Integrating vCO and vCOps

[TheVMinator]

I need to get information from vCOps, and use it to generate workflows in vCO.  I'm using vrealize operations 6.0.  I understand vCOps has REST APIs now -

How Can I use vCOps 6.0 REST API to poll vCOps and take action based on the result?  Any examples of workflows like this?

[thakala]

I have the same exact requirement!

I would need to request Workload, etc. metrics from vRealize Operations Manager for decision making in vCO/vRO workflows. As it seems vRealize Operations HTTP REST API guide has not been made public, any hope that this would be released some point in future?

[vChrisSt]

Hi,

Jörg and I did some Blog post about the integration (the posts are already somewhat older and we used SNMP Traps). Maybe the Posts are useful for your needs:

The Dream of a self-healing Datacenter: Integrate vCenter Operations (vCOPS) with Orchestrator

http://www.vcoportal.de/2012/08/vco-snmp-traps-and-vcops/

Cheers

Chris

[thakala]

Yep, I am aware of this method but this is not what I need for my project. I need to access Workload metrics within vROPS to make decisions where new resources should be provisioned, vROPS HTTP REST API would be perfect for this use but I cannot find vROPS REST API reference documentation anywhere.

[tschoergez]

I am not sure that the vCOps REST API is public available...

Check here: http://developercenter.vmware.com/web/dp/cloud-management

If you click to the vCenter Operations link, you can try to request access to the API information. Not sure if you need to have a certain partner state for that though.

Cheers,

Joerg

[Monberg · Accepted solution]

Hi

I just answered the same question in another thread... 🙂

The CaSA API is for Cluster and Slice Administration and is found at https://vrops-url/casa

I haven't found any documentation for that.

What you need is https://vrops-url/suite-api

It's a small website with code examples and full documentation. You can even invoke the API straight from your browser!

Start with this for example: https://vrops-url/suite-api/api/resources?name=something

Regards,

Michael

[thakala]

Michael, THANK YOU!

I was able to locate object workload metric within REST API. Badge (Workload, etc) metrics are actually not mentioned in API documentation but values for those are included in getLastestStats response.

[TheVMinator]

Thanks guys much appreciated!