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October 29th, 2013 19:00
How is vCenter data collected for Foglight
I have some questions about how Foglight collects data from vCenter:
- I assume Foglight maintains it's own database correct?
- Foglight appears to only require a login to vCenter. Is it somehow using vCenter DB data or independantly gathering the data in real time?
- We are considering a vCenter rebuild with a new DB. If I had 4 months of Foglight data and started a vCenter rebuild, wIll that 4 months of data remain in tact and just append new data to it. I want to understand what I lose when I rebuild.
Product Information Version: 5.6.7
Foglight Build: 5.6.7-201303161805-288890
Forge Version:5.6.7
Forge Build: 5.6.7-201303161805-288890
Forge UI Build: 5.6.7-201303092311-28
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DELL-Thomas B
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October 29th, 2013 22:00
DELL-Thomas B
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October 30th, 2013 12:00
For what we see from customers, it is a semi-common practice to move to a new vCenter vs. upgrade, with majority (albeit small) doing upgrades vs. new installs and migrations. Unfortunately, any time you disconnect/drop a host and add it back in, it will create all new UUIDs for the VMs/objects, so that is the major pain. That is just the way vCenter does things
If you install a new host and upgrade an existing DB, it should be fine, as long as the hostname matches the old one.
bproteau1
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October 30th, 2013 12:00
Thanks for the information Thomas. With respect to UUID: