VMware VCENTER CONFIGURATION MANAGER 5.3, Getting Started Manual

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2. When you launch the Job Manager Tool the first time, you must add your VCM Collectors before you
can view any job data originating from those machines. Click the Servers button, located below the
menu bar. The Add Collector dialog box appears.
3. Type the machine name of your Collector in the Machine name of the Collector text box.
4. Click Test Connection to verify that your connection is valid. If your connection is successful, you will
see the following message: Database connection test Succeeded . If it is unsuccessful, an error message
will appear with details specific to the connection failure. Resolve the connection failure, and then
repeat these steps until you receive a success message.
5. Click OK . Your VCM database server is now added to the list of servers.
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To edit this list at any time, click the Servers button again to access Server Manager .
6. Click the Refresh button update the displayed job information with any data now available from the
server to which you just connected.
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Once a valid server is added, it automatically appears in the Current Server drop-down list. Each
time you start Job Manager, it attempts to connect to the server used last during hte previous session. If
this server cannot be contacted, an error message appears and further attempts to contact that machine
cease. To force another connection attempt, click
Refresh . If more than one server is in the list, then
changing servers will trigger a connection attempt for the newly selected server. For more information on
how to use Job Manager, click
Help | Contents .
VCM Import/Export and Content Wizard (CW)
Use Import/Export (I/E) and the Content Wizard (CW) to move or update VCM Business Objects between
databases. These tools do not import or export any collected data. However, they support the migration
of any VCM Management Extension for Asset data that has been added to VCM manually. Specifically, the
Import/Export Tool supports the following scenarios:
Installing and Getting Started with VCM Tools
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