OVF is deployed and click Next.
6 Verify the resource where you want to run the deployed OVF template and click Next.
8 Scroll through the License Agreement and click Accept > Next.
9 Select a virtual disk format to store the files for the deployed template and click Next.
10 Click Browse to select a Destination Network or retain the default destination, and click Next.
Option Description
vRealize Operations Manager This is a mandatory field. Enter the IP address or the host name of
Hostname or IP Address vRealize Operations Manager.
Note If you have provided the host name, ensure that it is resolvable through
DNS.
12 Click Next.
14 Optionally, to modify an existing vRealize Operations Tenant App for vCloud Director settings in
vSphere Web Client:
a Power off the vRealize Operations Tenant App for vCloud Director VM.
c Power on the vRealize Operations tenant App for vCloud Director VM.
Prerequisites
Procedure
1 Open a Web browser and enter the IP address of the deployed OVF file.
2 Enter the vRealize Operations Manager administrator user name and password.
3 Click Login.
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Procedure
3 Click Upload.
You can log in to the tenant app through the vCloud Director user interface. You can view a separate
Welcome page from where you can access the tenant app features within the same user interface. This
feature provides easy accessibility without having to access the tenant app in a separate browser and
with no change in the functionality of the tenant app. This is an optional feature, however, you can still
continue to use the tenant app as a stand-alone UI.
After running the command, log in to vCloud Director user interface with the following browser URL to
access the Operations Manager plug-in.
https://IPaddress/ID/tenant/Org_name/...
Procedure
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Field Description
AMQP Host Provide the AMQP Host name or IP address information. The host information
should be same as the AMQP host that is configured in vCloud Director
extensibility settings.
AMQP Virtual Host Provide the virtual host. Retain the AMQP Port / as is. The host information
should be similar to the host that is configured in vCloud Director.
AMQP user name and Password Provide the AMQP user name and password.
AMQP Use SSL Select this option to make a AMQP connection over SSL.
Tenant App Proxy The IP address of the vRealize Operations Tenant App for vCloud Director is
allocated automatically. If Tenant App is deployed in a private network, you can
configure Load Balancer or a proxy to provide public access to Tenant App. In
such cases, public address can be mentioned in this field.
5 Click Start.
The services are listed under the Self Health section. You can click the square icon to start action on
the selected service.
Note Ensure that the vRealize Operations Tenant App for vCloud Director,
vRealize Operations Manager, and AMQP are communicating with each other.
The following architecture provides the port requirement for the integration of vRealize Operations Tenant
App for vCloud Director as a plug-in.
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Figure 2‑1. Integration of vRealize Operations Tenant App for vCloud Director as a plug-in
The following architecture provides the port requirement of the vRealize Operations Tenant App for
vCloud Director as a stand-alone app.
Figure 2‑2. Integration of vRealize Operations Tenant App for vCloud Director as a stand-
alone App
Go to Administration > Solutions, and click vRealize Operations to configure the administrator
credentials.
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Install
Management Pack for vCloud
Director 3
The Management Pack for vCloud Director consists of a PAK file that contains out-of-the-box dashboards
for the newer resource objects that are brought in from vCloud Director.
The solution that you downloaded includes a PAK file. Save that PAK file to a temporary folder on your
local system.
Procedure
1 Log in to the vRealize Operations Manager user interface with administrator privileges.
2 In the left pane of vRealize Operations Manager, click the Administration icon and click Solutions.
4 Browse to locate the temporary folder and select the PAK file.
6 Read and accept the EULA, and click Next. Installation details appear in the window during the
process.
What to do next
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Install NSX Management Pack 4
The management pack for NSX consists of a PAK file.
Prerequisites
Procedure
2 In the left pane of vRealize Operations Manager, click Administration icon and click Solutions.
4 Browse to locate the temporary folder and select the PAK file.
What to do next
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Configure
Management Pack for vCloud
Director 5
To configure the Management Pack for vCloud Director, you can add an adapter instance and credential
in vRealize Operations Manager. You can optionally modify adapter-level and instance-level properties.
Prerequisites
Procedure
b Enter the Display name of the vCenter instance and enter a valid Description.
d Enter the vCenter Server Username and Password, and click Save.
b Enter the Display name of the vCloud instance and enter a valid Description.
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b Enter the Display name of the NSX instance and enter a valid Description.
b Click Save.
Note Ensure that you save your credentials as the tenant app reuses the vRealize Operations
credentials to generate monthly bills.
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Report Templates Tab 6
On the Report Templates tab, you can run reports and schedule report generation.
Go to the Metering tab and click Reports, to access the Reports Templates tab.
All templates that are applicable for the selected object are listed on the Report Templates tab. You can
order them by report name, subject, date they were modified, last run, or owner.
You can filter the templates list by adding a filter from the right side of the panel.
Name Filter by the template name. For example, you can list all
reports that contain my template in their name by typing
my template.
Subject Filter by another object. If the report contains more than one
view applicable for another type of object, you can filter by
those objects.
vSphere users must be logged in until the report generation is complete. If you log out or your session
expires, the report generation fails.
Note The maximum number of reports per template is 10. With every new generated report,
vRealize Operations Manager deletes the oldest report.
Go to the Metering tab and click Reports > Generated Reports, to access the Generated Reports tab.
You can order the reports by the date and time that they were created, the report name, the owner, or
their status. If the report is generated through a schedule, the owner is the user who created the
schedule.
Note The maximum number of reports per template is 10. With every new generated report,
vRealize Operations Manager deletes the oldest report.
You can filter the reports list by adding a filter from the right side of the panel.
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Report Name Filter by the report template name. For example, you can list all
reports that contain my template in their name by typing
my template.
Template Filter by the report template. You can select a template from a
list of templates applicable for this object.
Subject Filter by another object. If the report contains more than one
view applicable for another type of object, you can filter by
those objects.
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Billing in Tenant App 7
Tenant App generates monthly bills to provide an account of the overall expenses used for resources in
an organization.
Prerequisites
Procedure
5 Provide the required period for generating a new bill from the selected resources and policies.
Note vRealize Operations Manager 7.0 supports vRealize Operations Tenant App for vCloud Director.
You can optionally list the Organizations vDCs for which the adapter instance collects data. For policy
allocation models, see vCloud Director' Administrator's Guide.
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Prerequisites
n Install the Management Pack for vCloud Director. See Chapter 3 Install Management Pack for vCloud
Director.
n Verify that your system meets the configuration requirements. For more information on configuration
requirements, VMware vRealize Operations Management Pack for vCloud Director 4.5 Guide.
n Verify that the management packs for vCenter Server, vCloud Director, and NSX is configured.
Procedure
Option Description
CPU Rate and Storage Rate You can charge the CPU rate based on GHz or VCPU Count.
a For the Base rate, select the Charge Period and Charge Based on from the
drop-down menu.
b Enter a valid number to calculate the Base Rate price.
c Select the Charge Based on Power State by selecting the charge from the
drop-down menu.
a For Fixed Cost, enter a valid number to calculate the cost per GHz or per
unit.
b Click Next.
Memory Rate a For the Base rate, select the Charge period from the drop-down menu.
b Select the Charge Based on.
c Enter the Base Rate and Fixed Rate.
d Select the Charge Based on Power State from the drop-down menu.
Network Rate a Enter the External Network Transmit and External Network Receive rates.
b Under Network Transmit Rate, select the Change Period from the drop-down
menu.
c Enter the Base Rate and Fixed Cost.
d Under Network Receive Rate, select the Change Period from the drop-
down menu.
e Enter the Fixed Cost.
Advanced Network Rate a Enter the base rate, fixed cost, charge period information in the displayed
fields.
b Select the necessary size from the drop-down for each of the items under
Edge Gateway Size.
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Option Description
4 On the Organization VDCs tab, select an Organization VDC and click Assign.
5 Select any name to assign the policy to the selected Organization VDC and click Assign.
You can see the assigned policy name under the selected organization VDC.
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User Access Management for an
Organization 8
Service providers have access to components like Provider Dashboard, Organization, Resource Pools,
and Provider VDCs . They can create users and give them access to an organization. Service providers
can also import user account information that resides on another machine. To do this, the service
providers must define the criteria used to import the user accounts from the source machine as an Active
Directory user or an OpenLDAP user.
Prerequisites
n Verify that the Management Pack for vCloud Director is installed and configured in
vRealize Operations Manager.
n To integrate with OpenLDAP or Active directory, verify that you have added authentication sources in
vRealize Operations Manager and the user names are present in Active Directory or OpenLDAP. For
more information on adding authentication sources, see vRealize Operations Manager
documentation.
Procedure
1 On the vRealize Operations Tenant App for vCloud Director page, click Administration > Access
Management.
4 To create a new local user, provide required details and click Add User.
5 To import an existing user from Active Directory or Open LDAP, click Import and select the import
location.
7 To enable the plugin access, toggle the button of the associated organization.
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Support Bundle for
vRealize Operations Tenant App
for vCloud Director 9
The vRealize Operations Tenant App for vCloud Director support bundles contains log and configuration
files that help troubleshoot.
To access the Support bundle, navigate to Administration > Support > Support Bundle.
To generate a support bundle, click Generate . You can also download or delete the support bundle.
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Viewing Tenant App
Components 10
A service provider can view dashboards of the tenant app.
Note
n Once the license for the VMware vRealize Operations Manager expires, the service providers will not
be able to view the Dashboards and Monitoring tabs. However, the options under the Metering and
Administration menu items will still be available.
n The vRealize Operations Tenant App 2.1 is included in the VCPP (VMware Cloud Provider Program)
Flex core bundle. Dashboards, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting capabilities of vRealize Operations
Tenant App are included in the vRealize Operations Advanced and Enterprise editions Add-ons of
VCPP Flex model.
n Organizations
n Organization VDCs
n vApps
n Virtual Machines
n Metric Selector
n Provider Overview
n Resource Pools
Organizations
The Organizations dashboard contains a list of organizations with multiple organization VDCs.
Provider Dashboard
The dashboard provides an overview of the Provider Virtual Data Center, which combines the CPU,
memory, and storage resources of one or more datastores available for that resource pool. For more
information, see the VMware vCloud Director Documentation Center.
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Provider VDC Capacity Overview This section provides the capacity of CPU usage, memory, and
Storage for each provider.
System Status This section provides a list of all the alerts and alert definitions
for a list of objects.
Organizations Overview This section provides a list of Organizations and including user
and CPU, VMs, vApp information.
Organization Overview
This dashboard provides an overview of resources for an organization.
Organization Summary Provides a summary of all the organizations that are in your inventory.
Organization VDC Capacity Overview Provides an of overview CPU, Memory, and Storage usage of an organization.
System Status Provides a system status of the criticality of alerts that are generated by the
organization.
Organization VDCs
You can view a list of organizations VDCs associated with your organization.
To view the organization VDC details, click the VDC Name from the list of organization VDCs.
Field Description
Capacity Overview This text box provides information about the CPU, Memory, and Storage usage of an organization VDC.
List of vApps This text box provides information of a list of vApps that are used in an organization VDC.
vApps
vApp is a virtual machine that is loaded with an operating system, applications, and data. It is a virtual
system that contains one or more individual virtual machines with parameters that define operational
details. Cloud resources also provide access to storage and network connectivity.
To view more details about a vApp, click the vApp name from the list of vApps. The tenant app displays a
list of vApps that an organization contains. It provides information about the following.
n Organization VDC
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n vCPU count
n Memory Allocation
n Storage Allocation
n Number of VMs
n Snapshot Size
When you click a vApp name from the list of vApps, you are then directed to the page that lists its
associated VMs.
Virtual Machines
You can view a list of VMs that are associated within a organization.
n vCPU count
n Memory allocation
n Storage allocation
To see a detailed view of your virtual machine, click a virtual machine from the list of VMs.
Field Description
VM summary Provides an overall summary of the VM status and its memory allocation.
CPU Information n CPU usage (MHz). This field provides you with the overall CPU usage of the selected VM.
n CPU Usage (%). This field provides you with the percentage of CPU usage of a selected VM.
Memory Information n Memory usage (MHz). This field provides you with the overall memory usage of the selected VM.
n Memory Usage (%). This field provides you with the percentage of memory usage of a selected VM.
Metric Selector
With metric selector, you can view the metrics over a time. You can select a resource type, resource,
metric, and time range to view the metric graph. All metrics time stamps are in the UTC time zone in the
vRealize Operations tenant for vCloud Director.
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Provider Overview
The dashboard provides an overview of provider virtual datacenter, which combines the CPU, memory,
and storage resources of one or more datastores available for that resource pool.
Provider VDC Capacity Overview This section provides the capacity of CPU usage, memory and
Storage for each provider.
System Status This section provides a list of all the alerts and its alert
definitions for a list of objects.
Organizations Overview This section provides a list of Organizations and it user and
CPU, VMs, vApp information.
Resource Pools
You can configure resource pools to a provider VDC to allocate resources to provider VDC. This page
provides a list of resource pools that are configured for provider VDCs in your data center.
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Upgrade vRealize Operations
Tenant App for vCloud Director 11
You can upgrade from vRealize Operations Tenant App for vCloud Director 2.0 to 2.1.
Procedure
1 Log in to the web console at https://<vROps Tenant App for vCD IP address>:5480.
3 Click Check Updates to view the available updates and to enable the Install Updates option.
5 Click the System tab, and verify the updated version number of the appliance.
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