B-7
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Appendix
B






Using

the

ANM

Plug-In

With

Virtual

Data

Centers
Logging
In

To

ANM

from

VMware

vSphere

Client
Step
3
Do
one

of

the

following:

•
Click
Register
to

register

the

ANM

plug-in.

ANM

can

now

be

accessed

through

VMware

vSphere
Client
(see

the

“Logging

In

To

ANM

from

VMware

vSphere

Client”

section

on

page

B-7 ).

•
Click
UnRegister
to

unregister

the
ANM
plug-in.
Ta
b

l

e


B-3

describes

the

error

messages

that

ANM

can

display

when

it

encounters

a

problem

with
registering
the

pl

ug-in.
Logging
In

To

ANM

from

VMware

vSphere

Client
This
section

describes

how

to

log

into

ANM

from

VMware

vSphere

Client

and

establish

a

session

for
accessing
ANM

functionality.

The

session

remains

active

unless

there

is

a

web

timeout,

you

log

out,

or
there
is

an

ANM

or

VMware

vCenter

Server

restart.

The

default

web

session

inactivity

timeout

is

30
minutes.
Prerequisites
From
ANM,

you

must

have

t

he

ANM

pl

ug-in

registered

before

you

can

l

og

into

ANM

from

VMware
vSphere
Client

(see

the

“Registering

or

Unregistering

the

ANM

Plug-in”

section

on

page

B-5 ).
Guidelines
and

Restrictions
This
topic

includes

the

following

guidelines

and

restrictions:

•
When
registering
the

ANM

plug-in,

you

specify

the

VMware

vCenter

Server
and

ANM

server.

If
you
specify

the

servers

using

server

names

rather

than

IP

addresses,

the

names

must

be

in

DNS

and
must
be

consistent

throughout

the

network.

If

the

server

names

reside

only

in

local

/etc/host

files,
then
use

IP

addresses

in

place

of

the

server

names;

otherwise,

the

ANM

server

and

vCenter

Server
may
not

be

able

to

communicate

and

errors

may

occur,

including

the

inability

to

enable

the

plug-in
and
log

in

to

ANM

or

the

inability

for

real

server

mapping

(empty

tables).

For

information

about
registering
the

pl

ug-in,

see

t

he

“Registering

or

Unregistering

the

ANM

Plug-in”

section

on
page
B-5 .
Ta
b

l

e


B-3
Virtual
Center

Registration

Failure

Messages
Error
Message
Root
Cause
Virtual
center

is

not

reachable,

please

correct

value
for
the

virtual

center

IP

ad

dress

or

DNS

name.
The
ANM

server

is

unable

to

ping

the

specified

VMware

vCenter

Server
DNS
name

or

IP

ad

dress.
Cannot
access

virtual

center

web

service

interface,
please
make

sure

that

the

value

of

the

virtual

center
server
is

correct

or

the

virtual

server

is

up

and
running.
The
ANM

server

is

able

to

ping

VMware

vCenter

Server

but

it

cannot
connect
to

the

webservice

API.

Most

likely,

the

specified

DNS

name

or
IP
address

does

not

have

the

virtual

center

server

running

or


the

virtual
server
is

not

running.
Invalid
username

or

password

for

virtual

center,
please
make

sur

e

that

the

username

and

password

is
co

rrect.
The
specified

username

or

password

for
VMware
vCenter
Server

is

not
valid.
User
does

not

have

permission

to

register

or
unregister
plugin

on

vi

rtual

center

server.
The
specified

username

is

not

the

VMware

vCenter

Server

administrator
or
does

not

have

privilege

on

extension

(plugin
register/unregister/update).