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VMware uses the Observability Collector to communicate to vCenter and send data back to Observability using Secure Connect Gateway. The collector is a vApp that is downloaded from the Admin > Collectors menu in the Observability user-interface or from https://support.dell.com. It is then installed locally in the data center. The collector requires read-only privileges to access and pull data from vCenter.
Once the Collector vApp is deployed, the collector is configured to communicate to the Secure Connect Gateway and vCenter by accessing the collector using a web browser: https://<collector hostname or IP>.
For detailed information about onboarding VMware, see: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000021264.