Configuring vCloud Director for VCD Discovery

To configure Server Manager to discover and monitor the VCD components, the following information needs to be configured.
  1. DCF Controller credentials and the IP address of the DCF Controller server.
  2. Kafka server and credentials details.
  3. Orchestrator user credentials and the IP address of the Orchestrator host.
  4. Associate the orchestrator IP address to a particular DCF Controller and Kafka configuration.
The credential and server details (1-3) can be configured by editing clientConnect.conf. In case of kafka(2) and Orchestrator (3) it can also be configured using the UI.
These configuration changes take effect in the next start of the server. So, if the server is already running restart the server once these configuration changes are done.
VCD configuration tasks table lists the VCD configuration tasks.
VCD configuration tasks
Configuration Task
Configuration Source
Directions
Optionally, enable/disable VCD discovery
BASEDIR/conf/esm/ESM.import
Configure vCloud Director credentials through GUI
Domain Manager Administration Console in the Global Console
Configure vCloud Director Credentials through clientConnect.conf file
BASEDIR/conf/clientConnect.conf
Configure Kafka/Kafka Cluster and Data Collection Framework(DCF) Controller details through clientConnect.conf and esm-param.conf files.
Refer
VMware Smart Assurance UI Installation Guide and Configuration Guide
for Data Collection Framework(DCF) detail.
BASEDIR/conf/clientConnect.conf
BASEDIR/conf/esm/esm-param.conf