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Connecting resource managers

Lenovo SDI Management Platform monitors and manages devices through resource managers.

Before you begin​

Ensure that the resource managers are supported (see Supported hardware and software).

Ensure that the resource managers are online and reachable on the network from Lenovo SDI Management Platform.

Ensure that the user account that you use to authenticate the resource managers has the correct privileges.

  • For VMware vCenter, the user account must be assigned to the Administrator role.
  • For XClarity Administrator, the user account must be assigned to lxc-supervisor, lxc-admin, lxc-security-admin, lxc-hw-admin, or lxc-recovery role.
  • For Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager, the user account must be assigned to the Administrator role.

For XClarity Administrator, ensure that it does not have the maximum number of supported event forwarders. After establishing a connection to an XClarity Administrator, Lenovo SDI Management Platform creates an event forwarder in the resource manager. When connecting an XClarity Administrator that has an externally signed certificate, ensure that it is an X.509 v3 certificate. Lenovo SDI Management Platform cannot connect to an XClarity Administrator that has an externally signed v1 certificate.

About this task​

When connecting a resource manager, Lenovo SDI Management Platform:

  • Retrieves information about all devices that are managed by the resource manager.

  • Creates and enables an event forwarder (for a REST web service) in XClarity Administrator to monitor and forward events to Lenovo SDI Management Platform.

The network address (IP address or hostname) that you provide is used as the manager name.

Procedure​

To connect to a resource manager, complete the following steps:

1. From the Lenovo SDI Management Platform menu bar, click Administration () > Resource Managers to display the Resource Managers card.

2. Click the Connect icon (). The Connect resource manager dialog is displayed.

3. Select the type of resource manager, and fill in the required information.

  • **VMware vCenter**

    1. Connect resource manager page

    • Specify the fully-qualified domain name or IP address (IPv4). Using the host name without the domain name is not supported. :::note Note:

      If the VMware vCenter installed is configured with a host name and domain name, you must connect to VMware vCenter by using the host name with the domain name.

      :::

    • Specify the user account and password to use to log in to the resource manager.

    • Click Connect to enter the Manage cluster page.

    1. Manage cluster page
    • Select the cluster you wish to manage. This page displays all VSAN clusters under the current vCenter. The Lenovo SDI Management Platform selects all Lenovo VSAN clusters by default. You can manually select non-Lenovo VSAN clusters.
    • After you select the cluster, you can view license compliance details below the cluster list. (See License Compliance)

  • Lenovo XClarity Administrator

    • Specify the fully-qualified domain name or IP address (IPv4 or IPv6).

      Using the host name without the domain name is not supported.

    • Optionally change the port of the resource manager. The default value is 443.

    • Specify the user account and password to use to log in to the resource manager.

    • Optionally enable Drive Analytics Data Collection. When enabled, drive analytics data is collected daily for ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile devices and is used for predictive analytics.

      Drive analytics data collection is supported only for XClarity Administrator v3.3.0 and later.

      Note:

      System performance might be affected when data is collected.

  • **Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager**

    • Specify the fully-qualified domain name or IP address (IPv4 or IPv6).

      Using the host name without the domain name is not supported.

    • Optionally change the port of the resource manager. The default value is 9398.

    • Optionally change the port of the web service. The default value is 9443.

    • Specify the user account and password to use to log in to the resource manager.

4. Click Connect . A job is created to perform the operation. You can monitor the progress of the job from the Monitoring () > Jobs card. If the job fails to be completed, click the job link to display details about the job (see Monitoring jobs).

Note:

After the job is completed, it takes about 10 minutes before you can view the server hardware information on Lenovo SDI Management Platform.

When a connection is established with the resource manager, the manager is added to the table.

After you finish​

You can perform the following actions from the Resource Managers card.

  • View the connection status for the resource manager from the Health Status column.

  • Modify credentials and properties for a selected resource manager by clicking the Edit () icon. A job is created to perform the operation. You can monitor the progress of the job from the Monitoring () > Jobs card. If the job fails to be completed, click the job link to display details about the job (see Monitoring jobs).

  • Disconnect and remove a selected resource manager by clicking the Delete () icon. :::note Note: If Lenovo SDI Management Platform cannot connect to the resource manager (for example, if credentials are expired or if there are network issues), select Force disconnect. :::

    A job is created to perform the operation. You can monitor the progress of the job from the Monitoring () > Jobs card. If the job fails to be completed, click the job link to display details about the job (see Monitoring jobs).

    When the resource manager is removed, all devices that are managed by that resource manager are also removed. This includes device inventory, logs, metrics data, and analytic reports.