Creating an extended integration for VCenter assets

Sync Broadcom VCenter with Oomnitza to gain visibility of VCenter assets.

Before you start

To add the integration, provide the following information and complete the following actions:

Base URL. The base URL of the vCenter server. The format of the URL is as follows:

https://vcenter.<company>.com

Verify SSL. Select this option to enable SSL verification. Checks that the SSL/TLS certificate is valid and trusted before a secure connection is established. It ensures that the website or server you are connecting to is legitimate and that the encrypted connection is safe.

Use Legacy APIs. By default this option is enabled to support vCenter versions earlier than 7.0U2 (March 2021).

If your vCenter version supports version 7.0U2 or later, deselect the checkbox.

To authenticate Oomnitza with vCenter, you must provide the following information:

Your vCenter username. Example: administrator@vsphere.local
Your vCenter password. The password must not contain an asterisk *.

Adding an integration user

To easily find the records that are uploaded to Oomnitza, it's best practice to create a dedicated user account for each integration. This will make it easier for you to retrieve the records that are uploaded to Oomnitza from the vendor application.

Creating integration users

Adding credentials

Save time by adding credentials before you add the integration.

Click Configuration>Security>Credentials.
Click Add new credential (+).
Search for the integration, and then click the forward button > to select the integration.
Enter the user name and password of your account
Click Create.

Integration not in the list? Click Advanced Mode and complete these steps:

Add the information details.
Click the AUTHORIZATION tab.
Ensure that Basic Auth is selected as the authorization type.
Enter the username and password.
Click Create.

Adding the integration

In Oomnitza, click Configuration> Integrations> Overview.
Click Block view
Scroll down to the Extended section for asset integrations.
Click NEW INTEGRATION.
Select the integration in the sidebar.
Click ADD.

Integration details overview

More information is provided about the following fields to help you complete the integration:

Software data

Depending on the asset integration, an option might be available to ingest desktop software information such as the name and version of the software installed on an asset. To view the software information in Oomnitza, you must have the software module.

Installation types

Cloud. Store credentials in the Oomnitza cloud.
Local. Store credentials locally. If you want to sync Oomnitza with vendor applications that require AWS or OAUTH authentication, select cloud as the type of installation. Local installations don't support AWS and OAuth authentication.

Integration preferences

Create & Update. Add and update records.
Create only. Add records.
Update only. Update records.

Integration details

To review or update the integrations details, click Edit .

When you edit the Integration details section, you can select the name or names of integration contacts. Integration contacts will receive an in-app notification and an email, when the integration fails, when the integration fails to complete within 24 hours, or when the scheduled integration fails to run.

Update the integration name.
Select an installation type.
For integration preferences, select an option.
Enter the name of the integration user.

Credential details

If you selected Cloud as the installation type, choose one of the following options:

Select the credentials that were created for the integration.
Edit the credentials that were created for the integration.
Create new credentials

Scheduling the integration

By default, data is synced once every day. Change the interval or the time so that the data is streamed when your system isn't busy.

Click Edit .
Make and save your changes.

Mapping fields to Oomnitza

To map the fields to Oomnitza, click Edit .

Select Edit integration to add rules for syncing data. Filtering integration results.

Click SMART MAPPING.

You can add new fields to your integration by selecting Add new field on the mapping page.
Creating custom API fields.

Mapping fields

Drag and drop

You can map additional fields to Oomnitza.

Drag and drop the fields onto the Add new Oomnitza field area in the Oomnitza column.
Rename the field.
Make your changes.
Save your changes.

Mappable fields

BIOS UUID
Boot Delay
Boot Type
Connector Sync Time
CPU Cores Per Socket
CPU Count
CPU Hot Add Enabled
CPU Hot Remove Enabled
Datacenter ID
Datacenter Name
Guest Family
Guest Host Name
Guest IP Address
Guest Name
Guest OS
Hardware Upgrade Policy
Hardware Upgrade Status
Hardware Version
Host Connection State
Host ID
Host Name
Host Power State
Identity Name
Instance UUID
Instant Clone Frozen
IP Address
MAC Address
Memory Hot Add Enabled
Memory Hot Add Limit (MiB)
Memory Size (MiB)
Power State
Tools Install Type
Tools Run State
Tools Upgrade Policy
Tools Version
Tools Version Status
VM CPU Count
VM ID
VM List Name
VM Memory Size (MiB)
VM Name
VM Power State

Launching the integration

Your integration is in Draft mode until the required mandatory fields are added. When added, click Launch to activate your integration.

If you selected Cloud as the installation type when creating the integration, see Running an extended integration

If you selected Local as the installation type when creating the integration, see Running an extended integration locally.

Viewing data ingested by Oomnitza

Viewing ingested asset data

For asset integrations, click Hardware. If the asset integration also ingests software data, click Software.

Viewing ingested user data

For user integrations, click People. If you chose the option to ingest User and SaaS user data, click Software > SaaS, click the SaaS app, and then click the Users tab.