Red Hat Virtualization data collector

08/25/2023 Contributors

Cloud Insights uses the Red Hat Virtualization data collector to gather inventory data from virtualized Linux and Microsoft Windows workloads.

Terminology

For each asset type acquired by Cloud Insights, the most common terminology used for the asset is shown. When viewing or troubleshooting this data collector, keep the following terminology in mind:

Vendor/Model Term	Cloud Insights Term
Disk	Virtual Disk
Host	Host
Virtual Machine	Virtual Machine
Storage Domain	Data Store
Logical Unit	LUN

Vendor/Model Term

Cloud Insights Term

Disk

Virtual Disk

Host

Virtual Machine

Storage Domain

Data Store

Logical Unit

LUN

Note: These are common terminology mappings only and might not represent every case for this data collector.

Requirements

IP address of the RHEV server over port 443 via REST API
Read-only username and password
RHEV Version 3.0+

Configuration

Field	Description
RHEV Server IP Address	IP address of the storage system
User name	User name with admin privileges
Password for the admin privileged account	Password

Field

Description

RHEV Server IP Address

IP address of the storage system

User name

User name with admin privileges

Password for the admin privileged account

Password

Advanced configuration

Field	Description
HTTPS Communication Port	Port used for HTTPS communication to RHEV
Inventory poll interval (min)	The default is 20 minutes.

Field

Description

HTTPS Communication Port

Port used for HTTPS communication to RHEV

Inventory poll interval (min)

The default is 20 minutes.

Troubleshooting

Additional information on this Data Collector may be found from the Support page or in the Data Collector Support Matrix.