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OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Version 4.0 Web Client User's Guide

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Modifying inventory job schedules

To ensure that there is up-to-date host information, schedule the inventory job to run at a minimum frequency of once a week. The inventory job consumes minimal resources and does not degrade host performance. You can change the inventory job schedule from the Initial Configuration Wizard or from the Monitor tab.

About this task

The inventory job schedule sets the time or day for running inventory jobs, such as:
  • Weekly at a specific time and on selected days
  • At a set time interval

To perform an inventory on host systems, create a connection profile that provides communication and authentication information.

Steps

  1. In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, click the Monitor tab.
  2. Click Job Queue, Inventory History, and then click Host Inventory.
  3. Select a vCenter, and then click the Change Schedule icon.
  4. In the Inventory Data Retrieval dialog box, do the following:
    1. Under Inventory Data, select the Enable Inventory Data Retrieval check box.
    2. Under Inventory Data Retrieval Schedule, select the days of the week for your job.
    3. In the Inventory Data Retrieval Time text box, type the local time for this job.
      You might need to consider the time difference between job configuration and job implementation.
  5. To save the settings, click Apply, to reset the settings, click Clear, and to abort the operation, click Cancel.
  6. To run the job now, from the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, on the Monitor > Job Queue tab, click Inventory History > Hosts Inventory.
  7. Click Run Now, and in the Success dialog box, click Close.

Results

NOTE: When you run a modular host inventory, the corresponding chassis are discovered automatically. The chassis inventory runs automatically after host inventory if chassis is already part of a chassis profile.

After scheduling an inventory job now, the inventory job is now in a queue. You cannot run an inventory for a single host. An inventory job starts for all hosts.

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