VMware EMC Smarts Integration Guide for vCenter Operations Manager 1.0

About this manual

The EMC Smarts Integration Guide provides instructions for integrating vCenter Operations Manager with EMC Smarts to improve IT infrastructure performance. The integration allows the two products to exchange resource definitions, metric values, topology information, and alerts via adapters.

This document covers the installation of the EMC Smarts adapter in standalone or vApp environments, configuration steps including adding adapter instances and setting up global console custom views, and troubleshooting common problems such as connection errors.

What's inside

• Introduction to EMC Smarts Integration
• Installing the EMC Smarts Adapter
• Configuring EMC Smarts Integration
• Viewing Alerts and EMC Smarts Information
• Troubleshooting the EMC Smarts Adapter

Frequently asked questions

Which versions of EMC Smarts are supported by vCenter Operations Manager?

vCenter Operations Manager supports EMC Smarts 7.x, 8.1, and 9.0.

What is required to create an EMC Smarts adapter instance?

You must have a valid EMC Smarts user name and password.

How often does vCenter Operations Manager poll EMC Smarts adapter instances?

Once each day, at a time that you configure.