Create a Dashboard that shows all VMs in a Cluster

[Windspirit]

HI,

What I want:

I want to create a Dashboard that shows all existing Clusters. Clicking on a cluster will then show all VMs in a Cluster

What I did:

• Used Widget Object list for clusters
  • Configured as Self
  • Tag Filter set to Cluster Compute Resource
• Used Widget Object list for VMs
  • Configured as Children

Problem:

• When I click a Cluster only its first tier children (Hosts, Resourcepool, etc) are displayed.
• If I Tag filter the Widget for VMs the Widget ends up empty

How do I get it to show me the VMs (second-tier children)?

[larsonm]

What you could do is create a custom group with dynamic membership of type Function or some other type not currently in use.  The group membership could be filtered for the object type of Virtual Machine and a descendant of a specific cluster, named Virtual Machines in Cluster 1, and configured to be kept up to date.  Then, in your first object list change the type to Function (rather that Compute Cluster Resource).  The second object list, where I assume the interaction is set to get data from the first object list, can be set to Children Mode. 

This should accomplish your objective.

[Windspirit]

Yeah...Problem with the group is that you add all the additional collections...

Anyway I also could use a View and that...but I thought there could be a better way.