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Add-vROPSAdapterPing

Synopsis

Adds a Ping Adapter to VMware Aria Operations

Syntax

Add-vROPSAdapterPing [-server] <String> [-user] <String> [-pass] <String> [-addressList] <String> [-adapterName] <String> [[-collectorGroupName] <String>] [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Add-vROPSAdapterPing cmdlet adds a Ping adapter to VMware Aria Operations. The cmdlet connects to SDDC Manager using the -server, -user, and -password values.

  • Validates that network connectivity and authentication is possible to SDDC Manager
  • Validates that VMware Aria Operations has been deployed in VCF-aware mode and retrieves its details
  • Validates that network connectivity and authentication is possible to VMware Aria Operations
  • Validates that the collector group exits in VMware Aria Operations
  • Validates that the Ping Adapter does not already exist in VMware Aria Operations
  • Creates a new Ping adapter in VMware Aria Operations.

Examples

Example 1

Add-vROPSAdapterPing -server sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io -user administrator@vsphere.local -pass VMw@re1! -addressList "192.168.11.30,192.168.11.31,192.168.11.32,192.168.11.33" -adapterName xint-vrops01 -collectorGroupName "sfo-remote-collectors"

This example creates a new Ping adapter called 'xint-vrops01', assigns the IP Addresses provided and assigned the collector group called 'sfo-remote-collectors'.

Example 2

Add-vROPSAdapterPing -server sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io -user administrator@vsphere.local -pass VMw@re1! -addressList "192.168.11.50,192.168.11.51,192.168.11.52,192.168.11.53" -adapterName xint-vra01

This example creates a new Ping adapter called 'xint-vra01', assigns the IP Addresses provided and assigns to the 'Default collector group'.

Parameters

-server

The fully qualified domain name of the SDDC Manager.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-user

The username used to authenticate to SDDC Manager.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 2
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-pass

The password used to authenticate to SDDC Manager.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 3
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-addressList

The list of IP Addresses to ping.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 4
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-adapterName

The name of the Ping Adapter to create.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 5
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-collectorGroupName

The name of the Collector Group to assign to the Ping Adapter.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 6
Default value: Default collector group
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ProgressAction

Progress Action

Type: ActionPreference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: proga

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

Common Parameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.