Tag Mapping feature

[szajac01]

Hi,
At this moment we still use an external synchronisation batch which is collecting datas in vmware, compare with ManageIQ tags and update them. But i guess it's possible to move forward with native Tag Mapping feature.
Can someone tell me if Tag Mapping Feature is covering VMWare objects such as Datastores or Clusters, as in Entity Dropdown List, only Virtual Machine (VMWare) is available...

Also What is the sync strategy ? Is it configurable and if yes where can i find some documentation content?

[agrare]

Hey @szajac01

Can someone tell me if Tag Mapping Feature is covering VMWare objects such as Datastores or Clusters, as in Entity Dropdown List, only Virtual Machine (VMWare) is available...

Currently only VMware VMs have vSphere CIS Tags mapped but it shouldn't be too difficult to add this to other entities.

Also What is the sync strategy ? Is it configurable and if yes where can i find some documentation content?

Since the CIS REST API isn't a part of the VIM API's WaitForUpdates we only map tags on full refreshes which are by default once every 24 hours or you can manually request a full.

[szajac01]

Hi @agrare,
Thank you for your answers.

Should be interesting to add other entities , such as Datastores, Clusters, Portgroups.
But that would be only interesting in my point of view if sync should be as stream events, so quite dynamic, as it's not acceptable to wait 24h to get an update in the ManageIQ System.