Configuring Vmware Vcenter Connections; Configuring Configuration Manager Rest Api Connections - HPE XP7 Automation Director User Manual

Configuring VMware vCenter connections

Procedure
1. From the Administration tab, click Connection Settings > Web Service Connections.
2. Click Add and enter the following information:
• Category: Select vCenter.
• Name
• IP Address/Host Name
• Protocol: https. Cannot be changed.
• Port
• User ID
• Password
3. Enter assigned infrastructure groups.
4. Click OK.
5. (Optional) After specifying the details for setting up a Web Service connection, you can test the
connection with the values you specified by clicking Test. After starting the test, a notification balloon
appears above the Test button indicating whether the connections completed successfully. To stop the
testing process, click Stop Test.
6. (Optional) Verify the status of the current connections from the Web Service Connections window,
which shows the status (Successful, Error, and Unknown) and the time when the connection was last
established. To update the display of current connection, click Refresh.

Configuring Configuration Manager REST API connections

You must create a connection setting for the server running the Configuration Manager REST API to use
any of the following:
• JavaScript Plug-in for Configuration Manager REST API
• Built-in CM-REST method modules from the JavaScript Plug-in for Configuration Manager REST API
for an external resource provider
• Data mobility services:
Allocate Volumes from Virtual Storage Machine
Create High Availability Pair for Migration
Migrate Data Using High Availability Pair
Export Virtual Storage Machine Configuration Across Sites
• Provisioning services:
Allocate Volumes with Configuration Manager
Allocate Fabric Aware Volumes with Configuration Manager
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