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Viewing the inventory tree

The inventory tree feature in vROps helps you to browse and select a Lenovo XClarity Adapter resource. The hierarchical structure of the inventory tree shows the relationship among the resources. It enables you to browse and view the resources to the lower level. This view helps to analyze the root cause of issues.

Procedure​

To view the inventory tree, complete the following steps.

  1. Log in to vROps as an admin user.

  2. Navigate to Environment > Object Browser > Lenovo XClarity Adapter

  3. View the data collection status:
    1. To view the collection status and state in the Objects pane, select one of the following:

      • Lenovo XClarity Adapter > Inventory Discovery > Lenovo XClarity Adapter World > Lenovo XClarity Adapter Instance > Rack > Summary

      • Lenovo XClarity Adapter > Inventory Discovery > Lenovo XClarity Adapter World > Lenovo XClarity Adapter Instance > Chassis > Summary

    2. To view the object relationship between Lenovo XClarity Adapter and vSphere/vSAN Adapter, select Lenovo XClarity Adapter > Inventory Discovery > Lenovo XClarity Adapter World > Lenovo XClarity Adapter Instance > Rack > Metrics > Show Object Relationship.

  4. To display the polled data, click Lenovo XClarity Adapter > Inventory Discovery > Lenovo XClarity Adapter World > Lenovo XClarity Adapter Instance > Rack > Metrics > Metrics > Resource group > Metrics (double click on metrics) > Metric Chart..

    The left navigation pane displays the Lenovo XClarity Adapter inventory tree.



    The Lenovo XClarity Adapter World displays all the Lenovo XClarity Adapter MP resources in a parent-child relationship format. For more details on navigating to a resource, see Monitoring the discovered resources.