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Importing RVTools Data

Notes and Constraints

  • Supported RVTools versions

    The supported RVTools versions include:

    • 4.4.1
    • 4.4.2
    • 4.4.3
    • 4.4.4
    • 4.4.5
    • 4.5.0
    • 4.5.1
    • 4.6.1
  • File format requirements

    Only the Excel (.xlsx) format is supported.

  • File size and compression ratio requirements

    The file to be imported cannot be larger than 100 MB, and the compression ratio cannot be lower than 5%.

Step 1: Exporting RVTools Data

  1. Start the RVTools application.

  2. On the login page, enter the following information:

    • In the IP address/Name text box, enter IP address of the vCenter server.
    • In the User name text box, enter the username for connecting to the vCenter server.
    • In the Password text box, enter the password corresponding to the username.

  3. Click Login. In the top menu bar, choose File > Export all to Excel.
  4. Select a path for saving the file that contains details about your resource.

Step 2: Uploading the Exported File to OBS

  1. Sign in to Huawei Cloud OBS console and create a Standard bucket for storing the file exported from RVTools. For details, see Creating a Bucket.
  2. Upload the file exported from RVTools to the Standard OBS bucket. For details, see Uploading an Object.

Step 3: Importing RVTools Data

  1. Sign in to the MgC console. In the navigation pane, under Project, select an application migration project from the drop-down list.
  2. In the navigation pane, choose Discover > Source Resources.
  3. Click the Import tab. Then click the Import card.

    Figure 1 Import

  4. Click the RVTools data option. In the File drop-down list, locate the OBS bucket you used to store the file exported from RVTools in step 2, select the exported file, and click Confirm.

    Figure 2 Uploading the file exported from RVTools

    If you are using this function for the first time, click OK in the Authorization Required dialog box to agree to the agency-based authorization.

  5. After the upload is successful, go to the Task Center page and view the task status.

    • If the task status is Succeeded, you can view the imported resource details and resource statistics.
    • If the task status is Failed, click the task name to view the data source that failed to be collected. You can move the cursor to the collection status to view the failure cause. For details about how to rectify common failure causes, see What Can I Do If Importing RVTools Data Fails? After handling the failure cause, import the file again.

Viewing Resource Details

When the status of the RVTools import task changes to Succeeded, go to the Source Resources page and view the imported resource information in the server list. You can click a server name to view more basic information and specifications of the server.

Viewing Resource Statistics

If the status of the RVTools import task is Succeeded, you can view the VMware resource statistics under the corresponding tab.
  • Host: CPU model, host quantity, total memory, allocated VM memory, memory allocation rate, VM quantity, quantity of running VMs, storage usage, and host list.
  • VMs: the number of Windows OS versions, number of Linux OS distributions, total memory, total number of vCPU, number of disks, disk capacity, number of VMs, and VM list
  1. On the Source Resources page, click VMware Resources in the upper right corner.

    Figure 3 Viewing VMware resources

  2. On the displayed Resource Statistics page, under VMware Resources, click the Host or VM tab to view resource statistics.
Parent topic: Resource Discovery