Register Datacenter #

To enable VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager to manage products, first, you must register a datacenter component.

The datacenter components are instances or services available in the datacenter that VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager does not manage. You can register vCenter Server, NSX-T, and vRealize Operations Manager as datacenter components.

Register a Datacenter Component #

Using th below steps you can register vCenter, NSX-T or vROPS as a datacenter Component.

UI Procedure

1. To access the VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager UI, navigate to https://vcplcmhost-name and login as vcplcm.
2. In the top navigation bar, click Datacenters.
3. Click Register Datacenter.
4. Enter the information about the data center component.

• Register Datacenter using JSON File

  • Expand the Upload datacenter Component section and by clicking on Browse navigate to the JSON file containing the datacenter configuration details.
  • Upload the JSON and click Next.
    
  • To confirm the information about the datacenter component, expand the Datacenter Component section and click Next.
    
    

• Register Datacenter without JSON File

  • Expand the Upload datacenter component section and click Next.
  • To enter the information about datacenter componenr, expand the Datacenter Component drction and click Next.
  • (Optional) In the case of a vCenter Server, Expand the Network section and enter the network configuration details.
  • Click Next.
    

5. (Optional) To validate the registration of the data center component, on the Complete datacenter setup tab, click Validate.
   
6. To complete the registration of the data center component, on the Complete datacenter setup tab, click Register.
   
   
   Optionally, you can download the information about the data center as a JSON file. If the registration completes successfully, the UI displays a Success message and you can find information about the data center when you select Datacenters from the top navigation.