8.4 Linking with VMware vCenter Operations Manager

Through linkage with VMware vCenter Operations Manager, the Central Console can centrally manage not only the operation status of a business system but also the operation status of the virtualization platform managed by VMware vCenter Operations Manager.

To centrally manage the operation status of a virtualization platform by the Central Console, the alerts issued by VMware vCenter Operations Manager must be sent to VMware vCenter Orchestrator and converted into JP1 events by VMware vCenter Orchestrator. The jevsend command of JP1/Base is used for the conversion of the alerts into JP1 events by VMware vCenter Orchestrator.

For details about the jevsend command, see the chapter for commands in the Job Management Partner 1/Base User's Guide.

For how to execute a command when VMware vCenter Orchestrator receives an alert, see the documentation for VMware vCenter Orchestrator.

Figure 8‒6: Overview of the linkage between JP1/IM - Manager and VMware vCenter Operations Manager

You can check the operation status of the virtualization platform by calling the alert details window of VMware vCenter Operations Manager from the Event Details window for a JP1 event managed in the Central Console.

Calling the alert details window of VMware vCenter Operations Manager from the Event Details window for a JP1 event requires setting the information to call that window as an extended attribute of the JP1 event when issuing the JP1 event.

For the information needed to call the alert details window of VMware vCenter Operations Manager, see the documentation for VMware vCenter Operations Manager.

Figure 8‒7: Calling VMware vCenter Operations Manager from JP1/IM - View

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