The Virtualization dialog allows for the identification of vCenter servers, VMware hosts, and provides a list of the virtual devices associated with the VMware server. You can use this dialog to identify the virtualization component, and associate virtual devices with the component. Also, if the device is a vCenter server you can control event collection and select the event types you want to receive from the server.
During discovery, the most likely role for the virtual device is determined and the result is displayed in the role selection area of the Virtualization tab. You can manually define the role of the VMware server by choosing one of the following options:
If the virtual device you are configuring is a vCenter server, a Configure event collection button appears in the dialog which provides the the option to configure event collection.
Note: To collect events, the WhatsVirtual event listener must be configured to listen for events from the vCenter. From the WhatsUp Gold console click Configure > Program Options > General dialog to configure WhatsVirtual to listen for events.
Click Configure event collection to open the Configure VMware event listener dialog and select the event types you want to collect for the vCenter server.
Note: The current status of the Virtualization event listener is displayed beside the Configure event collection button.
The virtual devices managed by VMware server list provides the following information about each virtual device.
Click Add to manually add a virtual machine to the list of virtual devices hosted on the VMware server. The Associate WUG device to a virtual machine dialog appears.
Select a virtual device from the list and click Remove to remove the device from the list of virtual devices managed by the VMware server.
Click OK to accept the virtualization settings, otherwise click Cancel to discard any changes you have made.