Solved: Cloud Insights - is it possible to montior a subset of virtual machine in vCenter?

ChannelTapeFibre · ‎2022-08-26

Using Cloud Insights, is it possible to collect only a subset of virtual machines managed by Virtual Center?

The documentation https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/cloudinsights/task_dc_vmware.html#advanced-configuration

seems to indicate you can create a filter list, based on CLUSTER, DATACENTER, or ESX HOST.

Does this mean it's possble to exclude virtual machines based on the above, but nothing more granualar like a VM Folder or an explicit list of virtual machines?

The licensing for Cloud Insights quickly adds up with lots of VMs, and not all may need monitoring.

hotz · ‎2022-08-26

That is correct. It's possible to exclude virtual machines only based on the filter list by cluster, datacenter or esx host (one of the three). A more granular exclusion of VM's is not possible at this time. A practical approach could be to move vm's that are to be excluded to a dedicated host or cluster or one that is to be excluded anyway.

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hotz · ‎2022-08-26

That is correct. It's possible to exclude virtual machines only based on the filter list by cluster, datacenter or esx host (one of the three). A more granular exclusion of VM's is not possible at this time. A practical approach could be to move vm's that are to be excluded to a dedicated host or cluster or one that is to be excluded anyway.