1. If you are not already logged in, log in to your vRealize Operations Manager instance as an administrator user.
2. Navigate to the Account Types page. How to navigate to the Account Types page depends on your VMware Aria Operations release.
   • Since VMware Aria Operations 8.6:
     1. On the vRealize Operations Manager Home page, expand Data Sources and select Integrations.
     2. On the Integrations page that opens, click the ADD ACCOUNT.
   • VMware Aria Operations 8.0-8.5 only:
     1. On the vRealize Operations Manager Home page, follow the Administration link.
     2. In the navigation bar, expand Solutions, select Other Accounts, and click ADD ACCOUNT.
3. On the Account Types page that opens, select NVIDIA vGPU Adapter.

   The New Account page opens.

   
   
   
   
   
4. Provide the following information about the adapter instance that you are creating:

   Display Name

   Enter the name of the instance as you want it to appear in vRealize Operations Manager.

   Description

   Enter a description that can help distinguish this instance when multiple NVIDIA vGPU adapter instances are configured.

   vCenter Server

   Enter the IP address of the VMware vCenter Server.

   Credential

   Click the plus sign and in the Manage Credential dialog box that opens, add the credentials for the user that will connect to this vCenter Server instance.

   
   
   
   
   

   Credential name

   Enter the display name of the user.

   Username

   Enter the user login name.

   Password

   Enter the password of the user.

5. Back on the New Account page, click TEST CONNECTION to test the connection between the new adapter instance and the VMware vCenter Server
6. Click ADD.

To collect data from hosts in VMware vCenter that are running NVIDIA GPUs and an NVIDIA vGPU Manager version that uses a CIM provider, each user of the NVIDIA vGPU adapter requires the CIM interaction privilege. If this privilege is not assigned, the user cannot use the NVIDIA vGPU adapter to collect data.

1. Log in to vCenter Server by using the vSphere Web Client.
2. Select Administration and, in the Access Control area, select Roles.
3. From the Roles Provider list, select your vCenter Server instance.
4. Click the Create role action (+) icon.
5. In the Create Role window that opens, define the properties of the role.
   1. In the Role name field, type your choice of name for the role.
   2. Expand the Host privilege and then expand the CIM privilege under the Host privilege.
   3. Select the Host, CIM, and CIM interaction privileges.
   4. Click OK.
   
   
   
   
   
6. In the navigation tree, select Home > Hosts and Clusters > your-vCenter-Server-instance > Permissions.
7. In the Users and Groups section of the Add Permission window, select the users and groups that will use the NVIDIA vGPU adapter.
   1. Click the Add permission (+) icon. The Select Users/Groups window opens.
   2. For each user or group, select the user or group and click Add.
   3. After adding all the users or groups, click OK in the Select Users/Groups window.
8. In the Assigned Role section of the Add Permission window, select the role that you created from the list of roles and select the Propagate to children check box.
   
   
   
   
9. Click OK.

The NVIDIA vGPU Adapter adapter gathers data only for the classes that are added to the VMware Aria Operations logs. You must set the logging level for a class when you add the class to the VMware Aria Operations logs.

1. If you are not already logged in, log in to your vRealize Operations Manager instance as an administrator user.
2. Open the list of VMware Aria Operations log folders. How to open the list of VMware Aria Operations log folders depends on your VMware Aria Operations release.
   • Since VMware Aria Operations 8.6:
     1. On the vRealize Operations Manager Home page, click Administration and in the Administration page that opens, select Support Logs.
        
        
        
        
     2. On the Support Logs page that opens, expand the list of subfolders under the vRealize Operations Manager node.
        
        
        
        
   • VMware Aria Operations 8.0-8.5 only:
     1. On the vRealize Operations Manager Home page, click Administration.
     2. In the left navigation bar of the Administration page that opens, expand Support and select Logs.
     3. On the Logs page that opens, expand the list of subfolders under the vRealize Operations Manager node.
        
        
        
        
3. In the expanded list of subfolders, select COLLECTOR and click Edit Properties.
4. On the Edit Logger Configuration page that opens, click the plus sign that represents the Add Log Class button.
5. In the Add Log Class wizard that starts, specify the class that you want to add and set the logging level.

1. On the vRealize Operations Manager Home page, click Dashboards in the menu bar.
2. In the All Dashboards drop-down list, select the NVIDIA Dashboards group.

   This group contains the following dashboards:

   • NVIDIA Environment Overview
   • NVIDIA Host Summary
   • NVIDIA GPU Summary
   • NVIDIA vGPU Summary
   • NVIDIA Application Summary

1. If you are not already logged in, log in to your vRealize Operations Manager instance as an administrator user.
2. On the vRealize Operations Manager Home page, follow the Administration link.
3. In the left pane, click Configuration.
4. Click Inventory Explorer and expand Adapter Instances in the center pane.
5. Expand NVIDIA vGPU Adapter Instance and select the adapter name.
6. In the right pane, on the List tab, select the adapter name and click Edit Object.
7. On Advanced Settings, enter the new collection interval in the Collection Interval (Minutes) field.
   Note: The minimum value that you can set is 1 minute.
8. Click OK.

1. In the menu bar of the vRealize Operations Manager Home page, click Alerts.
2. In the left pane, click Alert Settings.
3. Click Symptom Definitions.
4. Click All Filters, then click Object Type, and type GPU or vGPU. The symptom definitions for the object type that you selected are listed.
5. Select the symptom definition that you want to change and click the Edit icon.
6. Change the threshold to the new value that you want and click Save.