Adding VM managers in local and central mode

Configure connections to VM managers in your infrastructure to ensure that the VM Manager Tool can gather data that is needed to calculate consumption of license metrics in your virtual environment. To configure a connection to VM managers through the License Metric Tool user interface, open the VM Managers panel, and specify details of VM managers, such as the web address, virtualization type, and credentials.

1. In the top navigation bar, click Management > VM Managers.
2. To add a VM manager, click New.
3. Choose the location of the VM Manager Tool. If only one VM Manager Tool is installed (local or central), the field is disabled.
   The default selection of the VM Manager Tool depends on the version of License Metric Tool that you are using. For more information, see: VM Manager Tool deployment types and flow of data.
4. Select the virtualization type and provide the required details.
   Note: VM Manager Tool uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) for encrypting passwords associated with user accounts. By leveraging AES encryption, the users passwords remain secure and protected against unauthorized access or malicious interception.
   • To add Microsoft Hyper-V or Azure Stack HCI:

     1. Select one of the available communication interfaces: PowerShell or WinRM. For more information about these interfaces, see: Microsoft Hyper-V and Azure Stack HCI.
        Important: WinRM is the preferred communication interface. Before you add the VM Manager, configure WinRM on the Hyper-V or Azure Stack HCI host. For more information, see: Configuring WinRM on Hyper-V and Azure Stack HCI hosts.
     2. Provide the URL of the VM manager in the following format:
        • For WinRM: https://{manager-address}:5986/wsman
        • For PowerShell: {manager-address}
        Important: In case of Azure Stack HCI, provide a connection to a host in the cluster. Then, share credentials to connect to other hosts. If it is not possible, configure a connection to each host in the cluster separately.
     3. Optional: To share credentials with other hosts in the same cluster, select Share credentials with other hosts in the same cluster.
     4. Provide the Administrator account credentials. Define the user as user_name\domain or user_name@domain. For example: test\cluster.com or test@cluster.com.
   • To add VMware ESX, ESXi or vCenter:

     1. Provide the URL of the VM manager in the following format: https://{manager-address}/sdk/vimService.wsdl.
     2. Provide the account credentials. Define the user as domain\user_name, for example: cluster.com\test.

     Note: If you are adding the connection for VMware Cloud on AWS, ensure that the prerequisites are fulfilled. For more information, see: Virtualization types that require VM manager connections.
   • To add Red Hat KVM managed by RHV-M:

     1. Provide the URL of the VM manager in the following format: https://{manager-address}/ovirt-engine/api.
     2. Provide the account credentials. Define the user as user_name@domain, for example: test@cluster.com.
   • To add Citrix Hypervisor (formerly XenServer):
     1. Provide the URL of the VM manager in the following format: https://{manager-address}.
     2. Provide the account credentials.
   • To add Oracle VM Manager:

     1. Provide the URL of the VM manger in the following format: https://{manager-address}:7002/ovm/core/wsapi/rest
     2. Provide the account credentials.
   • To add Nutanix:
     1. Provide the URL of the VM manager in the following format: https://{manager-address}:9440/PrismGateway/services/rest/v2.0.
     2. Provide the account credentials.
   • To add Oracle Linux KVM managed with Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager:
     1. Provide the URL of the VM manager in the following format: https://{manager-address}:ovirt-engine/api.
     2. Provide the account credentials. Define the user as user_name@domain, for example: test@cluster.com.
   The following example shows a configured connection to VMware ESX, ESXi or vCenter.

   
5. Click Create. Connection to the VM manager is created and its status is Pending.
6. Select the VM manager, and click Test Connection.
   The test might take a few minutes. Refresh the panel. If the VM manager connection is properly configured, the connection test status changes to Successful.