Create Monitoring Domain for VMware ESXi

This chapter describes how to create a monitoring domain for deploying GigaVUE V Series Nodes in VMware vCenter environment through GigaVUE-FM. You must establish a connection between GigaVUE-FM and VMware vCenter. Creating a monitoring domain in GigaVUE-FM allows you to establish a connection between vCenter and GigaVUE-FM.

To create a monitoring domain in GigaVUE-FM for VMware vCenter:

  1. Go to Inventory > VIRTUAL > VMware vCenter (V Series), and then click Monitoring Domain. The Monitoring Domain page appears.
  2. On the Monitoring Domain page, click New. The VMware Configuration page appears.

  3. In the VMware Configuration page, enter or select the following details:

    Field

    Description
    Monitoring Domain Name of the monitoring domain
    Connection Alias Name of the connection
    Virtual Center IP address or FQDN of the vCenter
    Username

    Username of the vCenter user with minimum privileges as described in Prerequisites for Integrating V Series Nodes with VMware vCenter section.

    Note:  Whenever you change the vCenter credentials in VMware vCenter, you should update that in GigaVUE-FM by editing the Monitoring Domain. Otherwise, the connection status will be in an authentication failure state.

    Password

    vCenter password used to connect to the vCenter
    Traffic Acquisition Method

    Select a Traffic Acquisition Method.

    Platform Tapping: Platform tapping can be done in two ways.

    • VSS: Platform Tapping can be used when a workload Virtual Machine is connected to a Virtual Standard Switch network. Promiscuous network will be created on VSS switch by GigaVUE-FM for tapping the traffic.

    • VDS: Platform Tapping can be used when a workload Virtual Machine is connected to a Virtual Distributed Switch portgroup. Port Mirroring will be created on the VDS switch by GigaVUE-FM for tapping the traffic

    Customer Orchestrated Source: If you select Customer Orchestrated Source as the tapping method, you can use a tunnel or raw endpoint as a source where the traffic is directly tunneled to GigaVUE V Series Nodes.

    Note:  If you wish to deploy AMX application in the Monitoring Session for this Monitoring Domain, select the Traffic Acquisition Method as Customer Orchestrated Source.

    Resource Allocation

    Note:  This field is applicable only when using Platform Tapping as the Traffic Acquisition Method.

    When deploying multiple GigaVUE V Series Node in a single host, select any one of the following options:

    Target VM Based: Choose this option if your deployment workload VMs attached to less than or equal to 8 vSwtiches on the same ESXi host. This type of resource allocation will distribute the workload VMs across the multiple GigaVUE V Series Node deployed on the same ESXi host.

    Switch Based: A single GigaVUE V Series Node can tap a maximum of 8 vSwitches. Choose this option if you have traffic monitoring VMs running on ESXi hosts that are connected to more than 8 vSwitches in a single host. The vSwitches are mapped to the GigaVUE V Series Node in a round-robin manner. In this model vSwitches are evenly distributed across the available GigaVUE V Series Nodes on the same host.

    Note:  Ensure to undeploy all the Monitoring Session associated with the connection before changing the Resource Allocation type.
    Maximum Number of V Series Nodes per Host Enter the maximum number of GigaVUE V Series Nodes that can be deployed in a single host. The default value is 10.
  4. Click Save. The VMware Fabric Launch Configuration page appears. Refer to Configure GigaVUE V Series Nodes for VMware ESXi for more detailed information on how to deploy GigaVUE V Series Nodes in the VMware Fabric Launch Configuration page.

The Monitoring Domain created in this section will be listed in the Monitoring Domain page.

Points to Note:

  • Whenever you change the vCenter credentials in VMware vCenter, you should update that in GigaVUE-FM by editing the Monitoring Domain. Otherwise, the connection status will be in an authentication failure state.

  • When the Monitoring Domain is in a "Not Connected" state, updating the vCenter credentials will only refresh the information stored in the GigaVUE-FM database. To establish the connection:

    1. Navigate to the Monitoring Domain page.
    2. Click Actions button and click Connect.

    By following these steps, you can ensure that your vCenter credentials are updated and the connection is properly established.

You can use the Actions buttons in this page to perform the following actions in the Monitoring domain page:

Buttons

Description
Edit Use to edit a monitoring domain.
Deploy Fabric Use to deploy GigaVUE V Series Nodes.
Upgrade Fabric Use to upgrade GigaVUE V Series Nodes. Refer to Upgrade GigaVUE V Series Node in GigaVUE-FM for ESXi for more detailed information on how to upgrade.
Delete Monitoring Domain Use to delete a Monitoring Domain.
Delete Fabric Nodes Use to delete a GigaVUE V Series Node.
Connect / Disconnect

Disconnect- When the Monitoring Domain is in Connected state, this option appears. Use this option to stop the communication between GigaVUE-FM and the VMware vCenter.

Connect- When the Monitoring Domain is in disconnected state, this option appears. Use this option to start the communication between GigaVUE-FM and the VMware vCenter.
Rediscover

The changes made in vCenter for the GigaVUE V Series Node will be reflected in GigaVUE-FM. Refer to Rediscover topic for more detailed information.
Power On You can select an individual GigaVUE V Series Node and power it on. The status of the GigaVUE V Series Node is changed to Ok.
Power Off You can select an individual GigaVUE V Series Node and power it off. If the GigaVUE V Series Node is turned off from GigaVUE-FM, then it will not be considered as part of Cloud Health Monitoring and GigaVUE-FM will not try to turn it on. The status of the GigaVUE V Series Node is changed to Down.
Reboot You can select an individual GigaVUE V Series Node and reboot it.