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Request Manager Installation and Configuration Guide
By default, all link types apply to parent mappings and child mappings.
Prerequisites
You have vCloud Administrator privileges.
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You successfully added the vCloud Director instance.
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Procedure
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Log in to the Request Manager Admin Portal.
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Click Integration.
3
Click Links on the Main tab in the left explorer panel.
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Select the vCloud Director source from the Filter By Source drop-down menu.
A table of available links you can import from vCloud Director into Request Manager appears on the
screen. Any resources which are already mapped into Request Manager will display with a selected
checkbox in the Mapped column.
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Double-click the link you want to import.
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Specify how the information from vCloud Director will be mapped to Request Manager.
VMware recommends that you copy the existing mappings defined in Request Manager for the vCloud
Director source created during installation.
Request Manager copies the details of the selected mapping and inserts it in the Mappings table.
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Click the Save button.
Request Manager saves the mapping details for the selected link and you will return to the Integration
Links screen. A checkmark will now display for the selected link to indicate it is now mapped to Request
Manager.
What to do next
Create a vCloud Director synchronization schedule.
Create or Modify a vCloud Director Synchronization Schedule
When you add an instance of vCloud Director, you should include this additional instance into the schedule
Request Manager uses when running a synchronization scan. You can create a new schedule for the instance
or simply add the new vCloud Director instance to the schedule created during installation.
Synchronization scans VMware vCloud Director to validate the list of clouds, vApp Templates, and deployed
vApps.
Apart for vCloud Director users, all vCloud Director entities are imported as CMDB items in Request Manager.
The type of the CMDB items indicates the type of the vCloud Director entity.
Table 5-4. vCloud Directory Entities and Request Manager CMDB Types
vCloud Director Entity
Catalog
Catalog Item
Network
Organization
Provider Network
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Request Manager CMDB Type
Service > Catalog
Service Action > Catalog Item > Catalog vApp Template
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vApp templates are the only catalog items imported
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into Request Manager.
Configuration Item > Cloud Network
Configuration Item > Cloud
Configuration Item > External Network
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