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Veeam Management Pack 9.0 for Microsoft System Center
Veeam MP for VMware User Guides

Welcome to Veeam MP for VMware
Architecture Overview Guide

Key Features of Veeam MP for VMware

Pro-active and Intelligent Alerting
Advanced Visualizations
Reporting and Optimization Tools

Veeam MP for VMware Collection Architecture

Architecture Diagram
Veeam VMware Collector
Connecting to VMware Systems
Additional Components

Scalability Considerations

Determining Number of Collectors Required
Storage Requirements for OpsMgr Database

Installation Guide

Licensing
System Requirements
Security Considerations

Network Protocols and Ports
Required Permissions

Installing Veeam MP for VMware

Veeam MP for VMware Auto-Deployment

Step 1. Create Resource Pool for Collectors
Step 2. Configure Proxy Settings
Step 3. Import Veeam Management Packs and Install VE Service and Veeam UI
Step 4. Configure Veeam VMware Collector Auto-Deployment Run As Profile

Single-Server Installation

Step 1. Configure Proxy Settings
Step 2. Import Veeam Management Packs and Install VE Service, Veeam UI and Veeam VMware Collector

Collector-Only Installation

Step 1. Deploy OpsMgr Agents
Step 2. Configure Proxy Settings
Step 3. Install Veeam VMware Collector

After You Install

Configure Run As Profile for vCenter Connection Failover
Confirm VE Service and Veeam UI Installation

Upgrading Veeam MP for VMware

Step 1. Import Veeam Management Packs and Upgrade VE Service, Veeam UI and Veeam VMware Collector
Step 2. Upgrade Additional Veeam VMware Collectors

Uninstalling Veeam MP for VMware

Uninstalling Veeam MP for VMware (Auto-Deployment)

Step 1. Uninstall VE Service and Veeam UI
Step 2. Delete Veeam Management Packs

Uninstalling Veeam MP for VMware (Single-Server Deployment)

Step 1. Uninstall VE Service, Veeam UI and Veeam VMware Collector
Step 2. Delete Veeam Management Packs

Operations Guide

Getting Started

Tuning Management Pack for VMware

Veeam Back-End Collection System

Monitoring VMware Servers, Jobs, and Groups
Accessing Veeam UI

Accessing Veeam UI via Web Browser

Firefox Windows Authentication

Accessing Veeam UI via Veeam MP Licensing View
Accessing Veeam UI via Ops Mgr Console

Checking and Updating Veeam MP License

Adding VMware Systems

Basic Configuration

Step 1. Launch Veeam UI
Step 2. Enter vCenter Server Connection Settings
Step 3. Review Monitoring Jobs and Load
Step 4. Review Dashboard
Step 5. Review VMware Servers Tab
Step 6. Review Veeam Collectors Tab
Step 7. Proceed to Ops Mgr Console

Monitoring with Veeam MP for VMware

Veeam VMware View Folder
Morning Coffee Dashboard
Topology Diagram Views

_vCenter Compute Topology
_vCenter Network Topology
_vCenter Storage Topology
Veeam MP Managed Infrastructure

Summary Dashboards
Diagram Dashboards
Performance Analysis Monitors

Example Performance Analysis Monitors

Scan Datastore for Unknown Files Task

Datastore Performance Analysis Monitors
Datastore Cluster Analysis Monitors
vSphere Cluster Analysis Monitors
Resource Pool/vApp Analysis Monitors
vSphere Host Analysis Monitors
Virtual Machine Performance Analysis Monitors
Overriding Performance Analysis Monitors

Overriding a Veeam Analysis Monitor with Multiple Metric Inputs
Overriding a Veeam Analysis Monitor with ‘Top N’ Functionality

Veeam VMware Custom Monitors

vCenter Alarm Monitor
vSphere Host Service Monitor

vSphere Host Show Services Task

Analysis Dashboards

Datastore Cluster Space Analysis Dashboards
Datastore Analysis Dashboards
Cluster Analysis Dashboards
Host Analysis Dashboards
Resource Pool Analysis Dashboards
Virtual Application Analysis Dashboards
Virtual Machine Analysis Dashboards

Top Dashboards

Top Datastore Clusters
Top Datastores (Percentage Resources/Absolute Resources/VMs Deployed)
Top Clusters (Percentage Resources/Absolute Resources/VM Activity)
Top Hosts (Percentage Resources/Absolute Resources/VM Activity)
Top VMs (Percentage Resources/Absolute Resources)

Heatmap Dashboards
Capacity Planning Dashboards
Personalizing Veeam Dashboard Widgets

Personalizing Morning Coffee Widget
Personalizing Traffic Lights Widgets
Personalizing Heatmap Widgets
Personalizing Capacity Planning Widgets

State Views
Grouped State Views
Multiple Events and Alert Suppression

Event-Based Rules

vCenter Connection Failover

Initial Configuration
How It Works
vCenter Connection Failback
vCenter Server Maintenance and Failover
Tasks

Maintenance Mode Synchronization
How Health Rolls Up
Health Explorer
Example Troubleshooting Scenario

Reports

Veeam VMware Capacity Planning Reports

Host Failure Modeling
Performance Forecast for Datastores
Performance Forecast for vSphere Clusters
What-if VM Deployment Planning for VMware (manual resource entry)
What-If VM Deployment Planning for VMware (model existing VMs)

Veeam VMware Analysis Reports

Configuration Tracking and Alert Correlation
Datastores. Overprovisioned Storage
Datastores. Space Usage Heatmap
Datastores. Performance Heatmap
Host Security Profile Change Tracking
Infrastructure Summary
Storage Performance Profile Analysis
Storage vMotions History
Top Noisy vSphere Objects
Top Noisy vSphere Rules and Monitors
Virtual Machines. Guest OS Summary
Virtual Machines. Snapshot Summary
Virtual Machines. Right-sizing – VMs Oversized for Memory and CPU (Ops Mgr agent data)
Virtual Machines. Right-sizing – VMs Undersized for Memory and CPU (Ops Mgr agent data)
Virtual Machines. Idle VMs
Virtual Machines. Right-sizing – VMs Oversized for Memory and CPU
Virtual Machines. Right-sizing – VMs Undersized for Memory and CPU
Virtual Machines. Switched-off VMs
Virtual Machines. Uptime Statistics
vMotions History

Veeam VMware Performance History Reports

Top/Bottom N Contained Objects or Instances
Performance History
Number of Virtual Machines

Troubleshooting

Viewing and Exporting Logs
Problems Accessing and Displaying Veeam UI
Veeam MP Dashboards/Views are Empty
Veeam Components Not Visible in Ops Mgr
VMware Objects Not Visible in Ops Mgr
Unstable Behavior from Ops Mgr Health Service
Missing Alerts in the Ops Mgr Console
Troubleshooting Event and Performance Data Delivery
How to Open Veeam Customer Support Call

Appendices

Appendix A. Unattended Installation

Before You Begin
Veeam Virtualization Extensions Service
Veeam Virtualization Extensions Web UI
Veeam VMware Collector

Appendix B. Upgrading to Microsoft System Center 2012/2012 R2 Operations Manager
Appendix C. VMware Topology Discovery

How VMware Objects are Discovered
Scheduling Discovery
Discovery Trigger Events
Discovered Object Classes and Frequency
Discovery Filtering

Appendix D. Veeam UI Reference

Dashboard Tab
VMware Servers Tab
Veeam Collectors Tab
Extensions Service Settings
Collector Settings
Advanced Configuration Example

Step 1. Launch Veeam UI
Step 2. Create New Monitoring Group
Step 3. Rename Existing Monitoring Group
Step 4. Customize Monitoring Group Settings
Step 5. Add Production vCenter Server
Step 6. Review Monitoring Jobs and Load
Step 7. Review Dashboard
Step 8. Review VMware Servers Tab
Step 9. Review Veeam Collectors Tab
Step 10. Add Development vCenter Server
Step 11. Relocate Monitoring Jobs
Step 12. Review Monitoring Jobs and Load
Step 13. Review Dashboard
Step 14. Review VMware Servers Tab
Step 15. Review Veeam Collectors Tab
Step 16. Proceed to Ops Mgr Console

Appendix E. Service Status Monitors
Appendix F. Event Monitors

vCenter (VMware vCenter events object)
Datastore Cluster
Datastore
SIOC/SDRS Datastore
Distributed Virtual Switch
Virtual Switch
Cluster
vSphere Host

Host
Host Hardware Sensors Container
Host VMNIC
Host HBAs Container
Host HBA

Maitenance Mode Tracker
Virtual Machine

Fault Tolerant Virtual Machine Alarms
Virtual Machine

Appendix G. Syslog Monitoring

Step 1. Enable Syslog Listener in Collector
Step 2. Enable Syslog Rules (if required)
Step 3. Configure Syslog on the Host

Appendix H. Defining and Capturing vCenter Custom Attributes

Defining Global vCenter Attributes
Creating Custom Groups in Operations Manager

Appendix I. Creating Veeam Dashboard Widgets

Morning Coffee Widget
Heatmap Widget
Traffic Light Widget
Capacity Planning Widget

Appendix J. Importing Veeam MP in System Center Service Manager
Appendix K. Creating Ops Mgr Monitors for Custom vCenter Server Alarms
Appendix L. Troubleshooting Dataset Workflow Issues

Troubleshooting Login Errors
Troubleshooting Timeouts

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Upgrading Veeam MP for VMware

In this article

Upgrade to Veeam MP for VMware 9.0 is supported from Veeam MP for VMware version 8.0.

To upgrade Veeam MP for VMware:

Import Veeam management packs and upgrade the VE Service, Veeam UI and Collector.
Upgrade additional Collectors.

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